15. Controlling Logic Pro with the MP Controller

Modified on Sun, 2 Mar at 7:15 AM

We have created a Logic Pro surface on the MP MIDI app for controlling the following in Logic Pro 11.

1. Logic Pro native audio effects and virtual instruments which have been pre mapped

2. Third party plugins (and can also be used at the same time with the MP Host for controlling third party plugins)

3. The Mixer in Logic Pro

4. Transport control

5. Send keyboard commands to Logic via assignable buttons

How to install

Download the Logic Pro installer from the user portal. Run the installer.

You will most probably get the following message:

Click DONE

Go to System Settings > Privacy and Security and choose Open Anyway

The choose Open Anyway again

Enter your password and click OK

It will ask for the password one more time in order to run the installer.

You will see the above message and click Quit

Then open the MP MIDI app. Right click on the empty area and choose Logic Pro.

Then open Logic Pro. It will automatically configure the control surface.

Views of the Logic Pro control surface

1. The Default view

This is the default view that will be displayed when opening the app. This view shows a virtual fader of the currently selected track in Logic Pro along with a pan control where the encoder on top of the pan can control the pan and the encoder below the fader can control the volume.

The rest of the encoders control the selected plugin of the slot that is selected on the right side of the page, except encoders 29,30 and 31 where these control the horizontal zoom level, vertical zoom level and traverse the timeline in Logic Pro.

At the center, there are buttons which are hidden by default and can be accessed by right click on the area of the hidden button.

The buttons can be linked to parameters like encoders.

2. The Mixer view

This view shows the mixer controls of 8 tracks per page. It is easy to navigate to other tracks using the "TRACKS" button or the arrow buttons where they will display the next/previous 8 tracks.

The "SENDS" buttons will display the level of the sends of the currently selected track.

3. The Shortcuts view

This is dedicated view to assignable buttons so that you can make your own control surface of your favorite Logic Pro shortcuts.

It is possible to assign keyboard commands on the center buttons in the Default View as well.