Only 24 audio instrument tracks?

In Logic Pro 7.1.1, am I allowed only 24 audio instrument tracks? I cna't seem to add any more than that.

Additionally, you can use
Track->Create Multiple
from the arrange-this will add the audio objects to the environment, good for existing projects. Just make sure the max # of audio tracks is set properly in the audio hardware and drivers window. Also, If you use setup asst you can use functions from the environment such as update, and then use the environment from the session with ample environment objects as the source for import. So you can import or set your environment for existing songs and base them on newer/larger environments. Make sure you work on copies of songs when importing environments.

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Recording Audio and Audio Instrument Tracks Simultaneously?

Hi all,
sometimes i'll leave an audio track armed (which my synth is hooked up to), while playing keys on an audio instrument track, and it usually creates some incredible textures. Every time I try to record the two at the same time, it never works. Is it in any way possible to record audio and virtual instrument tracks at the same time? Would it matter that I have the same synth hooked up as both (I use audio tracks for the synth, and MIDI for the virtual instruments)? Many thanks!

Thanks for the responses! I'm actually able to arm both an audio and a virtual instrument track at the same time, and I hear both playing over each other. But as soon as I begin recording, I notice that only the virtual instrument track is recording what i'm playing. Any way around this?

Audio instrument tracks limit?

I'm trying to establish a template that loads my favorite softsynths and samplers. Is there a way to use more than 32 tracks of audio instrument tracks? Logic's only letting me see and name 32 tracks.
Fresh_oil

Check your Global Track Mixer, if it is showing more that 32 instrument channels, you just need to add them to your arrange window. Otherwise, you need to add the audio objects in your environment (or running the Logic Setup Assistant may help set up the number of instruments you need). Logic should support up to 128 audio instruments.
jord

Hi. Deeeep trouble here. I get overload (only 1 core working, it should manage easyly though anyway) with only 1 audio instrument playing. No other things in arrange. iMac i7 2.8, 8gb. Newest Logic Studio. Plz help, guys.

Hi. Deeeep trouble here. I get overload (only 1 core working, it should manage easyly though anyway) with only 1 audio instrument playing. No other things in arrange. iMac i7 2.8, 8gb. Newest Logic Studio. Plz help, guys.

TimboDJ wrote:
Right people, I really hope you can help... here's the story:
I produce with a friend and approx 4 months ago we both upgraded to brand new MacBook Pro's each and Logic Pro 9 each.
I bought a 13" MacBook Pro with 4GB and the 2.53Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
He bought a 15" MacBook Pro with 4GB and the 2.66Ghz Intel Core i7 processor.
We both have bought the full version of Logic Pro 9, both done the upgrade to 9.1 and have both set our copies of Logic to 64 bit.
Why? The only advantage you have from 64 bit is that Logic can use more than 4 GB RAM - which neither of you have. I would strongly recommend setting Logic to 32 bit. On both Books. It might alleviate some or even all the problems - I hope.
Here's a list of unavailable features in 64 bit mode:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3171
My friends copy of Logic on his Mac is so buggy its sometimes unusable.
My mate is about to throw the **** thing out of the window and buy Cubase!
More often than not it is hard to install new software on computers that have been thrown about.
Can anyone shed any light please??
I think 32 bit is your answer. However, the mobile i7 processor does at least have one issue with Logic:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11460744#11460744
(same topic, summary)
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11525406#11525406
regards, Erik.
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Mono audio instrument tracks

Good day To each and every! I saw this posted one time before but i cant seem to find the post. All of my audio instrument tracks are in mono for some reason. Im still using 7.2 and this is the first time this has happened. how do I make all of them stereo again. I cant load any of the presets with them being in mono. Thanks A Lot!

It's not whether the Track is stereo, but which instrument you've selected for that Track.
If you can change from one instrument to another, then you can also pick the stereo version of the instrument which is currently mono.
You are not changing an instrument from mono to stereo; you are choosing a different instrument (although it has the same name). You are switching instruments.
Suppose you have three Audio Instruments: "iBassoon", "iHorn (mono)", & "iHorn (stereo)".
You know how to switch the Audio Instrument Track from "iHorn (mono)" to "iBassoon", right?
Use the same technique (Command-click, click-&-hold, whichever way works for you) to change from "iHorn (mono)" to "iHorn (stereo)".
Look around; perhaps you're just not expecting to find the stereo instruments in a different folder from the mono instruments (after all, it would make sense for instruments with the same name to live together, wouldn't it? — But that's not the way it works here)!

Audio Instrument track disablign audio tracks

While doing some band recording this weekend, I noticed a weird phenomenon.
I had about 8-10 audio tracks and one MIDI track using a Logic instrument. I armed all of them for recording. When I hit "Record", only the Logic instrument would record anything. The audio tracks would just remain blank as the SPL moved forward, recording nothing.
However, if I started recording with the Logic Instrument track unarmed, then then armed it after recording had begun, it would work; the audio tracks and the Logic instrument would record fine.
It may just be my Logic ineptitude. What was I doing wrong?

What does SHIFT-select do that normal select/arm does not?
The concept is similar to that of the OS. Shift-clicking allows you to select groups (of, say, files).
This is how you tell Logic that you want to record audio MIDI simultaneously. You can disengage MIDI record on the fly, or switch to another track (if you want to record another, pre-configured Audio Instrument or MIDI track from the same MIDI keyboard)...

Logic 10.05 audio instrument tracks cannot overdub

since latest update
if i record a bass srum and snare on a instrument track (drum designer) then over dub hi hats on same track the bass drum and snare are wiped by the hats
any ideas the replace button is not on so i have no idea
thanks

Hi
Change Drag mode to overlap?
CCT

Instrument track only plays one track at a time

Logic Studio will only play one instrument track at a time. Whenever I click to another instrument track I lose the sound. The channel strip meter still shows that the instrument is playing but there is no sound. When I click back on that channel strip I can hear the sound again. Although the channel strip meter works, the strip in the mixer doesn't show any signal at all. It seems that the track is working but there doesn't seem to be any output to the mixer. I have checked all of the solo buttons and none are on. I opened a blank project and all of the software instruments worked just fine; it is only in this project that I can't get more than one instrument track to play at a time.

still plays only one instrument track at a time
I think this project might be damaged, and it would be great if we could take a look at it, as Bee Jay suggested. In the meantime, you should try what Erik suggested about option-click. And here are a few other ideas, although I'm not too optimistic.
Select any region and press S. Three things should happen: this region should have a yellow outline, the ruler should turn yellow, and the solo button in the transport bar should turn yellow. Press S again, and those three things should revert to normal. Is this what happens? It just might be helpful to know.
In the Mixer window, find the button at the top that says "All," and select it. Make sure to look at every channel strip. No yellow S button anywhere? Do you see any Mute buttons flashing?
Press option-K to open the key commands window. In the search box, type "solo off" (without the quote marks). You will see the command 'Solo off for all.' Probably no key is assigned. Give it a key (option-1 might be a good choice, because it's probably available). Close the key commands window, and press the key stroke. Better now?
The channel strip meter still shows that the instrument is playing but there is no sound. When I click back on that channel strip I can hear the sound again. Although the channel strip meter works, the strip in the mixer doesn't show any signal at all.
I have a feeling that when you say "channel strip meter" you mean 'track header meter.' Because it's completely normal that when a midi track is muted (e.g., because another track is soloed) that the track header meter will keep lighting up, even though there's no sound and even though the meter in the mixer (on what is properly called the channel strip) is dark.
The meter in the track header is just indicating that Logic is reading midi from the track. Whether or not that midi gets to become sound is something that happens downstream, and is not reflected in this meter.

Adding audio instrument to 24-track audio template: no MIDI or sound

I've been trying to add an audio instrument track to what was originally a song that started out with the 24-track audio template in Logic.
I don't seem to have any trouble adding an audio instrument track, but when I then choose the audio instrument - and, yes, I have chosen an instrument, not just clicked on the track - I get no sound nor can I see any MIDI connection in the transport window.
Everything works fine on songs based on templates that start out with both audio and audio instruments. So, I'm wondering if there's something I need to add to the environment to allow the MIDI connection? I admit I'm not an expert once in the environment, but a quick glance seems to show the general MIDI already set up.
I simply want to add a B3 to a band's rhythm track.
Any help?
TiBook 800 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

if you are getting midi into logic with other songs then there must be something missing in this song. open your environment to the click and ports layer and make sure there is a cable that runs out of the sum, of the Physical input to the Sequencer input (Record & Thru). there may be a couple other objects there like a keyboard and monitor object, just make sure everything is linked together.
hope this helps
Don

Virtual Instrument Track Bounce to Audio Track

Anyone know how I can Bounce a Virtual Instrument track to an Audio track quickly. Freeze tracks are ok, but I need to transfer Audio tracks to other studios.

Logic Pro Reference Manual
Chapter 1 Using Logic 83
Track/Region Export
The File > Export menu also features several Export functions for Regions and tracks. These allow you to render audio or Audio Instrument tracks with all active effects and automation into a single new audio file. All export functions launch a file selector window, allowing you to name the exported file(s) to specify the export file format (SDII, AIFF, and so on) and bit depth, where applicable. The default save location for exported files is the Audio Files folder of the Project. If no project is specified, the source folder (of the audio) is the default target.
• Export > Region as Audio File: Exports selected Regions as the specified file type.
• Export > Track as Audio File: Simply select the desired audio track in the Arrange window’s Track List. All Regions on the track will be selected, and you can use this export function to merge all Regions into a single contiguous audio file.
Track/Region Export
The File > Export menu also features several Export functions for Regions and tracks. These allow you to render audio or Audio Instrument tracks with all active effects and automation into a single new audio file. All export functions launch a file selector window, allowing you to name the exported file(s) to specify the export file format (SDII, AIFF, and so on) and bit depth, where applicable. The default save location for exported files is the Audio Files folder of the Project. If no project is specified, the source folder (of the audio) is the default target.
• Export > Region as Audio File: Exports selected Regions as the specified file type.
• Export > Track as Audio File: Simply select the desired audio track in the Arrange window’s Track List. All Regions on the track will be selected, and you can use this export function to merge all Regions into a single contiguous audio file.
• Export > All Tracks as Audio File: This function exports all audio tracks to an audio file.
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Audio Instrument vs. Aux track

For instruments with multiple outs, what is the best type of track to use and what are the advantages?
For instance, BFD or EXS show up on Audio Instrument tracks as stereo or mutiple instruments, so with drums for instance, I just load 8 separate Instrument tracks with Bass Drum, Snare etc. Each track wih one sound or instrument.
I've heard you should use Aux tracks for multiple outs - which don't show up automatically on the arrange window so it hadn't occured to me - is there a reason why?
MAcbook Pro 2.16, G5 iMac Mac OS X (10.4.8) Logic Pro, Final Cut Studio

Use multi. It will change your life.
It's tricky and it took me a while to figure this out - with much help from iS and Jord and others on this site.
Load BFD Multi (for example) into an instrument track. Switch the MIDI channel to ALL. Name it BFD Multi.
Go to environment, Audio layer. Create a multi instrument. Name it BFD. Cable it to the track you put BFD on.
Change your pointer tool to the MIDI tool. Click on first eight MIDI channels on the Multi instrument icon.
Click back on 1st MIDI port.
Go back to arrange window.
You should see 8 new icons named BFD 1 to BFD 8.
That's where the MIDI files go.
Go to an instrument track. Click hold name and select BFD from pull down menu. BFD outputs 1-2 will be assigned here automatically.
Now back to the environment window.
Go to Aux tracks. You will need 7 stereo Aux's. Assign BFD outputs 3-4 to Aux 1. BFD outputs 5-6 to Aux 2. Etc ....
(BFD outputs 1-2 are assigned as above remember).
Voila.
The MIDI goes in the Mulit icons tracks. The processing and mixing happens on the aux tracks.
This seems odd and hard to follow at first. Practice this many times and it starts to actually make sense.
Cheers
Dee

Who's gonna fix this problem? Audio instruments don't play from downbeat.

Time to raise awareness, I think, on another serious Logic problem -- that Logic can't play back notes from audio plugs if playback starts from a downbeat.
Over the past three days I've been working on a highly complex string arrangement, creating within Logic both a mockup and the score. During these few days I would estimate that at least 20% of my time was wasted as I wrestled with Logic's inability to play back audio instruments when starting Logic from the start of a measure.
The plugs I was using were GPO and EXS-24, both exhibiting the same errant behavior.
The situation here is an embarrassment for Apple, the Logic team, and me, the end user.
Why?
Well, during the course of my writing and mocking up this arrangement, the producer would call from time to time asking me to play him various sections over the phone. And when doing so, I'd always start playback a fraction of a beat before the downbeat (the only known way to get Logic to actually play the upcoming downbeat notes). After a while of this kind of playback it started to annoy him greatly.
When he asked whythehell I couldn't just start playback from THE TOP of a section, I had to explain to him that Logic has a bug where it can't play back notes from a downbeat. After he stopped laughing, he commented that he couldn't understand why "a guy like me" was using such a POS program. I won't repeat the rest of his reply here in public, but suffice it to say that despite the arrangement I was writing (which he LOVED), I was professionally embarrassed because my tools showed up as highly shabby in front of this very well-known producer.
As I said, the only known workaround is to start playback from before the downbeat, i.e., an 1/8 note or so ahead, and having to contantly use the mouse (or type in values) for my left locator to play back the song from various sections proved to be ab-so-lute-ly excruciating over the course of three pressure-filled days.
And... it's not like an 1/8 note before the down beat was always the correct amount needed to get Logic to play back the downbeat notes. So each and every setting of the left locator proved to be AN EXPERIMENT! This meant that playback of various sections would not always commence properly, forcing me to re-adjust the left locator and see what happened...
This problem is over a year old in Logic 7. I'm still on 7.1.1, but from what I've read here this situation remains a problem in the latest version of the software as well.
So... who's going to fix this problem? And when?

Sorry not to have been more help iS.
I hadn't really noticed it before, and not to imply that you were wrong, but you're right.
I guess I've always had a pre-roll and no reason to get upset with it, but now you've bought my attention to it, it's really going to Richard me off! (sorry to all Richards out there).
As for the RAM - Vienna Instr (VI) is very greedy requiring almost all my RAM just for the Strings and WWds. This gets better as you start optimizing each instrument, but early stages can leave you with just 2-300 Mb and a very sluggish response. This means instruments fail to enter and the lines go astray.
I'm getting used to it now, and tend to bounce tracks to audio once I know they're ready, even after optimizing (cleans up the production too) but I want to feed my machine RAM and it's virtually satiated already.
Time for an upgrade and 16 glorious Gb to gorge on. (UHMMMMMmmmmmm - Maybe there's a market for renting out RAM if not a computer.)
As for the EXS and only six audio instruments - can't really explain that, though by your own account (and others) it falls within the known failings of the EXS itself as well as Logic. The concern that comes to mind is that Apple seem poor at responding to such complaints and requests to fix things - look at the undo removing time and key signatures issue, and I've spoken to people about other issues too found in the scoring window, and nothing.
How do we, the voiced users, get such things actually mended?
And on that joyful thought, I shall depart until tomorrow.
Fair ye well - and thanks for your help.

What's with midi controller 23 in audio instruments?

If I record midi continous controller #23 to an audio instrument track it doesn't come up as a curve in hyperdraw. It comes up like a long straight line (at the top of the region) with dots and it can't be edited properly (the only possible values are 0 and 1.
Controller data #23 recorded an a standard midi track works fine.
I would like to know if there's something wrong with my setup or if anyone else gets this too.

Obviously a display bug using range 0-1 instead of 0-127.
Most stumping however that just controller #23 seems to be affected.
Well, another little mystery of Logic...

Can't record Audio while recording an Audio Instrument?

Okay, so I never expected this to be a problem. I've just recently begun recording multiple tracks at the same time (all audio-only until this point). I'm sure there's a really simple solution to this, but I can't seem to find it.
Today I wanted to record a few strums on my guitar and then play a few chords on the keyboard, going back and forth. I armed the track for the guitar (it will record by itself, by the way) and then armed the track for the keyboard (which will also record by itself). I hit record, did my thing, and the audio for the guitar just didn't record. All I had was MIDI.
Both tracks appeared armed for recording.
I had the Audio Instrument track currently selected, so I figured maybe it got priority. If I selected the Audio track though, the Audio Instrument track was no longer considered armed.
Is this just something I can't do? Or maybe there's an option I can change for this in Preferences or something?
Thanks in advance.

Yes. I'm 100% certain that I'm getting the signal from the guitar. The levels change as I strum both before and during recording.
-If I have the guitar's track both selected and armed, it will record.
-If I have the guitar track armed with a different audio track selected, it will record.
-If I have the guitar track armed with an Audio Instrument track selected, only the Audio Instrument records.
-I cannot arm both the guitar track and an Audio Instrument track with the guitar track selected, because as soon as I select the guitar track, the Audio Instrument track(s) become unarmed.
This is not a matter of me getting no sound out of the recording- there is simply no recording. (And during recording, the little dialog box doesn't pop up to tell me that audio is recording.)
It does seem simple enough, and yet it doesn't work. I can record multiple audio tracks, but for some reason once I throw a MIDI track into the mix I can't record audio simultaneously.
I have no reason to believe this is anything other than Logic as I can record both separately (without altering the configuration of how I have things plugged into my computer at all). I just can't seem to do them together.
Surely Logic can be used to record something like... MIDI keyboard and vocals simultaneously, right? This has to be a feature.
If you don't quite get what my problem is, open Logic and test out the bullet points at the top of this message. That should help you understand.

Audio Instrument

Hi everyone, I have a problem and thought id ask here in the hope someone can give me an answer.
How do i get the audio coming from an audio instrument track onto an audio track? From what i gather its only possible in Logic pro, but is there no way around this with the environment or bouncing (not sure how), im probably just
showing my ignorance, but id be grateful for any help/clarification. Thanks

Hey Tom,
Welcome to the forum!
You Bounce the track or tracks (don't forget to rename it
on the save as: otherwise you end up with a bunch of Output 1-2 files),
and select the option: Add to Audio Window, then hit Bounce, open the Audio Window; Apple key +9 and drag the file to the track you want.
regards,
Jorge

Only 24 audio instrument tracks?

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