Can't enter a note length longer than 999 bars?

[nickbaba]

Hi all - I'm scratching my head here. I can't draw in a note length longer than 999 bars in my Piano Roll, and I don't know why...?

I'm writing a 1 hr piece and need to have long single drone notes. In Logic 9 I could simply click and drag the note duration to whatever length I wanted...?

 

My song length is set to 2,049 bars, so it's not too short. Advanced Tools are switched on, for what its worth. I have tried dragging the note length in Piano Roll and also writing it manually in the Event List, but even the list snaps the value back to a max of 999 bars every time.

 

Is there an option I need to disable somewhere (eg max note length)? I can't find anything like that.

 

Thank you,

 

nickbaba

 

Logic X 10.3.2. - Sierra 10.12.6 - Mac Pro 3.5 GHz 6-Core

[volovicg]

appears to be a bug....

If you change the time signature to 1/4 time you can get to 4000 bars....

[nickbaba]

Thanks... yes I did consider changing tempo or time signature as a work-around but wanted to check if this was just happening for me or for everyone. So, its a bug? mmm OK.

[zplane]

If you know how long your piece is going to be in minutes, then you could use a tempo to time calculator like this one, https://toolstud.io/music/bpm.php?bpm=90&bpm_unit=4%2F4&measures=999 to calculate the tempo that will get you to the length of time you want. I put in 999 measures at a tempo of 90 bpm in 4/4 time

(which comes out to be 44 minutes in length). The total time length is down the bottom of the page.

[nickbaba]

Thanks, that's a good idea.

I went back and checked Logic 9 and it's the same... seems 999 bars is the length limit for a single note in Logic. The work around is to adjust tempo: 66bpm in 4/4 makes a 999 bar note 1hr long.