Mighty Mouse in Logic

I've only just obtained a Mighty Mouse... and Mighty it is too.
Anyway, I was wandering how people use it in Logic - what they've found useful: any tricks or shortcuts that are particularly useful.
I've not actually figured out how to assign functions in applications yet, just the general OSX functions. Any contributions would be most welcome. Cheers...

BUMP
My friend has his setup in Digital Performer so that when he places the cursor over a knob e.g. a Bus Send, he can use the scroll wheel to change the value of it.
Logic is not responding in this way... any ideas how I set this up?

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Thanks for the advice - mighty mouse is actually quite mighty

so a while ago I started a thread looking for opinions on what mouse to get to replace my HORRIBLE kensington bluetooth optical pilot mouse. incidentally, DO NOT buy one of these mice. they are wrong. I had it for ages because I got it to go with my little PB 12", back then I didn't really know much about what was out there. I liked the small size, it had a good grip and felt good quality. however, it always would drop out of connection, and it was so fickle with tracking, sometimes the pointer would just jump all over the screen, other times it would hardly move at all unless you shook it. I just figured this was the tradeoff for having a wireless mouse and that one was probably just as bad as the next. plus, I wasn't using it with logic, just web browsing and email, so it wasn't really mission critical.
anyway, I didn't really do anything about replacing the mouse till now. I am currently working on a TVC, with a big production sound involving far too many tracks of vocals and so on. and trying to edit takes and just do my thing in logic with this mouse was as close to torture as I am ever going to want to come. a couple of times I nearly threw it across the studio, and I definitely did smash it on the desk a couple of times. then, I also considered plunging my head in a bucket of kerosene and lighting a match. so I figured, no let's not do that. let's get a better mouse. I was actually using the trackpad instead of the mouse out of preference, so I figured this is not a good sign, there must be something better out there by now.
so I looked around on the web, read some reviews. thought about advice I had gotten here and elsewhere. then today, after having some trouble finding a dealer that would actually let me try the mouse before buying it, I went in with my MBP and logic key and sat down to test out the wireless mighty mouse.
one thing I hadn't realised till I started reading reviews was that it is a laser mouse, not an optical one. I had no idea just how much better this meant the tracking would be. to be honest, till now I always thought I'd go with a logitech or something because I just thought I'd hate the scrollball thingy, and the size and shape of the mighty mouse always seemed like it was just about clean apple design and not ergonomics.
I still have to say that in terms of grip, I'd probably prefer one of the more sculpted logitechs or so on, also because I have big hands. but.. after using it for a while, and seeing just how many millions of times better the tracking is on this mouse than on my previous piece of sh*t kensington, I can't tell you how good it feels to actually be in control of the pointer again.. as opposed to feeling like a ******** amputee with a tourette's syndrome twitch, muscle spasms and up/down left/right dyslexia. and I apologize to any logic users who may in fact be ******** amputees with a tourette's syndrome twitch, muscle spasms and up/down left/right dyslexia. that's just the best way I could describe trying to cludge my way through logic using that RUBBISH mouse.
I also downloaded the mouse zoom preference pane because I found the maximum tracking speed in the mac mouse control panel a little too slow.
but anyway.. thanks again to everyone who suggested the mighty mouse. I honestly wasn't really considering it cos it always looked a little too design-ey and not ergonomic enough for me. but, I'm rather pleasantly surprised and no longer feeling like setting fire to my own head.
btw for anyone out there looking for a mouse.. make sure you try out the wireless one, not the wired one, because it has laser tracking as opposed to optical.. and for precision in logic for editing and manipulating miniscule knobs and faders on software synths (CS-80V leaps to mind...) it really does ease your pain.
ok I'm really just procrastinating now. back to work..

ok as I continue working with this mouse.. let me just say.. people: if you haven't used a mouse with laser tracking yet with logic, seriously, try one. the precision and accuracy of these things is alarmingly good. it's one of those didn't even know there was a problem till you tried it kind of things..
unless you are one of those people who has managed to train your brain to use a trackball or whatever, seriously, try out a mouse with laser tracking. night and day.
there are some logitechs that have it, and also the wireless mighty mouse, not the other mighty mice. that is such a stupid name.

Has anyone used the 3M Ergonomic Mouse with Logic?

I'm particularly interested in whether:
(a) the *scroll function* works with Logic, and
(b) does the simple, non-programmable 3-button design hinder the functionality of Logic?

I am a big fan of mice with many options, and while I have never used a blue tooth mouse before, I do have a Logitech MX1000 mouse that I use for my Powerbook, and I love it. I originally used it for my PC, but when I picked up the new laptop, I just setup the PC with the older MX700 which I also love, and used the laser mouse on the laptop. Either way, I am sure anything with more than one button or the really ridiculous Mighty Mouse from APPLE will be better than a trackpad for any serious use.

Wireless Mighty Mouse won't work properly with MacBook/tech support stumped

Hi. First post. Anyone heard of this problem? Appears to be location-sensitive. Problem described below, but first, short background...
Just bought entire Mac system after decades in corporate world with PC. Believed the TV ads that it would be simple. Already have been back to Mac store 6 times and have spent roughly 7 hours on phone with help line. Mac store even replaced Macbook entirely in case it was faulty logic board/Bluetooth circuit -- didn't help. Also, problem doesn't happen in store. So, to get to the point:
Wireless Mighty Mouse doesn't work properly when hooked up to Macbook -- herky-jerky, slow, unresponsive, sluggish, imprecise, intermittently better/worse. Went through a few Mighty Mouses and finally gave up; now using hardwire mouse and there's no problem. But before I return Mighty Mouse for refund, would like to see if there's a solution b/c I'd prefer wireless.
System is the latest little souped-up Macbook, 23" HD Cinema external monitor, external wireless Apple keyboard (which works fine), wireless Mighty Mouse (the culprit), Airport Express, HP printer. All brand new from local Mac store (Fifth Avenue, New York)... where the Genius counter folks have given up. I'm not convinced they believe me because (a) the problem doesn't occur there, and (b) after a couple of new Mighty Mouses, they finally just gave me a new Macbook to make me go away... but after going through the whole system setup once again, same problem. Have tried many different mousepads, BTW.
Tried all the stuff phone tech support suggested -- removing/installing/reinstalling software, etc. Airport works fine; using modem and printer connections there. Bluetooth works fine with keyboard. I've scouted around for intefering devices; even unplugged electrostatic loudspeakers and old tubed amps in living room (concrete wall separates rooms), unplugged hifi in same room, etc. On 40th floor of Manhattan hi-rise; concrete walls between neighbors. Have never had interference before with anything; previous PC system worked fine with Microsoft wireless (optical) mouse.
This is no longer urgent because hardwired Apple mouse works well. It's just mysterious.
Any thoughts?
Other than that, I like the Mac environment so far. Fifth Avenue store is cool, also, because it's open 24/7.
Ken
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Hey, thanks! That was fast. I'm impressed by the Mac community.
This program helped my hardwired mouse, actually, and did give me wider parameters on the wireless mouse, but it didn't correct the herky-jerky/sluggishness -- actually amplified those problems.
Ken

Mighty Mouse scroll disables Catch

Right or left scroll with the Mighty Moue disables the Catch mode. It just disables the activated “Walking Man” in the Arrange window or any window that has that button. However, this happens only when Logic is in play mode.
The 360 degree scrolling wheel on the Mighty Mouse is one of the best workflow improvements. No more trips down to the scroll bar when working in long Arrange or Edit windows. Also the option+scroll feature for zooming, very nice.
I saw some similar posts about Mighty Mouse issues, especially pressing the scroll button. Didn’t experience that, because I programmed the “push scroll wheel” to “close window”. This makes it really fast when you open windows (with a key command), do the editing or just checking some settings and click (on he scroll button) and the window is gone.
But this “Catch” bug is driving me nuts. Can anybody confirm that behavior. (I’m using the SteerMouse driver.)

However, Catch is turned off when you scroll manually, but
only if Logic is in play mode, not in stop mode
This makes sense, as if you're playing a song and need to scroll to see a different window position, if the catch function wasn't turned off, you'd either have difficulty scrolling or the window would jump back to the spl when you let go of the mouse.
You can't have Logic just in those two modes, where Catch
mode is enabled (Follow with now ifs and whens and stay
that way) and Catch mode is disabled
You can't?
Leave the catch when starting preference off, and catch will stay off unless you turn it on, regardless of playing. When it's on, it will stay on, unless you scroll away from the spl during playback.
So that gives you your two modes, controlled by you, apart from when you "force" Logic to not follow the spl when you navigate away from it during playback (or would you rather have Logic not let you scroll the window while playing with catch on?
I'd have to play with the other catch prefs you mention to remember their exact behaviour, I can't exactly remember all the options at the moment. For me, I have catch on start on, and usually let Logic follow the spl, unless I want to look elsewhere, and I don't have a problem with Logic in this respect.

Show tool with Mighty Mouse

Hi.
I used to get the "show tool" pop up when i right clicked my mighty mouse. Now, when I right click, nothing happens.
How do I get it back the may it was?
Logic 7.2.3 on MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Logic Pro >Preferences >Global > click on the Editing tab and select Right Mouse Button>Opens Toolbox

Removing pairing for Mighty Mouse on non-existant computer

Hello people,
I have a Might Mouse and today my Macbook Pro crashed and it looks like the logic board is dead and I might have to get a new computer etc. My Mighty Mouse was paired to it but as I can no longer access the broken Mac I can't unpair the mouse. Is there a way to 'force' unpair a Might Mouse?
Thanks,
Hamish

Barry, I know the subject can be confusing but I have an Apple wireless keyboard and Magic mouse sitting here paired to 2 Macs. I don't know about other bluetooth devices but the keyboard and mouse don't care. Pairing just tells the Mac to ignore other M/K uids and accept the input from the paired M/K.
Captfred
Also the advice you gave him:
Go to system preferences>bluetooth. Turn the mouse off, highlight the device, delete it, and then restart. Turn the mouse on. The BT setup assistant should open and try to locate the device.
He stated that he now longer has access to that computer.
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Wireless Mighty Mouse "freezes", but ___

I've had this a couple times with my previous 20", where the Bluetooth wireless mouse did nothing, yet my Wacom tablet / pen was fine.
But this time, w/ my new 24" , it was one restart, then another. . and no change. But a shutdown snapped it out of it.
I'm not at all versed in crashlogs & such, but I'm foolishly hoping it's a certain, concise symptom.
More likely it could be any of a dozen things, right ?

Jen,
I had the same problem, though oddly enough, it affected only the non-administrator accounts on my iMac. Thinking the problem might be software related, or he result of transfering account information from my old iMac, I erased and reinstalled the operating system. When this did not solve the problem, I contacted Apple support, and they took me through the usual self-help step (e.g. clearing the NVRAM). Eventually, at Apple's suggestion, I took my iMac in to the local Apple store, where they ran some tests, but could not find a problem. They swapped out my wireless Mighty Mouse, but the problems continued. I contacted Apple again, and they arranged to send out a support person (to my home) to replace the Bluetooth module and logic board. After a day of considering this, I called Apple, and asked that they simply replace my iMac (it was but thirty days old), and they agreed to do so. My new iMac is enroute.
I know Apple appears not to agree, but I think the problem is with Leopard. If it was a hardware problem, it should also have affected my administrator account.

Difference between Apple Mighty Mouse MB112LL/A and MB112LL/B?

What's the difference between the wired Apple Mighty Mouse MB112LL/A and MB112LL/B?

I did a search for "MB112LL/A" on the Apple support website:
[http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&product=&q=MB112LL/A]
As you can see, it comes up in several pages giving information about the Mac Mini and MacBook, where it's given as the part number for the Apple Mouse in the "Options" section, under "Configure-To-Order." A search for MB112LL/B turns up no results of this sort.
Furthermore, the Apple Online Store sells the /B part but not the /A part. So it seems logical to assume that the /A is offered only as a CTO part, and the /B is a standalone part.
Like I said, I'm not sure that the difference is the configure-to-order status. It's just an educated guess.

Mighty Mouse causes electrical noise on headphone socket of Intel iMac!

Sorry for posting this again (it was originally a reply to another thread). I just felt it warranted some attention.
Mighty Mouse (and other USB optical mice) cause noise and interference on the headphone port in an Intel Mac!!!
In the other post it was reported that there was discernible electrical noise and interference when using the headphone port, with echoes, pops and a constant buzz and whine. I really noticed this as well, especially after the impressive noise-free headphone output of the Mac mini I had for 10 days before upgrading to an iMac.
I noticed that the noise changed from a buzz to whine when I moved and picked up the mouse. I've got my Mighty Mouse plugged into my keyboard. At first I tried unplugging the keyboard from the iMacs USB port and the noise stopped. Then I plugged it back in, and then removed the mouse from the keyboard. The interference stopped. I then tried plugging the mouse directly into the iMac. Again, that horrid buzzing whining noise and echoes. So it is definitely the mouse!
The noise changes when the mouse's scanning red light switches on and off and during movement.
I've then tried a second Mighty Mouse, the one I bought for my Mac mini. Same thing. And just now I tried another optical mouse, a mini-notebook one. The noise is even worse! It's quite bizarre as well, the noise changes in pitch the further I move it from the desk surface - its like tuning a radio!
Am I going to be reduced to plugging in a clunky old USB ball mouse to avoid noise through the headphone port of my 1 day old iMac? Can you actually still buy such a device?
Actually, can anybody report on whether the Apple wireless Bluetooth mouse causes electrical noise on the headphone port? And is the noise just on the headphone port or on the inbuilt speakers too? And on the headphone port's dual function as optical audio output?
This is not good. And I'm quite surprised it is something that has been missed by Apple's engineers. Or has it? Is this a known problem? Somebody should have words.
Can anybody from Apple comment? Do they frequent this place? I hope so.
20" iMac (Intel) Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Hello, I bought an iMac 20" today and ran into the same problem...and found this conversation (and the original thread) with a search for "iMac headphone jack noisy".
The problem is painfully audible on a pair of Etymotic Research headphones that I have on loan from a friend. These are designed to fit into your ears with earplugs that seal off the rest of outside sound, so it's practically like having an oscilloscope plugged into your head. Though the Mighty Mouse certainly aggravates the problem with the varying pitches of whine, I have to say it's just a noisy jack when compared with other devices I've plugged the headphones into.
For instance, my Powerbook G4 has some noise on the headphone jack but it's a soft hiss. There is no variation introduced by plugging in the mighty mouse.
However, on both the iMac and PowerBook G4 it appears that the electrical gain on the noise in the headphone circuit is completely independent of the volume level. This is not true of the iPod, where if you turn the volume all the way down while no song is playing the jack goes dead quiet. If I'm right that the volume is being done entirely with software on the computers, then I have become curious as to whether there is any way to control the electrical gain of the headphone jack.
Without such a hardware-level gain control in the iMac or G4, then if your headphones don't take much power to drive...the relative volume of the noise will be greater. So you can make this less noticeable with bigger headphones. I can't hear any of this noise when I'm listening on a pair of bulky AKG studio monitors (which are not particularly shabby in terms of frequency response or audio quality, though the maximum listening volume isn't very good without a headphone amplifier).
More expense, and hassle, just to work around a
problem that should have been noticed and rectified
before Apple released these computers to their eager
public.
In Fight Club, the main character faces the grim truth about how his automobile company handles recalls. The financial formula wasn't to recall a car just because they knew it had a fatal flaw, they recalled when the cost of dealing with lawsuits would exceed the cost of performing a recall. A lot of people in business think that way, and it's sad to suspect Apple is in that camp.
Still, engineering decisions are made within certain specifications and tolerances, and influenced by issues like price. So I accept that Apple cannot anticipate every audiophile application, and that there's a limit to the quality level the consumer interface can ship with. If someone wants better, they can buy a firewire or USB audio interface with higher-quality design.
The frustrating bit is that the only guideline we are given from Apple to expect on quality is "excellent", "engineered", and "pinnacle of design". Speaker manufacturers publish graphs showing the response of their system, which you can then test your unit against. Where is the noise limit specification for the headphone jack? Are we all stuck making individual appeals?
Since this problem depends on the headphones, you've got to prove that the headphones you're using are reasonable. Perhaps see if iPod headphones have the problem?
(Sadly I no longer have iPod headphones with which to test...)
Vainly crossing fingers for a fix.
At least at this point, it can pay off to speak up. My PowerBook mentioned above just had its logic board replaced in order to address a terrible whine that happened when the CPU was drawing a middle range of power. I couldn't really reproduce the horrible cases very easily until I finally found others who managed to figure out that the defect was so bad that some systems could play a nearly full volume musical scale on the analog circuitry of the power supply:
http://arstechnica.com/staff/fatbits.ars/2006/3/4/3059
Once I could demonstrate it, they fixed it. But the problem had been there since I bought the machine, and made it nearly unusable at times.
iMac 20" Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.6) 2.0 GHz, 512MB RAM

Problem with Left Click (mighty mouse) and flash content

Hi, first sorry for my bad english...
Well I have an issue with the left click (i have mighty mouse) and flash content in Firefox:
if i'm using Firefox and then change to any other app, when i get back to firefox i have no left click anymore...
So i have to open the mouse setting panel and everything works fine again...
I don't want to open the mouse panel over and over again to fix that, so what i can do?
THANKS in advance =)
I uploaded a video to show the issue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROWSod5fUjk
Mighty mouse Settings:
Left Click + Right Click
Firefox ver: 3.5.5
Snow Leopard: 10.6.2
iMac 24" (iMac9,1)
Message was edited by: MaLk Gopher

Hi, Guys!!
And you have some right cosmic_hippo , Why?
Well think that the real problem it's something between Firefox and Flash content...
because if i use Safari and i try make what i describe in the first post, i don't have any problem with the mouse settings.
Only Happens when i use Firefox...
Cheers.
Well the issue is still there...

New Mac Mini and 2006/2007 Wireless Keyboard and Mighty Mouse

Will my old wireless keyboard and mighty mouse from 2006 and 2007 work with the new Mac Mini?

Thank You!

I have messed up the settings on my Mighty Mouse and don't know where they should be. I cannot open a document by double-clicking anymore. I don't know what setting adjusts that.

I need help with my Mighty Mouse settings. Don't understand the settings. I can no longer open a document by double-clicking. I think I changed my setting someway when I was trying to correct or find my up and down scrolling. Please help.

I think you need to un-pair your mouse. Leave it a few minutes than re-pair it as if you were starting from scratch and using the following details. Item 1 will probably meet your needs.
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Bluetooth Mighty Mouse keeps freezing after upgrading to Leopard

My bluetooth mighty mouse has frequent, intermittent freezes (which appear to be a loss of sync to the iMac) after upgrading to Leopard (now 10.5.1) from 10.4.11 on my iMac 24" alum body. This mouse was rock solid on my iMac running Tiger. Luckily I do have a corded mouse which I've been forced to use the past week or so.
Can anyone suggest anything?
Thanks.

I was just trying to help my Dad with the same exact issue (Mighty Mouse stops working on waking from sleep & trying to open bluetooth prefs at that point causes the system to lock up. Have to hold down power button to reboot)
Oddly I have Leopard on my iMac 2.16 Core 2 Duo and have no issues with my Mighty Mouse.
Hopefully someone comes up with an answer .... My Dad is 80 and just bought a new Powerbook and Mighty Mouse. It's hard to explain why the mouse doesn't work.

Mighty mouse alternative for OSX and XP

Just ordered a Mac Pro - upgrading from G5 Powermac. I got the mighty mouse with the G5 and of course the MP comes with the same. I have gotten used to the mighty mouse to a point but part of the reason for getting the MP is for Windows and gaming. For this I think another mouse with 'real' buttons might be better. What are your recommendations for a quality wired multi-purpose mouse (XP and OSX) and are there any mouses (mice/moose/meece) that have a scroll wheel similar to the might mouse one (very useful in PS etc). I'm not keen on trackball types btw.
Thanks

The Logitech MX510. Love it w/ Mac and Windows.
I'm a QA engineer w/ Avid and purchased this mouse for multi-button assignment mouse testing on mac and pc. I have one at home now too, it's the cat's meow. (sorry bad joke).
I just couldn't get use to the mighty mouse. Don't dig the "Touch-sensitive top shell".
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