Record Electric Guitars in Logic Pro
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Today I'm going walkthrough all you need to know to record great sounding electric guitars in Logic Pro without an amplifier, using the Amp Designer plugin.
In this video you'll learn:
•How to build your guitar tone from scratch
•Getting started right away using Logic Pro's channel strip presets
•Setting up your electric guitar and audio interface for recording
If you have any questions please leave them in the comments, and I will be happy to answer them.
TIMECODES:
00:00 Intro
00:38 Audio Track Settings
01:33 Audio Device Settings
03:32 Track Labelling
03:50 Plugging in Your Guitar
04:43 Settings Levels
05:40 Tuner
06:14 Monitoring
07:14 Amp Designer
10:08 Amp Designer Presets
10:51 Pedalboard
13:05 Guitar Channel Strip Presets
15:48 Tweaking the Presets
16:58 Low Latency Mode
18:30 Recording a Section
19:55 Recording Multiple Takes
20:39 Comping Your Takes
22:16 Final Thoughts
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I heard it's best to record dry without any amps or pedals? Then re-amp or add like what I use: BIAS FX2...
@@OTCRock4one there's no right or wrong way. The advantage of using a plugin like the Amp Designer in Logic Pro or Bias FX2 is that you're not committed to the amp tone. If you record with the plugin on you can always change it later. And yes you can always re-amp it later too if you want to get the sound directly from the amp (or blend the two together). Nothing with wrong recording directly from an amp too if you've got your tone dialled in. Check out this video for recording a real amp in Logic Pro: th-cam.com/video/UrVenY4ZDUo/w-d-xo.html
Cheers
Georges
Hi Georges, let me start by saying that I have been using Logic for many years. Anyway, your video came up and I decided to watch it. Your explanation is essential and precise. I appreciated your calm and knowledgeable way of presenting the information. As a musician and teacher I know how important it is for those who want to learn to find a "guide" of a certain "level", and you certainly are. Thanks for sharing your skills.
Hey thanks a lot for the kind words and taking the time to comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Cheers
Georges
That is a super video. One of the best I have seen on TH-cam so far for Logic lessons. Thank you
Hey Marcus thanks so much for the kind words! I'm glad you found it helpful. Let me know if there's any other Logic Pro topics you'd like to see covered.
Cheers
Georges
You packed a lot in this one thanks.
This is really the best tutorial video for a home guitar recording session. Compliments to you Georges,simply the most helpful for me. Thank you mate.
Thanks so much Maurik for those kind words! I'm very glad to hear that you found it helpful!
Cheers
Georges
Absolutely George, it was very helpful to me.Thank you again.
Thank you! completely new to Logic and this was a very helpful jumpstart guide 😁
You're very welcome! Let me know if have any other questions.
Excellent video. Explained very well. You've been a great help to me. Thank You
You're very welcome! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!
Very helpful! Worth watching every minute!
Hi Jobert, thanks for the kind words! I'm glad you found the video helpful!
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Georges
Thanks a lot packed in here!
Thank you for the video. Methodically explained. Very helpful.
You're welcome!
Excellent. You’ve filled in a few blanks there for me. Cheers
You're welcome! I'm glad you found it helpful.
Cheers
Georges
Great Walkthrough - it helped a lot man!
Many thanks! Glad you found it helpful!
Cheers
Georges
Good, clear explanation. Thanks!
You're very welcome!
Thanks for a great, easy to follow video! I'm a keyboardist, too, so guitars are a great mystery to me!
You're very welcome! Ya same here. I started to learn a bit over Covid, but I should get back at it.
Cheers
Georges
Excellent! I learned a lot from your video.
I'm glad you found it helpful!
Packed a lot in this one thanks.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Very helpful! thank you very much!
You're very welcome!
Good lesson, thank you👍🏽
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
Good stuff mate. Keep it up.
You're most welcome! Let me know if there's any other topics you'd like to see covered.
Cheers
Georges
Everyone needs a friend like George.
🤣thanks!!
It is really what we want to do for my new music piece. Thank you
You're welcome Julie!
Great video!💙
Thanks!!
What an awesome video, you have no idea how much this has helped me! brilliant Keep up the good work
Glad to hear you found it helpful! Thanks for the kind words.
Cheers
Georges
Really helpful..thanks so much
You're most welcome!
The best. Very concise
Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Superb tutorial mate 💯💯
Thank you!
As an Ableton native trying to migrate to Logic, this was a tremendous help!
Thanks! I'm glad you found it helpful.
Thank you bro its very informative video
You’re most welcome!
Great video
Thanks!
Awesome 🍻🔥
Thanks bud!
thanks for the tutorial 🙂
You're welcome!
very helpful thx
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Awesome thank you
You're very welcome!
Thank for shared. ❤❤
You're welcome!
YOU'RE A GODSEND!
Thanks!
The stock amps overall aren’t the best but if paired with a third party plugin it can sound really good. Sometimes I’ll plug a real pedal in and do it that way. I do two tracks with amp designer and two with other plugins. The free Fluff plugin is great
I'll have to check that one out!
Cheers
Georges
Thank you so much
You're most welcome!
Thank you. Can I just use the Logic Cabs on their own ? I am recording D.I guitar from my amp into Logic and would like to audition juat the Cabs, since the D I has the amp itself ?
Thank you for any help.
Hi, what you can do is under the amp menu select "Transparent Preamp" and then you can try different cabs under the cabinet menu. I hope that helps.
Cheers
Georges
When I plug my phone into a set of speakers(aux cord) I set the source volume (my phone) to around 75% and increase volume via the speakers. Does the same rule apply for guitars? Should I set the volume knob to 3/4 and only increase via the interface? Or does it not make a difference in sound quality? Appreciate all the videos, this has been one of my go to channels recently as I go through and try and create music
Hey I'm glad you've been enjoying the videos! I would just turn the volume on your guitar all the way up and then adjust your preamp gain.
Cheers
Georges
I'm confused when it comes to studio monitors/speakers/headphones part. I'd like to hear myself play not using headphones since it makes my ears hot after a while. What monitors/speakers do you recommend? Also if headphones what would you recommend? The majority of the time i like playing along to my favorite songs.
Hey Rene, since we're not dealing with microphones using this method you can for sure use monitors to listen back to your electric guitars. Do you already own an audio interface? You'll want to look at getting powered studio monitors (that plug in to your audio interface). For affordable monitors, I like the KRK Rokits myself. The JBL MkII are another good option too. For headphones I like the Audio Technica ATH-M50. I hope that helps!
Cheers
Georges
Ppl like you should get awards and money for your invaluable videos. Thank you. My question is. If I record this way, instead of micing up my amp, how true is the tone through my studio monitors going to be on the recording itself? I guess what I mean is. So it sounds really great through my studio monitors, ( the guitar tone(s) ) But what about if I were to complete a song and then listen in car or on headphone etc? I’m assuming that all just works itself out in mixing later? Just seems like playing virtual amps, through my studio monitors, would give an extremely false sense of what the tones going to sound like. On the other hand my brain also thinks, “ hey, it’s just like listening to an mp3 or CD through your studio monitors dummy. “
Don’t know why I’m making this more difficult than it needs to be but. It just seems likes micing up my cab would be a truer representation of things.
Thanks for the kind words! Ya I wouldn't over think it too much. If it sounds good in your monitors and you generally know how they translate outside of your studio then you should be good! When mic'ing a real amp you'll get more of that sense of air coming out of the amp, but the virtual amps are sounding pretty good these days. You shouldn't notice a drastic difference outside of your studio any more than you would with a real amp.
I hope that helps.
Cheers
Georges
@@knuckledustermusic thanks for reply.
My guitar plays back mono and I can't hear the amps; however, when I record it plays back stereo and the amp settings work. Any idea how I can fix this so I can hear the amp in stereo before recording? Cheers.
Are you hearing just the dry guitar signal when you're recording? It could be that you are monitoring directly from your audio interface (direct monitoring) rather than through Logic Pro (software monitoring). Check out the 6:14 mark of the video where I talk about monitoring to see if that helps.
Cheers
Georges
You’re good!
Not at guitar 🤣but thanks!
I came here to find out the difference between ‘Guitar and Bass’ tracks and ‘Audio’ tracks as I have a thing I’m trying to figure out.
Typically I’ve used the ‘Guitar and Bass’ tracks, but have always found them a bit flat and lifeless as far as presets are concerned. Last night, I accidentally selected ‘Audio Track’ and thought I’d stick an amp modeller on it and man it was an epic difference. My guitar (Jaguar) was sssooo much brighter and ‘amp-like’, and adding pedals was actually adding to the tone, not muffling it like I’ve found on the ‘Guitar and Bass’ track presets.
I have one dilemma I’m hoping can be resolved here:
When I use and ‘Audio Track’ my Scarlett audio interface seems to push through a fuller signal even when the gain dial is turned right down. I effectively have no gain control at the interface. Just curious if this is a typical behaviour. My guitar comes through logic very loud, but without clipping. Just unsure how to get the same ‘flashing green’ gain control on an ‘Audio Track’ that I get on a ‘Guitar and Bass’ track. I feel like ‘Audio track’ gives me the better sound. But I think I am missing the interface gain function somehow. Any thoughts from the wise? Thanks.
Great video. New subscriber here for sure. Very well articulated. 👌
Hey thanks for the comment. The "Guitar or Bass" should be the same as a regular "Audio Track" but just with the Library Preset plugins already applied. It could just be that you prefer the sound with fewer plugins and that the numerous plugins added with the Library Presets are changing the playback volume. I prefer to just start with a plain Audio Track and build from there. I'd check to see where your levels are at with the basic Audio Track before adding any plugins. If you're in the -18 to -9db range then you're good to go!
I hope that helps.
Cheers
Georges
im not getting any output sound when i go for an audio track as to choosing a guitar track. any idea what i can do?
Hi Kisa, it could be a monitoring issue. This video should help: th-cam.com/video/n0J8BKf5Ai8/w-d-xo.html
Cheers
Georges
How do you get rid of the noise in the backround when you've plugged in your guitar? Also the noise gets worse the more distortion I add😭
So, I’ve purchased Logic Pro, I have real amps, and pedals and such, BUT, idk if I missed or not, I’d there a separate software you have to be able to pull all those amps up? Or are they actually on Logic Pro? I’m new to it. I ask because I don’t record at home, I record quite a few miles away from home and I have a Marshall half stack I tote around. So if logic already has those amps installed, that’s a major help and weight lifted off me every time I want to record.
Hey Shane, welcome to Logic Pro! Everything I show in this video is included in Logic Pro, so no need to haul your Marshall around. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Cheers
Georges
@@knuckledustermusic that’s awesome thanks i appreciate it
Logic has so many things that come with it. It literally can replace every instrument made. It’s absolutely crazy.
hey so my logic pro is working but the playback i still get a clean sound how do i fix that please?
The guitar is clean when you playback your recorded material? Or while recording? If it's during recording, enable "input monitoring" (the little "I" icon).
I hope that helps.
Cheers
Georges
Do you need a mic to record a electric guitar? You only need to plug your guitar into interface right?! And another question, i want to record the guitar in midi as well, do i need a cable for that, or can you create a midi track from the recorded guitar in audio with flex.. all the best dennis and thanks for this video :)
You can record directly into your audio interface like I do in the video. If you want to record MIDI there are dedicated MIDI guitars for that. If you are only recording single note lines you could try converting audio to MIDI using FlexPitch, but a MIDI guitar would do a better job.
Cheers
Georges
@@knuckledustermusicthanks mate! Really helpful! Yess the flexpitch i was forgotten that option, then you can create a midi track from that particular audio, but the notes are not always correct, but i can try at least 😊
i've been recording for years... i tried plugging my guitar in today and i cant get a clean signal ... even tried another interface. it's a logic issue that i cant figure out. i've deleted and reinstalled and uninstalled and reinstalled. abunch. of times. the crazy thing is that if i open up garage band, it's completely clean and works perfectly. at first. ithought it was. the interface, or the cables, so i switched em all... no fix. what can i do to remedy this as i much prefer logic to garage band!
Any luck with this? Are there any plugins on your guitar track?
Help, my M Audio is not showing up at all after all the double shooting. It WAS showing up until I was told to delete the “Audio-Plist data”. =(
Hi, I'd recommend reinstalling the audio drivers for your audio interface. You can download them from the M Audio website.
Cheers
Georges
wow tsym bro
You’re welcome!
so my plugins will load and I can access them...but they don't seem to engage. I can hear my guitar but its just clean...none of the plugins seem to be going into effect....any ideas?
Which audio interface are you using? Look for a knob called "direct monitor" or something similar. You're likely hearing the audio feed directly from your audio interface before it's being processed in Logic Pro. This can be helpful to cut down on latency, but you won't hear any of your plugins while recording. Another thing to look at is to activate "input monitoring" in Logic Pro. Look for the little "I" button on your track.
I hope that helps.
Cheers
Georges
I ran into a new problem that I’ve never had with any daw. I cannot record guitars. It’s not a faulty interface or a broken cable. When I play, logic only captures the attack of the strings. I’ve tried switching guitars, using a larger buffer size, but nothing has worked. I haven’t changed any settings for months so it’s not that either.
Edit: reaper records perfectly fine but I prefer to use reaper for mixing/mastering.
Any luck with this? Reaper records fine, but Logic doesn't? A larger buffer size will give you more latency. Try setting your buffer to 128 or 256 when recording.
Cheers?
Georges
@@knuckledustermusic Yup! Perfect🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
WHen I record guitar, my metronome gets recorded along with the guitar track. How do I stop it???
Hit the metronome icon, it will switch it off.
Hi Sankha B, as Jimi mentioned, the metronome is not likely recorded to the track. You'll just need to turn it off either by clicking the icon in the top right or by hitting "k" on your typing keyboard.
Cheers
Georges
I can’t hear my plug in, help!
Hi Lucien, if you haven't already please watch at the 6:15 mark (th-cam.com/video/3M_F2Lxb99g/w-d-xo.html). I talk about how to set up your monitoring. If you're still having issues, please let me know.
Cheers
Georges
I’m using Logic Pro and can hear 0 sound coming out of my computer, do you know why?
Hey Josh, this video might be able to help you out: th-cam.com/video/n0J8BKf5Ai8/w-d-xo.html
Cheers
Georges
@@knuckledustermusicit’s working now but I’m trying to achieve a pop punk tone but it’s not working and I don’t know if need other equipment?
@@Wolfhorizon17 you shouldn't need any other gear. There's a lot of amps to choose from and if you take a look at the pedalboard plugin you'll have even more tone options. You can try some of the channel strip presets as well by opening up the library (press "y" on your keyboard). I hope that helps.
Cheers
Georges
Too much talk. Poor playing
I can't argue about the poor playing 🤣I'm a keyboard player.