Logic Pro and Logic Express 7.2.1 are maintenance releases that address isolated reliability and compatibility issues. This document lists the enhancements and fixes that have been incorporated between version 7.2 and 7.2.1 and which are not documented in the 7.2.1 versions of software update text, Late Breaking News About Logic Pro, or the Late Breaking News About Logic Express.
Arrange Window
- Using the "Snip/Cut time and move by locators" command on a single MIDI track no longer moves unselected audio files in Logic.
- When editing MIDI Regions in any editor, the Region content now updates in the Arrange as expected.
- The "Analyze," (transient mapping) function in the Beat Mapping Global track has been further improved to reduce the potential detection of extraneous transients.
- With Global Tracks enabled, Logic no longer exhibits Song Position Line redraw errors when using the Zoom tool.
- When importing a file from within a Folder track, in cases where the Song Position Line is positioned before the start of a Folder's boundaries, the imported file is now placed at the start of the Folder on the selected track.
- When lowering the tempo in a sequence with SMPTE locked regions, the locked regions now redraw correctly.
Intel-based Macintosh specific:
- Selecting the "Utilize Notes" option in the Chord Track options pane will no longer cause Logic to stop responding when running on an Intel-based Macintosh.
Track Based Automation
- An incorrect first node is no longer written when automating Channel Strip Mutes.
- Sample accurate automation in the Arrange has been improved with a 10 ms smoothing curve.
- Track Automation data will no longer be inadvertently entered under certain circumstances.
- Touch Automation mode will now continue to function properly on an Intel-based Mac even after overwriting existing automation data.
- The "Move all track automation to Region" command now works correctly on Audio Regions when Hyper Draw is not visible.
Software Instrument Plug-ins
- Audio instruments in Logic have been modified to prevent an unexplained loss of audio, even while channel strip meters indicate that MIDI is being received and signal should be present.
- Double-clicking the Import button in Ultrabeat has been corrected to bring up only one file selector window.
- When dragging a sample onto the Osc 2 sample window on the Ultrabeat, the GUI now correctly updates the name.
- Ultrabeat now changes the search path for finding missing sample files to the last directory manually selected by the user to locate a missing file.
- The Morph step mode on the EVB3 now always toggles between the different presets as expected.
Intel-based Macintosh specific:
- Logic will no longer quit unexpectedly on Intel-based Macs when loading certain EXS instruments from the Vienna Symphonic Library.
- On Intel-based Macs, Ultrabeat now correctly imports and loads the the samples of a .pst Ultrabeat Kit, when using the Import button.
- All samples loaded at once into EXS editor will play as expected when using an Intel-based Mac.
Effects Plug-Ins
- Logic now copies Tape Delay feedback automation correctly when Option-dragging the Region and selecting "Copy" in the dialog.
- The Enhanced Timing plug-in no longer resets its intensity level to 0 when changing the note grid resolution in the Arrange window.
- The tempo of the Tape Delay, when Sync is set to off, now remains unchanged regardless of changes to the song tempo.
- The margin reset feature of the Level Meter Plug-in now resets the display with mono signals correctly.
- Logic now correctly implements the "Look Ahead" feature in the Ducker plug-in.
- Inserting the stereo Rotor Cabinet plug-in on a mono Instrument track will no longer cause feedback or distortion under certain circumstances.
- Waves AU plug-ins settings are now correctly retained when closing and re-opening a song.
- Parameter values for certain plug-ins, Silver Compressor and Expander for example, will now load correctly when moving from a 7.1.1 to 7.2.1 session.
- SoundToys TDM plug-ins now appear in the Sample Editor Audio Suite menu as expected.
- Logic Pro 7.2.1 now has improved latency compensation for processor hungry Audio Unit plug-ins, allowing timing related plug-in modulations to happen in sync with timeline events.
Intel-based Macintosh specific:
- On Intel-based Macs, the Match EQ "Load template spectrum from setting..." now works as expected.
- Logic will no longer stop responding when assigning Stylus RMX output 13-14 as the input for an Aux while running on an Intel-based Mac.
Apple Loops
- Apple Loops are no longer removed from the installed directory when saving a Song as a Project with "Audio files : Move" selected.
- Logic no longer quits unexpectedly when "Add To Apple Loops Library" is selected, and everything in the field "Instrument Descriptors" is de-selected by clicking on the empty space below "Woodwind".
- Apple Loops that are added via the "Add Region to Apple Loops Library" command now have "Type" and "Scale" attributes as a selection.
Matrix Editor
- In the Multiple Region View of Matrix Editor, the following commands, "Select Overlapped", "Select Muted", "Select Similar", "Select Equal" and "Select Equal Subposition" now execute their functions correctly.
Score Editor
- In the Score Editor, when the display grid is set to 1/8 notes or finer, note beams are drawn with greater resolution.
- In the Score Editor, after entering lyrics, the TAB key now correctly moves the cursor to the next note, rather than defaulting to the cursor.
Track Mixer
- Logic Express 7.2.1 now has 12 busses, allowing GarageBand 3 songs to be imported and played without output reassignment.
- The Solo button on channel strips is now available for automation in Preferences > Control Surfaces > Learn Assignment.
- The Track Mixer global mode can now be toggled with the key command "Toggle Global Switch"
- Setting the track output to a bus now works as expected in Logic Express when using multiple I/O sound cards that provide more than eight outputs.
File Management
- A condition on certain systems that caused Logic to quit unexpectedly when performing a bounce has now been corrected.
- Importing an OMF file exported from Final Cut Pro has been improved and now works as expected.
- When converting files to Apple Lossless via menu command Audio File -> Copy/Convert Files, the resulting files are now the proper length instead of approximately 500 samples short.
- Logic now supports dragging songs directly from iTunes to the Arrange window.
- Converting a Region of a split stereo file to a "new audio file" no longer leads to unwanted replacement of other Regions.
- Stereo-interleaved MP3 and AAC files can now be successfully imported into Split-Stereo based songs.
- In the Bounce window, selecting Burn now behaves as expected, even when the original file source is 24 bit/44k, 24 Bit/48K or 16 Bit/48K.
- Logic now correctly handles MP3 files bounced from sessions with a 48Khz sample rate, correcting an earlier condition that converted MP3s to 44.1 Khz with a longer running time.
- It is now possible to choose "Add All" for Audio import in the "Add Audiofile" window or the EXS Instrument Editor, even when that selection contains .wav files that have the less common capitalized suffix (i.e. .WAV).
- Logic Pro now supports filename lengths of 21 characters and up to 10 characters for the extension suffix.
- Logic now executes the "'Move File" command from the Audio Window on a .mp4 file without changing the bit-rate or increasing its file size.
- Exporting and re-importing OMF files from Logic now no longer contain unwanted noise artifacts.
- Logic 7.2.1 should no longer sometimes create duplicate, oddly numbered, files when performing bounces.
Intel-based Macintosh specific:
- Improved compatibility when importing Logic 4 based song files on Intel-based Macs.
- ReCycle file support is now available on Intel-based Macs.
- ReCycle files Copy/Pasted from ReCycle into the Arrange window on an Intel-based Mac will now properly convert the file to an Apple Loop if that option is selected after the Paste command.
- Due to optimized handling of fade files, Intel-based Mac no longer receive the following error: "File is busy; one or more files are open. Result code = -47", followed by an Error Message "Fade Update failed. (Error -47)."
General
- Logic now prevents the computer from going to sleep during recording when Automatic Sleep is enabled as an Energy Saver Preference pane.
- The Audio MIDI Setup utility now properly retains the Emagic A2|6 or A6|2 audio interface bit depth settings when opening Logic Pro.
- Re-enabling the Core Audio Driver during playback will no longer cause Logic to quit unexpectedly.
- When the XSkey is removed on certain systems, Logic now displays an alert as expected, rather than quitting unexpectedly.
- The version number now correctly updates in the Finder after Installing Logic Pro 7.1.1 or Logic Express 7.1.1 in localized languages.
- Networked computers using Logic Express no longer experience Read/Write Permission errors when accessing the local home folders.
- Numerical input in the Transform Editor has been improved to eliminate an unexpected digit shift to the right.
- In the localized Japanese version of Logic, Click-holding a Marker in the Global Tracks view correctly updates the Help Tag.
- The Sample Edit window no longer opens with an empty screen, because of improvements made with the way Logic manages virtual memory.
- Logic no longer quits unexpectedly on launch when the International Preference Pane has been set to a language that the Finder is not localized for (such as Icelandic, Russian, Polish, etc).
Intel-based Macintosh specific:
- Exporting and re-importing MIDI-Regions now works as expected on Intel-based Mac.
- Changing the sample rate in Logic from 44.1 Khz to 88.2 Khz/96 Khz and back to 44.1 Khz no longer adversely affects the Core Audio driver when running on an Intel-based Mac.
Control Surface Support
- Mute LEDs are now consistently displayed correctly on the Mackie Control.
- The Mackie C4 now displays the correct characters when changing format parameters.
- Mackie Control and Mackie C4 now update as expected when shifting to Channel Strip view.
- Mackie C4 assignments for Next/Previous Setting now execute the function as expected.
- Mackie/Logic Control or XT Fader for Audio Track 1 will now consistently stay at its set position, even if the Arrange window contains less than 8 audio tracks.
- Track Left and Right buttons on a Mackie C4 Control surface now function properly when in Multi-Channel view.
- Changing the Control Surface Group parameter in the Controller Assignment window will no longer cause Logic to stop responding.
- Activating a MIDI controller on a G5/Quad or other Dual Core machines, using the "Learn Assignment" command now works correctly in Logic.
Intel-based Macintosh specific:
- The control surface preference file (~/Library/Preferences/Logic/com.apple.logic.pro.cs ) is now compatible between PPC and Intel-based Macs.
QuickTime Movie Support
- Logic no longer creates a an empty .aif file artifact in the Finder when extracting audio from a muxxed movie file (audio and video mixed on the same channel) and clicking OK to the resulting "No Extractable Audio tracks found" dialog.
- The "Detect Cuts" command for Intel-based Macs has been improved so that it no longer potentially causes the system to unexpectedly quit when used with .mp4 files.
Logic Node
- Logic Nodes now retain their status when using multiple ethernet cards in one machine.
Intel-based Macintosh specific:
- Node operations initiated between Intel-based and PPC Macs no longer emit a short burst of white noise on playback.
- Audio no longer drops out under certain conditions when enabling Node tracks on an Intel-based Mac.
- Improved Logic Node compatibility with Intel-based Mac mini computers.
- A short noise burst will no longer be emitted in some cases when using a Mac mini Core Solo as a Logic Node.
Environment Window
- Logic now correctly deletes Environment layers, rather than leaving an unnamed layer in the Layer list.
- The Transformer Object window in the Environment now correctly displays "-1-" and "-2-" for the processing columns as opposed to showing two columns of "-1-".
- The Environment Vector object no longer creates graphic glitches when values are changed.
Intel-based Macintosh specific:
- Touchtrack region assignments made in a song on a PPC based machine are no longer lost when opening the song on an Intel-based Mac.
Key Commands
- Assigning Transport controls to notes on a MIDI keyboard in the Key Commands window now works correctly.
- In the Key Command window, a safety alert now appears when the user attempts to overwrite a global key Command.
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