As far as transport controls (play, stop, skip, etc.) go, on some devices there are dedicated buttons for any DAW that will need to be configured on the hardware itself, and in other cases we can use Key Commands. After making the assignments, LPX will remember your set-up and have it just as you left it every time you open another session up.Īlong with traditional functions like volume, mutes and solos, I also like to have permanent hardware controls for some of my favorite effects, Logic’s Channel EQ for basic filtering, third party virtual instrument macro controls, and LPX Smart Control (more on this below). Nobody wants to spend time mapping controls when it comes to LPX, but we’ll just need to fire off some quick messages using Logic’s “Learn” function to make this happen, and then it’s back to the music. While these might work great for some, with a few simple moves, we can have just about any MIDI controller communicating with Logic Pro X in a completely customized way. There a number of customized controller options (some of which we will be taking a closer look at in future Logic Pros articles) that are specifically tailored to software counterparts like the Native Instruments Complete Kontrollers, or the popular Abelton Live grid controller options.

We will be covering the basics of how to get our MIDI keyboard/controller mapped to just about any parameter in our session, along with a few creative ways to bring some of Logic Pro X’s more powerful features into the real world: Control Your Controller: The keys/pads function just as they should, but the plethora of other dials and faders available generally won’t do much, unless you tell them to. In many case, we get home with our MIDI controller, plug it in, and it just works.

In this week’s edition of The Logic Pros, we will be looking at how to map all those fun looking sliders, switches, buttons and encoders on our controllers to various functions inside of Logic Pro X. If there is any gear you would like us to take a closer hands-on look at, let us know in the comments section below or shoot us an email. The Logic Pros is a new regular series exploring all of the most interesting gadgets and software for making music on your Mac/iOS devices.

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