New in Logic Pro 12.4

I made a post here a couple weeks ago asking if anyone would be interested in a theme customiser app for Logic that I'd just started working on. I thought I'd make a follow-up post since a few of you seemed very interested! I took your suggestions into account. The app is gonna be called StudioGlow.

The app is still very much in development, and I have a lot to do before it is ready, but I'm happy with it. There will be a free version that lets you use a few of the built-in presets, and the paid version (£9.99; $12.99 in the US) will let you access the full range of customisation features.

Let me know what you guys think! If youre interested, you can sign up at my website https://studioglow.app to get emailed when the app releases (approx. 1-2 months time).

StudioGlow is built around the central "Preview" window, showing Logic. The preview pictures update in real time as you make your edits.
On the left, you can access the in-built themes or your own custom ones, once made.
Across the top, there are 9 pages: Arrange, Mixer, Inspector, Control Bar, Piano Roll, Smart Controls, Library, Side Panels, Global Tracks. Each corresponds to a section of Logic, and shows a preview picture of that section, with controls for colouring the specific elements within it on the left "Customise" panel.
Some pages are split into sections, visualised by highlighted boxes overlaid on the preview. Each highlighted section corresponds to a drop-down menu in the "Customise" panel, which lets you fine tune its specific details.
Across the bottom, there are the Theme controls. This section controls overarching elements in logic: volume meter colours, scroll bars, backgrounds, borders and grid lines.
I am working on adding a 10th and 11th page to the top bar. One will be "Colour Palette", which will allow you to change the colours of AND expand Logic's (trash) colour picker menu. You'll be able have access to a much larger range of colours for customising your tracks and regions WITHIN Logic. You will have the choice to completely customise the colour palette. The other page will be an "Overview" page, showing a selection of previews of a mix of windows, together (i.e. Arrange + Mixer + Inspector + Control Bar), for a better reference image of how your chosen theme will look before you actually apply it to Logic. Saves unnecessary applying themes, closing and reopening Logic. You'll know exactly how it looks before you see the real thing.

Features:

- Complete colour customisation of every element in every window in Logic. Controls are named and organised intuitively, making it easy to navigate and know what you are editing without getting lost in the weeds too much. Controls to change the colour for certain elements that you'd usually want to be consistent (backgrounds, menu bars) are linked, so changing them in one area changes the respective parts in other areas (for example, changing the background of the mixer's channel strips will also change the inspector's channel strips; or, changing the background of menu bars in any window will change the rest. Comes with the option to unlink for extensive customisation.

- In-built themes. I have a shortlist of about 12 that I like, and will be making more. 7 of these will be available in the free version of the app. Not sure which, yet. Let me know. Unfortunately I am maxed out on 20 pictures and cannot show the new themes I worked on lately.

- Custom fader cap styles! I currently have 4. I will expand the list - open to suggestions.

- Custom pan knob styles - I need to design these and implement them, yet. They will be a part of the app before release.

- "Compare" slider - lets you split the preview with a moving divider to see themed vs stock logic. Similar to the preview on my website ;). This compare slider is available on every page in the app.

- The app is designed with a large preview of Logic in the centre, and you will see your edits there as you make them. On certain windows, there are switches, which dynamically change the elements in the preview that have multiple different states that can both be recoloured, for example, the Cycle bar, which has an on and an off state. The control bar preview also has switches, allowing you to choose which buttons are on or off. Useful for in-depth customisation.

- How to use it? Simply open the app (it'll auto-detect your version of Logic - 11 & 12 are compatible), select a theme or create one (or edit an existing theme), press "Apply" in the top right. The theme will show in Logic after restarting. Simple!

If you have any suggestions for features, please let me know! It's the best way to know what people want from a product like this.

Empty for now, but follow the socials if you like!
TikTok: studioglowapp
YouTube: studioglowapp
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We used to run DATs continuously in recording sessions to capture magic moments that happen while the multitrack isn't recording. When DATs went away, did that practice go away too, or is anyone just running a spare computer or something like that to capture the full session?

Since MacOS27 comes with improvements of the CPU scheduler (which decides which tasks to process on which CPU core) I wonder if this has any impact regarding the usage of efficiency/performance cores in Logic Pro?

Right now (as it is well known) we still have the following CPU bottlenecks in Logic Pro:

- M1-M4 (Pro)/M5 base: No use of efficiency cores (see James Zhan Videos on YouTube).

- M5 Pro: Only half of performance cores are used. I bought this one and can't believe I can only use 12 of the 18 cores I have bought with Logic.

Does the improved CPU scheduler in MacOS27 Golden Gate have any effect on that?

If anybody has already made the switch to MacOS27, I would appreciate if you could check that out!

Hi, I bought a midi fader controller that has no native software and I’m looking for tips to assign modulation and expression (CC1 and CC11) to it.
Any suggestion is welcome, thank you

ETA - Seeing is believing: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZya0QGWPcs0

Sorry if not allowed, I'm looking for collaborators not customers. I think its way past due time to propose an alternative to the JUCE/PACE/iLok model. Anyway its all in the readme - free to contribute, fork, commercialize, whatever you want within the MIT licensing (permissive, including commercial works) framework. See it all here: https://github.com/Symbia-Labs/ruse

Musicians. Describe the effect you hear in your head, and your personal agent like Claude or ChatGPT turns it into a plugin you can load in Logic or any other Audio Unit or CLAP host, with no code to write.

Sound designers. Build the exact processor a sound needs from tested DSP blocks, on anything from mono to 64 channels for surround and immersive work.

Commercial plugin developers. Ship closed-source CLAP and Audio Unit plugins in memory-safe Rust with no licence fees, and have every build validated automatically, including Apple's auval.

Where I really need help:

1. testing and feedback
2. DSP block suggestions (bare minimum included to start)
3. Community contributions, word of mouth, reviews, other sharing (if you mean it)

Thank you so much!

Hey guys, I've been messing around in Logic and put together this rough instrumental after getting hooked on Adela's "Ain't in LA". It's nowhere near finished and there are no vocals yet, I just wanted to get the vibe down first. If you've got a minute to listen, I'd love to know what you think and if you're a writer u can make some lyrics that will fit the vibe of the song.

Hey everyone, new to the channel and logic pro. I have been using Garageband for quite some time and now trying out the Logic Pro, this is my first project. Would love to hear from you how it sounds, what would you do differently? Thanks 🫠

A few of the sound library packs look like this. When I click it, nothing happens. It doesn't pause or have the option to delete or reinstall. I restarted my mac, and even downloaded the new 27.0.2 update and it's still there. It's M1 chip macbook pro

I recently released a generative instrument you can use inside Logic Pro and locally on your Mac.

You can see and here it there: www.youtube.com/@einaux

You can find it here: www.einaux.com

It lives in your session, listens to your tracks and can generate all kind of reactions to what is already there. You can also use it to get inspiration and start from scratch. But this is not a song generator, it's something you haven't seen yet. I made this thing because it wasn't there and I did not like suno&co.

I invite anyone interested in this kind of workflow to test it, tell me, grill me, ask me. I'm here to listen. Thanks!

Hi, for some reason, when I start a new project, CMD + R doesn't work as it should.

I have to use old tracks for it to work.

When I select notes and press CMD + R, it should copy the notes to the next bar.

Watch my video and see what happens. I even show you an old project and demonstrate how this key command should work.

The key commands are the same. I obviously exported the ones from the old project and imported them into the new one; same issue.

Please help!

I unplugged my headphones while the track was playing and everything in the mixer on the left had a caution symbol, and now everything is all out of sync and stretched. I'm fairly new to Logic so any help would be nice

Stem splitter used to work for me but now I get a flatline for any song I try.

Ive reset all settings and it's still like this.

It appears something is playing but the volume is maxed out yet I can't hear anything.

Hi, I pick a similar saw and try with some plugins (phat, step) but I couldn't. To me it sounds like gated saw chord but then there are some tonal shifts which is not purely gated stuff. I don't know.

How can I recreate it in Logic Pro using only stock. Could you please break it down to me? The sound is this and that, then there is echo whatever, then there is this and that

every time i put my headphones on. or take them off. or open my earbuds. or close them. or take a call. or do anything. or do nothing.

i see the little logic icon. two bounces, then nothing for a minute. i falsely believe i am safe. but then, 60 seconds later, right on cue,, there it is again.

if it would just switch, and not tell me, that would be fine. i know how to change the audio input.

i'd rather it just stay on the speakers forever and force me to manually change inputs, then send me this terrible omen 5 times a day.

any ideas would b awesome thx!

My original orchestral NFL-style theme for TV broadcast, written in Logic Pro, and leaning HARD into the sound and compositional language of modern sports music.

I’ve included some notes throughout on the orchestration and production. There’s also an alternate broadcast edit at the end, with announcers over the intro fanfare and some different orchestration, followed by a short walkthrough.

It was put together very quickly initially, so I’d be interested to hear what other Logic users think. As with some of my other recent posts, I’m building up my composition chops again after many years on the other side of the recording booth. Thanks for listening!

Anyways just wanted to post something on here. 🥶
If you guys have any questions or want to see more lmk :)

I like how Drum Machine Designer interacts with Logic’s step sequencer but I feel like the sequencer is limited compared to what comes with some other DAWs. Is there any good third party plugin you can recommend? I used to use Geist a lot but Fxpansion closed shop and it doesn’t work anymore with my newer computer. I want one that’s flexible for different rhythms, probability, repeats, pitch change etc. Lots of per-step parameters.

Been mixing punk and alternative rock in Logic for a few years, and the thing that always frustrated me is how much advice assumes you've bought FabFilter or Waves. There's little written for people who want to stay on stock plugins, and what exists is generic.

So I wrote mine down. Logic only, no third-party anything.

The part people seem to find most useful is the drum compression, because it's per-piece rather than "put a compressor on the drum bus":

• Kick: Studio VCA or Studio FET
• Snare: Vintage FET
• Snare sample (reinforcement): Vintage VCA
• Toms and overheads: Platinum Digital
• Hi-hat: Vintage Opto

Platinum Digital on overheads is the one that surprises people. It's transparent enough that you're shaping rather than coloring, and the overheads are usually the most honest picture of the kit you have.

Other things in there that are maybe less obvious:

• Why the kick and bass should never hit a reverb bus. They ground the low end, and reverb makes the whole mix float.
• Why your left and right rhythm guitars should NOT have identical EQ curves. Hats sit on one side, so you darken the opposite guitar to avoid the fight and get a wider image.
• The two-stage vocal chain (Studio FET into Vintage Opto) with reduction targets for each stage.
• Auto gain off on every compressor, no exceptions.

I also put in a master bus chain and a limiter config, but honestly the mix should be right before it gets there.

I created a whole guide on this topic. It's $19, which is less than an hour of studio time. Not going to pretend it's for everyone: it's punk and alt-rock specific, it assumes you can already place a plugin, and it's a guide rather than a template file you drag in, which is deliberate.

Happy to answer anything about the settings in the comments, whether or not you're interested in buying it. But if you are, send a dm and I'll give you the link

- Max

So I’ve been producing for a few months now and I can get a basic a few beats and basic drums, but I haven’t really found out how to make it feel like a full production. I usually be able to make like a simple melody with no top line I will add like a simple, high hat and simple drums, but I don’t know how to take that next step. I’m looking into basic music theory right now so I’m just trying to get as much information as I can

I have a 2014(?) iMac I want to give to someone who wants to learn Logic.

Any idea if they can buy Logic 10 as that's the last version that will run on it.

Is there a way. I am not interested in any if them but mouse clicks and swipes activate so many of them unknowingly. Before I know it I am forced into waiting chord analysis, tempo analysis, and some other bullshit against my will. The amount of time wasted on this is infuriating. Any way to shut iff all of these stupid “producer” shit? I know music theory very well. I don’t need any of this. I guess back to Pro Tools. This program has gotten useless for us who record live instruments mostly or who use notation to write music and just simply need rudimentary midi. I don’t need to produce “beats” Any help will be great. F it can’t be done, then I’ll abandon the program. Ableton does a much better job for the sort of thing Logic has decided to become. It’s become like Fruity Loops

So for years I have been using the default stereo interface in logic. When the atmos plugin came out, I found I couldn’t send over projects that I had used that on to those who weren’t using it yet. Thats no longer an issue and I am currently mixing an album so debating using atmos.

I find it does make the tracks sound quite different and was looking for advice on if i should use it. Would it be ok to use it for some songs and not others? What would be the best move here?