steveastanga Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Could anyone please help me understand why Logic is showing this midi out message? I haven't knowingly tweaked anything and, although it doesn't seem to be audibly affecting anything, I would like to know what's going on. N.B. It's only displaying when I press play. When it's idle it's the usual, nothing in, nothing out. Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Choose Logic Pro > Preferences > Control Surfaces > Bypass All Control Surfaces. See if the problem disappears? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveastanga Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 No change I'm afraid. (the option was actually 'bypass all while in background" though, but I'm pretty sure that's the one you meant. Thanks anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 An X usually indicates the presence of sysex messages in MIDI tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveastanga Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 I recently installed an iPad app for wireless control of the transport bar (for occassional use when playing guitar). If it's likely to have caused this, or introduced any other instability, maybe I'll back pedal on that. The app itself, seems to work great though. I don't really know much about syses., is it likely to upset any outboard or, god forbid, even internal midi instruments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I recently installed an iPad app for wireless control of the transport bar (for occassional use when playing guitar). If it's likely to have caused this, or introduced any other instability, maybe I'll back pedal on that. The app itself, seems to work great though. I don't really know much about syses., is it likely to upset any outboard or, god forbid, even internal midi instruments? OK, that's very telling. That was my other thought, that it was some kind of MIDI message from a transport control of some kind. Simple to check, just turn it off and see if it goes away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveastanga Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 No, it's triggered the minute I hit the space bar. I just disconnected my midi keyboard, maschine and the iPad, and even shut down the wi fi router (the app involves midi via wi fi), and there was no change. So long as it's not screwing anything up, I guess I'm happy to run with it. All the reviews on the app seemed be singing it's praises, so I trusted that it would not destabilize my system. Time will tell on that one .... (I don't want to waste your time it it's actually not doing any harm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Not wasting my time at all, I'm taking a lil' break right now anyway. The only other thing I can suggest checking is that you you're not transmitting MIDI Clock or MIDI Time Code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveastanga Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 Thanks Ski. Here are screenshots of Logic's main and project preferences. I'm not that knowledgable on these settings (learning some interesting bits & pieces along the way though) and would appreciate it if you could let me know if there's anything untoward there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Choose Logic Pro > Preferences > Control Surfaces > Bypass All Control Surfaces. See if the problem disappears? the option was actually 'bypass all while in background" though, but I'm pretty sure that's the one you meant. It's not. You have to follow the exact menu path I gave you to find the option - starting from the "Logic Pro" menu at the very top of your screen: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cardenas Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Do you have Novation's Automap installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveastanga Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 Choose Logic Pro > Preferences > Control Surfaces > Bypass All Control Surfaces. See if the problem disappears? the option was actually 'bypass all while in background" though, but I'm pretty sure that's the one you meant. It's not. You have to follow the exact menu path I gave you to find the option - starting from the "Logic Pro" menu at the very top of your screen: [attachment=0]Picture 2.png[/attachment] Oh! I goofed that one up then. I didn't see that option as I went in via the preferences icon. Yes, that resolves it. So has that narrowed down the possible cause, or resolved it completely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveastanga Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 Do you have Novation's Automap installed? No I don't Eric. My only outboard controllers are an Akai MPK25, an NI Maschine and the app that I have mentioned in posts above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Oh! I goofed that one up then. I didn't see that option as I went in via the preferences icon. Yes, that resolves it. So has that narrowed down the possible cause, or resolved it completely? Yes, that means that you have a control surface installed in Logic Pro > Preferences > Control Surfaces > Setup... if you are not using that control surface, you can select it and press delete on your keyboard to delete it. Then quit Logic to save your preferences. If that doesn't work you can: 1) Quit Logic. 2) Trash ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.logic.pro.cs (.CS for .Control Surface). 3) Reopen Logic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveastanga Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 Thanks David, the first of those two methods seems to have worked just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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