Apple LOGIC PRO 7.1 Improvements

Improvements in Logic Pro 7.1

The Logic Pro 7.1 Update delivers multiple performance enhancements and increases overall
stability, in addition to the new functionality described in the “What’s New in Logic Pro 7.1” PDF.

The following sections describe enhancements and known problems in Logic Pro 7.0.1 that
have been addressed in the Logic Pro 7.1 Update.

Performance Improvements

- Redrawing of Regions in Arrange window has been optimized.

- Redrawing of resized windows has been optimized.

- Reading of Audio Units cache during startup is now much faster.

- Freezing in songs that contain video is now much faster.

- Performance has been accelerated when saving a project with the “Copy Space

Designer IR’s” option active.

- Increased performance for all of the following functionalities:

- creating automation events

- changing automation modes

- modifying MIDI events or Regions

- selecting or creating notes in the Score Editor

- selecting tracks in the Track Mixer

- progress bar windows, especially when many small changes occur/numerous files

are processed.

Compatibility Improvements

- OMF import has been improved: Projects containing a high number of Audio Regions
can now be imported. The “File Not Found” dialog has been enhanced with Skip/Skip
All buttons. 24 bit files work as expected. A progress bar indicates the status of the
individual import processes. File references shown as URLs can be handled.

- -AAF import has been improved to ensure compatibility with Pro Tools 6.7.

- -XML import has been improved.

TDM

- Recording WAV files now works as expected when using the DAE.

- Dragging AIFF files from an audio CD into the Arrange window will no longer

potentially cause Logic to quit unexpectedly.

- AudioSuite plug-in previews now work as expected.

- The Punch on the Fly and Drop Recording functions now work as expected when using

the DAE: The -9060 alert is only produced in appropriate situations.

- Hiding TDM/DTDM tracks now works as expected.

- Logic should no longer quit unexpectedly, when closing or changing a song, or when

quitting Logic.

- Creating multiple DTDM tracks now works as expected.

Editing

- The readability of colored marker names has been improved.

- The Copy and Paste key commands now work in the Marker Text window. All text edits

are added to the Undo History and can be undone/redone.

- The Esc key now triggers the Cancel button in all dialogs.

- You can now press Option, after clicking, to copy insert effects in the Audio

Configuration window.

- Shift-clicking in the area preceding the cycle area now behaves as expected after bar

1081.

- If a cycle fits into the visible area, the display no longer jumps back and forth when the
cycle end is reached.

- -The selected tool in a Screensets is now shown correctly immediately after the
Screenset is recalled, even before the mouse is moved.

- -When a Region or note is split, the SPL no longer jumps to the position of the cut.

- Loop length is now always taken into account in Shuffle mode.

- Exporting a frozen, delay-compensated track (using a UAD-1 or PowerCore plug-in) is

no longer out of sync with the source track.

- The naming mechanism of the Export > Tracks as Audio Files function has been
enhanced. All files are named after the corresponding Audio Object/track name.

- A Control-Option-click now evokes the Zoom tool even when the cursor is over
Regions and events. Exception: A Control-Option-click on a Region while the
Automation tool is selected creates four automation nodes (if track automation is
visible).

- The SPL is now always displayed at the proper clock position after zooming
horizontally.

- Programmed double-clicks work again. As an example: Assigning the double-click
feature to the MS IntelliMouse wheel button works as expected.

- Use of Logic’s Tap Tempo function directly after launching Logic no longer potentially
causes Logic to unexpectedly quit.

- Moving an effect plug-in between two Insert slots in the same channel strip now
moves the plug-in’s automation data as expected.

- The marker number input field in the Go to Marker dialog now always has keyboard
focus, and the text is selected.

- Moving markers with names that contain more than 50 characters no longer potentially
quits Logic unexpectedly.

Recording

- Use of the “Arrange Track Record” option in Groups - for both audio and MIDI tracks
simultaneously - no longer causes Logic to quit unexpectedly.

- Auto Demix by Channel if Multitrack Recording function now also works for software
instruments in realtime and after recording.

Arrange Window

- Folders are no longer snapped to the nearest barline when they are created with
Regions that started just before the barline.

- Auto Track Zoom function is now limited to track selection: Selecting a Region on a
different track no longer switches the zoomed track.

- Copying a Region into a folder by Option-dragging it onto the folder now works as
expected.

- Using a Create Marker key command automatically de-selects existing Arrange
selections.

- Creating a new track when a frozen Audio Instrument track is selected no longer

produces the “Current track is frozen” alert.

- Resizing all Audio Instrument tracks by holding Command when resizing one
instrument’s track no longer zooms Folder tracks.

- Deleting a marker by dragging it down, out of the Arrange window’s Bar Ruler, now
shows a delete animation.

- Extending the song length no longer mutes looped Regions from the previous song
endpoint.

- -Freezing/unfreezing tracks during playback no longer potentially causes Logic to
unexpectedly quit.

- Unpacking folders containing audio tracks, using the Create New Tracks option, now
always creates new audio tracks below the folder.

- Create Multiple Tracks function now takes folders into account.

- Deleting a track by dragging it to the left now shows a delete animation.

- Dragging the Bar Ruler to the right is no longer erratic.

- Dragging an audio file from the Finder into the Arrange window, and shortening the

corresponding Region, now always works as expected: When dragging the same file
from the Finder to another track in the Arrange, the first Region is no longer reset to
the original length of the audio file.

- Audio files created with the Arrange window’s Convert Regions to New Audio Files
function are now saved with the name typed in the file selector box.

- Using the Marquee tool to select a portion of a looped Region no longer switches on
the Loop parameter for an independent Region, that is based on the same audio file.

- Erase Outside Region Borders function (MIDI > Erase MIDI Events > Outside Region
Borders) now works as expected.

- SMPTE locked Region loops now show a lock symbol in the upper left corner, making
checks of Region lock status superfluous.

- Dragging split stereo files from the Finder to non UTM tracks is now handled correctly.

- The track buttons are now only clickable on their actual icon. Clicking the track column

background is now limited to track selection.

- Playback of very small, looped Audio Regions now works as expected.

- It is now possible to select several MIDI Regions that have different Quantize values,

and set the Quantize value for all MIDI Regions to OFF.

- Setting the Nudge value when a protected track is selected no longer produces the
“Current track or Region is protected” alert.

Apple Loops

- Loop Browser search now works in conjunction with the browser filter buttons.

- Apple Loops can now also be sample rate converted, including correction of transient

positions.

- The Loop Browser will no longer quit unexpectedly on dual processor machines when
previewing files for a long time period.

- A looped Apple Loop near a tempo change is now played back correctly.

- Dragging a stereo Apple Loop onto a “blank” mono audio channel, now switches the

channel to stereo.

Score Editor

- Layout-related editing now works as expected for frozen tracks in the Score Editor: the
“Track is Frozen” alert is no longer displayed, when you change the Score Style, for
example.

- Copying chord extensions of major 9th chords now works as expected.

- Multi Bar Rests with a length of 100 to 109 are now shown correctly.

- Auto Split Notes preference now works as expected.

- Note lengths are correctly displayed while recording.

- If the option “Merge new recording with selected Region” is active, the Score Editor no

longer potentially goes blank after recording MIDI into an existing Region.

- The Score Editor now instantly displays newly recorded MIDI notes in Cycle mode.

- Auto Style function now only assigns non-transposing styles to recorded MIDI Regions.

- When Jazz font is chosen as system font, the staccato dot is no longer shown as dash.

- Changing a note’s pitch via Pitch in the Event Parameter box no longer causes a black

line while the mouse button is pressed.

- Redrawing of unselected objects has been improved.

- Display of score symbols has been improved for the following: placement of the octave

transposing treble clefs, placement of staccato and sostenuto symbols, issues with the

1. and 2. ending symbols and the Segno symbol issue in the Jazz font.

- If a note’s position is changed by dragging it horizontally, the preview position in now
displayed correctly (also in the Help Tag).

- The Roman option in the Song Settings > General Score > Chord Symbol Language
menu now works as expected.

- An input issue for Roman chord symbols has been resolved: Typing the full Roman
syllable rather than just the first character (e.g. D instead of Do) caused the additional
character (in this case the “o”) to be added twice: once as part of the note and also as
an extension.

- Score notes no longer potentially disappear when using automation.

Matrix Editor

- The Transform, Pickup Clock, Set Object Start/End to SPL, Nudge Event Position/Length
and Event Channel +/– functions now work as expected when different Region’s events
are shown/selected.

- Rubber-banding simultaneously played events (e.g. a chord) with the Zoom tool now
also displays the bottom notes.

Hyper Editor

- Convert Definition window (Hyper > Convert Event Definition) now works as expected.

- The Hyper Editor no longer defaults to only displaying notes of pitch C3 in the default

song.

Environment

- Editing a parameter in an Audio Object (while multiple Audio Objects are selected) now
only affects the selected Objects in the current Environment layer.

- Choosing a menu item while pressing Control opens the Key Commands window, with
the corresponding key command selected. Given this behavior, choosing New > Macro
while pressing Control didn’t create a protected macro in Logic. You can now create a
protected macro by choosing New > Macro (without any modifiers held) and clicking
the new “Protected” checkbox in the macro's parameter box.

- Double-clicking a text-fader in a macro no longer causes Logic to quit unexpectedly.

- Selecting multiple notes and changing their parameters simultaneously in a Mapped

Instrument is now mirrored in the user interface.

- When two Environment windows are open and show different layers, editing a