I have hundreds of song arrangements backed up. Is there a way to search thru all these files and find ones with a certain bpm? I dont want to have to open them each up in logic to check the bpm. The bpm must be encoded in some way in the file...anyone here know how? John LAG 4.8 G4 dual 500mhz 1Gb ram AMT8 MOTU 2408II

> The bpm must be encoded in some way in the file Certainly, how else would Logic know which tempo to play ;o) Still it's a tough call, since were not dealing with one tempo, but with a whole tempo list with possibly hundreds of entries. Oh, and while we're at it, make that *nine* lists, since that's what's really inside the file. When churning out sketches or song fragments it's good practice to note the tempo somewhere in the title, and if not before, *now* you know why. Christian

I know this is an issue which a lot of people on this list have reported suffering from (the phenomena where you click on one part of the Logic interface, and a point 1/2 a centimetre below is actually activated). I've been battling with this situation ever since I installed Logic under OS X, and into Panther, and it continues. I have tried trashing preferences, reinstalling from scratch and sifting through plugins to see if they are causing the problem. Here's what I've found so far: 1. Reinstalling can sometimes solve the problem. I reinstalled 10.3.1 a couple of weeks ago, and despite being a major PITA the problem did disappear for a couple of days. Unfortunately it then returned for no apparent reason. 2. Trashing preferences does not seem to make a difference here. I've trashed every single file with 'Logic' or 'Emagic' in the title in the preferences folder and even rebuilt my key commands (in case it was somehow corrupt) and it made absolutely no difference. 3. Plugins undoubtedly play a part in this problem. So far, the main culprits I have identified are GRM Tools Volume II and Native Instruments Intakt. I have the latest versions in each case and I can reliably reproduce the GUI issue if these plugs are in my Components folder, and reliably work without these issues if they're removed. Strangely I can use these plugins without the GUI issue on occasion after a reinstall, but usually the problem returns. Also, if I add the GRM Tools plugins (or rather the VST/AU adapter versions) back into the Components folder, even removing them doesn't always solve the problem. Sometimes I need to remove the entire folder, and then rebuild it without the GRM plugs to get rid of the GUI issue (!!). Bottom line, Logic clearly doesn't like certain plugins and I am contacting both of these manufacturers to let them know the problem. NI should be able to resolve it, but I suspect GRM will blame the wrapper VST/AU technology and I can't really blame FXPansion for the problem. I also can't help feeling that Emagic might be able to help solve this problem if they were able to tweak the interface a little, especially as so many people suffer with it. Again though, I don't hold out much hope. Perhaps others who are able to track the problem to specific plugins could post any results here, so at least we have a centralized database of plugins which may be at fault. Hope this helps somebody out there! Jules

Hi Jules, On Dec 3, 2003, at 7:40 AM, Jules Bromley wrote: > > snip < > Bottom line, Logic clearly doesn't like certain plugins and I am > contacting > both of these manufacturers to let them know the problem. NI should > be able > to resolve it, but I suspect GRM will blame the wrapper VST/AU > technology > and I can't really blame FXPansion for the problem. Thanks for posting this here. I hope that you'll be able to sort out all of your problems. I haven't suffered these myself so I can't relate (I switched last year to Mac). Sorry that your switch to the Mac hasn't been very smooth. Hopefully, they get straightened out soon. Once you get things working properly, you'll find that the Mac is great to work in. Good luck, Fernstudio

> I know this is an issue which a lot of people on this list have reported > suffering from (the phenomena where you click on one part of the Logic > interface, and a point 1/2 a centimetre below is actually activated). > I've found that just hitting the number of the screenset you're using (i.e. 1 for arrange page, 3 for score or whatever you have assigned) forces a re-draw of the screen and corrects the problem. James

> I know this is an issue which a lot of people on this list > have reported suffering from (the phenomena where you click > on one part of the Logic interface, and a point 1/2 a > centimetre below is actually activated). SEE DETAILS BELOW - APOLOGIES FOR THE LONG QUOTE BUT THE DETAILS ARE ALL PERTINENT I have now received confirmation from Native Instruments that they have been informed by Emagic it will be fixed in the next update of Logic. I guess it was a Logic issue all along. It would have been nice if somebody from Emagic could have chimed in to let us all know that it was an acknowledged issue. It could have saved many of us hours of time trying to pin down the cause of the problem. Jules > I've been battling with this situation ever since I installed > Logic under OS > X, and into Panther, and it continues. I have tried > trashing preferences, > reinstalling from scratch and sifting through plugins to see > if they are causing the problem. Here's what I've found so far: > > 1. Reinstalling can sometimes solve the problem. I > reinstalled 10.3.1 > a couple of weeks ago, and despite being a major PITA the > problem did disappear for a couple of days. Unfortunately it > then returned for no apparent reason. > > 2. Trashing preferences does not seem to make a difference > here. I've > trashed every single file with 'Logic' or 'Emagic' in the > title in the preferences folder and even rebuilt my key > commands (in case it was somehow > corrupt) and it made absolutely no difference. > > 3. Plugins undoubtedly play a part in this problem. So > far, the main > culprits I have identified are GRM Tools Volume II and Native > Instruments Intakt. I have the latest versions in each case > and I can reliably reproduce the GUI issue if these plugs are > in my Components folder, and reliably work without these > issues if they're removed. Strangely I can use these plugins > without the GUI issue on occasion after a reinstall, but > usually the problem returns. Also, if I add the GRM Tools > plugins (or rather the VST/AU adapter versions) back into the > Components folder, even removing them doesn't always solve > the problem. Sometimes I need to remove the entire folder, > and then rebuild it without the GRM plugs to get rid of the > GUI issue (!!). > > Bottom line, Logic clearly doesn't like certain plugins and I > am contacting both of these manufacturers to let them know > the problem. NI should be able to resolve it, but I suspect > GRM will blame the wrapper VST/AU technology and I can't > really blame FXPansion for the problem. > > I also can't help feeling that Emagic might be able to help > solve this problem if they were able to tweak the interface a > little, especially as so > many people suffer with it. Again though, I don't hold out > much hope. > > Perhaps others who are able to track the problem to specific > plugins could post any results here, so at least we have a > centralized database of plugins which may be at fault.

I am experiencing the same problem of offset GUI..but on system 9 not 10 so reinstaling Panther won't help. By the way, does anyone have certain VST plugs disappear ? They are in the correct VST plug folder, but some of them (often shareware or demos) do NOT appear form inside Logic.