Apple LOGIC EXPRESS 7.1 What S New
1 What’s New in Logic Express 7.1
This document contains information about the
improvements and changes found in the
Logic Express 7.1 Update.
The descriptions in this document supersede the relevant sections of the Logic Express 7
manuals (including the Late-Breaking News.pdf). For the latest information about
product updates, tips, and techniques, visit the Logic Express website at
http://www.apple.com/logicexpress.
General Improvements
The Logic Express 7.1 Update introduces the following general enhancements.
Plug and Play of Audio Interfaces
Logic Express 7.1 supports plug and play for audio interfaces: it’s possible to connect
and switch on a new/additional audio interface while Logic Express 7.1 is running. An
alert appears when you connect a new device, and will prompt you to select and
confirm the audio interface/driver that you would like to use.
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Changes to Dialogs
A number of enhancements have been made to the following Logic dialogs:
• Sample Editor: Audio File > Save Selection As, Audio File > Save a Copy As. Both
dialogs now allow you to set the desired sample rate, stereo conversion and dither
type for the destination file. The dialogs also feature an additional “Add resulting files
to Audio window” option.
Some file dialogs now
feature additional file
conversion settings.
• Audio window: Audio File > Save Region As, Audio File > Copy/Convert File As: Both
dialogs offer the file conversion menus outlined above for the Sample Editor,
enabling one or multiple selected Regions/files to be converted or copied. The Copy/
Convert File As dialog provides an additional “Add resulting files to Audio window”
option.
• Arrange window: The Audio > Convert Regions to New Audio Files dialog provides
the file conversion menus outlined above for the Sample Editor.
• The global File > Export > Region as Audio File dialog offers an additional “Add
resulting files to Audio window” option.
Arrange Region Handling
The handling of Regions in the Arrange window has been improved: selected Regions
that overlap with unselected Regions are now shown “on top.”
Additional Key Commands
Logic Express 7.1 offers several key commands for functions previously only accessible
as menu items.
Global Menu Functions
The following global menu functions are now also available as key commands:
Application (Logic) menu:
• Opening all preferences windows, the Logic Setup Assistant, and the AU Manager
• Initialize All except Key Commands function
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File menu
• Project functions: Project Settings, Clean Up Project, Consolidate Project, Rename
Project, Save as Project
• Opening all panes of the Song Settings window
• Save functions: Save a Copy As, Save a Template As
• Bounce function
Audio menu
• Import Audio File
• Opening Loop Browser and Hardware and Drivers pane
Options menu
• Track Automation: Toggle Automation Quick Access, Delete Orphan Automation Date
of Current Track
• Movie: Open Movie as Float
Windows menu
The Step Input Keyboard can now be accessed via a key command.
Arrange Menu
The following local Arrange menu functions (Arrange window) are now also available
as key commands:
• Track: Create Multiple, Delete Redundant Audio Tracks
• Region: Demix by Note Pitch
• MIDI: Select all Orphan Aliases, Delete all Orphan Aliases
• Audio: Open in Apple Loops Utility, Copy ReCycle Loop, Paste ReCycle Loop, Search
Zero Crossings
Hyper Editor
The following local Hyper Editor functions are now also available as key commands:
• Create Hyper Set
• Create GM Drum Set
• Create Hyper Set For Current Events
• Clear Hyper Set
Track Mixer
All Filter buttons can now be switched on and off via key commands.
Channel Strip Settings Menu
The following key commands have been added:
• Next/Previous Channel Strip setting
• Save/Copy/Paste Channel Strip setting
Note: Logic Express 7.1 also features the new, more general “Next/Previous Channel
Strip Setting or Plug-in setting or EXS Instrument” key commands.
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Drag Menu
All Drag menu entries can now be chosen via key commands.
New Key Command Warning
In circumstances where an existing local key command combination is used when
assigning a new global key command, the following warning message will appear:
“This shortcut is already assigned to key command xxx in key command class yyy, which
has higher priority than key command class zzz.” You have three options: Cancel,
Replace, or OK. Cancel does not alter existing assignments. Replace will replace the
existing shortcut assigned to the chosen key command combination with the selected
function. OK will assign the key command combination to the selected function while
retaining the existing key command/function.
Important: There is a hierarchy of key command classes, which are not merely
separated into global and local key commands. As an example, there is a key command
class that applies to all windows that display Regions. This class has higher priority than
global key commands, but a lower priority than local (Arrange, Score, Matrix, and so on)
window key commands.
Marker Functionality
The Marker facilities of Logic Express 6 have been reinstated in Logic Express 7.1.
Markers are very useful for tagging particular time positions or sections in a song. They
appear as text strings in the Bar Rulers of all Logic windows that contain Bar Rulers.
To create a marker:
1 Position the mouse cursor at the desired location in the lower third of the Bar Ruler.
2 Press Option-Command and click.
3 Type the marker name into the Marker field.
The length of the marker is set automatically: the marker extends to the start point of
the next marker, or to the end of the song or folder, if there are no ensuing markers.
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To delete a marker:
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Grab it with the mouse in the Bar Ruler, and drag it down, out of the Bar Ruler. Release
the mouse button when the cursor turns into a hand containing two arrows (see
screenshot below).
Newly created markers are automatically named “Marker ##”. The “##” value indicates
their order of appearance in the timeline, which will be displayed in the Bar Ruler as
“Marker 1,” “Marker 2,” and so on. The number always refers to the actual order of all
markers in the song, including renamed markers.
To edit a marker name:
1 Double-click on the marker while holding down Control-Command.
2 A text entry field opens, allowing you to edit the marker’s name.
To change a marker’s position in the Bar Ruler:
1 Press Command and click-hold the marker in the Bar Ruler.
2 Drag the marker to the left or right.
To set the SPL to a marker:
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Press Command and click the marker in the Bar Ruler. The SPL is set to the start point of
the clicked marker. Double-clicking starts playback at the marker start point.
Note: You can drag a marker up into the top third of the Bar Ruler. This will set a Cycle
area that matches the position and length of the marker (and thus the locator
positions). If the sequencer is stopped when performing this action, the SPL will be
moved to the Cycle area start point.
Automation Tool
The Arrange Toolbox in Logic Express 7.1 features the Automation tool.
This tool performs a number of automation tasks. When track automation is activated
via the View > Track Automation menu option, a pull-down menu below the Toolbox
allows you to define the functionality of the tool
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Curve
If you choose this option, you can use the Automation tool to bend the line between
two nodes or any selection. There are four different curve types available: convex,
concave, and two different types of S-curves.
Note: This function is also available when using the standard Pointer tool, by pressing
Option-Control.
Select
If you choose this option, you can use the Automation tool to rubber band any
selection (of nodes) in the automation data. A click on a Region selects all currently
visible automation events within the Region borders. Once an area of (or the entire)
Region is selected, you can freely move the selection to the left or right. With Option
pressed, you can copy the selection to a different location. Please note that both
operations will delete all nodes in the destination area.
Shift-clicking with the Automation tool selects other areas, in addition to an existing
selection. This enables you to simultaneously edit non-contiguous selections.
Shift-clicking on a node with the Automation tool—in front, or following a selection—
extends the current selection.
Removing Movie Function
The Options > Movies menu now features a Remove Movie function, which allows you
to completely remove a movie from a song or project. All references to the movie in
the project or song are deleted.
Hidden Menu Bars in Screensets
Logic Express 7 allows you to hide local menu bars and scroll bars by OptionCommand-clicking the title bar.
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