Joseph Hanna Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I've worked on this problem off and on for a while now. I like to use screen savers to get my eye's off watching Logic/Pro Tools waves form roll by. It makes it much easier to concentrate on the music. I have a hot corner set up. When I'm ready to listen for a pass or two my mouse goes to the bottom right corner and up pops the screen saver. Works fine in Pro Tools. Logic only let's in run for a few seconds and then boots the screen saver off. It's gotta be some kind of midi command that's tell the screen saver to go away but I'll be darned if I can find it. Seems like a petty problem but I really miss it when I'm in Logic. Thoughts??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n6smith Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 It's not a Midi command..... The screen saver is designed to work when the computer is doing nothing. Logic does something that turns off the screen saver... Probably because screen savers can take up a lot of CPU cycles and so Logic wants all the resources available for itself...hence it stops the screen saver working..... Not a technical answer i know.. but it is what occurs and why.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I have no problem playing a song in Logic with the screensaver on, triggered with a hot corner. Joseph, you mention MIDI command... do you have any kind of MIDI devices connected to your computer? Have you tried disconnecting them, or turning them off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n6smith Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 It's interesting that you say that David, as a friend of mine says much the same thing yet on my system, Logic always kills the screen saver (or display off for that matter) after a few minutes or so. I initially thought it was because I had "Wake up on network access" on but no. I've come to the conclusion it is dependent on what external devices you have attached.. as I think, and i don't know this for sure.. it is purely a guess.. that some devices 'wake' up the computer every so often themselves.. Not sure which devices.. could be the Motu or one of my external HDs... interacting with Logic but something makes this occur. I've also noted that if Logic is running then neither the screen saver nor screen sleep work automatically as they are supposed to according to the energy settings I have..... Quit the Logic app and they work.. Thoughts, ideas as to what is the root cause of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Hanna Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 Nigel: You may of course be correct, that is to say Logic is doing something to "kick" the screen saver off and in fact now that I think about it there can be no doubt that Logic is doing something... the question of course is what? By way of process of elimination Pro Tools does NOT kick the screen saver off. David: Yes in fact I have "unplugged" my midi rig in the off chance something was transmitting data that tripped the screen saver. No joy. Like I said it seems somewhat trivial but I've used this technique since the Big Bang with Pro Tools and I've grown accustom to it. Old habits die hard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Hanna Posted November 19, 2011 Author Share Posted November 19, 2011 One last bump for any idea's here Apple Logic support utterly unable to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruari Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Instead of setting your hot corner to a screen saver, why not set it to put display to sleep? That's what I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Hanna Posted November 19, 2011 Author Share Posted November 19, 2011 Thanks ruari, Logic kcks me out of "put display to sleep" just the same as it does screen saver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruari Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Hmm, that's a bit of a pain. I don't know what else to suggest as that doesn't happen for me, I use it all the time because that's even less of a distraction than a screensaver IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherking Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 i dunno... sometimes i hit 'command-H' and hide the app while running, and see...my desktop. other times, i just close my eyes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev. Juda Sleaze Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Hmm, that's a bit of a pain. I don't know what else to suggest as that doesn't happen for me, I use it all the time because that's even less of a distraction than a screensaver IMO. Closing my eyes works for me. Or is that too low-tech? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruari Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Closing my eyes works for me. Or is that too low-tech? Au contraire, mon frère That's the perfect solution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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