Plugin acts as inactive (grayed out)... but yet IS active...

Hello folks !

 

I'm encountering a very weird issue with Logic Pro X. I've imported the settings of a previous mix (the songs were recording during the same studio session) to a new one, so all my channels, settings, sends, routing... are already set.

However, for any reason I understand, for two aux tracks only (drum verb and snare verb), the plugins are displayed as active but there is NOTHING I can tweak inside. The blue on/off icon on top left is in dark blue, and cannot be clicked. I've tried using different plugins, different bus sends... There's nothing I can do.

 

Has any one of you already seen that ??

Can you attach your Logic file here? I'll have a look.

You mean the project ?

Yes – but not the whole project folder, only the Logic file you saved. The one that has the .logic extension. You can control-click it in your Finder first and choose compress, then attach the .zip file.

Here's the project

Take Me Back.zip

Any news on this? I am experiencing this problem as well

Mmmm...I’ve just had this as well, which seems to be the first non-obvious occurrence since moving on to my new machine and Logic 10.4.1.

Any plugins inserted on an aux track using a Producer Kit appear as the OP described - none of the plugin controls can be adjusted and the on/off switch is greyed out. This is in only in one particular project as far as I’ve noticed.

It works entirely as expected in a new project with a track with a Producer Kit inserted - puzzled ?

I've tried to import again the project settings to mix another song, and this time only one auxiliary track (drum reverb again) had this problem. I could delete it, use another bus to send my drum shells to the reverb and it was fine.

Weird ? Hell yeah

Still trying to troubleshoot that... will let you know if I find out.

If I recall correctly, this starting happening after I selected Logic Pro X > Preferences > Reset All Preferences Except Key Commands...

Do you sometimes freeze tracks? Is it possible you copied the plug-in or channel strip setting from another, frozen track?

Do you sometimes freeze tracks? Is it possible you copied the plug-in or channel strip setting from another, frozen track?

 

I almost never freeze tracks and surely did not copy the settings from frozen tracks.

Having the exact same issue. On a simple Sum bus for a double mic'd guitar track. No particular reason for this happening. Anyone have a fix? Maybe just a bug that needs to be fixed by apple. Very Frustrating!

I almost never freeze tracks and surely did not copy the settings from frozen tracks.

Ok great that's useful information! Thanks.

Apple is now aware of this bug, however any further information regarding how to reproduce is helpful.

Here's what I did : I opened my mixing template and added the tracks. Then I mixed as usual with stock and third party plugins.

 

I then opened a new and empty project. Then I imported the settings from the first mix session (tracks, busses, aux, master, stereo output, plugins, in/out, sends), and project settings (screensets, metronome...)

Then I added the tracks of the second song.

Only two aux tracks had the problem : drum reverb and snare reverb.

 

I'm not at home right now. I'll will provide my mix template as soon as I get home

 

[EDIT] I attached my template

Top Down 2.zip

Hi there, for the last couple of weeks I have been suffering this bug on any new projects I've started. Incredibly frustrating, have so far found no work around, after many years of using logic with no similar issues. Has suddenly become unusable for mixing tracks properly. Have searched the web for more info with no success, this thread being the first I have found.

I just had the same problem with "AUX 20" that was created for an Ultrabeat output (UB 21): Any plugin that I put into this AUX strip had a dark blue on/off button, the plugin worked, but the GUI was not responsive. I could change its parameters only by automation. But then I had the idea to create just one more AUX for UB (AUX 23 popped up), assign it to the same UB 21, and this time everything worked as it should, so I deleted the mostly useless AUX 20 and everything seems ok.

Next time I used a new Bus, AUX 20 was created again, and again it was unusable in the described way... So I again created a new AUX, routed the Bus to it, then just detached the Bus from AUX 20 and switched AUX 20's output off; this way I am "parking it nowhere" so it won't be used again.

I tried a new project, just one instrument strip, and created 25 AUX objects in the Mixer; they all do their job, including AUX 20, so it's not the number...

This has suddenly started happening to me this week. The only difference I can think is that this project is quite automation heavy.

This one also happens to me and it drives me mental! And not only with aux channels, sometimes software instrument tracks. Every new update I pray they fix this but, no, never...