Audio tracks go out of pitch then return mysteriously

Quite a mystery: for some unusual reason I found when I booted my Intel iMac duo core and started Logic Pro 7, then played a project; the audio tracks (vocal's) were out of pitch.
I adjusted them using a manual plug in and found a reasonable pitch at -97.
For some strange reason the audio tracks later readjusted themselves back to their original pitch.
I note: I did not change the tempo of these tracks as Im aware that would put the audio tracks out of pitch
iMac Intel duo core Mac OS X (10.4.7) It cost a lof of $$$

If I burn a CD I usually change from 44.1 to 16 bit, not sure if this caused the problem ?
a simple explanation of what's sample rate and bit rate:
http://www.tweakheadz.com/16vs_24_bitaudio.htm

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Some audio tracks bumped out of sync

I recently discovered that some audio tracks have been bumped out of sync starting at one point in my timeline, and there doesn't seem to be any consistency to it–stereo tracks have shifted so that one track starts early while the other is in sync, others start together but have been bumped, while all of the video seems to be correctly placed, and some audio is still in sync. This has happened on various audio tracks and with varying degrees. Any clues on how could this have happened? Could it be from insert edits? I use them all the time and never had any problems like this before. Please help!

This can easily happen if you audio and video tracks are not linked. (Apple L toggles linking on and off) When they are linked it's difficult to inadvertently bump the picture or audio track out of sync.
As for the stereo tracks. The only way to bump them out of sync is if they were, at some point, not stereo tracks. (Option L toggles stereo) And even that should rectify itself when they get made into stereo tracks again.
I say "should" because I've had stereo tracks of unequal lengths show up a few times and have never been able to figure out how it happened. I do know that if you don't fix them they can play havoc with the audio if you export the sequence to QT.
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Audio tracks mysteriously go out of pitch

This relates to my earlier question:
My operating system and Logic Pro application are on my iMac and, my project/songs are on my external hard drive.
I found that when I connect my external hard drive to a different computer; Mac G4,at another studio, my audio (vocal) tracks have gone out of pitch however, on most occassions are still in correct original pitch.
I have also found that when I reconnect my external hard drive back to my iMac that the audio tracks are out of pitch on some occassions but, still in original pitch most of the time.
I compensated using a mono plug in set at -97, this corrected the problem to some degree.
Quite mysteriously, the audio tracks re set themselves back to the original true pitch without any logical reason.
I note: I did not adjust the tempo of the project as Im aware this would cause this type of problem.
So far, this is a mystery, quite worrying if Ive taken my external hard drive to another studio and found I can not use my tracks because of this unusual problem.

If I burn a CD I usually change from 44.1 to 16 bit, not sure if this caused the problem ?
a simple explanation of what's sample rate and bit rate:
http://www.tweakheadz.com/16vs_24_bitaudio.htm

Audio tracks output splitter method? or splitter plug-in? PLEASE Help

Fellow Logic-addicts,
I am scratching my head around a problem.
I already use a lot of external hardware processing, and nearly always as inserts
processing(compressors,eq,analogue filtering)
Until sometime ago I did the same for using more send-return type of fx like
reverb/delays/modulation etc....
Thus I had to duplicate a dry audiotrack and process it, and bounce then blend in with the other track.
In a recent project I mixed, I ended up with some sessions with a leadvocal track
and 5 copies of this track all processed through various fx like short reverb,short delay, long delay, doubler etc..., because of using hardware fx.
I wonder if it's possible in Logic to insert the hardware fx on a bus, so I could simply use the aux sends on the track's channel strip to send to that bus and to avoid piling up identical audio files in a Logic project, which also is clumsy
in the workflow, because when I apply hardware fx to a lot of tracks there are doubles/triples everywhere and it gets confusing and too crowded?
Other possibility, I've been searching like a madmen for years for an audio track's output splitter plug-in(like Spider in Reason), but I have found NONE
in the AudioUnits realm.
Does somebody know about such a plug-in to work in Logic?
I still don't understand why the Apple-developers didn't think of including such a plug-in, because it could allow amazing routing possibilities, like in this case, you could send the audio track to the main output(1-2 or whatever)
BUT also to alternate hardware outputs, so you can use a hardware reverb unit, + a hardware delay unit etc...to which the audio track is being sent , and then you could blend the results back in Logic more easily.
Or more: you could even avoid copying tracks for sidechaining as you could use one track as is to main outputs but also connected to the sidechain input of other tracks processing, wich would make this also easier.
Or what about outputting and grouping drum-tracks(kick-snare-hh-etc...) to multiple busses so you could have a very flexible setup for parallel processing, with many
more sonic possibilities= drum-group going to a bus with hard-compression, while another goes to a softer compression, and a third one a distortion/beef bus with tape/tube processing, then you could all blend those tracks with faders, like on a real console and not piling up inserts on one bus, wich is more limited sonically, especially if the processing you use doesn't have a dry/wet knob.
If any of you sees a better alternative, or method to achieve what I want in Logic, or want to discuss that topic and chime in, be my guest.
I am not an expert of Logic, so you Logic geniuses= rise and shine!
Thank you very much for your advice
Best Regards
Biggnik

Wow - long post to say "can I use hardware boxes as inserts?" and the answer is yes, and you have been able to for a long time.
I don't know why you're doing some odd "duplicated track" thing... weird...
So, for inserts of regular channels, just stick Logic's I/O plug on the channel. Tell it which audio output you want it to send to, and which audio input to receive from. Patch up the appropriate ins and outs on your interface to your hardware box/patchbay/mixer/whatever and bob's your uncle.
You can also do this on aux channels, so if you want to send a bunch of tracks to a hardware reverb, you'd put the I/O plug on the aux channel you're using in the same way as described above. Now simply use the sends on each channel you want to send to that aux (and therefore hardware reverb).
Note you'll need to have software monitoring turned on.
Another way is to just set the output of a channel or aux to the extra audio outputs on your interface, and bring the outputs of your processing hardware back into spare inputs and feed them into the Logic mix using input objects.
Lots of ways to do it in Logic.
And no duplicate recordings needed...
I still don't understand why the Apple-developers didn't think of including such a plug-in, because it could allow amazing routing possibilities, like in this case, you could send the audio track to the main output(1-2 or whatever) BUT also to alternate hardware outputs, so you can use a hardware reverb unit, + a hardware delay unit etc...to which the audio track is being sent , and then you could blend the results back in Logic more easily.
You can just do this already with mixer routing alone, no plugins necessary.

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The remaining pedals are foot switches. That means they will each allow you to do the following types of action:
change patch up or down
bypass any FX, synths or channel strips in a patch
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Deleting or Editing Separate Audio Tracks

Al answered my previous questions about capturing video.
Perhaps others can help me with this.
When I import a video clip I also get two tracks of audio. Fine, but I can't figure out how to delete one of them or to adjust the volume on just one track.
Whatever I do affects both tracks. I've changed all the audio controls to left of the audio timeline, but nothing seems to help.
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Is it possible to lock an audio track in "record enabled" mode?

Here's how i write... i set up a drum loop to play for around 20 minutes, then I rec-enable one audio track to record vocals, and then finally, I skip around among hundreds of different midi tracks.
I just hit the down arrow button, and scroll through dozens and dozens of midi tracks. I quickly hit the keyboard to listen to the sounds. If i like a particular sound, i just want to hit record, and instantly record my vocals along with the midi performance.
Unfortunately, when i hit record, the vocal/audio track doesn't record. Right at the moment when i find an inspiring sound and hit record, the vocals just don't record.
I'm forced to scroll miles up the arrange window, to find
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Only then can i record the midi AND vocals.
What I want and need is sooooooo simple to offer as a function, yet totally ruinous to my creative flow if it's not possible. (I used to do this easily on the far inferior
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Is there a way to record enable an audio track, so that,
until I specifically disable the record function, it's
ALWAYS ready to record the second I hit the record button?
Even after I've been hitting the down arrow to audition
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I tried to build screensets like you suggested. If I could
get this to work, I think it would be a great solution, but
I'm having serious problems.
I opened a separate mixer, with just the single vocal/audio
track showing.
Then I opened the main mixer, which has all the faders.
If I record-enable a midi track, and then hit the record-enable button on the audio track, the midi track becomes un-enabled. Incredibly frustrating.
The only way I've been able to do it has been to record-enable the vocal track, and then start recording.
Only if Logic is actually recording, can i then record-enable the midi track without deactivating the audio
track.
A big problem is, that when i click to record enable the
vocal track, the arrange window jumps all the way up to the
top, where the audio track is. THen i'm forced to travel
down, to re-find the midi track.
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There's gotta be something simple I'm missing. In Logic 7 you could create an audio track in the arrange and then click to open a drop-down menu to select any audio track number you wanted to assign it to.
I don't see how to do that in 8.
All I'm trying to do is create an audio track of audio 9 in the arrange. Currently, 4, 6, 7 and 11 are in the arrange. I can go to number 7 and hit "new track with next channel strip" until 9 shows up and delete the rest (it starts by adding 1, which currently isn't used, etc., 'til it gets up to 9) but that can't be the only way to do it.
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Desha Dunnahoe wrote:
There's gotta be something simple I'm missing. In Logic 7 you could create an audio track in the arrange and then click to open a drop-down menu to select any audio track number you wanted to assign it to.
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It seems that Sony has done similar with their DVD Architect Pro, only bundling it with Vegas Pro.
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I disconnect my audio interface, so that Logic Pro has to rely on my MacBook Pro's internal audio. This way I exclude my RME-FF800 from being of any influence.
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In my regular studio setup this means that I hear a low repeated note coming out of my piano, every time I record audio. How annoying!!
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20:46:01.241          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note On          2          C0          127
20:46:02.008          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note Off          2          C0          0
20:46:02.774          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note On          2          C0          127
20:46:03.541          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note Off          2          C0          0
20:46:04.308          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note On          2          C0          127
20:46:05.075          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note Off          2          C0          0
20:46:05.841          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note On          2          C0          127
20:46:06.608          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note Off          2          C0          0
20:46:07.374          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note On          2          C0          127
20:46:08.140          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note Off          2          C0          0
20:46:08.908          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note On          2          C0          127
20:46:09.675          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note Off          2          C0          0
20:46:10.441          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note On          2          C0          127
20:46:11.208          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note Off          2          C0          0
20:46:11.975          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note On          2          C0          127
20:46:12.741          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note Off          2          C0          0
20:46:13.507          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note On          2          C0          127
20:46:14.274          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note Off          2          C0          0
20:46:15.043          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note On          2          C0          127
20:46:15.808          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note Off          2          C0          0
20:46:16.574          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note On          2          C0          127
20:46:17.341          To MIDI Monitor (midi monitor)          Note Off          2          C0          0
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Mac Book Pro = late 2008.
Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro5,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2,53 GHz
Number of Processors:          1
Total Number of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          6 MB
Memory:          4 GB
Bus Speed:          1,07 GHz
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SMC Version (system):          1.33f8
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Kernel Version:          Darwin 13.0.0
Boot Volume:          Macintosh HD
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The note is likely being sent out because of a Control Surface you have installed or used.... be it a hardware keyboard, controller or even an ipad controller app... such as Logic Remote or TouchOSC for example... or even an iOS software synth app that is sending midi over wireless....
So.. first make sure you have force quit any iPad/iPhone Logic/midi related apps and not just closed them..
Then if that doesn't fix things.. delete Logic's CS preferences... and Logic's own user preferences too...as described here..
Delete the user preferences
You can resolve many issues by restoring Logic Pro X back to its original settings. This will not impact your media files. To reset your Logic Pro X user preference settings to their original state, do the following:
In the Finder, choose Go to Folder from the Go menu.
Type ~/Library/Preferences in the "Go to the folder" field.
Press the Go button.
Remove the com.apple.logic10.plist file from the Preferences folder. Note that if you have programmed any custom key commands, this will reset them to the defaults. You may wish to export your custom key command as a preset before performing this step. See the Logic Pro X User Manual for details on how to do this. If you are having trouble with a control surface in Logic Pro X, then you may also wish to delete the com.apple.logic.pro.cs file from the preferences folder.
If you have upgraded from an earlier version of Logic Pro, you should also remove~/Library/Preferences/Logic/com.apple.logic.pro.
Restart the computer.
Do not forget to Quit Logic before doing this and then restart the Mac after doing this....

Audio tracks go out of pitch then return mysteriously

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