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Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 8:45 am
by tes la rok
Hey everyone,

It's been a while.
I decided to 'produce' a track using only Logic Pro X own synths & plugins. Here's the end result. I didn't really focus on mix down. More or less to few simple ways to create pad/atmospheres.

I uploaded Logic X arrangement file so anyone can play around with it. I also recorded it.. well, part of it! First time doing smith like this.

(screencapture program nearly killed my computer..it became mad slow & laggy)

Soundcloud

Logic file:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/xfqchj




Bless.

Re: Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 9:59 am
by Dub_Fiend
Copping this on the break at work ;) Big ups for the post sir, makes me want to do something like this in Cubase... can't help but feel I'd be at a bigger disadvantage though cause the stock stuff on Cubase is dog shit :lol:

Re: Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 12:30 pm
by bennyfroobs
posting so i remember to check this out when I'm at home and not slacking at work :p

bigup

Re: Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 1:01 pm
by Dub_Fiend
Nice stuff this... real nice. Good job on the tuna :Q:

Re: Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 12:14 am
by tes la rok
I've been a Logic user for many years.. Nowdays I do alot of sketchin and loop manglin in Ableton. But I still prefer arragement & mixing in Logic Audio. But I've never really used any built-in synths. I got the feeling that I should.

Any request for future tutorials? Maybe I could re-build some of my released tunes. That's possible.

Re: Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 12:39 am
by 3rdeye
Many thanks for doing this! It's great to get such an insight into your workflow and production techniques inside Logic X, there's not a great deal out there from established producers at the moment. So big ups for putting the project file forward!

The stock synths in Logic are wicked, still rinse the ES2 on the regular and am quite liking the sound of the Retro Synth, defo up there with top 3rd party stuff imo.
tes la rok wrote: Any request for future tutorials? Maybe I could re-build some of my released tunes. That's possible.
Any chance of a re-build of Cold Blooded?! :D

Re: Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 12:45 am
by tes la rok
3rdeye wrote:Many thanks for doing this! It's great to get such an insight into your workflow and production techniques inside Logic X, there's not a great deal out there from established producers at the moment. So big ups for putting the project file forward!

The stock synths in Logic are wicked, still rinse the ES2 on the regular and am quite liking the sound of the Retro Synth, defo up there with top 3rd party stuff imo.
tes la rok wrote: Any request for future tutorials? Maybe I could re-build some of my released tunes. That's possible.
Any chance of a re-build of Cold Blooded?! :D

Many thanks for ur feedback.

If I'm correct it was made with Cubase 3 or 4 in 2005/2006 circa.

I could do Cold Blooded tutorial. That's excellent idea. I might not have all the sounds (like basedrum, snare) but I can re-create it bout the same. I'll look into this soon.

Re: Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 1:02 am
by 3rdeye
tes la rok wrote: I could do Cold Blooded tutorial. That's excellent idea. I might not have all the sounds (like basedrum, snare) but I can re-create it bout the same. I'll look into this soon.
:h:
Awesome! It's one of the true dubstep classics imo, would be great for people to see how you created it. Big ups!

Re: Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 8:43 am
by outbound
Sir I salute you :Q:

Re: Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 9:27 pm
by back_beat
v cool, bookmarkd. If ur takin requests id b really interested in seeing some of ur trusta stuff under the hood? big ups.

Re: Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 11:02 pm
by tes la rok
back_beat wrote:v cool, bookmarkd. If ur takin requests id b really interested in seeing some of ur trusta stuff under the hood? big ups.

I could do Trusta tutorial, but it's done mostly on real harware.

Re: Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 11:13 pm
by bennyfroobs
watched this before

that was really sick man!

Re: Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 7:57 am
by mromgwtf
Nice slideshow/10

Re: Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 1:03 pm
by JBE
I wouldn't really know what you could do as a tutorial, but just getting some insight into an established producer's workflow is huge. I personally believe one of the big things that sets the professionals apart from the amatures is the approach and the workflow.

Your remix of Under the Dancing Feet is one of my favorite tracks to this day. Just felt it pertinent as you may never post here again. Don't mind the drool that might be all over you right now, I'll try and clean that up later.

Re: Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 9:24 am
by legend4ry
I'm just happy to see Tes La Rok post here.

Been a while.

Re: Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 4:29 pm
by Electric_Head
Big ups Tes La Rok.

Re: Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 7:38 am
by Dub_Fiend
legend4ry wrote:I'm just happy to see Tes La Rok post here.

Been a while.
Wurd! Production's been devoid of the bigger names in the scene for a while... it's a shame really.

Re: Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 7:53 pm
by ransom
Haven't been on DSF in a while and the title caught my attention, glad I checked this out. Grabbing the Logic file and going to check it out. Thanks for sharing it!

@Tes La Rok - have you ever created templates for Logic to make it a little easier to jump into an idea or vibe? I have one I knocked up last week for a friend, it's all stock Logic X if you're interested in checking it out.

Re: Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 2:53 am
by tes la rok
ransom wrote:Haven't been on DSF in a while and the title caught my attention, glad I checked this out. Grabbing the Logic file and going to check it out. Thanks for sharing it!

@Tes La Rok - have you ever created templates for Logic to make it a little easier to jump into an idea or vibe? I have one I knocked up last week for a friend, it's all stock Logic X if you're interested in checking it out.

Thanks mate!

I'm not really into templates. I kinda want to start from the scratch every time. Kinda like a clean canvas that allows you to paint anything and with different styles. I like to save channel strip or effects settings time to time, but back in the days I didn't even save Logic own enviroment settings but rather built them from the scratch again and again.

Re: Tes La Rok - Xtrack & Tutorial

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 5:25 pm
by ransom
tes la rok wrote: Thanks mate!

I'm not really into templates. I kinda want to start from the scratch every time. Kinda like a clean canvas that allows you to paint anything and with different styles. I like to save channel strip or effects settings time to time, but back in the days I didn't even save Logic own enviroment settings but rather built them from the scratch again and again.
I didn't get to watch the whole video, but did peek around the project file, was fun for me to see how you used different things and try to get an idea of someone else's approach with the same tools.

Have you explored many of the included channel strips? I saw you used two for aux's on this project. I haven't done much with them, but that might be partly down to inexperience and/or impatience, and not checking them out thoroughly.

In Logic 9 I had a basic auto-load that had the an arp tool (which I never seemed to use) and the MPC swing patterns, and would just start from that point. I am super into the MIDI tools and folders that Logic X introduced. Trying to use the summing folders more, usually all my drums under one summing folder which then acts as a drum bus.