instrument / patch library not showing up

[apricotandpearjam]

hi all.

i think there might be a bug with logic 10.7.4 where the patch library doesn't show up sometimes.

not sure why it suddenly disappears.

has anyone else experienced this?

[David Nahmani]

The blue triangle from the Library points to Omnisphere, and there are no patches for Omnisphere in your library. You can click to the left of the Settings button (which currently says "Violins qua...") at the top of your channel strip to move that blue triangle there and you'll see all your patches. 

You can also download and install Logic patches for Omnisphere there:

 

[apricotandpearjam]

that's amazing, never knew that.

thank you David!

 

[David Nahmani]

You're welcome! 😃

[apricotandpearjam]

out of curiosity do you know how to get logic to automatically switch back to the patch library without having to click the little triangle next to 'setting'?

i dont remember having to do this so much, so not sure if apple introduced this in a recent update?

[David Nahmani]

12 hours ago, apricotandpearjam said:

do you know how to get logic to automatically switch back to the patch library without having to click the little triangle next to 'setting'?

No, it won't switch back on its own, you have to do it manually. 

[apricotandpearjam]

is this new behaviour?

i don’t remember this having to be done manually. it’s never been an issue for me until now for some reason. 

[David Nahmani]

Just now, apricotandpearjam said:

is this new behaviour?

i don’t remember this having to be done manually. it’s never been an issue for me until now for some reason.

No, the behavior is not new. In what situation exactly do you have to do it manually - and do you wish it was done automatically?

[apricotandpearjam]

hmmm. 

well often i want to load a patch and the list is not there. 

sometimes it’s on a brand new track, sometimes it’s after i’ve loaded a new track and it has kontakt on it by default. so maybe it switches to kontakt patches and i have to close and remove the plugin for logic to automatically switch back to the global user patches. 

i’ll keep experimenting and see if something in my workflow has changed that might be affecting it. 

[David Nahmani]

Ok because the behavior really depends on what steps you're taking exactly. 

For example if you create a default track with an instrument then the blue triangle points to the instrument slot. 

But if you create an empty default track (with no plug-ins) then the blue triangle points to the Settings button. 

[apricotandpearjam]

that’s probably what i’m doing wrong then. 

should it switch back to setting when you close an instrument?

 

[David Nahmani]

Just now, apricotandpearjam said:

should it switch back to setting when you close an instrument?

If you click-hold the right part of the instrument slot and choose "No Plug-in" then yes it should switch to the Settings button. 

[apricotandpearjam]

thanks david.

always very much appreciate your help and advice.

[David Nahmani]

You're welcome. 😃