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Once you have XGEdit communicating with Logic correctly via Hubis loopback, you should select the 'float on top'
option for the analogue mixer in XGEdit, so that mixing within Logic becomes easier to manage. Again full
automation from the XGEdit window can be recorded to a MIDI part in Logic, for both Audio and MIDI data is
controlled using sysex and controllers as we have seen in previous chapters with the SW1000XG, making it very
easy to carry mix-downs over from sequencer to sequencer.
All of this applies to both Logic Audio for Windows 95, and also now with Logic Audio version 4, to NT users also.
Environment Page control of the SW1000XG in Logic Audio
Without a doubt one of Logic's strongest features is the Environment editor. This takes the concepts of mixermaps to
another level, with a multitude of definable objects, and mappings available to the user. It is a powerful tool indeed,
and one which when mastered provides the key strength of Logic in a working studio setup.
Yamaha provide a series of environment pages for the SW1000XG on the CD-ROM, which accompanies the card,
and also on our xgfactory website. These environment files, stored in layers in a Logic song allow control over the
audio and MIDI/synth editing functions of the SW1000XG, and negate the need to use Hubis loopback or XGEdit. As
with all other similar systems though, you need to be aware of the problems that can be caused by Environments
with regards to snapshot data ordering (data will not come out in the right order for XG). Another note of caution
applies to the amount of sysex data that can be produced and written to the Logic event list. Fortunately, Logic is
more than capable of handling huge amounts of sysex being passed through it without so much as a hiccup.
Yamaha provides a very comprehensive manual in PDF format for the environment pages for SW1000XG. This is
available on the SW1000XG CD-ROM, and also via download from our xgfactory website. For the purposes of this
guide we shall not go into too much detail on environments, but just cover the main points on setting up and
configuring the environments in Logic.
For each environment layer that you load in to your song (via the import layer option) you may need to assign the
MIDI port that the sliders or knobs within the environment are assigned to. To do this, click on the port select option in
the menu shown in the following diagram.
Depending on which MIDI or audio part you wish to control from the slider/fader object (which will depend on the
layer you have loaded), you should select the appropriate SW1000XG MIDI port. For example: Should you wish to
control an audio part volume level for playback mixing, you should assign the port to SW1000 #1 Synthesizer. This is
also the option for MIDI parts 1-16 on synth 1. SW1000 #2 synthesizer is for parts 1-16 (17-32) on the SW1000XG.
It is worth noting that if your PC has a limited amount of RAM, importing layers from the SW1000XG environment
setup to a song file, may fail and the edited song data may be lost. This is due to the large amount of memory a layer
can use. We recommend you save the currently edited data before importing the Layers. If you are using "Audio
Extension" in Logic, you can increase the amount of free memory by quitting the use of the "Audio Extension" and
restarting Logic. However, if this procedure doesn't solve the problem, you need to increase the memory of your
computer. (Time for some more RAM!)
You also cannot import the all Layers of the Console Environment for SW1000XG to a single Logic song file because
of the limitation of the number of layers allowed in Logic. Import only the layers you actually need to use in each
song.
Points to note.
Logic audio currently as of time of writing can only support 1 multi-port mme audio card at a time. This can lead to
problems when users wish to add a second card like the DS2416, as the audio functionality of one will have be
forgotten about (not fun if you have just spent 500 bucks on a new card to find that you can't use it to its full).
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