Hwangman Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I'm hoping there is a quick fix for this (fairly new user), but in Logic Express, I have recorded a few small bits of audio and MIDI and am looping them multiple times. I notice that after the 2nd or 3rd loop "segment," the loop becomes out of time w/the rest of the recording. When i try to manually line up the loop to the timeline, i can't get it to line up exactly. The segment jumps between ending too early or beginning too late. Is there some setting that i've missed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Jackson Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Check your snap settings and make sure your region lengths are consistent with the grid. If a region is just slightly too short it will go out of time when looping. For instance a 1 bar region that is just slightly shorter than one bar will look normal until you start looping it, then the loop will fall farther and farther out of time until you can see it visibly and hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwangman Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 How do i check those settings? I believe you're right, in that the section i'm trying to loop is slightly shorter than 1 bar. However, i've tried messing with every option i know and i can't get it to actually end at the end of bar 1. It's always slightly shorter, which ends up affecting the sound after i loop it more than twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 How do i check those settings? The Snap menu is at the top right of your Arrange area. You can also hold Control-Shift as you're resizing a region to disable the "Smart" snapping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwangman Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 I guess i'm not sure what i'm doing, then. I've tried looping in Smart mode and also by doing it manually. No luck. Once it's past 2 loops it goes out of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 The Snap mode affects your edits (meaning your actions: whenever you resize, cut, etc...), not the playback. Set the snap to bar, adjust the length of your loops to the nearest bar, then it should play fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwangman Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 Thanks for the replies. I think i'll need to track down some videos. No luck. I'm admittedly VERY new to this program, but i figured i could play a short part, trim it, then loop. No luck. Nothing i try as far as options will get it lined up. I even tried copying and pasting the main part multiple times but i can't get that to line up or even trim down to the right length. Argh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 This should be much easier than you make it sound. Click-hold your region. A yellow help tag will pop up. In the help tag, the last set of four numbers is the length of the region you're clicking. If you want that region to loop in time, that number should read "X 0 0 0" where X is the length of the region in bars. If the number reads "X 0 0 1" or "X 4 4 239" or just about anything that does not finish with "0 0 0" then you're in trouble. In that case, use the instructions I gave you before to adjust the length of your region. If that doesn't work, you'll have to explain to us at exactly which step of the process something doesn't work as expected. If you just tell us "No luck" that's not enough information and it's hard for us to help you. If you tell us exactly WHAT does not work, we can help you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwangman Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 Thanks David. When i click and hold the region, it says 8 0 0 40. I realize that i need to adjust it so that the ending digit is 0, but i am unable to do that. I have tried setting Snap to "smart" and "bar" and then adjusting the region in the main window. This does not do anything except change the first 3 numbers in the sequence (ex: 7 33 33 40). I also tried double clicking the region to open the Sample Editor. When i do that, i can manually slide the "Region" setting, but i cannot get it to match up precisely. It skips around and i'm unable to have it be at "0" for the end point of the region. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 In the Snap menu, choose "Snap to Absolute Value". Then try resizing the region again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwangman Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 Does not work. I tried selecting that option and adjusting the end point of the loop while in "Beat", "Bar", and "Smart" modes and it will not move the ending "40" value to a "0." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Try to do it in an empty project, for example with a 4 bar loop, trying to resize to 3, 2 or 1 bar long, does that work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwangman Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 Yep. No problem. Took a 4 bar loop (4 0 0 0) and was able to shorten to 3, 2, and 1 bar long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Hmmm.... could be a corrupted project I guess. Another option: use the marquee to select just what you want and click "Crop" in the toolbar or select what you don't want and press delete on your keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwangman Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 I'm hoping it's something as simple as a corrupted project. I didn't get that far into it when this happened, so i will start a new session and try the loop again. Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I'm hoping it's something as simple as a corrupted project. If it happens only in a single project, and if you've ruled out pilot error, chances are it's a corrupted project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdf Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Thanks man, your tips solved my problem, cheers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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