Configurating Micro Korg analog synth with logics environment....?

Having a bit of trouble... =/
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks.

Sounds to me like you don't know what your talking about with micro Korg.
Sorry, was thinking about Korg microKontrol, got my wires crossed. It's late here...
In which case, you need to go to the environment, New -> Instrument, called it microKorg, set the MIDI port and channel it's on, then select that instrument in the arrange page. Now your MIDI notes will go to the Korg.
If you want to monitor the audio through Logic, you'll need to connect the audio into your audio interface and either use direct monitoring, or turn on software monitoring in Logic, create an Input object, route it to the main outs and turn it up.
Of course, if you don't want my help, that's fine too...

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have an excellent condenser mic and tube preamp
Great! That's the best start for vocals and acoustic instruments - depending on what this gear is.
I think you'd be better off with an interface rather than juggling cables. Get a Firewire interface: If you don't want to spend too much money at this stage, check out the PreSonus Inspire or the baby Focusrite Saffire LE.
http://www.presonus.com/inspire1394.html
http://www.focusrite.com/product/saffire_le/

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I plan to use Logic Pro X to access and configure the patch list for my Yamaha MO8 workstation. The Steinberg software I downloaded previously didn't work and never allowed me to configure the sounds. From what I've heard, I was told to use a cheap mixer or a Audio/MIDI interface (like the Scarlett 2i2 or 4i4). The Yamaha MO8 will be used as a master and has MIDI IN, OUT, and THRU. I also have the Korg Volca synths to use as slaves (they only have the MIDI IN port), and plan to connect them to the MIDI THRU on the keyboard. I already have the Yamaha USB driver installed, and the Mac recognizes the device. I also have the Portmidi app and wonder if that will allow me to see the patch list (with the actual names, not numbers).
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Anything with 2 audio inputs and 2 MIDI outs.
-Out HP jack of Volca-1/8 to 1/4 adapter into Audio interface 1 (For any that are stereo use both 1 and 2 and use a Y splitter in addition to 1/8 to 1/4 adapters.
-Midi out from interface to Midi in of volca (Or buy a USB to MIDI interface for about $35)
-When starting up the volcas hold down the "Memory button" the LED will tell you what MIDI channel it is set to, you can change it if you wish)
-Create external MIDI track and set it to the same channel as the Volca (Only if you want to do sequencing in the DAW, if thee Volca sequencer is handling it then not necessary)
-Patch together the Volcas via the "synch out/Synch in" jacks to insure they are synched
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Overwhelmed "newbie" with an environment configuration question...

This will surely display my lack of experience when it comes to both MIDI and DAW software, but:
Page 84 of the "Getting Started With Logic" document states:
On the left hand you see an Object named +Physical Input+. Only one of these Objects exists in the environment.
I have multiple MIDI input devices (M-Audio Keystation 88es, Keystation 49e, and Trigger Finger). They're all connected via USB. In Audio/MIDI setup they're all recognized separately. Before I read this, I was trying to assign each device it's own Physical Input, but no matter what I did, messages from all three devices showed up on the same Keyboard Object in the environment.
How can I (hopefully) configure Logic Express to recognize them separately, because I'd like to assign specific devices to separate Audio Instrument tracks?
Much, much thanks (and props) for the wisdom and sharing it!

I noticed that in my audio/midi set-up utility, all three controllers have been set to a "port 1" without the option to select a different port...
You might just have hit it on the head... you're onto something there. I only have one USB midi interface, and it is not supported anymore, so I use it's MIDI ports instead, into my Unitor8mkii. No USB...
Is my problem that I'm using the controllers hooked up with USB cables versus MIDI cables (say with a USB MIDI interface)?
That might be it. I'm not 100% sure, but that might be why. You could check in the Audio Midi Setup Application (in the utilities folder that is in the main applications folder) to see if each Midi controller is setup correctly, as far as number of MIDI channels to transmit and receive on.
And thanks for clearing up the channel splitter thing for me, if / when I get another controller, I'll be sure to try this.
Another thought, have you tried setting up each controller to transmit on a different MIDI channel, instead of OMNI? OMNI means the device transmits on ALL MIDI channels ALL the time... this would undoubtedly cause further troubles. Try, if possible to set each device internally to it's own MIDI Xmit and Rcv channel, say 1, 2, and 3. See what happens...
As far as the output is concerned, if you are triggering internal VIs, you don't need to concern yourself as much, except for the EVB3, which accepts different messages on chs 1,2,and 3, for different parts of the plugin. (upper,middle and foot pedals)
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Hey Scrooge, why the attitude? Did anyone here mistreat you? And why hijack the thread?
Anyway, if you loose settings minutes after they worked, I would say the hardware may be shaky. Or the cabling. Or the operators' skills.
Ambient8 has gracefully and concisely pointed the way, and if something is not working just describe what and how it is, instead of complaining (on somebody else's thread) to people who voluntarily try to offer help & solutions.
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I have to change the parameters (banks, volume, pragram changes etc.)
There is a special Logic keycommand "Insert Instrument Midi settings as Events". Assign some keys to it, select the midi region you want to insert to (instrument settings like "Bank", "Prg", "Vol", "Pan" etc) and hit that key command which will insert the track settings into the midi region.
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Analog channel inserts with Logic

I continue to struggle with Logic Pro to get an efficient work flow when I use analog channel inserts during mixing. If I insert an analog compressor on a single channel we all know that there will be a delay in that channel with respect to the other channels. My solution is to nudge that channel to the left in anticipation of the delay. Supposedly, Nuendo and ProTools HD automatically compensate for that delay when an analog insert is used. I have hard time keeping track of which tracks are nudged to the left and which aren't as I am trying out various inserts.
I must be missing something. There has go to be an easier way. I vaguely recall someone mentioning something on a forum about a third party plugin that has the ability to correct for track latency.
I would appreciate comments from anybody using Logic with analog inserts. I am getting frustrated to the point that I am strongly considering picking up PTHD or Nuendo for this very purpose.

midnightsun wrote:
I continue to struggle with Logic Pro to get an efficient work flow when I use analog channel inserts during mixing. If I insert an analog compressor on a single channel we all know that there will be a delay in that channel with respect to the other channels. My solution is to nudge that channel to the left in anticipation of the delay. Supposedly, Nuendo and ProTools HD automatically compensate for that delay when an analog insert is used. I have hard time keeping track of which tracks are nudged to the left and which aren't as I am trying out various inserts.
This is NOT true. I have used both whilst using external compressors / reverbs / et al, and you still have to manually move the processed track afterwards. What I do, is process the track into a new recording, and then line it up. then use the compressor for something else, or remove it from the signal chain.
I must be missing something. There has go to be an easier way. I vaguely recall someone mentioning something on a forum about a third party plugin that has the ability to correct for track latency.
There is, you can use Logic's built in sample delay plug-in on all the OTHER tracks, the ones that are not going to the external device. Do a test where you find out the IO latency for the compressor or device, and set the sample delay accordingly. If your workflow demands it, that's the way to go.
I would appreciate comments from anybody using Logic with analog inserts. I am getting frustrated to the point that I am strongly considering picking up PTHD or Nuendo for this very purpose.
I do use them all the time, I have a bunch of outboard, which I use for tracking and mixing. I also have used PT HD and Nuendo in these very types of situations.
Again, you would be wasting your money. NO DAW can give you automatic delay compensation for UNKNOWN external devices. This cannot be, and this is why:
1. Once a signal has travelled to the physical output of the computer, there is NO WAY the computer can know where it goes, how long it takes to go there and come back. This is analogous to you throwing a rock around a corner, and knowing that it will go all around the building, WITHOUT LOOKING. And also, when a rock comes all the way around the building, it hits you, and you KNOW that's the same rock. This Physically Impossible. If you are skeptical, try it for yourself.
2. Likewise, a computer cannot possibly know that an incoming signal is the one you sent out previously. This is, because a computer cannot THINK. A computer COMPUTES. It does math for us, so we don't have to. We still have to tell the computer what we are inputting, and we also have to know what to do with what it outputs. One day, many years from now, we might have some AI in our computers. Yechhh. I like thinking for myself.
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Korg nano séries it compatible with Logic Pro x ?

Korg nano séries it compatible with Logic Pro x ?

It's usually not about if the hardware is compatible with LPX.. It's if it is compatible with Mountain Lion that matters... as LPX needs 10.8.4 to run...
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Struggling with something that i imagine is very simple but just cant work it out! Please help me.
I will be using Logic 8 within a live environment and need to basically get various audio tracks 'out' of logic via my interface into a mixing desk. I have 8 sub outs on my interface which is fine for me. (prob lots of people do this also with a mixing desk in the studio environment for intergration with the desk and outboard gear so i 100% sure it can be done!)
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I play in a electro band that incorperates live drums, analog synths, logic audio (backing tracks kinda thing) aswell as live instruments, and finding logic pretty challenging to use for this!! We are flat broke and cant afford new stuff so have been living with it but we are now starting to need more outputs (for the benefits of live mixing , ie not giving the engineer a stereo out) . Surely the mixer in logic is capable of these totally bog standard audio routing options?!?!?
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jayme Lewis wrote:
So here's the problem. I went on a shopping spree recently and purchased an 8-core Nehalem 8-core Mac with 14 GB RAM, Apogee's Symphony system (With Rosetta 800 and AD-16X), and I use this gear with Logic Pro 8.
I still get system overload messages. Sometimes with only 1 virtual instrument and 8 audio tracks!
What gives? I'm running the fastest machine on the fastest system with the fastest/cleanest hardware.
I'm running Logic Pro on all of its highest settings (like it should).
?It's highest settings?
Do you mean the sample buffer is at 32 or 1024.
Even though you have Apple's flagship system it's still possible for Logic to bring it to it's knees. High sample rates plus a couple of space designer reverbs can send a single core into an overload condition.
Try these settings under Preferences/Audio.
I/O Buffer Size - 256
Process buffer - medium
Do NOT have the I/O Safety Buffer selected.
More info.
What sample rate and bit depth are you recording at? ie: 48kHz, 24-bit?
When you open Logic's CPU meters are you seeing a single core spiking?
What effects are being used on the audio and single VI track?
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Is it possible to connect my Korg Triton Rack to Logic such that when I select a synth (like ES 24) from the drop menu, I can choose the Triton?
I am a bit of a midi ludite and have my Roland Fantom daisy chained to the Korg via an Edirol UM-2 into my Mac. But I'm not realizing the full potential of my gear.
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ok there is two ways!
1. on the input slot where you would select a logic instrument, selct the external instrument (then put in the midi port and audio input that corresponds to you setup for the triton)
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somethings to note:
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My sessions are primarily audio recording and mixing with a virtual instrument from time to time. I rarely use MIDI except to play the synths and instruments.
My environmental experience so far has been limited to creating and naming audio objects, accessing "hidden" faders and as an alternate to the mix views provided in the global and track mixers.
I'd prefer free advice but I'm not against paying if it's worth it. I have read the manual but I have a feeling that it will be more helpful once I have a better grasp on the big picture. It's a reference manual more than a how-to.
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Apple has what they call "online seminars" available on the main Logic page
http://www.apple.com/logicpro/
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