Logic Pro Tutorial - Control Surfaces Support: Zones and Modes

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Table of Contents:
00:58 - Zones and Modes
01:48 - Create Custom Zone
03:09 - Addiitional Custom Mode
03:29 - Create a New Custom Mode
04:54 - Mode Change
Welcome to our channel, where music production meets next-level control! In this video, we dive deep into the incredible world of Logic Pro Control Surfaces, the ultimate game-changers for music creators. Whether you're a seasoned producer or just starting out on your musical journey, you're about to discover how these powerful tools can revolutionize your workflow in Logic Pro!
🎹 Master Your Music Production Workflow:
Logic Pro Control Surfaces are designed to put the power of music creation at your fingertips. Say goodbye to endless mouse-clicking and keyboard shortcuts; it's time to experience true hands-on control! Our expert hosts will guide you through the process of setting up and integrating your preferred control surface with Logic Pro, allowing you to take charge of every aspect of your music production like never before.
🎚️ Take Control Like a Pro:
Imagine having a physical extension of your creative mind, allowing you to effortlessly mix, edit, and manipulate your sounds with intuitive precision. With Logic Pro Control Surfaces, you can fine-tune your tracks, adjust plugin parameters, control virtual instruments, and so much more, all in real-time! Get ready to unleash your full potential and transform your ideas into sonic masterpieces.
💡 Discover the Perfect Control Surface for You:
Logic Pro Control Surfaces come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, tailored to suit different needs and preferences. From compact portable options to expansive modular setups, we've got you covered. Our video showcases a range of popular control surfaces compatible with Logic Pro, helping you find the ideal one that suits your music production style and budget.
🔥 Elevate Your Music with Seamless Integration:
One of the most exciting aspects of Logic Pro Control Surfaces is their seamless integration with the Logic Pro software. The tight connection allows for instant feedback and visual feedback, giving you a real-time representation of your mix. Witness the power of these control surfaces as they synchronize effortlessly with Logic Pro, bringing your creative vision to life like never before.
🌟 Expert Tips and Tricks:
In addition to demonstrating the capabilities of Logic Pro Control Surfaces, we'll be sharing some expert tips and tricks along the way. Learn how to customize your control surface, create personalized presets, and optimize your workflow for maximum efficiency. Our goal is to equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to take your music production to new heights!
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[@dkbbass403]

Thanks so much for taking the time to share your knowledge. Very clear explanation helped me get get a grasp on how this all works. Apple should be paying you for this, no chance of that 😅

[@bostonrodriguez]

Absolutely AMAZING series your Control Surface tutorials Eddie. Have wasted so much time watching rubbish online & still not getting the answers I was looking for. But your collection of vids answers exactly what I’ve looking for re: modes, flips, index, etc. And always explained so well too. Thanks for the effort you put it mate, much appreciated 🙏 Keep ‘em coming !

[@thatlogicproguy]

Blessings to you @bostonrodriguez

[@cbterry1000]

Love this - I’ve been wanting to do this stuff for about 10 years but never managed to figure it out… until now!

[@thatlogicproguy]

Blessings to you @cbterry1000 - if there is anything else I missed on the subject, do LMK. Cheers!

[@flipnap2112]

dude.. I LOVE you.. I been sitting here digging for info. im setting up a midi twister fighter for plugin controls and was going crazy trying to figure out how to switch plugin controls to isolate what plugin the midi fighter controls... im gonna be switching plugins with a stream deck, then midi fighter for parameters. the midi plugin for stream deck helps a ton. wow, thank you SO much.

[@thatlogicproguy]

What a blessings. Dude, make sure you save your clist file because working on control surfaces is like walking on eggshells. Have fun man!!!!

[@flipnap2112]

@@thatlogicproguy pff ha ha tell me about it!! so I actually hit a snag, maybe you can help (thought I had it working but no). trying to figure out how to map zones and modes. think I may be pushing it but you would prolly know.

[@thatlogicproguy]

Happy to meet over zoom. Email [e-mail] for more details

[@flipnap2112]

@@thatlogicproguy perfect! thanks so much man. will hit you up on the weekend :)

[@BanyanMakes]

Oj Man. This is sooooo much help!!!! Thanks a million

[@thatlogicproguy]

You welcome mate. Be sure to sub. Cheers!

[@jonathanpaulpano]

I don't know about this feature but this is my setup on AKAI Mini MK3 Automation knob is turned on so I can control all parameters in 1 knob including 3rd party plugins (Absolute on Knob 8) All knobs are absolute: Knob 1 - Playhead Bar Knob 2 - Playhead Division Knob 3 - Bus 1 Send Knob 4 - Bus 2 Send Knob 5 - Track Selection Knob 6 - Track Pan Knob 7 - Master Volume CC Bank A CC Pad 1 - Mute Track CC Pad 2 - Solo Track CC Pad 3 - Input Monitoring CC Pad 4 - Arm Record CC Pad 5 - Rewind CC Pad 6 - Stop CC Pad 7 - Play/Stop CC Pad 8 - Record CC Bank B - I haven't mapped it yet. I'll try your set up and maybe try to group my knobs above to a mode (except knob 8). So 8 cc's on bank B times 7 knobs = 45 knobs in total.

[@thatlogicproguy]

Great set up!!!

[@saschawencke8571]

Thanks man, great tutorial!

[@thatlogicproguy]

💪 Appreciate it. Have a Great Day!

[@StratsRUs]

Thank you for a great guidance !

[@thatlogicproguy]

Blessings to you🙏

[@rodbrownjohn9211]

Ah man this is GREEAAAAT !! I'm running a very old Logic 8 with a Novation SL MkII. I've been trying to find a way to get out of automap as it doesn't support Logic's plugins -- Logic Plugins only started to be supported from Logic 9 -- and so I haven't been able to use my controller for their parameters. With your workaround and out of automap I've assigned a bunch of Logic synths to the controller assignments window. At the push of a button I can switch between them! and tweak them with my hardware .. UUrrghh finally!! Many thanks :)

[@thatlogicproguy]

Blessings to you!!!🙏💪👍💯🔥

[@Allthewrongkeys821]

Very helpful. Thank you!

[@thatlogicproguy]

I appreciate it. Be sure to follow this channel and my other channel. @_TheModernCreative

[@Allthewrongkeys821]

Done and done!

[@simphiwem4355]

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[@thatlogicproguy]

Blessings to you 🙏💪💯👍🔥

[@MR-Production-]

Hi. Thanks for all the useful tutorials. I need your help. Is there a way to control all parameters in Logic with a single knob? I would like to click on any controller with the mouse and change it with my one-knob controller. Is that possible? Thank you.

[@thatlogicproguy]

I literally just made a video about that. Check out the playlist.

[@MR-Production-]

@@thatlogicproguy thx 🙏

[@thatlogicproguy]

Bro if you have questions LMK

[@aeiplanner]

I tried doing this with an iCON Platform M+ which has motorized faders, but the faders behavior is erratic. E.g. they jump right back down to zero value.

[@thatlogicproguy]

What’s up. Be sure to watch the whole series to get an in depth look. I think if you play with the value category inside of the controller assignments window, that should help out. Specifically,look at the format and mode. Hope this helps. Good luck.

[@hammincheese1310]

Question, please. Is it possible to custom assign tracks to faders across multiple banks? I have a large (>50) number of tracks/channels in a project, and I am using folder/summing stacks to hierarchically organize them. For example, I have 3 mics that blend the kick and them sum to a kick stack. The stack is Ch1, and the individual mics are on Ch2, Ch3, and Ch4. Then I have both a top and bottom snare mic that sum to a snare stack. These are on Ch5-7. This continues for the rest of the kit, and then for other instruments, well beyond ch50. I want to map my controller faders just to the summing stacks, so fader 1 would be ch1 for the kick stack, fader 2 would be ch 5 for the snare stack, etc. This seems possible within the first bank of 8 physical faders on my control surface, but what about when I bank right with a multiple of 8? Now I'm going to need physical fader 1 to map to another stack further down the virtual board, say ch 15, for example, and so on. Is it possible to do this, and what would be the approach for doing so? Disclaimer: I have zero experience with controllers, but I have just ordered an X-Touch and am hoping I will be able to do this. Thank you in advance!

[@thatlogicproguy]

You can do this but would certainly need time to set it up. I go through the core ideas in this series. I also do consultation visits for folks in the greater L.A area and over Zoom as well. Best of Luck!

[@hammincheese1310]

@thatlogicproguy thank you! I was mostly just asking if it is possible and not specifically requesting you to dive in. I am simply relieved that it will be achievable and that I don't need to overhaul my track/channel mapping template just to accommodate limitations of the control surface interface. It would be considerably helpful to know if I need to use Modes and Zones to achieve this as opposed to simple by-fader learning in Expert View. It seems like I'm going to need a Mode for each virtual bank of 8 faders and then in Expert View I manually teach the faders for that Mode. Then instead of setting up a left/right multiplier to cycle between each virtual bank of 8 faders I have to actually switch Modes. Is that the general idea? Just looking for a yes/no here. Thank you!

[@thatlogicproguy]

Certainly possible. Just take your time and remember to save your clist in case something goes adrift. Let me know how you get along. Control Surfaces is “no man’s” land. It’s why I created this resources so folks could navigate with some concrete knowledge. If you have a specific question that I could tackle on video, let me know and I will consider putting it on my list. Please keep the questions concise. Cheers!

[@LegionIO]

Hey, as always awesome stuff. Just in case I missed it. Once I've turned my pads into seperate banks, will I no longer be able to use them for drums using drum machine designer for example, or will the pads now only be to change modes? Thanks for all this awesome info!

[@thatlogicproguy]

As I understand it, if you switch to an altogether different MODE than theoretically yes you should be able to use those unassigned pads to something else. It’s kind of a hierarchical system. Hope that helps!

[@LegionIO]

@@thatlogicproguy ok thanks. So do you mean I’ll have to open assignments and manually switch the mode when I want to use my midi controller for just music creation. Sorry this is all so confusing. So I have the Akai MK3 and it’s extremely limited in regards to knobs and faders as it has no faders, which you already know. So I’m trying to setup this technique you have shown to assign my pads to banking to the pan version, or the volume version. So once I’ve assigned my pads to change the actual modes, how would I stop that function for changing modes so I can use them normally? For example, my top four pads change modes to pan, volume, and eq plugin and a compressor plugin. But I want to now go into DMD and have full functionality of all pads. How do I prevent the top four pads now changing modes?

[@thatlogicproguy]

Certainly not easy. I think you will have to create a mode change to get into “Music Making” mode. I would have to experiment but on the surface this seems the most practical

[@LegionIO]

@@thatlogicproguy I think my answer may lie within the programme change function. I really want to mess about to find the solution but whenever I go to sit and mess on, I just get overwhelmed!

[@thatlogicproguy]

Keep me posted with your progress

[@ylimoni]

Hello Eddie, I have seen several videos on your channel and even subscribed, thanks for that. I would appreciate it if you could help me regarding Logic Pro. My loop browser is completely empty! I couldn't find any reference to this kind of problem on the web, forums and Apple support site. It's really frustrating. Does this problem sound familiar to you? Do you have any idea how to fix this?

[@thatlogicproguy]

Sir, be sure to REINDEX ALL LOOPS and that should get you there. (By empty, you mean grayed out yes?) Did you download all of the necessary content? Cheers!

[@ylimoni]

@@thatlogicproguy thank you very much for the quick answer. I already tried REINDEX ALL LOOPS. By empty, I don't mean grayed out. i mean completely empty, there is no mention of any loop in the browser (0 iteams). What's interesting is that when I go into the sound library manager, all the sounds and loops are marked as installend. When you still try to download one of the loops, there is no sign of any download, as if the computer ignores the attempt, because as far as it is concerned, the information has already been installed. But when I look for the loops on the computer I can't find them.

[@thatlogicproguy]

Sounds like you might have relocated to an external hard drive. Is that possible? I would definitely uninstall and reinstall everything so the folder paths match. I think that’s probably the quickest way to fix . LMK

[@ylimoni]

​@@thatlogicproguy When you say uninstall and reinstall everything. everything you mean logic itself?

[@thatlogicproguy]

Yes sir

[@Fistful0fSteel]

@Fistful0fSteel 1 hour ago (edited) I just get the dreaded "Reassign" message even though theres nothing there, and nothing happens. I love Logic, but Logic + MIDI Controllers = 💩. Even if I have the whole list of finished assignments, I feel like its a very volatile situation in which at any point all of the work becomes broken, or things dont work. As soon as I restart Logic or other situations....Sometimes it randomly assigns one Akai fader to two track sliders. This process is probably the worst from all other DAWs. That being said I only use Logic....

[@thatlogicproguy]

Totally get it. That is why I created this free course. I hope it helps simplify the process. Watching this course will help you get control of it. Good luck sir!🙏💯🔥💪👍

[@djordan7979]

You're not showing how to use the learn mode under the controller assignment parameters? Your fast forwarding through all of that lol. Is there another video where you show this?

[@thatlogicproguy]

Watch the series sir. Enjoy!: Logic Pro Tutorial - Control Surfaces Support kzbin.info/aero/PLQz6RaERa9IKwJjU1Q4muYOMI0ucCVFy4

[@djordan7979]

@@thatlogicproguy I'm an impatient dummy lol. Found it thanks watching now! Big help man thank you! Incredibly hard to find this information!

[@thatlogicproguy]

Same. I got tired of not knowing it so figured the community could use something like this. Blessings to you 🙏💯👍💪🔥

[@dominicdawson658]

Sorry but this is not helpful for my situation at all. You don’t even show or explain the learn button that has 3 different lightings settings that even Apple doesn’t tell you what they mean. I am simply trying to g to assign 5 volume and 6 send to bus assignments on a launch XL midi mixer controller but they keep flipping to different assignments, and yes I am clicking on the learn button after the learn, and shutting down the controller surface each time but nothing works as it should. It seems like there is nobody giving all the info you need to make such a simple task work correctly. Sorry but this is so frustrating and I have been producing for over 30 years and using logic for over 20 years so not new to this, am I really that dumb…?

[@thatlogicproguy]

Hey, I totally know how you feel. This is a frustrating subject due to the nature of the Mackie Protocol. I do cover the learn function on Video 2 of the series. I’ll tag the playlist here. Your situation sounds fairly simple. Simply use an Index assignment for those two functions (volume, bus). I also do consultations if you are interested. Cheers!

[@thatlogicproguy]

Logic Pro Tutorial - Control Surfaces Support kzbin.info/aero/PLQz6RaERa9IKwJjU1Q4muYOMI0ucCVFy4