Sculpture, ultrabeat etc.

Question

hi again!
i can`t find ultrabeat, sculpture etc. in my logic pro7, can anyone give me a step to step list of finding these features and using it?
ståle

Answer 1

I must admit that, as a newbee, it took me some time to grasp the concept from the awkward presentation in the manual, jut because it gets channels and tracks all confused.
There was a time when sequencers didn't provide a way to accommodate audio signals, so the only route was:
(1) midi file > midi region > [midi track] > midi channel > output = midi events
Now, technology enables the alternative path:
(2) audio file > audio region [audio track] > audio channel > output = audio events
And inserting an instrument-plug in an audio channel allows for using an audio track as a midi track which the plug turns into an audio track that feeds an audio channel - an hybrid:
(3) midi file > midi region > [midi track] > [instr. plug] > [audio track] > audio channel > output = audio events
But things aren't constructed in this order. You'll have to
1: create an audio channel - or use an existing one
2: assign a track to it - from now on, it's an audio track
3: insert an instrument-plug as input - it won't be the actual input, just a medium
4: feed this track with midi data - the actual input - that will be converted to audio in real-time through the use of the plug-in...
All of this would make sense at once if it weren't for the upsetting confusion between technical terms and conceptual notions. For instance, the menu that says "create new track" doesn't create a new channel: it must already exist in the environment. This is obvious for midi channels - since channels 1 to 16 already exist, virtually, in the [invisible] interface with the midi driver - but audio channels must be actually defined in the [invisible] interface between Logic and the audio driver, before you can assign tracks to them.
As a matter of fact, tracks are chameleon, while channels are not. They will when technology has improved enough to convert audio data into midi data in real-time. Then we'll have second alternative:
(4) audio file > audio region > [audio track] > [A2M plug] > [midi track] > midi channel > output = midi events