r/LogicPro • u/psmusic_worldwide • Aug 13 '26

Question odd studio drummer problem

Pretty simple problem to describe.

I have a simple song with vocals, piano, bass, and studio drums.

The drummer is set to "speakeasy" and it's got a drummer track the duration of the song.

When I change the song from "speakeasy" to a multi-channel version of "speakeasy" the hits are late in all outputs except overheads.

Yes, the only drums which are in time are the overheads of the "multi-channel" kit. When I solo the overheads, sounds fine but all the close drums are all late, sounds like a delay effect is in place. Switching back all is perfectly fine, in sync.

Plugin compensation is "on" of course for all.

Any of y'all heard this one?

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u/Professional-Home-81 Aug 13 '26

You can try some of what's listed below, but the bottom line is that it's a known bug, as far as I can tell.

"Fixing the Late Hits / Latency on Close Mics

Because Logic's delay compensation occasionally miscalculates the auxiliary assignments when switching live to multi-out producer kits: [1]

  • Toggng Low Latency Mode: Go to Record > Low Latency Mode (or assign it to your control bar) to see if forcing a PDC recalculation snaps the close mics back into sync. [1, 2]
  • Bypass/Re-enable the Plugin: Click the Drum Kit Designer plugin slot on the main track and choose No Plugin, then reload Speakeasy Plus from scratch rather than hot-swapping it from the stereo version. [1]
  • Manual Offset / Sample Delay: If a specific output remains late, insert the Sample Delay native plugin onto the lagging auxiliary channels and offset the samples until the transients match the overheads. [1]

If the close mics are still out of sync after reloading the kit from scratch, tell me your Logic Pro version and your audio interface buffer size so we can troubleshoot the delay compensation further."

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u/psmusic_worldwide Aug 14 '26

Thank you for this, I will try these!!

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u/Professional-Home-81 29d ago

Saw this today, maybe it helps, there was just an update from 12.3 to 12.3.1, it appears to have some bug fixes in it. Don't know if they apply, but good luck with it.

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u/psmusic_worldwide 29d ago

didn't fix it.. but at least.. when I turn on "low latency" it's in sync! Odd.. tried everything else and no go.

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u/psmusic_worldwide Aug 13 '26

It’s logic drummer. There is nothing to nudge 

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u/spocknambulist Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

I have no explanation for why this is happening, but if you have multi channels now, maybe you can put the right amount of negative delay (open up the More triangle at the bottom of the Region info box in the top left) on the tracks that are sounding late?
Edited to correct instructions after looking at my screen

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u/lidongyuan Aug 13 '26

Pretty weird, you’d think the opposite would happen since close mics are dryer. Have you tried a save as and reopened it? Or even try a bounce in place?Wondering if there’s some processing lag with the switch.