Logic Remote release notes

• Includes stability improvements and bug fixes.

 New Features/Enhancements

• iPhone now offers more Touch instrument controls, including guitar, bass, drums, Smart Strings and chord strips.

Mixer

• The name for the master output channel on the mixer now remains visible after adding tracks.
• On iPhone, selecting an empty Software Instrument channel strip no longer incorrectly displays audio interface input controls.
• The EQ again reliably displays correctly on the iOS device. 
• External Instrument channel strips added to MainStage now show solo buttons in Logic Remote.
• The Stereo Output channel no longer sometimes shows a Record button on iPhone. 
• The plug-in setting pop-over now remains open until you tap outside its boundaries, making it easier to audition different settings.

Stability and reliability

• Logic Remote no longer quits unexpectedly on iPhone if the device is rotated while the “Please open a Logic Project to begin” dialog is being displayed. 

General

• If MainStage is relaunched while Logic Remote is showing the "Please open a MainStage concert to begin" dialog, the dialog now closes as expected after opening a concert. 
• Logic Remote now shows the “Please open a Logic project to begin” dialog instead of the mixer from the previous project when a file is closed on the host. 
• Logic Remote now allows creation of up to six Drummer tracks with GarageBand.
• Muted notes played on the fretboard of a Chord Strip are now recorded properly in GarageBand. 
• Sustain is now automatically disabled when the arpeggiator is enabled.
• There is now better velocity sensitivity response when playing Touch Instruments.

Plug-ins

• Logic Remote now controls the puck in Alchemy as expected. 

Mixer

• Scrolling the Mixer no longer causes the Peak Meters to go blank.
• Changes made to track names and colors on the host are now immediately visible in the Inspector of Logic Remote.
• Tapping on an empty send in Logic Remote no longer displays unusable commands, such as Bypass.
• The Sends menu no longer comes up unexpectedly when tapping an External MIDI, or Output channel.
• Changes to a channel’s panning mode in the host application area are now immediately reflected in Logic Remote.
• Stereo pan controls can now be inverted directly from Logic Remote.
• The Record button now reliably becomes visible when Show/Hide Record Enable Button is chosen in GarageBand while using Logic Remote on the iPhone.
• It's now possible to add additional sends using Logic Remote when the first page of sends is full, and there are not yet any sends on the second page.

General

• On the iPhone, all bar and beat position values are now visible when the playhead position is earlier than the first bar of the song.
• The Timeline now remains visible after the device is rotated to landscape and then back to portrait mode.
• Help tags now reliably remain visible on iPhone.

Touch Instruments

• It's now possible to set the Drum Kit as the Touch Instrument input for any Software Instrument patch.
• Logic Remote’s Touch Instrument input method now updates reliably when changing patches.
• The Touch Instruments keyboard no longer sends an unexpectedly large number of Sustain Off messages in some circumstances.

Mixer

• Level meters throughout the application now register peaks in a consistent manner.
• Level meters now display value readouts.
• Double-tapping an empty EQ overview now adds the EQ plug-in type specified by the host application.
• Double-tapping the compressor slot now inserts a Compressor plug-in.
• Double-tapping a volume fader now sets its gain to 0db.
• Mixer channels now show a clip indicator on iPhone.
• It is now possible to reset all level meters by tapping the peak level display on one meter.
• It is now possible to bypass individual sends in the Logic Remote Mixer view.
• It is now possible to assign new sends in the Logic Remote Mixer view.
• Bypassed sends are now dimmed in the Logic Remote Mixer view.
• Plug-ins assigned to channel strips can now be opened with a double-tap.
• On iPhone, removing the last send from the Send 5-8 bank now causes the view to switch to the Sends 1-4 bank as expected.
• On iPhone, the scale on the Master meter no longer shows as linear when exponential is chosen in Logic’s preferences.
• In EXS24, the Prev/Next buttons are now correctly labeled.

Key Commands

• Key command buttons on Logic Remote now illuminate to show their state.

General

• Logic Remote now supports Trim and Relative automation modes.
• Logic Remote now reliably showed the correct path to selected patches.
• Logic Remote no longer sends unexpected sustain off messages at the start of MIDI recording.
• The space bar on an iPad Pro Smart Keyboard can now be used to stop/start.

New features and enhancements

• Adds support for iPad Pro and iPhone.
  (iPhone version is compatible with Logic Pro X only and limited to transport control, dual channel strip faders, automation recording, and access to key commands)
• You can now connect multiple devices running Logic Remote simultaneously to the same host application.
• You can now drag key command buttons to new positions in the Key Commands view.
• The Reset Solo button now controls the Kill/Recall Solo button in Logic Pro X.

iPad Pro enhancements

• The higher resolution of the iPad Pro allows it to display more:
  • The number of visible channel strips in the mixer increases from 9 to 12.
  • The maximum number of currently playable piano keys increases from 31 to 41.
  • The number of visible key command buttons increases from 24 to 35.
  • The number of currently playable Chord Strips increases from 8 to 12.
• Logic Remote on the iPad Pro includes a combined view that offers a row of Key Commands in addition to the Smart Controls + Touch Instrument view and the Chord Strips view.
• On the iPad Pro, the Channel Strip element is combined with the plug-in interface. This allows you to use the plug-in chain without returning to the Mixer view.

Reliability

• Logic Remote 1.3 includes various fixes and enhancements to improve connectivity.

Key commands 

• The Key Commands window now refreshes as expected when reconnecting to a host.
• Tapping an unassigned key command cell on Logic Remote no longer causes the screen in Logic Pro X to flash.

Plug-ins

• It's no longer necessary to open a Channel EQ plug-in window on the host for Logic Remote to display the EQ curve.
• Adjusting the ES2 Digiwaves slider from Logic Remote no longer causes ES2 to unexpectedly cycle through waves.

Touch instruments

• The onscreen keyboard now triggers sound as expected after switching from the keyboard to chord strips and then back to the keyboard.

• The EQ graph on the Channel EQ now draws correctly.
• Gain values on the Channel EQ now render in the correct position on the screen.
• When used with GarageBand, Logic Remote no longer shows Note Repeat and Spot Erase buttons on the Drum Pads view.

New features

• Logic Remote now includes tabbed Transform Pad and X/Y Pad Smart Controls for Alchemy instruments.
• It's now possible to create more than one Drummer track in Logic Pro X or GarageBand using Logic Remote.
• A double-tap on an Instrument slot now opens the Instrument plug-in.

Additional updates

• Includes general stability improvements.
• Logic Remote now shows the same warning dialog as Logic Pro X when Automation Write mode is selected.
• When selecting an input or output in Logic Remote, the current channel is now indicated by a checkmark.

New features

• Logic remote no longer shows an unneeded Solo button on External MIDI channel strips.
• Editing graphs in the Graphic EQ is more responsive.
• You can now dismiss pop-up menus brought up from a channel strip by tapping anywhere on the same channel strip.

New features

• You can adjust the Logic Pro X Channel EQ directly from an iPad.
• A new plug-in view provides access to Logic or Audio Unit plug-in parameters with Logic Pro X.
• You can remotely add or reorder plug-ins with Logic Pro X.
• Control the microphone and other input settings for compatible audio interfaces
• It is now possible to navigate tracks in the LCD pop-up menu.
• Holding the transport channel switch buttons now scrolls through tracks or channels.
• Single-tapping the center of a knob no longer affects its value.
• The Bass Fretboard touch instrument is now available with all patches.
• Logic Remote now has an option to override the system sleep settings on an iPad.
• The Metronome button's state now reflects the state of the Metronome in Logic Pro X or GarageBand.
• The Mixer now opens to the last selected view.

Stability

• Logic Remote no longer quits unexpectedly when switching to Smart Controls view from Drum Pad or Chord Strip view with a drum machine patch selected.

General

• If you reopen Logic Pro X, Logic Remote no longer briefly shows an unneeded “Please open a Logic project” dialog while reconnecting.
• Logic Remote no longer overrides MainStage’s tremolo knob position.
• The next and previous patch buttons are now reliably available with MainStage when you select the first or last patch in the patch list.

• Adds support for iOS 8

• New streamlined design
• Adds more scale choices for Touch Instruments

Fixes an issue that prevented scale modes and chord strips from updating to the current project key.

• Includes support for MainStage 3.
• There is now a slider to adjust the velocity sensitivity of Touch Instruments.
• Logic Remote no longer offers the menu item “New Drummer Track” when the current Logic project already has a Drummer track.
• The screen to insert a plug-in is no longer blank after creating a new project in the Smart Controls/Touch Instruments view.
• The Remove Key Command menu item no longer appears when tapping an empty tile in the Key Commands window.
• Resolves a rare issue in which the Logic Remote and GarageBand timelines might become out of sync. 
• Logic Remote no longer prevents iPad from entering sleep mode.
• When a new patch is created via the gear menu, Logic Remote now switches to the Library view.
• Includes several accessibility improvements.

• Adds compatibility with GarageBand for Mac (v10.0).
• Velocity range is adjustable for Touch Instruments.
• Library Browser and Smart Controls can now appear on screen together.
• Includes various improvements to enhance performance and stability.

• Includes several improvements to resolve issues related to connecting Logic Remote to the computer running Logic Pro X.
• Resolves an issue in which Logic Remote might quit unexpectedly when changing banks in the Mixer while moving a fader.
• Resolves an issue in which notes might hang while switching articulation settings.
• Fixes an issue in which the Chord Strip window might turn black if an empty Software Instrument track was created while it was open.
• Resolves an issue in which the Logic Remote LCD sometimes showed "Not Connected" after it successfully connected to Logic Pro X.
• The velocity range when playing Software Instruments from Logic Remote has increased.
• Fixes an issue in which switching out of Logic Remote while holding notes on the keyboard might lead to stuck notes in Logic Pro X.
• Includes several improvements to reduce the likelihood of hanging notes when using a USB keyboard with iPad.
• iPad no longer goes to sleep if Logic Remote is sending MIDI, or if Logic Pro X is playing.