Apps/Logic Pro

Logic Pro

Transport, tracks and two knobs.

Role MusicFollows com.apple.logic10Layout 37 controlsThemes Vintage Sampler · Razer Huntsman RGB

Play / Stop and Record on wide keys, Go to Start and Cycle; Click, Count-In, Capture, Solo, Mute and Loop; Split, Join, Quantize, Automation, Flex and Delete; new audio and instrument tracks; Mixer, Piano Roll, Editor and Library; a volume knob, a zoom knob and a scrub knob; markers, locators and Bounce. For playing, switch to Mini Keys 25: two octaves of piano keys with a trackball for pitch and modulation.

Logic Pro layout in the Vintage Sampler theme

Cream rubber keys and black knobs of an old sampler

The layout

Every control, explained.

Point at a key on the pad above or on a row below: both light up. These are the keys of the built-in Logic Pro layout and what each one sends to the Mac.

Play / StopSpace2 × 1 cells

RecordR2 × 1 cells

Go StartReturn

CycleC

ClickK

Count-In⇧K

Capture⇧R

SoloS

MuteM

LoopL

Split⌘T

Join⌘J

QuantizeQ

AutomationA

Flex⌘F

Delete⌫

Audio Trk⌥⌘A

Inst Trk⌥⌘S

MixerX

Piano RollP

EditorE

LibraryY

ZoomRight: ⌘→ · Left: ⌘←2 × 2 cells

ScrubRight: . · Left: ,2 × 2 cells

InspectorI

Smart CtrlB

LoopsO

Marker⌥'

Locators⌘U

Bounce⌘B

Undo⌘Z

Redo⇧⌘Z

Save⌘S

Nudge ←⌥←

Nudge →⌥→

ScoreN

Volume knobMac output volume, both ways · tap to mute2 × 2 cells

Controls

More than keys.

Piano keys

Piano keys

Two octaves of MIDI notes from the Mini Keys 25 layout.

Volume, Zoom and Scrub knobs

Volume, Zoom and Scrub knobs

Zoom is ⌘← ⌘→, Scrub moves the playhead with , and .

Integration

What the Mac and the pad share.

On the Mac

Keys are Logic Pro’s default key commands
A key on a MIDI device can trigger any iMacroPad action through the Mac
Transport keys work while Logic is in the background when the pad targets it

The Logic Pro plugin

Logic Pro layout and Mini Keys 25
MIDI triggers: a note on your hardware runs an action
Vintage Sampler theme suggestion

It may

Keys in Logic Pro
MIDI triggers on the Mac

Macros

Ideas to start from.

Build these in Settings ▸ Macros with blocks, then put them on a key, a Siri phrase or a trigger. Steps in bold are what you fill in.

New take

WHEN MIDI note C1 on your keyboard

Press Return (go to start)

Press R (record)

Bounce and open

WHEN Key on the pad

Press ⌘B (bounce)

Wait until the button OK is on screen

Click OK

Themes

Dress it like the app.

Any of the 104 themes works on this layout. Pin one to this app and only Logic Pro wears it.

Vintage Sampler theme — Vintage SamplerControl surfaces

Razer Huntsman RGB theme — Razer Huntsman RGBIconic Hardware

Walnut theme — WalnutNature

Speed Editor theme — Speed EditorControl surfaces

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