Quantize 1/8 Swing F — Logic Pro keyboard command of the day

  Quantize 1/8 Swing F

Set the quantization to an eighth note, swing pattern F (swing percentage 71%) The current quantization value is displayed in the Region inspector. There are two controls — the Quantize menu and the value menu.

Logic Pro Quantize parameter values — Apple Support

Swing quantization: The 1/16 Swing A-F settings delay the position of every second point in the quantization grid by a fixed percentage. You can also manually alter the swing factor of any Quantize value.

Attach Symbol: Up-Bow — Logic Pro keyboard command of the day

  Attach Symbol: Up-Bow

Add an Up-Bow symbol to the selected note(s).

Logic Pro part box overview — Apple Support

When Show Advanced Tools is selected in the Advanced preferences pane, you can add notes and other symbols from the Part box in the inspector. The Part box contains a complete collection of score symbols, arranged in groups. You can control which symbols are displayed in the Part box, reorder symbol groups, and open the Part box as a separate, floating window.

•Increase Last Clicked Parameter by 10 ⇧= — Logic Pro keyboard command of the day

  •Increase Last Clicked Parameter by 10 ⇧=

Add 10 to the most recently clicked parameter. Useful in places like region gain, fade values, and others.

I would find it more useful if it worked in any field where numeric input is possible, but the wide range of numbers (MIDI velocity, fader levels, pure numbers) possible makes it unlikely that proper context can be found for every user.

Very useful when working in the Event List.

As useful as it may be, the functions are not defined in the Logic Pro documentation starting with version 10. The missing “Basic Operations” chapter is remarkably useful.

Logic Pro 9 User Manual: Working with Key Commands

The Plus and Minus keys are assigned to the Increase/Decrease Last Parameter by 1 key commands. As the name suggests, this will increase or decrease any selected parameter value in single units.

Using Shift in conjunction with the Plus and Minus keys accesses the Increase/Decrease Last Parameter by 10 key commands.

Select from Start to Playhead ⇧← — Logic Pro keyboard command of the day

  Select from Start to Playhead    ⇧←

In the Smart Tempo Editor select from the playhead back to the start.

Work in the Logic Pro Smart Tempo Editor — Apple Support

When you open the Smart Tempo Editor, the audio file or MIDI region is displayed along with the tempo analysis results. The entire audio file or MIDI region is shown in the overview, with the visible area of the file highlighted by a colored rectangle. The main display shows the visible part of the file, with the detected beats indicated by orange beat markers. Beat markers for downbeats are displayed more prominently than for other beats.

Delete Take or Comp ⌥⇧⌫ — Logic Pro keyboard command of the day

  Delete Take or Comp    ⌥⇧⌫

Deletes the most current take or ‘comp’. I don’t do any? studio recording with multiple takes in a row (other than whole songs or phrases) and am not at all fluent in ‘comping’ tracks.

My early learning was strictly live performance of music. I listened to a lot of radio. If I went to a show featuring a band I had heard I was almost invariably disappointed that the band sounded not at all good compared to their records. I had no idea that they could/would stitch together pieces of the music to make the record. Silly me.

Delete takes and comps — Apple Support

You can delete takes and comps from take folders at any time. When deleted, they no longer appear in the take folder’s list of takes and comps. Any comp selections using deleted takes are also removed.