The Logic Q&A Thread

[wirez]

By the way, fading on regions is done on the inspector panel on the left of your arrange view. It just says 'fade in', 'fade out' etc. and you drag up and down next to it to change the parameter. Alternatively you can use the fade tool by right clicking/cmd clicking anywhere in the arrange window.

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[Ldizzy]

By the way, fading on regions is done on the inspector panel on the left of your arrange view. It just says 'fade in', 'fade out' etc. and you drag up and down next to it to change the parameter. Alternatively you can use the fade tool by right clicking/cmd clicking anywhere in the arrange window.

always forget about this one ahahaha

workflow habits are so hard to break when theyre bad

thx much man, i forgot about it

[wirez]

No problem laddies, big up!

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[bstndbsta72*]

I've been learning how to use logic over the past few months and Im finally starting to get a better idea of how everything works. This is my first shot at producing and I started knowing absolutely nothing. Ill definitely have to read thru this thread for any tips I could use. Dont really have any specific questions at the moment, but out of curiosity, how many plug-ins do you usually add to make different effects on one instrument? Theres so many to choose from and at this point I just want to try everything I can. I mean at one point does more than a few plug-ins create overkill, or can you just put many different effects to one sound as you want?

I guess I'll just try it out and see how it sounds for myself, just curious to see how much effort you guys usually put into the effects of a certain sound.

Thanks

[wirez]

Yeh dude, the only way forward and to define your own sound is just to experiment like crazy... If it sounds wack to other people they'll soon let you know about it and you can investigate how to make things sound more professional from there! Never focus on what's on the screen, always how it sounds.

One bit of advice I can give you based on what you said though is learn exactly how each of your plug-in's (effects or instruments) works before using them... For example, don't just chuck a compressor or reverb on because people said they've done it in their tracks or that it's good to do, take the time to read as much as you can about how the compressor/reverb works before using it. Then when the time comes when a compressor (or whatever) is needed, you will know what to do with it! - Knowing which effects or processing to use when is pretty much the answer to your 'overkill' question, it all depends on what was needed to create the sound you were looking for.

Also slightly on this note, as you're a beginner I'll say to you now - you don't need to buy more synths just because other people use them, the synths built into Logic are just as capable as creating the sounds you want to achieve as any other synth. - Learn how to use these first and figure out what you're missing from there on!

All the best in your producing future mate, good luck!

[bstndbsta72*]

Thanks for the advice man. I read up about some of the basics of music production before I started. Just stuff like learning about synthesizers and sound waves and what it all means. What I've been doing is just sort of throwing random effects on to my sounds and seeing what each plug-in does, and when I find something I think sounds nice, Ill look into what I just used and how to use it more to its full potential.

Since just about most of this is new to me, I find it easier to play around with certain effects/sounds for a little before reading up about it, so I have some sort of idea of what Im reading up on. Although now that I actually understand what I'm doing it def sounds like a god idea to just take in as much as I can before making another song.

Do you happen to know of any good free tutorials or explanations of all the instruments and effects and whatnot? Like you said I don't even want to think about getting any other software before I feel like I've learned how to make my own sounds using only whats available in Logic.

Thanks a lot man

[wirez]

Most effects, it doesn't really matter how you use them, if they sound good to you then that's a matter of personal taste and there will always be others who make sense of your art philosophically.

The things you do need to take note on how to use 'properly' is processing effects such as compressors, EQ, de-essers, limiters etc. - Because these are what you use to make sure that all of your separate elements of your tracks sound good together!

So go mad with your effects, but learn how to effectively utilise your compressors, EQ etc. to make sure that your effects don't stick out and sound unprofessional!

So yeh man you're doing the right thing really! Just learn how to properly make sure all of the elements of your tracks fit nicely together and nothing sticks out. The only thing you really need to worry about with effects is stereo effects and mono systems. On Logic in your plug's drop down you will have a 'metering' menu, in here you will find 'MultiMeter' if you have Logic Pro. On this you will have a correlation meter (Logic Express has a correlation meter too), just make sure that your mentally effected sounds never dip into the red on the meter and always stay in the blue, otherwise your tracks will not sound decent on a mono system. It's said that many club systems are still mono-based so if you're making tracks to be played in the club then make sure your tracks work properly in mono! But if you're making tracks for people to listen to in headphones or on surround sound systems, then you don't need to worry about correlation quite so much!

Just session out on YouTube and Forums dude... And never be afraid to ask people stuff, the worst they can do is say no and you'll always have the opportunity to ask somebody else or them again when they're less busy

[filthy_]

im having trouble exporting audio as a .wav file. when i do it, its 3+ minutes long for a clip thats no longer than a minute. can anyone explain to me how to just export what i have written?

[Depone]

im having trouble exporting audio as a .wav file. when i do it, its 3+ minutes long for a clip thats no longer than a minute. can anyone explain to me how to just export what i have written?

You know that green loop bar that you set for looping? that also determines the length of a 'bounce' or export.
Alternatively, if its just a one shot audio file with some effects, and you want that exported as audio, right click the audio and select either 'bounce in place' or audio->export audio .

[wirez]

Welcome back, I wondered when you'd be coming to steal my limelight up in hurr

[filthy_]

im having trouble exporting audio as a .wav file. when i do it, its 3+ minutes long for a clip thats no longer than a minute. can anyone explain to me how to just export what i have written?

You know that green loop bar that you set for looping? that also determines the length of a 'bounce' or export.
Alternatively, if its just a one shot audio file with some effects, and you want that exported as audio, right click the audio and select either 'bounce in place' or audio->export audio .

i got it, thanks!

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[Depone]

logics automation takes too long and I can't crossfade an instrument track so that makes it even more frustrating. if I can't figure this out I'm going to switch to cubase.

Yeaahh... dont think you can crossfade midi in cubase either...
Whats so long about the automation??? Cubase has an almost identical way of acessing automation.

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[bstndbsta72*]

logics automation takes too long and I can't crossfade an instrument track so that makes it even more frustrating. if I can't figure this out I'm going to switch to cubase.

Yeaahh... dont think you can crossfade midi in cubase either...
Whats so long about the automation??? Cubase has an almost identical way of acessing automation.

aha well in reason it is so easy to automate and in logic when I try to set the point of automation in a wobble like say I have it at an 1/8th and I'm trying to get it to immediately change to 1/4th it erases the point that I had at an 1/8th and it just slopes down from 1/8th to 1/4th. I know there is a thread on here that clarifies the whole automation thing but I just think it takes too long imo...I love logic's interface and the stock synths it comes with but just some stuff is to frustrating.

Thats actually something I've been wondering about. If I have an instrument and I want it to change settings, such as an LFO going from 1/8 to 1/4 like hypefiend said, is it necessary to make a new track with the same instrument/effects but a different speed, or can I somehow do it all in one audio track?

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[tavravlavish]

How do you create a feedback loop in logic? I know how to do it with a real mixer but somehow I can't figure it out in logic