I posted this a couple days ago and nobody responded.. So, does nobody know how to use snapshot automation in Logic? Or does nobody feel it's a worthwhile feature? I think it's a glaring omission... But then I guess that's why Im carrying this conversation on with myself. carry on.

timsonian wrote: > I posted this a couple days ago and nobody responded.. > > So, does nobody know how to use snapshot automation in Logic? Or does nobody feel it's > a worthwhile feature? > > I think it's a glaring omission... But then I guess that's why Im carrying this conversation > on with myself. > > carry on. Ok, I'll bite since nobody else has. I'm not mixing yet since I'm pretty new using Logic and have been doing nothing but writing on it, but..... I'm used to this feature in DP and it can come in handy when printing basic beginning levels and pan positions. After that I don't care much as it is often more trouble than it's worth. (for me) The reason is that by the time you're finished selecting the parameters you want changed and how to change them and what tracks you want to change, you might as well have just entered the values in separately for each track. If you don't do this just right you end up automating 367 effects plug parameters you don't care about and you can't see the auto. lines for the parameters you do care about. As I say, this is just my take on the way it worked in DP and the way I tended to use it. So to wrap up..... It can be useful at times but it's not top on my list for what could be better in Logic in 2004. Cheers MT

> The reason is that by the time you're finished selecting the parameters > you want changed and how to change them and what tracks you want to > change, you might as well have just entered the values in separately > for each track. My experience was very different... what I miss most is the little camera on the plug-in window itself. For those who've never used DP, here's the beauty of it: set your SPL, take a snapshot of, say, an eq, which opens a dialog from which you can select several time-range options, such as"from SPL to beginning of song". Now, change some, many, or all of the eq settings; take another snapshot, this time "from SPL to song end". Voila, at that point in the song the eq will go from state A to state B instantaneously; this allowed for radical shifts in complex fx, effortlessly. And the changes needn't be instantaneous, you could have the current snapshot "ramp" from the previous nodes, or the next ones. Just try to do a radical eq switch over 2 bars with Logic... takes forever! And still, I love Logic for all it does well. u b i k

I'm new to TBA and as it seems there's is not a simple way to change a plug's settings quickly, I need to be pointed in the right direction. Cutting and pasting a group of settings in the Events Edit window: what's the best way to get all the new settings in there? Is there a trick with latch? If a "send all faders" command is the best work-around, is there an environment environment template to use study? Are the tracks that are "automatically created" sequences or other objects I can reposition? Hendrik's sequenced plug presets idea could work, how would I program a plug "next setting" change? My song is a long surround piece; I'm max'd out on tracks. I need, for example, to be able to repeatedly change about 30 settings in Equim. v5.5.1, Pro 6 very soon. Just knowing which of these hold promise would be very helpful. Thanks much! Rob Danielson --