Logic Pro - MIDI Tracks Muted if Playhead Reaches End

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Logic Pro - MIDI Tracks Muted if Playhead Reaches End

I've imported MIDI tracks from a program called iReal (iReal is used for playback of chords, bass, and drums of a lead sheet). All my MIDI tracks will get muted if the playhead reaches the end of the MIDI tracks. Yet, I don't see anything obviously wrong - nothing is solo'd and the track is not gray'd out. I pressed the A key to see if there was some type of automation lowering the volume - but, I see nothing wrong. In fact even after the tracks are muted the volume is still at 0dB

Once the tracks get muted I MUST close and reopen Logic Pro to unmute the MIDI tracks. If I cut the very end of the MIDI tracks then the problem goes away.

So, it seems like automation is altering something - but what? In the screen capture shows what I see - at the end of the MIDI are faint vertical lines - if the playhead crosses these then all tracks are instantly muted and I must restart Logic Pro. In the past I'd just psychically cut off the very end of the MIDI to fix the problem. But, is there a better way?

I'm using Logic Pro version 10.7.9 on a 2015 MacBook Pro running macOS Monterey 12.7.6

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.7

Posted on Nov 13, 2024 8:41 PM

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silver_mica Author

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Nov 14, 2024 7:39 PM in response to silver_mica

It turned out to be an expression pedal CC11 that is somehow muting the MIDI tracks. I fixed this by opening the Event List and highlighting a MIDI track. At the end of the event list you'll see CC11 slowing going from 127 to 4. I changed the very last CC11 event from 4 to 127. Now, when the playhead crosses over this area the expression pedal will slowly go to nearly zero then jump to 127.

There must be a setting somewhere in Logic that interprets what CC11 will do. I haven't found that (if it exists).

Anyway, this fix is better than manually removing the very end of the MIDI part.

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