Organising channel strips in the mixer window

[David Aurora]

Am I on crack, or is it not possible to organise channels however you want them in Logic? For example, if you've routed your drums to Bus 1 for parallel processing and it's created an aux input next to the master fader, is it actually possible to drag that channel strip over next to the drums? I can't seem to do it but it should be a simple operation

[pantomimeHorse]

The simplest solution is to make a layer in the Environment

which groups together all the Audio Objects you want to use

to mix, say, drums, and then use this window view of the

Environment in the screenset where you do your mixdown.

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You can have as many of these open as you like.

 

It has always peeved me that the drum part Aux's out of

Ultrabeat appear miles away from the 1-2 Instrument channel,

especially if you have a large-ish mixer setup.

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That is the workaround.

 

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C

[1pauper1]

whether or not you are on crack is debatable,

moving the c-strips in the mixer is not.

 

but you don't have to.

 

if you notice the tabs above the mixer window

you will see 3 options ; single-arrange-all.

 

highlite the drum track c-strip then select

the " single " tab. this will show the specific routing

of the drum track . ie ; the c-strips for drums/aux/out 1/2 /master.

all tidy prim and propper.this works for any track you hilite.

[pantomimeHorse]

 

That'll be LogicPro8, then, I guess.

 

Wish we had that in 7.

 

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C

[David Aurora]

are you serious??!!! that sucks! thanks for the suggestions anyway though.

 

man that sucks.

 

oh well, theres still about 999,999 things i prefer over my old pro tools rig. time to go to the new feature request page....

[1pauper1]

yes, lp8

 

the mixer view in lp8 gives you the options of showing

anything ......just arrange tracks, just audio, just midi, etc.

 

basically the c-strip environment is incorporated into the mixer

window and tab-optionrd for viewing your routing any way

that you see fit.

[1pauper1]

 

That'll be LogicPro8, then, I guess.

 

Wish we had that in 7.

 

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C

 

hey panntomimehorse,

 

i must take a moment to pimp lp8

if you can somehow sqeeze up enough coinage

to upgrade to lp8 your life will change.

 

no need for 50 screensets and 20 environment layers

just one simple dashboard in the mothership cockpit.

 

now all that "go deep " stuff is still there if you really

gotta go there, but 99% of the time its not necessary.

 

it makes life simpler. everything is autopilot and customizable.

it even works with MAC"S voice technology.

you can voice command any keybord shortcut.

i say "open mixer window" and it does it.

 

i haven't figured out how to make it fetch me a beer yet,

but i'm workin' on it !!!

[pantomimeHorse]

 

hey panntomimehorse,

 

i must take a moment to pimp lp8

if you can somehow sqeeze up enough coinage

to upgrade to lp8 your life will change.

 

No, I'll wait awhile !

8)

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From my previous posts you may have gathered my views.

I have a stable, rock-solid setup here and it has to stay working

on a day-by-day basis to earn its keep.

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When the time comes (if it ever comes), the studio will be

"paralleled". In other words, I shall get a new Mac, of whatever

pro configuration is on offer at the time, the latest LP8, and the

OS of choice at that moment. Then, over a period of perhaps

three to six months, jobs will be duplicated on both systems to

assess performance, bugs etc.

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We did this with the move away from Cubase under OS9.2 a few

years back, and also with our adoption of DSP-Quattro as a host

program for mastering when we ditched SonicWorx Artist from

Prosoniq.

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I take chances on nothing.

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But, thanks for your "promo" ! ! ! !

 

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C

[1pauper1]

and the sooner you implement the changeover

the sooner your life will change from

 

lp7 on a day-to-day basis rock solid earning its keep

 

to

 

lp8 on a half day-to half day basis rock solid earning its keep !!!

twice as fast.........twice the coin in your pocket.

 

lolol.......

 

 

[David Aurora]

yes, lp8

 

the mixer view in lp8 gives you the options of showing

anything ......just arrange tracks, just audio, just midi, etc.

 

basically the c-strip environment is incorporated into the mixer

window and tab-optionrd for viewing your routing any way

that you see fit.

 

yeah thats all well and good bro, but not even close to the same thing. hitting option tabs to only see certain sections of a board is a nice little trick that im sure i could occasionally use, but way short of a fast workspace. you shouldnt have to select multiple channels then hit a tab to get an aux return in the window close to a drum group etc.

 

dont get me wrong though, i like how aux returns DEFAULT to near the master fader, its great for subgroups. it would just be way faster to work in if you could drag them over to where you are working when youre using them for things OTHER than subgroups or a global reverb etc

[shivermetimbers]

yes, lp8

 

the mixer view in lp8 gives you the options of showing

anything ......just arrange tracks, just audio, just midi, etc.

 

basically the c-strip environment is incorporated into the mixer

window and tab-optionrd for viewing your routing any way

that you see fit.

 

yeah thats all well and good bro, but not even close to the same thing. hitting option tabs to only see certain sections of a board is a nice little trick that im sure i could occasionally use, but way short of a fast workspace. you shouldnt have to select multiple channels then hit a tab to get an aux return in the window close to a drum group etc.

 

dont get me wrong though, i like how aux returns DEFAULT to near the master fader, its great for subgroups. it would just be way faster to work in if you could drag them over to where you are working when youre using them for things OTHER than subgroups or a global reverb etc

 

Try dragging and arranging them in the arrange window and see if they follow in the Mixer/arrange screen. (in LP& or LS8)

[David Aurora]

yes, lp8

 

the mixer view in lp8 gives you the options of showing

anything ......just arrange tracks, just audio, just midi, etc.

 

basically the c-strip environment is incorporated into the mixer

window and tab-optionrd for viewing your routing any way

that you see fit.

 

yeah thats all well and good bro, but not even close to the same thing. hitting option tabs to only see certain sections of a board is a nice little trick that im sure i could occasionally use, but way short of a fast workspace. you shouldnt have to select multiple channels then hit a tab to get an aux return in the window close to a drum group etc.

 

dont get me wrong though, i like how aux returns DEFAULT to near the master fader, its great for subgroups. it would just be way faster to work in if you could drag them over to where you are working when youre using them for things OTHER than subgroups or a global reverb etc

 

Try dragging and arranging them in the arrange window and see if they follow in the Mixer/arrange screen. (in LP& or LS8)

 

yeah thats how you do it for audio/midi tracks but ive never seen them in the arrange window. is there actually a way to see them there?

[Rounik]

"yeah thats how you do it for audio/midi tracks but ive never seen them in the arrange window. is there actually a way to see them there?"

 

Yes, In the Mixer drag and select over the Aux channel strips and in the local menu choose:

Options > Create Arrange Tracks for channel strips

 

(You can also control-click on the selected channel strips and select "Create/Select Arrange Tracks")

 

Cheers

[David Aurora]

"yeah thats how you do it for audio/midi tracks but ive never seen them in the arrange window. is there actually a way to see them there?"

 

Yes, In the Mixer drag and select over the Aux channel strips and in the local menu choose:

Options > Create Arrange Tracks for channel strips

 

(You can also control-click on the selected channel strips and select "Create/Select Arrange Tracks")

 

Cheers

 

Don't take this the wrong way, but I think I love you.

 

I was going insane over that!!

 

Cheers