Logic Pro and Logic Express 7.2 are the first Universal Binary releases for these two applications and also provide numerous functional improvements and fixes. This document lists the most significant enhancements which were incorporated between version 7.1.1 and 7.2 and not documented in New Features in Logic Pro 7.2, Late Breaking News About Logic Pro or Late Breaking News About Logic Express.
Arrange Window
- You can now change the name of a Frozen track without having to first un-freeze it.
- Packing multiple frozen tracks into a folder will no longer incorrectly invoke the dialog which stated "Current track is frozen, do you want to unfreeze it?".
- It is now possible to export "Region as Audio File" within a folder track without having to first make a track selection.
- Linked Edit windows now update properly when selecting Regions using the arrow keys.
- Editing Region based automation curves via the Control-Option keyboard shortcut now works as expected.
- In the Arrange window, Logic now correctly displays the Magnifying Glass when the Control key is held, regardless of which primary tool is selected.
- Logic now correctly creates tracks within folder tracks when using the "Create Multiple" Tracks command.
- Performing a Snip operation in the Arrange window no longer deletes Scene Cut Markers.
- Regions on protected tracks are no longer shifted when using the "Insert Time and move by Locators" command.
- Regions now consistently delete correctly in Shuffle L and Shuffle R edit modes.
- MIDI Regions will no longer change length when using Beat Mapping with Protect MIDI disabled in a song that starts at something other than bar 1.
- Logic will no longer quit unexpectedly if you drag an audio file into the Arrange window when there is no audio driver enabled in the Audio Hardware and Drivers Preference pane.
- Regions that belong to grouped tracks that have the "Arrange Select" option enabled are now properly selected when rubber-band selected in the Arrange window.
- The "Create New track with next Instrument" command will no longer bring up the "Current Track is Frozen" alert message when the selected track is frozen.
- Zooming speed now behaves normally at extreme zoom levels when dashed Automation edit lines are visible.
- Protected tracks now behave correctly and cannot be added to a folder track.
- Scrolling now behaves correctly when accessing the X/Y tool in the Arrange window with the Control-Shift modifier keys while pressing the mouse button.
- The locators now behave correctly when using the command: Splice > Insert Snipped Part at Song Position.
- A marker"s left border can now be moved or resized in the Global tracks while the Scissor tool is selected.
Track Based Automation
- Redundant Frequency band On/Off nodes are no longer written when recording touch automation for the Channel EQ.
- Automation Quick Access now works as expected with the following plug-ins not made by Apple: Arturia Minimoog and Native Instrument’s Absynth, Reaktor, and FM7.
Global Tracks
- Logic now correctly ignores muted notes when performing chord analysis in the Global Chord track.
- Clicking a Chord in the Global Track with the Pencil tool no longer causes Logic to quit unexpectedly.
- Logic now behaves as expected when dragging the Global tracks Transpose line above values of -1.
- The breakpoint editing line in the Global Transposition track will no longer intermittently jump back to its original position when being dragged upward.
- Beat Map analysis transient detection has been improved and corrects a condition that caused transients near the beginning of certain audio regions to be undetected.
- Using the "Hide Signature" setting will no longer also hide the signature from the Global track.
Effects Plug-ins
- Settings for the the AUMatrixReverb Audio Unit plug-in are now properly retained with a song.
- GoldVerb now retains its Wet/Dry settings correctly when saving and reopening a song it is used within.
- Dragging an Impulse Response file from the Finder into the Space Designer window now behaves as expected.
- Guitar Amp is now labeled correctly in Logic Express.
- Noise artifacts that occurred when EVOC20, Stereo Delay, and Compressor were processed by a Logic Node have been eliminated.
- Space Designer now correctly resolves Impulse Response file locations when Logic 7 is installed as an upgrade to Logic 6.4.2.
Software Instrument Plug-ins
- Plug-in settings will no longer be copied between songs in certain cases when two songs are open that have similar plug-ins in similar insert locations.
- The ES2 should no longer display missing parameters and artifacts when used on a Logic Node enabled track.
- EVB3 will no longer produce an audible artifact when the instrument is not being played and the Swell parameter is set to 0.
EXS24mkII
- EXS24 now loads the correct sample files even when there is a file with the same name in a different directory.
- It is now possible to simultaneously adjust the borders of multiple selected Zones within the EXS24 Instrument Editor.
- The Instrument > Move Audio Files command in the EXS24 Instrument Editor has been removed in order to correct a condition which caused the Sample Instrument file to be incorrectly moved.
- Using the key command for shifting Instrument Zones in the EXS Instrument Editor will no longer cause Logic to quit unexpectedly.
Ultrabeat
- Ultrabeat samples will no longer reload under special circumstances when saving a song.
- Ultrabeat will no longer erroneously display level meters even though samples are missing and audio is not actually playing. The condition occurred with certain songs that were saved as a project with all options set to Copy.
- One-shot-Trigger mode in Ultrabeat now behaves correctly when the UltraBeat step sequencer is turned off and back on again.
Apple Loops
- MIDI Regions for Software Instrument Apple Loops are now correctly placed when imported to a track within a folder.
- The Loop Browser now includes an "ALL" filter button for displaying all loops regardless of how they are Meta tagged.
- Newly indexed Apple Loops folders now show up immediately in the Loop browser, without having to quit and re-open Logic.
- In the Loop Browser, Logic now correctly displays the search history when clicking the magnifying glass to the left of the text entry field.
Matrix Editor
- In the Matrix Editor, clicking with the Velocity tool on a note no longer triggers the sound a second time on mouse release.
- When using Hyper Draw in the Matrix Editor, the help tag window no longer obscures the cursor when editing the automation.
- In the Matrix Editor, muted notes now correctly retain their mute state after drawing velocity ramps in the Hyper Draw.
Sample Editor
- Using the "Percussive" algorithm in the Time and Pitch Machine should no longer cause audio clipping under some circumstances.
- Canceling a destructive edit of a stereo file in the Sample Editor no longer results in silence on the left side of the file.
Score Editor
- Independent Notes can now be assigned a color using the Note Attributes menu.
- Moving the SPL in the Arrange window now updates the Score Window correctly when Catch mode is enabled.
- Moving bars with the Layout tool in the Score Editor should no longer create unexpected graphic glitches.
Event Editor
- It is now possible to modify the SMPTE value in the Event List using the plus or minus keys.
- It is now possible to double-click a note value in the Event List and enter a new value.
- Logic behaves as expected when opening the Val or Num Pop-up-menu in the Event List to change program or bank select commands.
- A rubber-band selection in the Event List now behaves correctly when auto scrolling is activated.
- Using the Mute Folder/Region key command in an Event Editor now works as expected.
- Rubber-banded selections of Audio Regions in the Arrange window will now be consistently displayed in the Event Editor.
- Rubber-banded selections of multiple notes in the Matrix Editor are now consistently displayed in the Event Editor.
File Management
- When two Broadcast Wave files are merged in the Arrange window, the start time now correctly updates to the start time of the newly merged file.
- Logic now correctly handles renaming of files and extensions when converting interleaved files to split stereo files using the Audio window's Copy/Convert operation, or when converting split stereo SDII files to AIFF or WAV.
- Audio files exported as AAC files will now play properly via iTunes when being shared over a network.
- The Project Manager now consistently displays the complete Sampler Instrument library folder after the scan or expanded scan process is complete.
- ReCycle files can no longer be dragged from the Finder onto audio tracks. This prevents a condition where undesirable artifacts were introduced into ReCycle files when REX files were dragged onto Audio Instrument tracks.
- When bouncing a file to a split Stereo SDII format, the file extensions are now correctly recognized as an SDII file, rather than a Quicktime or graphics file.
- Audio files that are imported, dragged in from the Loop Browser, or created using the "Convert Regions to New Audio Files" command, now default to taking on the color of the track.
- Disc space requirements for surround bounce are now correctly calculated and displayed.
- Audio files bounced or exported as AAC mono files now play at the correct speed.
- Several issues regarding import of AAF files with a Japanese character in their name now behave correctly within Logic.
- The Audio window now correctly imports MP3 files without displaying an error message.
- A 96 khz 24 bit audio file in the Audio window can now be converted to an MP3.
- Logic should no longer quit unexpectedly under certain circumstances when exporting a song as an OpenTL file.
- Switching the sample rate in a session that contains frozen tracks now renders those tracks at the correct sample rate.
- Logic no longer displays an "Out of Memory" or "Missing Overview" alert dialog when importing audio files from the Project Manager.
General
- 96 kHz WAV files bounced from Logic and burned onto CD will no longer contain white noise artifacts.
- When the progress window hint: "Press Cmd-Period to abort" appears, the key command now works as expected.
- Logic Express can now use the 17 PowerBook line-in as an input for audio recording.
- When Autodrop is enabled during recording, the Record button now correctly flashes while the song position is outside the locators to indicate that no recording is taking place.
- The error message, "Specified volume doesn´t exist. Error Code = -35" no longer appears when a forward slash is used in the filename.
- The Undo History now correctly reflects dragging a file from the Project Manager to the Audio window.
- Dragging MIDI files with the file type MooV onto the Logic application icon will no longer cause Logic to quit unexpectedly.
- Logic"s Transport bar now displays the Preference Display tempo as BPM without decimals properly.
- The SMPTE Offset setting (Song Settings > Synchronization > General > Bar Position X plays at SMPTE Y) now correctly retains its value when changing tempo values.
- Logic no longer transposes MIDI notes down by one semitone when being used with SoundDiver and WaveBurner.
Control Surface Support
- Pressing the "Assign:Track" button on a Mackie Control surface with no song open no longer causes Logic to quit unexpectedly.
- Logic now correctly updates the Mackie Control surface display when Bass Amp parameters have been changed using the mouse.
- Punch in and out now functions correctly when using the Frontier Designs TranzPort control surface.
- Logic now correctly handles envelope recording in Sculpture when using an external controller.
QuickTime Movie Support
- Non-floating movies no longer disable the use of the "Enter" or " 0" keys on the numeric keypad.
- Logic now manages the selection of Digital Cinema Desktop better by disallowing the selection of DCD on the main window, thereby preventing the selector from becoming hidden, making it difficult to subsequently disable DCD playback.
- Exporting Audio To Movie no longer creates an extraneous 4KB File containing no audio.
- Movies with the DV format are now recognized by the Project Manager.
- A warning alert dialog will no longer incorrectly appear when selecting Digital Cinema Desktop as the output with a movie using a codec other than HD 1080i/p uncompressed.
- Logic can now recognize and playback MPEG4 and H.264 movie files that have the associated .m4v file extension.
ReWire
- ReWire streams will no longer drop out temporarily at the beginning of Cycle playback when an Audio Instrument with a tempo synced LFO is assigned to the selected track.
- Logic will no longer quit unexpectedly when inadvertently quitting Ableton Live 5 without first confirming Logic"s dialog which states "Quit ReWire Slave Application first".
Environment
- Patch names are now correctly pasted into the currently selected Bank when using the Paste All Names command to paste patch names into a Multi Instrument.
- Object icons changed in the Environment window now correctly update in the Arrange window.
- New Audio Objects now default to a channel strip view within the Environment.
Tempo List Editor
- The position marker in the Tempo List no longer disappears when resizing the window.
- New tempo events in the Tempo List editor no longer disappear when double-clicking on the bar position text field.
Key Commands
- The Escape Key, which functions as Cancel in many windows, now cancels the Strip Silence window.
- The key command for "Set Locators by Marker" now behaves correctly when the Global Marker track is visible and a Marker is selected.