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  1. None of these solutions have worked. I routinely use the quantize function in the piano roll but occasionally I get a pesky track where the notes actually become LESS quantized when I apply quantization. Eg: the first note of a run will be only a few ticks before or after the beat, but the Q to 1/16th function yanks it to either the 16th before or after the beat it's closest to! Huh? I've checked and re-checked all settings. Proper focus, no swing, Q is 100%, nothing else in the track that would cause it to do this. Makes zero sense. I agree with the other commenter that this is most definitely a bug in 10.5.1.
  2. Oh my word, I just figured it out. It's the little "R" in each track header...and there I always thought that was exclusively to set up a track for recording. I need a scotch.
  3. OK I can't believe I have to ask this...I always assumed that simply setting each track's MIDI channel to the one I'm using from the external MIDI device would then let me trigger all those instruments, but it evidently doesn't work that way. I know I must be missing something really obvious here...
  4. I hear ya but I've actually been doing this forever and never had a problem...until I updated to 10.5.1. Maybe that's their safeguard.
  5. I just encountered an odd behavior with Logic 10.5.1 and found this thread. When Logic is open, and I try to backup an open/saved project file from one external SSD to another, the Finder gets hung on the Copy dialog. In 10.2 this did not happen. When I close Logic and copy the file, it works. Both SSDs are AFPS. Apple must have changed something in what open Logic projects are using in terms of resources. That's the only explanation I can think of.
  6. What version of Logic did you update to? I'm on 10.2.3 (on OS X 10.15.7) and I've noticed that Logic freezes/crashes when dropping a file into a project that is a different sample rate (at the moment, 48kHz files into a 44.1kHz project). I have my audio files stored on an external SSD drive formatted with APFS. Out of curiosity, does the drive where you store your audio files happen to have Google Drive pointing to it? I've noticed that Logic DOES NOT like it when accessing the same drive.
  7. Yup, it's now my main reason for reformatting those drives. Hopefully it also fixes the Google Drive issue...
  8. I meant I never had any problems with Logic hanging/Finder crashing under High Sierra because of the ExFAT format, which I've been using for a year. Logic+Google sync had worked flawlessly. All the problems started under Catalina... But I didn't know about the potential for file corruption so that's obviously another reason to reformat.
  9. Right—though High Sierra had none of these problems. Evidently, Catalina is more picky.
  10. Yup, it's been recommended to reformat all external drives to Journaled or APFS. I didn't know about corruptibility...yikes. Anyway, more test results: Reinstalling Google Backup and Sync is actually installing new Google Drive for desktop. They're basically rebranding their product. But no change really. While Google Drive is running, Logic will hang unpredictably. Not always easy to replicate but it seems to happen right as Logic has finished loading all assets/plugins—but right before it opens all the project windows. If anything has to be written to the project folder/package, Drive activates and this seems to cause Logic to hang. Basically I'm gonna have to switch off syncing until the end of every work day...not ideal but it beats this. BTW I'm on Logic 10.2.3. Time I updated; who knows, maybe it'll fix something.
  11. OK yeah, hanging technically...but hanging indefinitely; never recovers and it takes the Finder down with it (the Finder does crash). Did some more testing with Google Backup & Sync (syncs same projects folder on external SSD). I noticed that, when it's busy, Logic will hang; when it's not busy, Logic will *sometimes* hang. If I quit B&S, Logic appears not to hang at all (but still testing this to confirm). Seems to me that, when B&S sync is using the drive—even just syncing a single file—Logic balks, and then doesn't know how to recover...and evidently crashing the Finder. I'm following Google One support's advice and reinstalling B&S, but my guess is I can't have it set up this way on Catalina (High Sierra didn't mind). Will report back...because I assume I'm not the only Logic user with Google B&S.
  12. I recently upgraded to a 2018 Mac Mini running Catalina. Previously I was using a 2011 iMac running High Sierra with no problems whatsoever. Logic Pro X has serious stability problems on this system—either crashing when opening a project, select-dragging in the piano roll, or, most recently, just editing in the piano roll (!). Weirdly, I never see any crash reports in console (are Logic crash reports stored somewhere else?). More seriously, lately when Logic crashes (spinning ball), even force-quitting does not quit the application and the FINDER crashes too. I have to manually power down/reboot the Mac Mini each time. I've never, ever seen this behavior in 12 years of using Logic. What on earth is going on? I had removed all 32-bit plugins already so this doesn't seem to be the culprit (could be other plugins—but crashing the finder??). Additionally, I can open a project with a single external MIDI track (ie. no loaded plugins) and Logic will crash on opening anyway. The project files are stored on an external SSD (ExFAT format; I know this format is not ideal—but, again, crashing the finder??). So, my working theories are: 1. A plugin (doubtful at this point) 2. External drive setup/format (ExFAT IS NO BUENO ON 10.15) 3. Google Backup & Sync tied to the same Logic projects folder (read/write/permissions issue?) (**VERY LIKELY THE MAIN CULPRIT WITH #2) 4. Routing all audio output/input via Scarlett Focusrite (gen 2). Previously I had used the iMac's headphone jack so this is a new setup. (TESTED THIS, NO CHANGE) Anyway, my workflow is essentially hosed until I figure this out. Any suggestions on what I could try? (BTW I tried searching this forum on these terms but the results aren't specific enough to be helpful here.)
  13. Hmm that could have been from Mainstage. When I needed to free up HD space with storage manager, it displayed 18Gb of data alongside the loops in the Apple folder, which I assumed was part of Logic's download but I didn't bother to check what it was. (I also see "Legacy/compatibility" at ~18Gb in the Sound Library manager but I don't know what that is.) But it's clear from threads like this one that Apple should *ask* the user if they want this. It looks like you can un-set this via the Sound Library manager, so why not offer that up front.
  14. Users should be given the choice of deciding whether 18Gb of content is "essential".
  15. ...for those arriving here SEVEN years after this was posted, consider the cheapest option by far: iZotope's Trash2 plugin (which you can sometimes get for $29 at JRR). In addition to all the noisemaking features, it comes with a built-in MB compressor with sidechain capability. Aces.
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