If I highlight a track in the inspector of the arrange page of Logic 9 and then open the environment mixer, the track should also be highlighted there too... but it's not. How can I fix this? Something in preferences? Tim

Dear Ski, Thank you for your response. Sadly, that did not help. I checked that the link icon was purple - in fact, I checked and unchecked a few times but it made no difference. Ah well, at least we've ruled that out. What else would you suggest I try? Best regards, Tim

Dear Rounik, Thanks for your help. With the link in the Environment window set to purple, it works. Thanks again. Have a lovely day Tim

If I cable two faders together in the environment mixer (of Logic 9) their instruments will both fire from the midi info in the first fader's track BUT if I clear the cables and then... copy them into a new environment layer and cable them again, the second fader's instrument will not fire. Help! Tim

Dear Ski, I am trying to duplicate the processes shown in the Core Logic Tutorials '154 Moving Objects', '155 Layering Channel Strips' and '156 The Instrument Object'. I am having 2 problems with this. 1) If I COPY the faders (all with ES2 plugins) to a new environment layer, cabling them together does not work (only the first fader's plugin fires). If I TRANSFER the faders, it DOES work. I would prefer to copy if possible. Can it be done? 2) If, having transferred faders 1, 2 and 3 to this new environment layer, I create a new MIDI instrument object by clicking 'New>Instrument' and then: a) Set its ports to 'Off' (or anything else for that matter) b) Cable from the MIDI instrument object to fader 1, c) Cable from the MIDI instrument object to fader 2 d) Cable from the MIDI instrument object to fader 3 (all as in the tutorial) only fader 1 fires. I hope this explanation of the problem is more helpful. Best regards, Tim

Dear MPV, I am trying to duplicate the processes shown in the Core Logic Tutorials '154 Moving Objects', '155 Layering Channel Strips' and '156 The Instrument Object' as I wish to have one MIDI object (on one channel strip in the arrange page) triggering synths on several channel strips/faders. I am having 2 problems with this. 1) If I COPY the faders (all with ES2 plugins) to a new environment layer (as recommended in the tutorial) and cable them together in series, only the first fader's ES2 plugin fires. If I TRANSFER the faders, it DOES work. I would prefer to copy if possible. Can a group of COPIED faders be made to work?? 2) If, having transferred faders 1, 2 and 3 to this new environment layer, I cable the faders in PARALLEL by creating a new MIDI instrument object by clicking 'New>Instrument' and then, as per tutorial 156: a) Setting its ports to 'Off' b) Cabling from the MIDI instrument object to fader 1, c) Cabling from the MIDI instrument object to fader 2, d) Cabling from the MIDI instrument object to fader 3, only fader 1's ES2 plugin fires. According to the tutorial, all 3 should fire. Clearly, something is missing. What do I need to do to enable my Logic 9.1.4 to do what the tutorial says it should do? Best regards, Tim

Dear Rounik, I have replicated both problems (1 and 2) in several new projects. As per your instructions, I took care to ensure that all the faders and the MIDI instrument were set to MIDI Channel:1 and that the MIDI instrument's Port was set to 'OFF'. Just to add insult to injury, I find that I still have an earlier problem too: that a channel strip highlighted in the arrange page is NOT highlighted in the mixer in spite of the link icon of the mixer being highlighted purple. Why do ALL these things not work for me? Is it because I'm using a Mac Mini? Also, I am using 32bit. Could that be a problem? Best regards, Tim

Dear Rounik, Since I wrote to you last, I have booted up the computer from the install disc and checked disc and disc permissions. No fault was detected, but I repaired both anyway. I rebooted normally and opened your song in Logic. Charmingly, the earlier reported issue (a highlighted channel strip in the Arrange Page is not highlighted in the Environment Mixer even though the 'link' icon is highlighted purple) seems to work OK in your song, but still not in mine. Also, sadly: Both of the Layering Synth Plugins problems appear in your song too. Aaaaaaagh! I have a Mac Mini 4,1 with 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Memory 1.07 GHz Bus Speed running Mac OSX 10.6.7 Is there any hope? Best regards, Tim

Dear Rounik, I forgot to mention that my external hardware is: An M-Audio Firewire 410 audio interface and an EMagic MT4 MIDI interface. Best regards, Tim

Dear Rounik, No cigar, I'm afraid. It made no difference at all. Best regards, Tim