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Hey, Atlas: I agree with you. David is a great resource. I have hired him a couple of times for one-on-one consulting, and was very happy with the results. Thanks for explaining about the links. The next time you answer my question, I'll know what you're up to. Larry

Hey, Eric: I believe you have a couple of solutions that would have worked, so a big THANK YOU. Before I read your solution, I figured out a way to do it very easily through hardware, and it's one that you will relate to, since we have the same interface. I used the Durecord system on the Fireface to record the stereo mix to a USB stick, turned the tape delay on manually at the right moment, and it worked perfectly. Thanks again for your time. Larry

Hey, Atlas: I am sure to an expert like yourself, your short answers are very meaningful, but a person like me, both a noob and a geezer, needs a little more detail. Of course, I tried automation. Turning the plug-in on did not seem to record. If you could tell me how to achieve this, I would be most grateful. I explained in my question why bouncing won't work. (Unless you're assuming a successful automation). I need to be able to make a real time recording. Of course, I could hook up a 2nd computer and record on that. I assume with a digital format there would be no loss of quality. Still, it seems there should be an easier way. Thanks again. Larry

I want to have a tape delay plug-in kick in on the last beat of the song, with a high feedback setting so that last note repeats synced to the beat, and fades out slowly. I have everything tweaked so it sounds just like I want it to if I manually turn on the delay one beat before the last note. Obviously, if i bounce down to stereo mix normally the effect won't turn on. So the first question is: 1. How can I automate this process so it shows up in the bounce? If there's no way to do that, then: 2. How do I take the stereo mix output of my project and record it in real time? Thanks for your time. Larry

I'm sure I'm missing something obvious... How do you select and remove the short glitch notes that typically appear with MIDI guitar or Audio-to-MIDI conversions? Yes, I have checked the manual, Logic Power and Google. Possibly Logic uses a vocabulary I don't know for this process. I'm still using L9. Larry

Re: the 32-bit issue. I just talked to Apple customer support. They said you can have Logic Pro 9 and Pro X installed at the same time. That should open up some workarounds.

David, beej and ski, You guys are all 1st rate, and fast, too. I now know where the path is, and how to travel the 1st mile. If I start stumbling after that, I'll be back. A big thanks… Larry

Well, David, we're both experts. You appear to be one of the top experts on Logic, and I'm an expert at writing instructions/manuals. The number one problem with software manuals, by a very large margin, is that most have been written by people who are experts, often developers of the product. What is perfectly obvious to them, and doesn't even need to be written down is often the key piece of information the noob needs to make things work. Far from disregarding the manual, I spent several hours with it. I need more detailed information. Here are some examples of what I'm saying: "You can also use the Toggle Environment key command to:" I don't know what that command is, nor do I know where to find it. Sure, I can hunt it down, but I shouldn't have to pull myself away from the "Learning Environment" task to do the "Research Logic Key Commands" task. "In addition, there are specialized objects that can... reroute the (MIDI) signal path." Great! That's exactly what I'm trying to do. What objects, and where are they located? Or, where is the section of the manual where this information can be found? Note that I can't even look it up, because I haven't been told what the name of the object is. A much better construction would be, "There are "Gleemer" objects, located in the Frammerjammer" menu, that can reroute MIDI signals." I could do this all day, but I'm sure you get the point. When you read that material, it's clear and obvious. When I read it, it's showing me a path exists to do what I want, but I'm going to have to figure out where and how on my own. So I conceptualized an environment to do what I needed done, and along the way I developed a lot of respect for the power of the Environment. I read all the way through the section where people posted Environments they'd created. I watched some YouTube vids. I read the manual. Then I created an Environment to do what I wanted. It didn't work. So I shelled out $99 to Apple Pro Audio Support so I could get it fixed. That's when I got told the sentence about which you wrote "That would be wrong." It may be wrong, but it appears to be the official position on the subject. So I rephrase my question. Excluding the manual, which is a starting point, where can I learn about the Environment, in depth and with clarity and speed?

After couple of days researching and experimenting, I have learned the following. 1. The Environment is a very powerful part of Logic. 2. The material on Environments in the Logic manual is inadequate, or, in the words of an Apple Pro Audio Sr. Advisor "Just plain awful." 3. You can't learn about Environment from Apple. Same advisor "We don't use it, and we don't support it." 4. There are a lot of smart people on this forum who do some great stuff with The Environment. My question? How do I learn about the Environment, starting from total noob?