Midi control of Logic plugins

Does anybody know how to assign midi controllers to parameters in the plugins.
In L7 I used Command-L to get the plugin to learn the midi controller.
I have the same key-command in L8, but nothing happens when I try to use it.
Any help greatly appreciated.
-Kim

Maybe in your setup Command+L is already assigned to another function with a higher priority? I use F4 for the learn function and control+C to open the Controller assignment list and it works well.

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Is there a way to open a MIDI file in Logic without Logic automatically assigning instruments to each track?

Donald:
First of all many thanks to you and other contributors to this thread.
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When you open a MIDI file, all the data concerning meter and tempo are retained.
When you import a MIDI file data concerning meter and tempo are lost.
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http://www.apple.com/feedback/logicpro.html
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However, when you go to the mixer page, you discover that you cannot create "software instrument" Channel Strips because they are grayed-out on the channel strip menu.
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Ahrenshof wrote:
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