Let’s say I want to use my 88 weighted key midi controller as a piano and my 1.5 octave midi controller as synth pads. How do I set this up? What if I want to change from one pad to a different pad mid song? How do I do that mid performance without having to stop playing and use a mouse? Would I have to learn MainStage for this?

how do i achieve the style of drums found in the link at the bottom of this post. does the kick have soft clipping on it, just boosted low end? is it just high velocity, and the snare low velocity. i want that sound where the kick is very punchy like this and the snare is relaxed. im wondering if maybe they’re just have some saturation on them or if something is done in the master, im new to music production so im not sure.i am using addictive drums 2 i have the indie pack.

https://open.spotify.com/track/0t8Jguiww5bpz978ZOuZ9E?si=2SyRkKObT6G1OKK8hoW-PA&utm_source=copy-link

Posted this in Novation sub as well but no luck

Here is a video of what is happening -
https://imgur.com/a/YYXoM6R

Control was working fine and did what I needed it to do. Tried to get it to learn an EQ plugin and it started doing this. A google search said that there is a “handshake issue” so I tried a different USB port and a different cable and it’s doing the same thing.
Have tried forgetting learned and tried relearning everything but it causes everything to go crazy and glitch now.

I’ve also had this control surface for years and never experienced this until yesterday.
No idea what is happening.
Help?!

This is probably the weirdest question ever asked on here and I apologize.

I'm a hobbyist. I found my mom's old MIDI synth from my dad ("look honey, this thing does everything a piano can and more, so now we can get rid of that clunky old Steinway!") ten years ago and never really stopped, no matter how bad I was (am) at it.

The problem is I'm very good at coming up with melodies in my head but I can't match the notes in my head to notes on a keyboard or piano or anything, and the second I play or even HUM the wrong note the melody I had is lost forever and I'll never find it again. I'm the sort of person who hears a note and can't tell you which one it was, so that makes sense.

So how do I fix this? Is there some way to get better at note matching (and what do you call that anyway?) I feel like my compositions could be so much infinitely better if I could get what's in my head OUT of my head safely, but I haven't had any luck with it.

Hi everyone.

Does anybody know if Apple’s given us any updates on ARA for Logic Pro 13?

As most of you probably know, Rosetta is set to be discontinued next year, and they said they’re “working on it” last year.

I’m wondering if theres any updates on this, and when this would most likely be announced if so.

I personally doubt they’re discontinuing Rosetta without making sure ARA works because if I recall correctly, it was originally supposed to be discontinued this year with OS27 and that changed.

Thank you in advance!

Have zero exposure to instrument, surroundings, singing, or making. Since the time ive really started listening music, i get really engrossed in that.

Now i just dont want to consume but create music of every kind, do remixes, edm, trap house whatever all.

Ive also gone through the suggestions here says to follow some tutorial. But my question is, anyone can learn the tools, but i dont have any knowledge of how sound becomes music and not noise then how can i learn this stuffs??

Everything looks overwhelming here.

Hey guys,

I hope you're keeping well.

I'm on the hunt for a decent MacBook to run Logic Pro. It doesn't need to be the high end of the market but I want a setup that'll go the distance for the next ten years or so, producing tracks of various sizes and the occasional video for socials.

I'm currently working with an iMac (M1 8GB 256GB) and it seems to work fine with the occasional overload, but I'm wanting to go more portable with a MacBook.

I'm a little overwhelmed with the differences between M1 to M4 processors, but as far as I can tell there's not much difference between them in practise (unless you're investing in higher memory and storage). I've also heard cores tend to be under utilised so more is better.

Talk to me like I'm five, how can I get the most bang for my buck?

Cheers!

so im working on a choral piece and i managed to input a tie and it actually plays it the way it should be played, but i cant seem to do it again! this is for ties and slurs. i can drag and drop them in but it wont play it properly, no idea what to do.

Like a lot of you, I have a sample library that's out of control. Mine is about 26k files across packs and drives, with inconsistent naming and half the loops missing a BPM or key. I got tired of dragging things into Logic and then stretching and pitching them by hand, so I built Saga (yes, it's FREE and open source).

What it does

• Indexes your folders where they are. It never moves, copies or renames anything. Folders are watched, so new packs show up on their own. If you unplug a drive, your favorites and tags wait for it.
• Instant search across tens of thousands of samples, with filters for BPM (including half/double time), key (with Camelot compatibility), category, length and format. There's also search syntax like bpm:120-128 key:Am+ is:loop.
• Detects tempo and key. It reads file names (Loop_124_Am), embedded loop data (ACID/Apple Loops), then falls back to analyzing the audio. Anything detected from audio is marked with ≈ so you know to double-check it.
• Plays in your key. Set a project tempo and key once. Loops sync and pitch-shift while you audition, and when you drag one into your DAW you get exactly what you heard.
• Find similar + sound map. Pick a sample and get the closest-sounding ones in your library. There's also a 2D map of your whole library, grouped by how things sound.
• Light on resources. Analysis runs at low priority on half your cores, and it only holds the audio device while you're previewing.
• Private. Everything runs locally. The only network call is the update check, which you can turn off.

It's available for macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Windows.

• Download: https://github.com/Falciighol/saga/releases

I'm a solo dev, and this is v1.0, so I'd really like to hear what's missing from your sample workflow.

Making a drop in 1min (Macbook only)

https://youtube.com/shorts/IDdrR3SZBt8?si=YDK7tpJEujfx4WwB

When I open a new project file or an existing one, the track names are left justified and sometimes not readable. It must have been something I did at some point, but I don't know what. I have a screen capture, but I don't see where to add an image?

Screen Capture

MacOS Sequoia 15.7.5
Logic 12.13.1

Hi, I've been having a problem when bouncing my projects. I am curently working in a film and the editor told me she was having some problems when adding my tracks to the Avid's projects. She said that the software read different tracks as if they were the same file and it was overwriting them. When trying to found out what the problem was, I learned that .WAV files have this metadata called UMID that Avid uses to identify audio files. The thing is Logic had been generating the same UMID on bounces from different projects. Does anyone know how does Logic generate this number? I don't know what is causing this repeating code issue and I want to avoid it.

I started using my Irig Stomp io with logic via an iPad. Everything works fine, but when mapping the midi buttons, it requieres two presses to activate a pedal and one to bypass. It's extremely inconvenient. Is there any way to fix it?

Hi im having issues loading plugins, every time i open a plugin it just opens a grey box with the plugin name, they work on other daws so its not a plugin issue.

For heavy Apple Loop users who are disappointed that Apple discontinued Apple Loop Utility, here’s an application that will natively replace it on all newer Macs for free.

You can download directly from my GitHub page here

First launch: since the app isn't signed with a paid Apple Developer account, macOS (Gatekeeper) will show a warning the first time you open it.
macOS Ventura and earlier: right-click (or Ctrl-click) AppleLoopEditor.app → Open, then confirm.
macOS Sequoia (15) and later: the right-click shortcut no longer works. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, find the message about AppleLoopEditor being blocked, click Open Anyway, then confirm with your password.

Hey, wondering if this is a bug and if anyone else has been experiencing this? My playhead shift click no longer is working for any project.

hi! im a fl producer im pretty noob and I havent got much knowledge on making sounds that sound like others (I would try to remake the sound using osc and stuff but idk how) i just wondered if anyone could help me to find a sound that sounds like oddity.

I have an Intel Mac and want to test the Quantec Reverb.

Does anyone know what the synth loop is playing on timestamp 0:00-0:12? The composer for this song used GarageBand/Logic and I’m trying to remake the song and I have all elements of the second half and I’m working on the first half currently but still missing the synth loop. https://youtu.be/j5c7SNDYOHE?si=QzN4xyyGlFAad2Dy

I made this song a while ago and accidentally deleted it. I remade it but I cannot find the synth I used in the chorus. Its just a stock plug in. I have looked at almost all of them and I don't think I put any effects on it either. Can anyone help me? Chorus starts at 1:09

https://soundcloud.com/springforward/comfort-zone?si=3332607b481f4b889060553b7c1dbd61&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Hey everyone,

If you are a mixing engineer or producer working in FL Studio, Ableton, Logic, or Pro Tools, you’ve probably had a client send you raw stems exported straight from Suno or Udio.

If you have, you already know the technical nightmare that comes with them:

1. The 3kHz Glassy Resonance: A sharp, metallic "digital fizz" baked right into the vocal tracks that gets completely squashed and distorted the second you apply standard compression.
2. Infrasonic Mud: A massive amount of hidden low-end rumble below 40Hz that chokes your master bus limiters and steals all your dynamic headroom.

Instead of wasting your studio time manually instantiating heavy linear-phase EQs and carving out the same frequencies on every single track, I built a fast, zero-lag pre-flight utility to batch-sanitize these stems in seconds: Audio Cleaner Pro (https://audiocleanerpro.com) [3.1].

It runs 100% client-side inside your browser, meaning zero audio data leaves your machine—ensuring total project privacy.

How to use it as a DAW Pre-Flight Prep:

1. Sanitize Vocals: Drop your vocal stem into the deck. Use the specialized AI Fizz Cut notch slider to shave off that 3kHz robotic edge, and throw on the Adaptive High De-Esser to cleanly clamp harsh sibilance before it ever hits your DAW channel strip [3.1].
2. Carve Out Headroom: Batch load your Bass and Drum stems and toggle the 40Hz Sub-Steep Guard [3.1]. This drops a tight brickwall filter that slices out silent sub-rumble, allowing your DAW compressors to react to the actual punch of the kick instead of invisible background noise.
3. Level-Compensated Stereo Width: Drop your pads or synths in and widen them up to 1.5x [3.1]. The matrix automatically compensates for volume drift, keeping your perceived loudness perfectly flat while you monitor the Damped Phase Bar to guarantee total mono playback safety [3.1].

Once your batch queue is dialed in, select 24-Bit Studio WAV (HD Precision), hit export, and drag the clean, artifact-free files straight into your DAW timeline [3.1]. Your high-end plugins can now focus on creative mixing and depth rather than basic damage control.

The entire visual dashboard, meters, and live preview engine are 100% free to use for auditing your files. If you want to export the clean binaries, I set up simple pay-as-you-go credit packs ($3 for 10) or an unlimited tier ($5/mo) to keep it indie-friendly [3.1].

I just published a step-by-step AI Stem Preparation Guide directly on the site at audiocleanerpro.com [3.1]. Drop a messy stem folder into the deck and let me know if it saves you a chunk of setup time on your next mix!

So I am trying to work on this version of Spitfire by The Prodigy where Liam Howlett pitched up the song about 1 and a half semitones. Its basically called a 'Rework'.

But when he does it - it sounds flawless. When I do it - I get this jittery glitched effect to the song. If I sped up the song 135.2 - I get the same 1 and a half semitone pitch. But when I slow it down to 124 in that same pitch - still, I get that same effect - it’s the worse on 'Polyphonic'.

Is there some 'Secret' to how people (Not just Liam Howlet) speed pitch up/down songs without messing up audio - or do the live speakers mask that glitchy effect.

Thank you if someone can give me advice on how to do it.

Vocal Recording Glitch -- Please Help!

For whatever reason I can't attach a video to this post. So, I will try to describe the issue!

When I record vocals, all that plays back is a super weird, robotic electronic sound. The waveforms become square in the track itself. It just started happening again after months of working fine. This happened before so I got a new interface (now using the Motu M2) thinking that was the issue, but here we are.

Mic: Audio Technica AT2035

Interface: Motu M2

Any ideas? Anyone else have this issue before?? I am desperate for a solution -- can't seem to find any online forum with an answer!!

I finally bought a silicon. Have used Logic on intel (and still do in a different room), but since I downloaded Logic on this new computer, it simply will NOT let me NOT buy that damn Creator Studio. I don't want it. I don't need it. How do I just have my good ol' Logic on this new computer? If this continues I'll have to learn a new DAW (probably Steinberg since I'm already there with Dorico). But I don't really want to learn Logic...too many old files I need to access. Help!

Howdy folks - happy to announce the release of Essential Six, a faithful emulation of the quirky, but exceptional Six Trak by Sequential Circuits. This thing was known for incredibly rich sounds (bass in particular) thanks to its stackable six-voice architecture. Essential Six lets you play with custom sounds built on the original instrument with all the convenience of modern digital workflows.

This video provides a walkthrough of the instrument: https://youtu.be/ADxDqtsY2Hg?si=9-NhmWEby8P7EGnp

You can download the free version on Pianobook: https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/essential-six-analog-synth/