Logic Pro X - External MIDI Synthesizers & instruments - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

Learn how to connect and use external MIDI Synthesizers and instruments with Logic Pro X properly! This is the ultimate guide to show you exactly what cables you need and how to do the connections to get midi & clock syncing properly between Logic and your external midi gear!

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Thanks, // Mattias

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[chadwesselkamper]

Thank you! You made this way faster and clearer than most!

[DaveOwenEdinburgh]

Thank you. I've just treated myself to Logic Pro as an update from Garageband, which can't drive external synths, and been befuddled by the mnual for a few days. I followed along and am now delighted to be able to see my minilogue xd being played by Logic! You seem like a teacher at the level I need.

[vewilli]

Thanks. Interesting! I have a different approach when I use my external synth modules. I create a track in Logic Pro for external synths/modules. Then things go similar to your example, but finally I want to make an audio track of the midi track. So I play back the midi track and at the same time record it as an audio track, because this is important for external sounds finally to have them as audio tracks.

[JONQPiD]

This was a great video! Thanks for post. I’ll subscribe for more.

Question;

Is it possible to re-map an Akai Rhythm-Wolf to do the same thing? What a game changer it’ll be to be able to actually make use of the old drum machine.

[nogoogleplus]

Thanks for the vid! At 3:50 when you recorded, why didn’t it record over the midi? Did you do anything special to record just automation?

[GMan]

Very informative. I’ve just ordered a Motu micro express. I’d love to see a video on the possible hookup configurations for that in LPX with a usb powered controller (Panorama T6) and your external module! Thanks.

[damion]

This is great. I've been wanting to see if I could use the Arpeggiator on the external midi track.

[Jo_]

I had missed this video. Thanks very much Mattias, no problem with external instrument but I'm really looking forward to your video (in your lesson or on youtube) on routing external effects using the I/O plug-in :)
I still can't get to grips with routing and I don't really understand it, so I go through everything live, but I'd like to be able to use my effects on a Drummers loop, for example. ☺

[nunucello]

Can you make a video showing how to sync a secondary computer running a stand alone VST like NI Pro52 ?

[tendingtropic]

Thanks for this Mattias. When I have several external midi instruments, i want to play them all simultaneously and hear them on their respective tracks. however if i play e.g. the prophet, it also plays / triggers the other synths i have (e.g. matriarch). There used to be an auto demix option in logic but I don't see it anymore. do you know how to set this up?

[taratantara]

I'm tying to hook up a Roland S-1, which has MIDI and audio via USB. Whenever I create an instrument track and I play MIDI notes from within Logic, the notes superimpose themselves and have this infinite sustain which creates a mess. Basically a single MIDI note creates a Hold note on the S-1 device. I haven't figured how to prevent this...any ideas?

[InFamousProductions]

Hey Great and to the point video. And you sound very Swedish! My girlfriend is from . Im going to play this vid so she can tell me what area you are from . Maybe your from Norway? Any way i love the Scandinavian teaching method and love of music. Some of the best musicans i know and have seen/heard are from the region. I am having a clocking issue. Since i upgraded to osx 14, there is not enough clock send locations are in the send box. I’m not sure if logic is now limiting how many simultaneous clock send can happen but all of the midi connections show in the mid window but not in the clock destinations window if that makes sense. I have about 20 incoming midi and they all appear, but maybe only about, 14 or 15 show for the clock send. That’s how I found your cool channel while searching for this solution to the problem. Just curious if you have seen that issue. If I find the answer, I will send a message here so that everybody can know. I’ll be watching more of your videos too .very very good videos.

[GHOSTEEL]

This needs more likes! Finally my Moog Sub37 & Prophet Rev2 can dance freely together while I jam ideas on my guitar 🤩Mr. Holmgren thank you for your guidance and time 🙏

[anywherenearzero]

and when i bounce audio it records forever and doesn't stop at the end of the midi being sent to my external gear. . . . i have to stop it with COMMAND - .

[alexello]

Your Logic Pro looks completely different than mine, I could only find the utility option when creating a new project. It doesn’t pop up when you right click the track.

[moogfooger]

your t shirt is alive with moire's!!!

[KenStOnge-vgfi]

Where did your midi track magically appear from? I wasn't following it super clearly and then all of a sudden you dragged in a track from nowhere.

[calyptratus]

hmmm I can hear my synth, but I can't record MIDI...