Logic Pro X - Midi Articulation

Hi @Justin_Krol,

Great suggestion. And you're not the first to ask about this. I'll log this for consideration. :-)

This issue is now tracked internally by SoundFlow as SF-1415

As there are various ways to do things in Logic, can you provide some more detail about the workflow you'd like to achieve and the manual steps that you currently take to do so?

Thanks in advance. :-)

And if you could provide some screenshots, that may also be helpful. :-)

Absolutely!

It would be assumed that the user has already selected the correct articulation set for the instrument that they're using (from the inspector pane). Here's a video of the typical workflow that I would use. Keeping in mind, this is an instrument with very few in the menu. I have other instruments with 20+ articulations in the menu. Let me know if you need anything else!

https://s.disco.ac/codjjpykpsrx

This might help, I am sure @Kitch will improve it, tho! ;-)

sf.ui.app('com.apple.logic10').appActivateMainWindow();

// User articulation name goes here ↓
var menuItem = "Legato"

//Make sure Piano Roll is open
if (!sf.ui.logic.mainWindow.groups.whoseDescription.is("Piano Roll").first.exists) {
    sf.ui.logic.mainWindow.groups.whoseDescription.is("Control Bar").first.checkBoxes.whoseTitle.is("Editors").first.elementClick();
    sf.wait();
}

// Triggers proper articulation
sf.ui.logic.mainWindow.groups.whoseDescription.is("Piano Roll").first.groups.whoseDescription.is("Piano Roll").allItems[1].splitGroups.first.splitGroups.allItems[1].children.whoseRole.is("AXUnknown").whoseDescription.is("Inspector").first.scrollAreas.first.groups.allItems[2].popupButtons.first.popupMenuSelect({
    menuPath: [menuItem],
});

Hi @Justin_Krol & @Vanessa_Garde,

I've added this as a Command Template to the Logic Pro Package (It will be in V 1.4.1 once it's been tested). Till then here is a version for you to use.

This version will select the articulation even if the "Articulation" popup menu is covered by the Automation panel.

The script requires that the Piano roll is already open.

const articulationName = "Sustain";

function setMidiArticualtion(articulationName) {
    const logic = sf.ui.logic;

    logic.appActivate();
    logic.invalidate();

    const pianoRollArea = logic.mainWindow.getFirstWithDescription("Piano Roll");
    const pianoRollSidePanel = pianoRollArea.groups.whoseDescription.is("Piano Roll").allItems[1];
    const panelArea = pianoRollSidePanel.splitGroups.first.splitGroups.allItems[1];
    const panelAreaInspector = panelArea.getFirstWithDescription("Inspector").scrollAreas.first;
    const panelGroups = panelAreaInspector.groups;
    const articulationSection = panelGroups.find(g => g.children.find(c => c.value.invalidate().value === "Articulation"))

    if (!pianoRollArea.exists) throw `The "Piano Roll" is not visible`;

    const articulationPopup = articulationSection.popupButtons.first;

    articulationPopup.elementClick();

    // Wait for element at the articulationPopup position to change its AX Role.
    sf.waitFor({
        callback: () => {
            sf.wait({ intervalMs: 50 });
            return logic.getElementAtPosition(articulationPopup.position.x, articulationPopup.position.y).role !== "AXPopUpButton"
        },
        pollingInterval: 100,
        timeout: 2000,
    });

    const elementAtPosition = logic.getElementAtPosition(articulationPopup.position.x, articulationPopup.position.y);

    const articulationMenu = elementAtPosition.role === "AXMenu"
        ? elementAtPosition
        : elementAtPosition.role === "AXMenuItem"
            ? elementAtPosition.getParentElement()
            : undefined;

    if (articulationMenu) {
        articulationMenu.getMenuItem(articulationName).elementClick();
    }
}

setMidiArticualtion(articulationName);

Let me know if it works for you.

The linked internal issue SF-1415 has been marked as Done

I've added the "Set MIDI Articulation" command template (with some improvements) to the Logic Pro package and should be available in the v1.5.0 update. :-)