David Nahmani Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 Thanks!! Really appreciate the kind words guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evansky Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Hi all, new here. Hopefully David or someone can help me out (or move to the correct sub-forum)... I am on page 276 of the LPX 10.5 book (Chopping Loops in a Take Folder). After I rename and recolor the tracks, I select them, and Pack Take Folder. Once I do that, all the colors change to brown, so I cannot easily tell which track is which. I CMD-Z all the way back, and it still behaves this way. Rebooting doesn't help. Is this something that changed in 10.6.x? If so, I'm sure there's a new way to handle this, but I don't know what it is. Sure could use some help here. I am on 10.6.3, and Catalina. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 I am on page 276 of the LPX 10.5 book (Chopping Loops in a Take Folder). After I rename and recolor the tracks, I select them, and Pack Take Folder. Once I do that, all the colors change to brown, so I cannot easily tell which track is which. I CMD-Z all the way back, and it still behaves this way. Rebooting doesn't help. Is this something that changed in 10.6.x? If so, I'm sure there's a new way to handle this, but I don't know what it is. Sure could use some help here. Hello evansky, and first sorry if I didn't originally find your question. I'm in Logic Pro 10.7.0 now: I tried it and it seems to work as described in the book. I fired Logic Pro 10.6.3, tried it there and it seems to work as described in the book as well. Moreover, I wonder why the colors would change to brown? Isn't your take folder blue when closed? Feel free to add some screenshots so that I can see what you're seeing. How to attach files to your post You could also try the process in a new empty project. If all else fails, pack the take folder first then use the color palette to color the takes once they're inside the take folder, as a workaround. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evansky Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Hi David: Thank you for getting back to me! I recorded the process, but I guess I cannot upload a video (or maybe just .mov?). Attached are 3 screenshots of before, during, and after. This is with no manipulation other than packing the take folder. Looks weird, right? I'm sad to hear that it's just me, and not a known issue. You'll never figure it out! (Oh, right...try it in an empty project. Great idea!) Thank you for your time, and the great book! P.S. Are you still in Los Feliz? I'm in Silver Lake. I think you had your studio on Hillhurst, maybe...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 Hi David: Thank you for getting back to me! I recorded the process, but I guess I cannot upload a video (or maybe just .mov?). Attached are 3 screenshots of before, during, and after. This is with no manipulation other than packing the take folder. Looks weird, right? I'm sad to hear that it's just me, and not a known issue. You'll never figure it out! (Oh, right...try it in an empty project. Great idea!) Thank you for your time, and the great book! P.S. Are you still in Los Feliz? I'm in Silver Lake. I think you had your studio on Hillhurst, maybe...? Haha not far I used to be on Grace Ave just north of Franklin Ave but ... that was a bit over 20 years ago! Then I built a studio in North Hollywood and stayed there for years before moving back to France a few years ago. It's possible that the behavior you're getting is due to different preferences: choose Logic Pro > Preferences > Display, and under "Tracks" make sure that you have Region Color set to Individual? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evansky Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Yeah, they are set to individual. And doing the exercise in a new project gives me the same results. But, the tip about coloring them after packing is helpful. It is showing me that the "takes" are already comped based on the end of the 2 measures of brass being the divider (if that makes sense the way I'm explaining it). Anyways, I think that you've been very helpful, and I appreciate your time. This should be enough to let me continue with my lessons. BTW, on FB, I'm Evan Evan BoBevan. We recently exchanged pleasantries when you announced the sale pricing of your book. Merci beaucoup et bon nuit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakobP Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Just tried it, there's a project setting that seems to make this happen; When "Auto-colorize takes" in recording settings under "General" is checked, I get the "brown takes issue", while having it unchecked keeps the colors of the takes as is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 Just tried it, there's a project setting that seems to make this happen; When "Auto-colorize takes" in recording settings under "General" is checked, I get the "brown takes issue", while having it unchecked keeps the colors of the takes as is... Confirmed! Same here. That must be it. Wow you're good Jakob! Now who decided to put that setting as a Recording project setting vs a Display preference?? BTW, on FB, I'm Evan Evan BoBevan. We recently exchanged pleasantries when you announced the sale pricing of your book. Merci beaucoup et bon nuit! Haha yes I remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakobP Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Just tried it, there's a project setting that seems to make this happen; When "Auto-colorize takes" in recording settings under "General" is checked, I get the "brown takes issue", while having it unchecked keeps the colors of the takes as is... Confirmed! Same here. That must be it. Wow you're good Jakob! Now who decided to put that setting as a Recording project setting vs a Display preference?? That's weird, I agree.. It also doesn't behave in a... logic way When using take folders as recording option, it colorizes the takes nicely, while it makes nicely colored takes go brown if you create the take folder from separate takes after the fact... And thanks for the kind words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evansky Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Just tried it, there's a project setting that seems to make this happen; When "Auto-colorize takes" in recording settings under "General" is checked, I get the "brown takes issue", while having it unchecked keeps the colors of the takes as is... Jakob, you're a genius! Maybe you should write a book! Thank you both for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 P.S. Are you still in Los Feliz? I'm in Silver Lake. I think you had your studio on Hillhurst, maybe...? Oh I just realized you must have meant my Logic Pro Help training space!! That was located on Vermont, just east of Hillhusrt before I moved to downtown L.A. on Wilshire. Still that was ... aeons ago! Or at least that's what it feels like. What a trip down memory lane! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakobP Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Just tried it, there's a project setting that seems to make this happen; When "Auto-colorize takes" in recording settings under "General" is checked, I get the "brown takes issue", while having it unchecked keeps the colors of the takes as is... Jakob, you're a genius! Maybe you should write a book! Thank you both for the help! You're welcome There are geniuses here on the board for sure, but I'm definitely not one of them, and no writer either But thanks anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evansky Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Hi David: I think it's probably easier for me to break this into pieces. First: After I pack the take folder, the folder appears to be broken into two halves, based on the end of the 2 bar brass section. Maybe this is right, but the pics in the book don't reflect this. Next, you say to expand the take folder to 2 bars. But the whole take folder is already 4 bars. So, I assume you mean to double it to 8 bars. That's cool. After I do that and expand the folder, it looks like this; LOL, don't worry, there's more after this! But, this is a start. As always, appreciate the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted November 22, 2021 Author Share Posted November 22, 2021 First: After I pack the take folder, the folder appears to be broken into two halves, based on the end of the 2 bar brass section. Maybe this is right, but the pics in the book don't reflect this. pack.gif Hi Evan. Yes, the result you're getting is right. The pics in the books don't reflect this because you don't open the take folder at this point, not until step 17 (page 277) which is after you've resized the take folder to two bars long. Next, you say to expand the take folder to 2 bars. In step 16 (page 277) you're instructed to resize the take folder so that it's two bars long. If you look at the help tag in the pic in that step you'll see that the resulting length should be 2 0 0 0 (exactly two bars). But the whole take folder is already 4 bars. So, I assume you mean to double it to 8 bars. That's where you went wrong, you don't want to expand the take folder, you want to shorten it so it's 2 bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evansky Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 LOL...I cannot apologize enough. A complete blonde moment on my part. I saw "resize" and my mind plugged in "expand." I promise to do better going forward... Thank you, as always... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted November 22, 2021 Author Share Posted November 22, 2021 LOL...I cannot apologize enough. A complete blonde moment on my part. I saw "resize" and my mind plugged in "expand." I promise to do better going forward... Thank you, as always... Haha no worries Evan and you're welcome. In general for editing operations like moving, copying, resizing, I try to show the help tag visible on the screen captures so that you can compare what's on your screen to what you see on the image in the book. But yes, those mistakes happen to all of us. Don't hesitate if you run into anything else while working in the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHamlinCC2 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Hey David, Any news on a 10.7 book coming out anytime soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 Any news on a 10.7 book coming out anytime soon? I am working on it. It should be out within a couple of months. It won't be very different from my 10.5 book — it's basically the same content plus a new lesson on Dolby Atmos mixing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninecows Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Apple is releasing new versions too fast here. I got the book for 10.4 and has only worked my way through 1/4 of it… by the time I buy the book for 10.7 they will have released 10.8. Apple- please take a step back and squash all the bugs instead. Then we can catch up And thanks for all your great work David. I would have reverted back to Reaper and wasted the money I payed out for Logic if it wasn’t for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 Apple is releasing new versions too fast here. I got the book for 10.4 and has only worked my way through 1/4 of it… by the time I buy the book for 10.7 they will have released 10.8. Apple- please take a step back and squash all the bugs instead. Then we can catch up As a book author, I agree that it's not always easy to catch up. However fear not, most of the material in your 10.4 book is still perfectly valid for 10.7 and you should be able to follow along just fine I think. I would recommend you continue working with your 10.4 book and if you bump into issues while trying to perform some of the steps in the exercises, or can't find something, start a new topic in the forum to ask for help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGMElogic Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Hi, awesome book! I completed the version 10.3 (I think) a while ago. I was wondering whether is possible to use the Logic Pro Book 10.5 with the current version of Logic 10.7 (as of today 01/17/2022). this is for an educational program and unfortunately our IT department upgraded Logic from 10.6 to 10.7, and students already purchased the text (10.5). Or is it possible to go back from 10.7 to 10.6? How? though we would prefer to stick with the current 10.7 as the process would take too long for us and the semester is about to begin. Thanks so much for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beebeeveevee Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Any news on a 10.7 book coming out anytime soon? I am working on it. It should be out within a couple of months. It won't be very different from my 10.5 book — it's basically the same content plus a new lesson on Dolby Atmos mixing. Looking forward to it! I worked through your 10.4 book and it was the best introduction to using Logic. It’ll be good to refresh myself (and learn a bit about playing around with Live Loops at the same time) Do you have plans for a 201-style book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 Do you have plans for a 201-style book? No, no such plans right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gilmartin Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 DGMElogic, the 10.5 book will work fine with Logic 10.7. The latest update added new things (Dolby Atmos) but everything covered in the 10.5 book is still there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dox Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Hi David, I finally upgraded your book from 10.3 and bought the Kindle version of your 10.5 book. Can you explain why there are these black shapes on certain pages? Is this up to Peachpit or Amazon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 Can you explain why there are these black shapes on certain pages?Is this up to Peachpit or Amazon? Hi Dox, I'm not sure which is the culprit? I will however mention it to my publisher and see if there's anything they can do about it. Here's what it's supposed to look like, at least on the print book: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dox Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Thanks David. I bought the Kindle version so that I could use it onscreen at the same time as Logic as well as be able to use it on iPads, which is great. A hard decision because I much prefer to read a printed book, which was the format for my 10.3 version. Oh well, isn't technology wonderful I will look forward to some response from Amazon/Peachpit if you get one. Thanks. I am enjoying your 10.5 otherwise of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwonderer Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 how much did it take you guys to master Logic Pro? do you still find difficulties using it even after a while? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dox Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Zwonderer, 4 years now and I am still baffled and confused at times! The real secret is probably constant, regular practice like most things. There will always be certain features and aspects of any program that one rarely needs or uses and these will probably remain a mystery. However, I am able to use Logic to create and record music and that can be achieved very quickly at a basic level. David's book will certainly get you started and with time you can learn the more complicated features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmacmac Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 David, I see you have a new book scheduled for release in May, called just 'logic pro'. Is this the 10.7 version of the book but with the version numbering system dropped? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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