Multiple midi FX with Logic Magician.

[John Isige]

Hi all.

Quick LM question. Load a software instrument project, I'm just doing the default. Hit ctrl-escape to activate LM, I hit 1 to make it say e-piano just to make sure I'm on the right plugin, then hit shift-equal. You get a midi FX menu, no problem. Pick something, I picked chord, and set it to whatever you like.

Now suppose you want to load another midi thingy. If you hit shift-equal again, this is the equivalent of hitting x after hitting 1, i.e. it wants to change the plugin/FX you've got loaded. I assume we can load multiple midi FX things on one track? Maybe I'm wrong about that. If we can, is there an easy way to do this with LM? If not, are we hitting the menus to choose more, or some place else?

Thanks for any help, really appreciate it.

[Dave Leo Baker]

Better minds than mine will have to answer the LM question, but yes, using the Inspector or Mixer, I add multiple MIDI plug-ins all the time. One such scenario: Velocity Processor (for certain Eastern instruments), then a series of Modifier instances to route some midi parameters, e.g. 67 soft to aftertouch, sustain pedal to off, and finaally volume to expression. For some things you want to watch the chain but it's different from how you watch the audio effects chain. Especially if you double parameters with a modifier by allowing thru, or if you add an arp, you would probably not want to add a chord trigger, but chord trigger isn't a plug-in I've actually used. If LM doesn't allow this from the shortcuts, my guess it is just such a niche thing. Generally if I'm adding a ton of midi parameters, that is for some world instrumens where things like velocity get used for some nonstandard intonation or articulation techniques, see the Turkish Oud Lute for examples. Also, I've never seen midi plug-in instances have any performance effects in Logic, no resource hogging or anything. But I don't know how it all works under the hood, just a player / producer over here.

Peace

Dave

> On Jan 4, 2026, at 1:56 PM, John Isige <gw...@tds.net> wrote:
>
> Hi all.

>
> Quick LM question. Load a software instrument project, I'm just doing the default. Hit ctrl-escape to activate LM, I hit 1 to make it say e-piano just to make sure I'm on the right plugin, then hit shift-equal. You get a midi FX menu, no problem. Pick something, I picked chord, and set it to whatever you like.
>
> Now suppose you want to load another midi thingy. If you hit shift-equal again, this is the equivalent of hitting x after hitting 1, i.e. it wants to change the plugin/FX you've got loaded. I assume we can load multiple midi FX things on one track? Maybe I'm wrong about that. If we can, is there an easy way to do this with LM? If not, are we hitting the menus to choose more, or some place else?
>
> Thanks for any help, really appreciate it.
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[Laid Civic]

Hi

I wonder how you determined that shift + Equals allows you to change a midi fx? In short, it simply can’t. Shift + Equals always add new midi FX. To change midi FX, the process is the same as with audio FX. Select the one you wish to change and hit X key, that’s all.
Hope it helps.

Cheers

[Laid Civic]

Hi Dave

Midi FX’s won’t cause problems with processor, but if you run some custom scripting behaviours via scripter, it may introduce some midi latency, which is of course solveable in playback with setting up track delays. Other then that, all midi FX’s that come with logic pro are very very light with no complex midi processing.

Cheers

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I noticed in a few different messages you start with turning lM on. Is there a reason you don’t leave it on all the time?
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> On Jan 4, 2026, at 1:56 PM, John Isige <gw...@tds.net> wrote:
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[John Isige]

Let me hit a couple of things.

1. I thought shift-equal changed midi FX because I'm dumb, LOL! It did, but I think I've figured out why. I was messing around with plugins and I wanted to remove one. So I think what happened is that instead of removing the one I wanted, I removed the first midi plugin. So what it looked like is I had a midi plugin loaded, hit shift-equal, and a new plugin was loaded and the old one disappeared.

2. LM on all the time. Is there a toggle/setting for this? When I run Logic and load a project LM makes a sound, but in order to get it to do things I have to hit ctrl-esc and then it says LM on. Or does it remember last state? Maybe I toggled it off for some reason, using musical typing maybe?

There was something else, but now I can't remember what it was, ha!

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[Laid Civic]

It’s all fine dude. I’ll always ask for reasoning or how you determined this or that from very simple reason. I want to recreate the issue, and if LM has a flaw, I want to fix it, as simple as that.

For your second question, once you turn lm on, it should stay on for the most part. However, depending on your actions, it may disable and enable itself, and sometimes it may stay disabled.
Part of it is simply limitation of scripting, you can’t control every single thing, and second reason is simply how you use something.
For instance, if you want to add a new plug-in, LM gets disabled so you can type the plug-in name, use first letter navigation etc. As soon as you hit return or escape key, the lm will turn itself on. However, if you instead use VO SpaceBar to select a plug-in, LM can’t detect that, and it will stay disabled, because system doesn’t allow access to the Voiceover modifier so it can’t be tracked.
I don’t want to get too technical here, this is enough to give you idea why lm stays disabled in your case. I guess you just need to get used to behaviour of lm. At least, there’s nothing you can break or screw up, so feel free to experiment and try things out if you’re not sure on something, and ultimately ask for help if necessary.
Hope it clerifies things a bit for you.

Cheers

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[John Isige]

Thanks!

And thanks for LM, it is great stuff. I'm pretty sure I've said before, Logic is the DAW I'm understanding the most, and LM really helps with that, even just using the very beginning of what it can do, like i am. And I also appreciate you asking for reasoning and steps to reproduce and all that. I'm pretty good at using stuff once I understand it, not too great at figuring stuff out from scratch myself, although I'm trying to experiment with things and get better at it. So it's really nice to learn that no, that really does let you just add more plugins and I misunderstood what it did. It's all good. That's how I learn! And learning is amazing.

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[TheOreoMonster LogicBand]

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