Compressor Plug-in

I have version 2.01 and would like to have the iPod encoder added to the Quicktime Export Components (I currently have 3G, Windows Media, Real Media, and AVI). Where do I find the plug-in? It's not obvious on the Compressor support page.
Power Mac G5 2.7ghz Mac OS X (10.4.9) 4 gigs RAM

You need to update your version of Compressor, to get those presets. If you don't wanna do that, you can have a look at the following article: http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/ipod_compressorkenlon.html
Good luck!

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Standard compressor plug in: Built in Limiter

Hi,
i have a question: Whenever i try to use the Limiter that is part of Logic's standard compressor, it induces clipping noise instead of preventing it. So, if i leave it off and use a standalone limiter plugin (in the chain right after the compressor), everything is fine. But when i try to use the built in thing (at the right side of the compressor plugin), clipping noises occur.
What am i doing wrong? Or is this simply a long known bug? Or does this "limiter" simply clip the sound in such a non-musical way that the brickwall is as hearable as "hard" digital clipping?
Tnx for any answers!
Fox

Hi DaCaptain,
no offense, but a lookahead of 0 is nonsense for any plugin that has to pre -vent something from happening. With a time of 0, the event occured and the "limiter" can do nothing about it but do a hard clip. It's no miracle the limiter cannot do this and makes noises. The problem is that the built in limiter of the compressor plugin *has no* lookahead.
Concerning release time: 500ms is half a second. This is longer than a geophysical age compared to what needs to be done when limiting a signal. Surely, 500ms means the compressor ducks the signal for half a second, which means in this time, the signal is reduced in volume, as are it's peaks. As the peaks are reduced, they won't reach the limiter's treshold. In consequence, the limiter doesn't chime in - and of course, it doesn't induce the nasty noises, because the compressor has done it's work before it. So, release time has nothing to do with a lookahead.
From a sound engineer's point of view, 500ms release is used for maybe speech, or non-percussive voices and instruments. It is way to long for a signal that features many peaks that happen during this time. A drummer can easily hit more than 5 percussive sounds during 500ms, which will all be eaten by the long release. In consequence, the first drum hit would punch through (given a long enough attack) and all hits that occur during these 500ms will be chewn away by the long release. So: That's no workaround for the bug.
Cheers,
Fox

EQ Compressor plug in missing?

I've been using logicprox for a few months now and all of a sudden when I open up my projects there's orange exclamation points over the channel strip and it says plug in compresser eq missing. There's no sound coming out of any of my projects. It's updated to the newest version and i'm confused.

Hi Domo - had te same and it was linked to the audio preferences. Go to Logic Pro, preferences, audio and check all of your devices are correctly linked and switched on. Fixed the the problem and no more orange exclamation marks. Hope that fixes yours.

Compressor plug-in missing drop down for side chaining

I want to use side chain compression but the Logic Pro X 10.1 compressor seems to be missing the drop down menu to specify what track I want to side chain to. I looked at screen shots of the compressor online and mine looks exactly the same except for missing that and a couple other elements in the header bar of the compressor.
Any thoughts about how to fix this? Should I just delete and reinstall Logic?
Thanks

Make sure you have the correct Advanced Tools enabled.
Sidenote: lots of people seem to think that reinstalling Logic will solve issues, but it will not, except maybe in very rare and unusual cases (when a harddisk crashed or hung during install, for instance)

Compatible plug ins???

Just a quick question...I use pro tools LE to record but sometimes it is fun to just jam with garageband. Are plug ins for pro tools compatible with GB3?
I saw another post last week about using plug ins with GB.
BTW...you can download a free SSL compressor plug in from their website. It is modeled after the phil collins gated drum effect. It works in GB.

Check out this thread. Prepare to be mind blown...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=378467&tstart=25
(Thanks again Warrior Ant!!)
Good luck James...
X

So many compressors, so little know-how...

Hi - I'm a Logic Express 7 user about to start mixing a song in the box for the first time, and I was wondering if anyone has any advice about the compressors included in the Logic Express bundle. For ex., what makes the Silver Compressor different from the regular old Compressor? If they're all terrible, and you'd recommend purchasing a really good compression plug-in, what plug-in would you recommend?
Thanks!

Hi YR,
as you may have notice, the silver's has less buttons to play with,(also easy on processor) than the compressor, that comes with some presets (tools, drums, instrument & vocal). Sure, there's some great compressor plug-ins out there,
but if you need a more professional sound, may be you should thinking of upgrading to Logic Pro that comes with all the tools.
I really don't think you could call it Terrible, they're usefull, try to play with the parameters, ear the diferent presets and how they affect the sound,
and also google some information on compression and what you can archive with those knobs. (in case you don't know)
A compressor, could make a track sit great on a mix but it can also ruin it!
try
http://www.dontcrack.com/freeware/software.php/id/7037/audio/Plug-ins/plugins/AU /
for some AU free plug-ins.
regards,
Jorge

Which compressor Type is the Best for Voice over recordings?

The compressor Plug in in sdtr pro has a vca, platinum, opto etc
Which One is the Best for male Voice overs?
I don't Know the differences opto, platinum, opto....

Opto, VCA, and FET refer to models of different analog circuitry that accomplishes compression in different ways.
Not positive, but I think "platinum" is not really a model, but the plug's own compression scheme.
When I worked at an audio post facility, we had hardware UA 1176 compressors, which are FET compressors. They sounded pretty fantastic, but that's not saying that the model in the plugin will sound that way.
Here's a nice discussion of the different types:
http://www.barryrudolph.com/mix/comp.html
Scroll down to the salmon background sidebar.
Ultimately, it's really best to try the different models out and see which sounds best on your material. Let your ears be the judge.
Good luck!

Logic 10.0.5 is out! Three new drummers, LOADS of fixes.

I have not yet finished reading the release notes, it is almost 5,000 words...
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4498
Logic Pro X 10.0.5: Release notes
Symptoms
Logic Pro X 10.0.5 is an update to Logic Pro X. Logic Pro X is a new paid version of Logic Pro.
Resolution
Logic Pro X 10.0.5 update
New features and enhancements
Includes 3 new Drummers and 11 new Drum Kit Designer patches.
Significant enhancements to Channel EQ and Linear Phase EQ plug-ins, including:
Redesigned, easier-to-use interface that's also accessible within the Smart Controls area
Double Precision processing provides more accurate filtering, especially for low frequencies
Oversampling option improves high-frequency clarity
Option to apply EQ only to stereo left, right, middle, or side signals
There is now an option to set the Piano Roll to a light background color.
Selected notes in the Piano Roll are now highlighted by a selection frame.
When Logic is stopped or in Play mode, the glyph on the Metronome button in the control bar now illuminates to indicate that “Click while recording” is enabled.
The Shuffle commands are improved (see Logic Pro X Help for details).
User interface
There is now a command to assign region names to track names.
The waveform size in an audio region now adapts to the value of the region gain parameter.
Loops that belong to the same family can now be selected and changed using a new control in the region header.
Logic Pro X now assigns region and Mixer channel colors that are closer to the original colors when opening a project created in an earlier version of Logic.
Option-clicking a disclosure triangle in the Project Audio window now toggles all disclosure triangles in the window.
The Windows menu again lists all currently open windows.
The Mixer can now be reliably resized when in All mode.
Renaming multiple selected Mixer channels now reliably renames all channel strips in the selection.
When creating a duplicate track, the correct track icon and color are now assigned to the duplicate.
The song title is now automatically populated in the Share to iTunes dialog when sharing a song created in Logic 9 or GarageBand for iOS.
It's once again possible to browse or load patches onto the Output channel strip via the Library.
The View menu items One Track and Selected Regions in the Piano Roll are now disabled when Link mode is disabled.
Performance
Improves processor balancing for multi-output software instrument configurations.
Improves handling of multiple displays on OS X Mavericks v10.9.
Resolves an issue that in some cases might cause audio clicks and pops when scrolling.
Moving an automation line while playing no longer spikes in CPU usages, or clicks and pops in the audio output.
Resolves an issue that could cause clicks and pops in the audio output when adjusting the gain or output level settings during playback in the various plug-ins.
Logic's interface no longer freezes when using the Native Instruments Maschine controller to adjust two macro controls simultaneously.
Fixes an issue in which a warning about not enough memory might be displayed when performing Undo after editing a protected track.
Adjusting the frequency controls while playing audio through the Stereo Spread plug-in no longer causes audible zipper noise.
Improves the performance of scrolling when dragging regions in the Tracks area beyond the currently visible section.
Playing notes live into the Arpeggiator plug-in no longer sometimes leads to spikes in CPU usage.
Fixes an issue that could cause a spike in CPU usage when recording near the end of a project.
Logic 9 projects that contain a macro object in the Environment now behave more reliably when opened into Logic Pro X.
Multiple instances of the Scripter plug-in no longer have the potential to cause stuck notes.
The Scripter plug-in is no longer prone to causing stuck notes when using the Delay Note Until Next Beat preset.
Switching between presets in the Space Designer plug-in no longer sometimes results in noise.
General
Regions copied from a Track Stack can now be muted as expected even when they are within a Track Stack that is muted.
Deleting an audio Track Stack while it was soloed no longer leaves all the remaining tracks muted.
Entering a new crossfade value in the Region inspector for multiple selected regions now works as expected.
Region-based automation data beyond the end of a region is now chased properly even when playback is started after the last automation node within the bounds of the region.
Logic now maintains the correct relative levels when automation on multiple tracks belonging to the same Group are copied by dragging.
Resolves an issue in which track automation might be deleted when switching patches.
The default display setting when showing automation on Track Stacks is now Volume, instead of Display Off.
A track is now created as expected when using a control surface to set the automation mode of a channel strip not previously assigned to a track.
Moving a SMPTE locked region can no longer cause the automation on the track to move.
The position of the automation line no longer jumps unexpectedly when it is selected after creating 4 automation points with a Marquee selection.
Adjacent automation points of the same value are no longer sometimes inadvertently deleted when moving automation points on a grouped track.
The Repeat Section Between Locators command now includes automation on tracks that contain no regions in the repeated section.
When using Touch mode, Logic no longer writes unneeded automation points at the held value when holding a fader at the same position where there is an existing automation ramp.
Writing automation to an Aux not assigned to a track can no longer potentially cause tracks in a Track Stack to be rerouted to that Aux.
Copying multiple regions where only some affected tracks contain automation no longer activates Automation Read mode on the channel strips that have no automation.
Chase now works as expected for MIDI controllers on channels other than channel 1.
Takes are now shortened as expected when the take folder containing them is shortened by an edit operation and No Overlap mode is enabled.
Fixes an issue in which the visible area might jump unexpectedly when comping in a take folder that was not on the selected track.
Fixes an issue that caused some audio regions to be immovable when duplicate regions are packed into a take folder.
Packing regions with names containing non-ASCII characters into a take folder no longer creates garbled take names.
Numbers assigned to MIDI takes now increment reliably.
Expanding a take folder no longer potentially causes the playhead to fall out of sync with the audio output.
When using OS X v10.9, the playhead in the Audio Editor now consistently maintains the correct position when switching from Flex Time to Flex Pitch mode.
It's now possible to set a loop to a length of less than 1/16 note.
The position of beat markers in the Global Beat Mapping track are now updated appropriately when using the various Cut/Insert Time commands.
Inserting a beat marker in the Beat Mapping track no longer creates unexpected tempo events in some circumstances.
Expanding a take folder no longer potentially causes the playhead to fall out of sync with the audio output.
Resolves an issue in which some MIDI notes might unexpectedly change position when Beat Mapping.
Adding a Beat Mapping marker no longer intermittently removes existing tempo events.
Inserting a fade-in using Shift-Control and the Pointer tool now works consistently.
Using the Fade tool to set fade-ins on multiple regions in a set of grouped tracks now works reliably.
Dragging regions on multiple grouped tracks with the Drag Mode set to X-Fade no longer potentially results in crossfades of varying lengths.
The Delete command now works as expected on selected regions that are inside a collapsed Group in the Project Audio window.
It's now possible to add a green Apple MIDI loop to the Tracks area as an audio loop by dragging it from the Loops browser while pressing the Option key.
Logic Pro X no longer creates separate tracks for non-overlapping regions when unpacking folders in projects created by earlier versions of Logic.
Using the menu that appears when pressing the Metronome button in the Control Bar, it's now possible to set the metronome to sound only during count-in.
Improves the reliability of Undo in several areas.
The Mixer window no longer intermittently moves when scrolling past the minimum or maximum value of the fader using a scroll wheel or gesture.
It's now possible to select or open folder tracks in the Mixer.
Right-clicking an Aux or Output channel strip in the Mixer and selecting Create Track now behaves as expected even if the channel strip is not initially selected.
Command-click again works reliably to deselect a Mixer channel within a selected group of channels.
The display of audio waveforms of regions in a track no longer change unexpectedly when enabling or disabling the Groove status on a track.
Looped regions inside a folder now update the point they are supposed to stop playing after extending the length of the folder.
Overwriting an existing project no longer potentially leaves assets from the original project in place.
When creating a new project from a Logic 9 template, the default save path is no longer the location of the template.
Improves the mapping of Smart Controls to channel strip settings created in Logic 9.
The Follow Tempo parameter in the Region inspector is no longer incorrectly disabled for Apple Loops in songs last saved in GarageBand 6 or earlier.
Clicking and holding down on the upper-right corner of a region no longer unexpectedly enables looping in the Region inspector, with a loop length of zero.
The Region Inspector no longer displays a Loop checkbox for selected Track Stack folder regions.
It's once again possible to disable Quantize in the Region Inspector for a region on a track slaved to a Groove Master track.
Saving a song created from a template no longer resets the tempo to 120 BPM.
Text for alert messages now always displays correctly on control surfaces.
Changing Region inspector parameters for MIDI regions on the main track of a Track Stack now behaves as expected.
It's again possible to change the Transpose value in the Region Inspector using the + and - keys.
Logic now consistently responds to Play or Stop key commands when a floating Region inspector window is open.
It's no longer possible to give the same name to more than one project alternative.
MIDI played from the Musical Typing Keyboard and Logic Remote is now routed through the Physical Input object in the Environment, which allows Environment processing of MIDI as it is being played into Logic from these sources.
Logic no longer adds 2 extra frames to the value when entering a SMPTE position in a project set to a non-drop frame rate.
Regions copied by option-dragging in projects with a start position earlier than bar 1 now end at the desired position.
Moving the first arrangement marker in a project no longer inadvertently moves other arrangement markers.
Resolves a rare issue that could cause the timing of a track in a project with many tempo changes to be altered after turning Flex on and then off.
Logic now asks the user to save the project when closing a project immediately after entering text into the Project Notes area.
It's now possible to consistently add, remove, or edit plug-ins on tracks that were frozen in Source Only mode.
Pressing the Control key while dragging a region with the Snap Mode set to Bar now moves the region by beats instead of ticks, as expected.
Editing the left border of an audio region now behaves as expected when the Snap setting is set to “Snap Regions to Relative Value”.
Resizing a region with the Snap setting set to “Snap Regions to Absolute Value” now behaves as expected.
Resolves an issue that caused an event in the Event List to move later than expected when editing its position.
The “Capture as Recording” command now works as expected when multiple MIDI tracks are record-enabled.
It's now possible to preview sections of an audio file outside the current region borders by clicking the area in the Project Audio window.
The tap-to-click option for trackpads now works reliably with all drop down menus.
The “Discard Recording and Return to Last Play Position” key command now reliably discards the recording.
It's again possible to use the Tab key to navigate to the next control while working with plug-ins in Controls view.
The MIDI Activity display now shows chords as they are played when using Musical Typing.
All currently found audio files are now reliably saved with a project when using Save As or Save a Copy As with a project in which one or more audio files are missing.
The name of a project is now correctly updated after saving a project created from a template.
Fixes an issue in which clicking on the level LED in the track header did not select the track.
Resolves an issue in which changes made to the setup for Mackie Control and other MCU-compatible control surfaces were not saved by Logic Pro X.
Setting the Display Time preference to “SMPTE/EBU with Subframes”, “SMPTE/EBU without Subframes,” or “SMPTE/EBU with Quarter frames” can no longer cause the time display to jump unexpectedly.
Saving a project for the first time no longer resets the record path when it was previously set to an external path.
Performing undo in the Piano Roll or after deleting a flex marker no longer has the potential to unfreeze currently frozen tracks in the project.
Sample rate, tempo, and key information is now reliably stored within template files.
Fixes an issue in which the Repeat Regions dialog did not have key focus when opened, making it necessary to click it with the mouse before pressing Return to confirm the operation.
Individual MIDI Draw points in the Piano Roll are now easier to grab.
Deleting a track no longer has the potential to inadvertently delete regions on other tracks.
Cut/Insert Time edits no longer add unexpected tempo changes.
Scrubbing the SMPTE display in the LCD no longer moves the playhead to the wrong position.
Copying an arrangement marker to a position between two other arrangement markers now moves the end-of-song marker to accommodate the new section, as expected.
Audio
Audio regions now appear as expected in the Audio Editor, even when cycle is enabled and there are no audio regions within the cycle area.
Flex Pitch now correctly detects notes for take regions that have manually inserted flex markers.
The timing of notes played during the count-in on EXS24 or Drummer tracks is now more reliable.
Pasting an audio region into a take folder now correctly places the region on the selected take lane.
When saving an EXS instrument, the default save location is now ~/Music/Audio Music Apps/Sampler Instruments.
Editing the start point and anchor in the EXS audio editor now consistently alters playback as expected.
Logic no longer overwrites an existing audio file of the same name when performing a bounce with the option to create a split stereo file enabled.
Audio tracks assigned to output to a bus now consistently maintain that assignment when imported into a different song.
User-defined controller assignments now work as expected to control MIDI plug-in parameters.
The Record Repeat command now deletes the previous recording when used after recording in Cycle mode.
Quantize now operates reliably on takes that are displayed in the Audio Editor.
The Tuner window is no longer affected by the Content Link setting of other plug-in windows.
Audio now plays for multiple cycle iterations when using marquee selection to define the cycle area.
When the Edit command “Analyze Audio for Flex Editing” is used, Logic now properly resets any existing pitch edits on the selected audio files.
Command-clicking a selected note in Flex Pitch mode in the Audio Editor now deselects the note, as expected.
Setting a track to Flex Edit mode with the Slicing algorithm no longer processes the track with Flex if no edits have been applied.
It's again possible to set Software Instruments to mono.
Logic no longer creates an extra audio file when merging or format-converting audio files.
Resolves an issue in which the Mixer did not show the 8th bus send on a channel strip.
Changing the input format of a stereo output channel strip to mono now creates a second mono output channel strip on the Mixer for the other channel in the stereo pair.
Setting an external recording path now reliably resets the Audio Assets setting. Conversely, enabling the Audio Assets setting now disables an externally set recording path.
The compressor meter in the channel strip is now in sync with the meter in the plug-in window.
Drummer
Improves the translation of articulations when an Ultrabeat-based patch is assigned to a Drummer track.
When a project starts on an upbeat, a Drummer region at the project start now automatically creates a fill at the beginning.
Changes to Drummer regions are now reliably applied when the regions are set to follow a flexed audio track.
MIDI editors
The Link mode button is now available for the Piano Roll editor.
The “Limit Dragging to One Direction” setting now works as expected in the Piano Roll.
It's now possible to grab notes shorter than 15 ticks for editing in the Piano Roll.
Double-clicking a region with MIDI Draw enabled now consistently opens or closes a MIDI editor.
Resolves an issue in which recently recorded MIDI notes might disappear from view in the Piano Roll when recording with cycle engaged.
It's again possible to alter the pitch of notes in the Piano Roll via MIDI input.
Using Option-Shift to edit the end points of multiple selected notes to the same position in the Piano Roll Editor now works as expected.
In the Piano Roll, it's again possible to use Option-Shift in conjunction with the Velocity tool to set all selected notes to the same velocity.
An Event Float window that is linked no longer switches unexpectedly to the Region level when using arrow keys to move from note to note in the Piano Roll.
Pasting events in the Piano Roll when the playhead is to the right of the region border will not trigger the error “Illegal Region number”.
It's now possible to copy a note in the Piano Roll to a different pitch at the same position when the note starts before the left edge of the region.
It’s now possible to move notes in the Piano Roll by increments smaller than 13 ticks when the “Limit Dragging to One Direction” setting is enabled.
User-inserted rests no longer incorrectly appear as notes in the Piano Roll.
Copying a muted note in the Piano Roll now creates a muted copy of the note, as expected.
Fixes an issue in which some note events might not be selectable in the Step Editor.
The contents of the Event List are now updated properly when deselecting a region from a multiple selection while Content Link mode is enabled.
The Event List now displays the correct LSB values for 14-bit pitch bend events.
Editing Release Velocity values in the Event List now behaves as expected.
The “Copy selected events” option in the MIDI Transform window now behaves as expected.
Score Editor
Fixes an issue that could cause the menu option for switching between Parts and Score view in the Score Sets window to disappear.
Double-clicking a region with the All Instruments filter setting active now reliably reveals all regions on that track, rather than just the single region.
The contents of the Event List editor are more consistently updated when changing the region selection from the Score window.
Newly inserted key signatures no longer display “xx Major” in some circumstances.
The Chord Grid Editor now correctly names Add 9 chords.
The clef menu no longer disappears for a Mapped Instrument staff style set to “No Clef”.
It's again possible to create a new Chord Grid library that uses an alternate tuning.
It's now possible to adjust the Velocity setting in the MIDI Meanings settings window by scrubbing the value with the mouse.
The length adjustment in the MIDI Meanings settings window can now be adjusted via a pop-up menu.
In the Staff Style window, the check marks indicating that a style is used in the current song now reliably update to reflect changes when Content Link mode is off.
Grace notes now scale properly when the scale setting of a Score Set is less than 100.
Resolves an issue that prevented reassigning instruments assigned to a Score Set after performing certain other edits.
Fixes an issue that prevented naming a floating score Part box set.
Plug-ins
Solo now works as expected on channel strips using an external I/O plug-in
Ultrabeat can now find samples that have been relocated from the default install location.
Ultrabeat now correctly applies the Fine Pitch adjustment to all triggered samples when trigger mode is set to Multi.
It's now possible to halve/double the current rate of the Arpeggiator plug-in by clicking the Slow/Fast buttons.
The ES1 synth plug-in can now be set to offer 32 and 64 voices per instance.
The Scripter plug-in now allows System Realtime MIDI events to pass through.
The Scripter plug-in now offers an option to keep current control values when recompiling a script, rather than resetting all values back to their defaults.
The Scripter MIDI plug-in now includes a Set Parameter function.
Switching between Vintage Electric Piano patches while holding notes no longer potentially results in momentary jumps in level.
The Vintage Electric Piano no longer potentially creates audible pops when switching patches when the Drive is enabled and set to Type II.
It's now possible to continue working with the Scripter editor window when Logic Pro X is not in focus.
The Surround Compressor plug-in now properly shows all the new circuit types available in Logic Pro X.
It's again possible to copy or paste settings in the Space Designer plug-in window.
The order of controls in the Retrosynth Filter Envelope and Amp Envelope sections has been reorganized to improve usability.
The plug-in window no longer appears empty for Waves plug-ins opened in projects created in Logic 9.
Fixes an issue in which inserting a plug-in on multiple stereo Software Instrument channel strips would insert mono versions of the plug-in on some channel strips.
EXS24 or Kontakt settings are no longer removed from a song if the Audio Device buffer size is changed before saving the song.
Resolves an issue in which adjusting parameters on the Channel EQ while playing back might cause minor clicks and pops in the audio signal.
Moving an Amp Designer instance to a different plug-in slot no longer sometimes changes its sound.
“Save as Default” for Audio Unit presets again works as expected.
Video
It's now possible to exchange movie files in a project by dragging a new movie file into the Movie window or the Movie inspector.
Logic Pro X can now work with the following professional video codecs, if OS X Mavericks v10.9 and the codecs are installed: Apple Intermediate Codec, Apple ProRes, AVC-Intra, DVCPRO HD, HDV, XDCAM HD / EX / HD422, MPEG IMX, Uncompressed 4:2:2, XAVC.
There is now a Show/Hide Movie Window command in the View menu when the current project contains a movie.
Resolves an issue in which some movies that were compatible with QuickTime X did not play in Logic Pro X.
Exporting audio to a movie with a portrait orientation no longer causes the movie to rotate 90 degrees.
Logic is now able to export surround AAC audio to a movie even if the original audio in the movie was originally kept.
The visible frame of a movie now updates as note lengths in the Piano Roll are changed.
Import/export fixes and improvements
XML projects imported from Final Cut Pro X now contain volume and pan automation when opened in Logic Pro X.
Exporting a project as an Final Cut Pro/XML file with the “Export as Final Cut Compound Clip” option enabled now behaves as expected.
Includes several improvements to the way Logic handles audio sample-rate conversion when importing Final Cut Pro XML.
Logic now shows a progress bar when importing large Final Cut Pro XML projects.
32-bit float audio files in Final Cut Pro XML projects are now converted to 24-bit files during import so they play properly when imported into Logic.
The start time of imported Final Cut Pro XML projects is now consistently correct.
It's now possible to export Music XML when the Score window is in linear view mode.
Logic no longer shows multiple alerts when importing a Final Cut Pro XML project containing videos in a format not supported by Logic.
Songs created in GarageBand 6 no longer load in Logic Pro X with an extra channel in the Mixer.
Fixes an issue in which audio in a song imported from GarageBand 6 might play back too fast in Logic Pro X.
Logic now offers to include embedded tempo and marker information when using Track Import to bring an audio file into a project that contains no other audio regions.
Simultaneously dragging multiple MIDI files into the Tracks area now behaves as expected when using No Overlap mode.
The default destination path for exported MIDI files is now the project folder instead of ~/Music/Logic.
When importing projects, there is now an Add All button in the Aux import dialog.
The user settings in the Bounce window are now retained after sharing to iTunes.
Split stereo SD2 files no longer incorrectly import as AIFF files when the WAV file option is enabled.
The “Share Song to iTunes” command now creates a playlist with the name entered if there is not already an iTunes playlist with that name.
MIDI events that precede the start point of a region are no longer included when the region is exported as a MIDI file.
Stability and reliability
Includes several fixes related to stability and reliability, including to resolve issues that could cause Logic to quit unexpectedly in these circumstances:
When changing the length of a time-stretched region
When importing tracks from another project
When recording with the color palette open
When bypassing an instance of the Maschine plug-in
When exporting Music XML after applying Enharmonic Shift to some notes
When changing the range on an Environment fader whose style was set to Text
When quitting a project that has a Surround Compressor inserted on a channel strip
When removing a control surface from the Control Surface setup window when the Logic Remote is also present
When changing the range value of a Smart Control during playback.
When reapplying a Time and Pitch operation after undoing a previous one
When dragging an audio region from a take folder to a new song

Thanks Erik,
If nothing else, this huge list of updates and fixes, shows clearly that the Logic Dev team is working hard on fixing and improving LPX to a major degree.... and from the list of fixes done.. show they do read the bug reports submitted!
As an aside....
I recall how all the 'naysayers' prior to LPX (and in some cases, since...) were proclaiming how Logic was dead, the team was being disbanded, we won't see any further development, the Dev team doesn't listen or care... and so on....... I wonder where those people are now?

MainStage 3.1 released

http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT200269
MainStage 3.1
MainStage 3.1 includes the following changes. For more information, see www.apple.com/logicpro/mainstage.
New Features and Enhancements
Redesigned Compressor plug-in with scalable, Retina-ready interface and a new compressor model.
Retro Synth can now create wavetables from imported audio and is able to stack up to 8 voices.
The Plug-in Manager now allows you to customize the organization of your menu.
Expanded sound library includes over 200 new synth patches and 10 Mellotron instruments.
New Auto Sampler plug-in converts hardware synthesizers into sampled instruments.
Custom shortcuts can be assigned and managed using the new Key Command editor.
It is now possible to copy and paste ranges in the layer editor.
Stability
MainStage no longer quits unexpectedly when selecting all patches.
General
MainStage no longer drops out of Full Screen Performance mode when you use a KVM switch to change the display to another computer.
When moving the MainStage window from a 4K display to another display, the window width now properly adjusts to the new display size.
Mouse clicks in a plug-in window are no longer passed through to the Patch Browser in Performance mode.
Window positions are now properly recalled when opening a saved concert.
Parameter text fields are now displayed correctly when the first patch or set is skipped.
Text in the Graph Editor now renders properly when the window is resized.

cool !

Recording compression "destructively" - Input Object?

My goal is to record some compression to disk "destructively," but leave the reverb, eq, etc. only for monitoring until final mixdown. Seems like a simple enough process in the manual, but I don't understand where to put the compressor insert. I am confused with input channel, input object, input source and audio track. Here's the manual explanation:
Page 298 of the ref manual states: "Example: To avoid large jumps in level, it is often useful to record a vocal track with light compression. To do so; insert a compressor plug-in into the input channel and assign the Input Object as the input source of an audio track. During recording, the effect of the compressor is recorded with the track."
In terms of a simple analog desk, you are processing an input, taking that output into another input, then adding verb, etc. But where in LP do you put that compressor, and how do you assign that output to the arrange window's tracks?
Someone help this poor man; I have stumped every Apple Store rep I have asked.
RCarbaugh

You can use a normal Audio track and for it´s Input you select e.g. Input 1 as your source (in the parameter window there is a window where you can assign any Audio object to your channel). You could also use an Aux object for the same purpose (in that case select input 1 in the little square above the fader). Then you insert a compressor in the channel strip like you would normally do and send it to the monitoring bus or output - done...

4.1 Upgrade Won't Open

Compressor 4.1 will not open. Each time I try to open it, I get a dialogue box that says it has "Unexpectantly Quit". I've been using Compressor successfully for years and it's always worked flawlessly. So this is a bit of a surprise.
I'm running Mavericks 10.9.1 on a MAC Tower circa 2009. It's a 2x3 Ghz quad core. Since I've upgraded to FCPX 10.1 I find the whole system is sluggish and I'm having a tape transport control issue with 10.1. Is anyone else experiencing these problems.
I do have a second edit station running a 2 yr old 27" iMAC, also with Mavericks and FCPX 10.1. Compressor 4.1 installed and is working fine there.
Any ideas on the Compressor issue?......and if anyone has found a fix for the J & L keys not working to control tape transport, it would be nice to hear that, too.

Hey Russ, thanks for the suggestions. Yes. I have uninstalled and re-installed a number of times. This typically will resolve any problems I've had in the past. Not this time.
I have repaired the permissions: no luck there. Normally trashing Preferences would be the first thing I'd do, but for some odd reason I cannot locate the Preferences for Compressor in, to me, what would be its logical location...the Preferences folder inside the Library folder on my startup drive. Am I missing something here? Has Apple given it a different name? or placed it somewhere else?
I'd like to believe that would turn out to be the easy fix.
I continue to get different results when trying to open the App. Sometimes I get a dialogue box "Compressor Unexpectedly Quit While using the Compressor Plug-in". Other times the splash screen comes up, the window opens, but it's a distorted, blank gray screen. I can acces the Import file drop down. The dialogue says the file was imported successfully, but it doesn't show up on screen....and the app eventually crashes.
Thanks again for your suggestions
Tom

Frequency Smoothing Across Audio Spectrum Question . . .

I plan to post this querry on the Logic and Soundtrack Pro forums as well, seeing as they will probably add some good suggestions. For now, however, I will start here, as it is FCP that I have been working with the most.
I am editing the voice over portion of a feature length project of mine. The nature of the manner in which I recorded the voice over sessions was such that I have multiple takes (sometimes 50 plus) of, for example, each word in a phrase. Well, after choosing the final VO edit, all is generally good and well. Howver, due to the fact that any final VO edit is comprised of a hodge podge mix of, say, 100 different total takes, there are certain dynamic frequency idiocincracies that are apparent; at least to me - which is enough for me to do something about it.
My question is this: Is there an FCP plug in or anything of the like (in Soundtrack Pro or Logic that anyone knows about) that can give a "representation" (for lack of a better word) of dynamic frequencies (shows you the highs, the lows, the mids, etc, etc), and - MORE IMPORTANTLY - can "smooth out" the different frequency anamolies and give me a homogeneous frequency dynamic across my scene(s)? The second portion of this question is the real important one to me, by the way. I want to know if there's a way to, again, smooth out differing frequencies so that the VOed scene sounds much more natural.
I'm not even sure if I even ASKED this question correctly/understandably or not . . . so please let me know if anyone requires more elucidation upon this inquiry.
Thank you very much everyone, in advance, for all your help.
Javier Calderon
Macintosh Dual 2 Gig G5 Mac OS X (10.4)

Don't waste anymore time trying to do this in FCP.
It just doesn't have the best tools available to do this job. You can't hear the results of your audio filters in real-time, etiher - you need to render first.
Soundtrack Pro, ProTools, Peak, Deck, Logic... use anything that has proper audio tools and plug-ins available to you, as well as being able to audition in real-time.
"Smoothing" tips? Here's two.
1) Use some kind of audio compressor plug-in using a "voiceover" or "vocal" preset to tame and regularize flucuations in the dynamics of the edited track. Perhaps a multiband compressor might do a better job for you, but that can be a somewhat complex tool to master.
2) Add a very small amount of "small room" or "medium room" reverb to the edited track. Sometimes a barely audible amount of reverb can go a long way toward smoothing out a choppy voiceover track.
Good luck.

Extigy purchased - What do I ne

Hi everyone.
I purchased an Extigy from eBay knowing it would be a bit better than my existing 5: card.
However I simply wish to know what drivers I need as there has been no CD supplied. I have checked the Creative downloads section but the two files which look promising are also stating that existing version of said driver/firmware/software must be present before updating.
So effecti'vely....where do I get the original drivers, or will it PnP ?
Regards
Wiggz

theres a lot of options depending on what kind of sound you need to record.. if you want to record good quality voices you need good mics and preamp. a not bad/good studio mic for vocal can easyly cost over a few thousand $$$ and thats the same for good pream
ps.
. but if you want only some OK quality for a "fine but near cheap" recording you can try a Shure sm58 mic (00 $$ or something like that) plugged directly in a not bad sound card (like the audigy) and adjust the sound with plug-ins and softwares. Steinberg Wavelab is a good one that i use with Sony Soundforge.. these are good for mastering and recording. wavelab is fine for simple audio mixes and it comes with some nice plug ins like de-esser and voice attenuator for vocals and some stuff like that..so a sm58 with a good compressor plug in and reverb with good EQ can sound not bad..
i do electronic music so i dont have to buy a lot of recording stuff beacause its almost all made directly inside the computer. but for the voices and recording i use a sm57 with a guitar preamp and good plugins and thats fine. for the sound card an audigy 2 platinum was a good start for me 2 years ago and ill keep it even if i am planning to buy a delta 00 soon.there are thousands of setups possible for home or pro studios so thats hard to find exactly what you need when you begin anyways good luck. i hope this help you a lil

Adaptive Limiter: What's input scale?

I'm reading the plug-in manual and it says this about the ad-limiter:
Start the process by adjusting the Input Scale, just as you would set a mixing desk’s
Gain parameter, or a digital recorder’s recording level. The parameter behaves much
like a Gain control, but its purpose is to adjust the input level, which must never exceed
0 dBFS. Adjust the Gain parameter to musically control the internal process of peak
smoothing and gain increase.
Does that mean the margin value should never exceed 0.0? I'm not sure exactly what they mean my that. Then I use the gain to control the amount of limiting right?
Also, why is it that when I crank the gain all the way up the levels actually drop down a bit? Sure it sounds like crap but I'm just curious if anyone knows.

yes bnob, the input scale should not be set so the left hand meter zero's out.
ever.
digital clipping will result. basically it's just a trim control.
once this is set correctly, the gain control should be used to pump up da volume. bare in mind that too much of this leads to mixes with little energy or dynamic. not a good thing, generally.
a more sane approach is to put a compressor plug before it set as a leveller.
a leveller has a deep threshold, slow attack, low ratio, mid-slow release and soft knee. also try the soft clip with it. this setting will make things louder but you might get overs. that where the ad lim comes in.
it takes care of the peaks.

Premiere CC Multicam Project Freezing

Recently started encountering errors with Premiere freezing after adding multicam sequences to the project. For a couple hours it was working great, and being very responsive (working the way it should). Then out of nowhere it froze on me, and the playhead would not respond, of course then "not-responding" popped up and was only able to close by force quitting in the windows task manager.
For trouble shooting I then did the following things
- restarted system
- open other projects without multicam and verified they worked normally
- checked for updated graphics drivers
- ran windows disk check on the drive the media is on, even though other projects on the same drive work fine
- tried to work on other parts of the project where no multicam was. This had the project being super laggy and not playing footage until minutes after pressing play, then of course freezing after a couple more minutes.
- Opening Premier while pressing alt
Premiere Pro CC version 7.2.2 (33)
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Intel i7 X990 @ 3.47GHz
24GB RAM
PNY Quadro 4000 GPU
If I need to add any other info please advise and thanks for any input.

No it was not. Thanks though
I did find what caused the problem. I put the stock Multiband Compressor plug-in onto the master audio track in the sequence containing all the raw video. This way no matter what part of the multicam nest I was cutting from (they are interviews) the plug-in would be applied globally. I guess Premiere does not like this one bit. So now I have to do it the long way and go clip to clip though the whole project.
Does anyone know if there is another workaround for this? I am going to submit the issue as well in hopes for a bug fix.
Thanks

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