Er, isn't "paste" supposed to paste the contents of the clipboard at the SPL position on the selected track? But it's moving the SPL to the nearest beat and pasting there. Not useful. I'm trying to replace a bunch of strip-silenced kick drum regions with a sample on a separate track, was hoping to lash up a QuicKeys macro to automate the process for future use, but I definitely don't want the above behaviour... Platinum 5.5 (where's v6 ELFA?), OS X 10.2.4 John Pitcairn ------------------------------------------------------------------ Midi controller learn in Logic. Soft takeover. Lots of memories. Tracks remember control assignments. Write track automation. Fadermapper environment demo: http://www.revolver.co.nz/fadermapper/ ------------------------------------------------------------------

> But it's moving the SPL to the > nearest beat and pasting there It's not moving the SPL, but it pastes at the nearest beat. Add a pickup clock command to your macro and you're set. Christian

Hi there, On Tuesday, April 1, 2003, at 09:32 PM, John Pitcairn wrote: > Er, isn't "paste" supposed to paste the contents of the clipboard at > the SPL position on the selected track? But it's moving the SPL to the > nearest beat and pasting there. Not useful. > > I'm trying to replace a bunch of strip-silenced kick drum regions with > a sample on a separate track, was hoping to lash up a QuicKeys macro > to automate the process for future use, but I definitely don't want > the above behaviour... Would it be possible for your Quickkeys macro to first determine, say, the positional offset of the first item in the selection from the nearest beat and then after pasting re-adjust the positions accordingly? with regards, -- Lachlan Deck ldeck@...

--- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, "christianobermaier" <christianobermaier@y...> wrote: > It's not moving the SPL, but it pastes at the nearest beat. Add a > pickup clock command to your macro and you're set. It pastes at the nearest beat _and_ it moves the SPL to the end of the pasted region, so pickup clock isn't going to help. I'm trying to do something like: Copy audio region (1 kick) to clipboard. Select first strip-silenced kick beat. Then the macro needs to do this: Goto selection. Delete. Paste at SPL. Select next region. Repeat. How the hell do I do something as simple as paste at the SPL in the Arrange? John Pitcairn ------------------------------------------------------------------ Midi controller learn in Logic. Soft takeover. Lots of memories. Tracks remember control assignments. Write track automation. Fadermapper environment demo: http://www.revolver.co.nz/fadermapper/ ------------------------------------------------------------------

> How the hell do I do something as simple as paste at the SPL in the > Arrange? Hi John, the answer is not obvious, but I had the same issue a while back (If i understand you correctly) to paste an audio region exactly where the SPL is, paste the file on the track you want it to be aligned with in the arrange, then assign a key to the Key Command: "Pickup Clock" (Move event to SPL) Highlight the audio region, then hit the new assigned key and voila - its kind of a drag you have to do a 2-step method to paste an audio object to the SPL, but there it is nonetheless. basically every time you paste anything it will always go to the nearest beat, and then Pickup Clock is the way to move it to the desired position no matter what the time signature is set to, or what the resolution is in the arrange. Rick (I hope this helps)

--- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, "rick_7777us" <rick_shorey@h...> wrote: > paste the file on the track you want it to > be aligned with in the arrange, > then assign a key to the Key Command: "Pickup Clock"(Move event > to SPL) So have you actually tried this? Paste "helpfully" moves the SPL to the end of the newly-pasted region, so pickup clock won't work ... and you can't reliably use the "previous/next event" command to reselect the original region, because the pasted position may be earlier or later than the original region, depending on where the closest beat was. Looks like I'll have to store the original SPL position by creating a marker, and go forward one bar to ensure the SPL is after the marker following the paste ... so it's: Copy kick sample to clipboard Select first strip-silenced kick region --begin repeat-- goto selection delete create marker w/o rounding paste forward 1 bar goto previous marker pickup clock delete marker select next event --end repeat-- And it needs to happen in an otherwise-empty folder so there are no other regions on other tracks to mess up on "select next event"; and if there are other markers in the section concerned then it needs to be moved to a marker-free area first, or done in a separate song. Bloody hell. OK, that gets me a workable QuicKeys macro that doesn't need to use any mouse clicks (best for reliability), but frankly I find it a little unbelievable that Logic is not capable of simply pasting at the SPL ... or selecting multiple regions and doing a paste-replace for all. John Pitcairn ------------------------------------------------------------------ Midi controller learn in Logic. Soft takeover. Lots of memories. Tracks remember control assignments. Write track automation. Fadermapper environment demo: http://www.revolver.co.nz/fadermapper/ -----------------------------------------------------------------

Hi there, On Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at 09:04 AM, rick_7777us wrote: >> How the hell do I do something as simple as paste at the SPL in the >> Arrange? > > Hi John, the answer is not obvious, but I had the same issue a > while back (If i understand you correctly) to paste an audio region > exactly where the SPL is, paste the file on the track you want it to > be aligned with in the arrange, > > then assign a key to the Key Command: "Pickup Clock" (Move event to > SPL) Is there any reason why these commands can't be combined? with regards, -- Lachlan Deck ldeck@...

--- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, "John Pitcairn" <johnp@r...> wrote: > OK, that gets me a workable QuicKeys macro that doesn't need to use > any mouse clicks (best for reliability) Oooh, it can be done without using QuicKeys ... the new AppleScript "GUI Scripting" ability can in fact be used to send keystrokes to Logic, with inter-keystroke delay and looping with a dialog. Nice. John Pitcairn ------------------------------------------------------------------ Midi controller learn in Logic. Soft takeover. Lots of memories. Tracks remember control assignments. Write track automation. Fadermapper environment demo: http://www.revolver.co.nz/fadermapper/ ------------------------------------------------------------------

> > OK, that gets me a workable QuicKeys macro that doesn't need to use > > any mouse clicks (best for reliability) > >Oooh, it can be done without using QuicKeys ... the new AppleScript >"GUI Scripting" ability can in fact be used to send keystrokes to >Logic, with inter-keystroke delay and looping with a dialog. Nice. I am curious if anyone has tried pasting while using the Marquee tool. It would be really cool if you could use the Marquee tool to click on a point (like it allows you to do for playback) and paste there. I won't get to try for a while so maybe someone else can. Colin Miller

--- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, "rick_7777us" <rick_shorey@h...> wrote: >> paste the file >> Pickup Clock > Paste "helpfully" moves the SPL to >the end of the newly-pasted region You're right. I usually use it in conjunction with the Import Audio File command, which does *not* move the SPL. If you do a Paste At Original Position rather than a plain Paste, the SPL will not move either, so a following Pickup Clock command will give correct results. Christian

> >>> OK, that gets me a workable QuicKeys macro that doesn't need to use >>> any mouse clicks (best for reliability) >> >> Oooh, it can be done without using QuicKeys ... the new AppleScript >> "GUI Scripting" ability can in fact be used to send keystrokes to >> Logic, with inter-keystroke delay and looping with a dialog. Nice. > > I am curious if anyone has tried pasting while using the Marquee tool. It > would be really cool if you could use the Marquee tool to click on a point > (like it allows you to do for playback) and paste there. I won't get to try > for a while so maybe someone else can. > > Colin Miller Sorry, just tried it. Didn't work. Wah. JR