1. Not knowing the difference between panning mono and stereo tracks. 2. Not using fades. 3. Setting recording levels too hot. 4. Not using Bounce in Place or Freeze to conserve CPU. 5. Not using sends, busses and auxes.
with timestamps: 00:52 #1. Not knowing the difference between panning mono and stereo tracks. 04:32 #2. Not using fades. 06:21 #3. Setting recording levels too hot. 07:55 #4. Not using Bounce in Place or Freeze to conserve CPU. * 10:11 #5. Not using sends, busses and auxes. *
I’m brand spankin’ new to Logic Pro X... & you are making my BRAIN HURT! Which is a GOOD THING! Man, there’s a LOT to LEARN about this stuff! Your instruction is both precise & concise! NO FLUFF! I expect to be spending some time BINGE Watching on your channel. Thanks for doing what you LOVE! I hope to be learning plenty here.
There's so much to learn about Logic and mixing. It's such a blessing that we have folks like him to teach us. I also recommend EDMProd-- they have good production advice too. I'm subscribed to their email list and I've seen their videos
Feels good that this was all old news to me. It should be, as I've been producing long enough, but you always get that sense of doubt when you see video titles like this. So this was validating for me, thanks.
Only been six months and the last time I clicked on this I had no idea what you were talking about so I found a different video. Came back to it and realized I utilize all of these now.
Good tutorial. Quick note, when you freeze a track, the next time you open the session, Logic Pro will not load the associated plugins for the frozen tracks. It will only load the temporary bounced version. When you unfreeze the track, it will load the plugins for the track at that moment.
that was awesome. been a logic user now for almost 10 years and i've always wondered why i get system overloads... THIS HELPED!! thank you for being a lifesaver
I’m so guilty of not using buss. I use the same plugin on numerous channels. It just happens gradually and the next thing I notice the repetitive plugins. Thanks Chris for the reminders and again on the panning.
I haven't even gone through the first five minutes of this video and I can already discern that you're the guy I need to be tuned into...thanks for the great info and demonstration. I'm you're newest subscriber. Great tip regarding recording levels...I've always remembered from my early recording days years ago that 7 is your nominal, so hot tracks that are completely above this are definitely on their way into distortion if you don't watch/listen carefully...this has always saved me from pushing things into heavy distortion or clipping the signal. Just a rule of thumb.
This is the best Logic training video I have seen. I have been producing for 23 years and picked up some very bad habits. I have subscribed and will head over to your site. Thank you.
A few things to mention: Logic has a setting to snap edits to zero crossings in the snap dropdown, I wish it was on by default. This prevents the pop by starting regions when they are at zero on the wave signal. But the fade does show some tlc ;) Also, regarding freezing tracks (essential) there is the pre fader mode in the inspector which only freezes the source and lets you continue to try out your effects. Good job! I just wanted to point out additions to what you were presenting. It’s such a great DAW. Thanks!
Thank you for your intelligence and wisdom. You will know that the 'phenomenon' of the solo'ed musician is simply that when solo'ed, they are already outside of context.Perhaps either ask the musician to "play louder than you ever have" or soundcheck them whilst performing within the track? Many thanks for your valuable instruction.
been a Logic user since the Emagic days and while functionality obviously changes from update to update, I'd say I'm comfortable and familiar enough to figure things out as they change. but your "click zones" tip for the fade tool (also found the one for marquee when doing the search) just changed my whole life! new sub here, bud! THANK YOU!
The phenomenon of recording hitting louder peaks after showing lower during level checking goes away once you turn off the metronome click. Somehow the metronome pushes the levels higher during recording.
You’re an excellent speaker. I don’t think you stumbled your words even once. Valid topics as well. One pet peeve of my own is keeping your project files clean and organized. This includes properly labeling and color coordinating your tracks and regions. Utilizing track stacks is also crucial. Achieve all of this without losing any time by creating templates, as well.
Wow... Thank you so much for this. I've been getting deep into logic for an orchestra project and you've explained all the cpu issues I've been having! Freeze and BIP will save me. I shed a little tear over the M1 Mac Mini I just bought to fix what was in fact a technique issue, but it'll still be great to have! Best channel I've seen for Logic Pro X. Easiest new sub ever. I appreciate your help. 👍
I am new to Logic Pro 10. I was a previous Pro Tools user for Four years. When I was a student learning Pro tools the software was inexpensive. No longer a student the price went up significantly. I record music as a hobby and have Apple Mac mini, which I love. I am currently using the free trial version For 90 days. I only had Logic Pro X for a few days and I am totally sold? The virtual instruments are so close to the real sound. I will be a avid subscriber from now on.
I really like that Apple added the stereo pan feature to the pan knobs, but I still like the Direction Mixer better, as it's easier to control and deal with visually than the small pan knobs . I wish the pan knobs could turn into a mini Direction Mixer appearance in place of the pan knob.
For sure! I'd love for the Stereo pan knobs to be set to "Stereo Panning" by Default, as opposed to Balance knobs. Hopefully the Logic team at Apple are catching these requests :)
Ok dude. You got a sub with this one. That panning one was solid. Thank you. I thought the pans were weird but never thought to look. I feel dumb lol but now slightly smarter thanks to your info 👍👍😁
I do not understand why in any video that touches on this topic they explain to you what to do when you finish doing the flex correction. How do you consolidate that and transform it back into a normal audio region
In Cubase (which I used before Logic), cutting out a section did NOT result in a click to the following audio. The reason for this is that there was an option that only allowed the cut when the waveform was passing through zero. This ought to be default behaviour in all DAWs.
Holy crap, bro - while every point in this is valuable (and things I do all the time ), your explanation for busses is the best I've ever heard - I'm stealing the tap analogy and using it to explain to others. Thanks so much for these super-instructive clips. Even an old dog like me is learning new tricks (and making better tracks because of it).
Here’s a question: If I bus all my reverb to one bus for all tracks using reverb, can I have different reverb settings on various tracks using that bus? Or would I need a different bus for different settings? Hope to hear back. I know this vid is from a while ago. ✌🏼
I'd add not using a proper metering plugin like the Waves Dorrough or the MAAT meter, where you can see your peaks, your RMS and the correlation, which is the most important part.
I would have said in stereo a drum has toms snare hi-hat on one side then as you pan has other toms and cymbals on the other side. If in Mono it is all coming out both sides so you can pan everything to left or right but in stereo, panning will lose the drums on one side or the other. Would have halved the first point and new people could hear it straight away.
Haven't used Logic much since I discovered REAPER about 5 years ago, so I'm not sure if Logic lets you combine actions into macros and give them a key command yet, but I have several set up in REAPER for fades that save me hours and hours of time. The default "s" to split causes it to move to the next zero crossing in the wave form, split the item, nudge the edge back 5 ms, then to a 10 ms power fade so that it's at roughly half power at the zero crossing. I've got all the defaults key commands set to put in some amount of fade. This is kind of overkill, but when I'm doing long-form narration it's super critical. Not only will a split at a non-zero point cause an audible pop, the studio, mics, preamps, and room all have a sound. If this sound just drops from -45dB to -∞ it's very noticeable.
So FREAKING HELPFUL. Thank you so much. I'm currently learning Logic Pro X as needed specifically to record my own album on my home setup (a specific goal of mine for the year) and this has saved me so much time and trouble. Thank you.
that Was Really Helpful, But I would Suggest, While u point out the errors And show How to Fix Them,.....Please show them with Examples. What I mean Is you To Play The Error And Then The Error Fixed, As Examples to Make The Viewers To Understand......Coz I was A bit Confused With The Bounce In Place Part. All over, That Was really Helpful. thanx
reason for the people playing way louder than soundcheck: they want to hear the acoustic sound of the drums/guitars/etc. some of my clients talk really loudly when they put headphones on when checking my mixes...sometimes that can scare me a little bit hahah
Incredibly easy to follow and eye opening stuff. Professional too! I subscribed. Gonna watch all your stuff!! Thanks so much you’ve already helped me a ton
suggestion: IF YOU have TIME to do this, provide index points in your comments. Right now I am searching for the FADE part of this video, so I checked to see if you had a table of contents in your comments. Flub #2 - Not Using Fades - 4:33
If you use a bus for a reverb, how can you change the setting for the reverb different for two tracks? Let´s say I want a short reverb on a snare and a longer reverb for a guitar?
I tried. Ounce In Place on some audio loops. The resolution of the bounced in place audio to the original was noticeable. The original sounded three times as good as the BIP’d. Have you ever noticed that/
You mentioned "if you have Click Zones enabled" when talking about the fades. Where do I find this? Reaper does fade in/out by default, would be nice if Logic had that or I knew the setting to make it do that.
Well, I see the most recent comment was 8 months ago so I'm not sure I'll get a reply. When you "Freeze" a track does it still play when you are composing/editing during playback? And I thought (I'm new at this) that "Bouncing" combined tracks into one file to save Memory/CPU and can no longer be edited. Do I have the wrong idea? Thanks! Looking forward to more of your instructional videos.
Love your video, you are a teacher not a showoff, very cool! My only problem is I find your screen hard to read or focus on, seems blurry. Is it just me?
Thanks so much for the comment! For some reason TH-cam likes to default to a lower resolution for streaming. You can adjust the resolution by clicking the gear in the right hand corner of the TH-cam player. Try 1080
The stereo pan. Once you showed that - you really didn't explain it. How about a quickie on how to use that effectively vs balance. -Thanks man. Good stuff.
Yay i don't make any of those mistakes . Great video, concise and well thought out. Edit , Now i have run into a bug that will not let me fade at all neither through the regions nor click fade
But! If you want to process a signal with an fx for example sidechaining a track with delay and reverb included, and you don’t want to send a SIDECHAINED signal to any reverb send, i think it much more convenient to do them individually on each track. Of course it takes power, but at least in the writing process much more convenient
1. Not knowing the difference between panning mono and stereo tracks.
2. Not using fades.
3. Setting recording levels too hot.
4. Not using Bounce in Place or Freeze to conserve CPU.
5. Not using sends, busses and auxes.
with timestamps:
00:52 #1. Not knowing the difference between panning mono and stereo tracks.
04:32 #2. Not using fades.
06:21 #3. Setting recording levels too hot.
07:55 #4. Not using Bounce in Place or Freeze to conserve CPU. *
10:11 #5. Not using sends, busses and auxes. *
thank you very much
You are a good teacher. Not everyone has that gift.
Thanks so much!! I'm very humbled :)
yep, the dude is.
Your session looks like two soldiers chasing a 3 legged camel :p
many lolz, probably all of them
why is this so accurate! lol
I see 3 At-Ats
great eye
Wow.
I’m brand spankin’ new to Logic Pro X... & you are making my BRAIN HURT! Which is a GOOD THING! Man, there’s a LOT to LEARN about this stuff! Your instruction is both precise & concise! NO FLUFF! I expect to be spending some time BINGE Watching on your channel. Thanks for doing what you LOVE! I hope to be learning plenty here.
There's so much to learn about Logic and mixing. It's such a blessing that we have folks like him to teach us.
I also recommend EDMProd-- they have good production advice too. I'm subscribed to their email list and I've seen their videos
2:47 thanks! i am working on a heavy polyphonic orchestral music and i needed to revise this. I guess i profit more of paning mono tracks
Feels good that this was all old news to me. It should be, as I've been producing long enough, but you always get that sense of doubt when you see video titles like this. So this was validating for me, thanks.
Happy to hear Captain Jack! Also - love the TH-cam handle :)
Only been six months and the last time I clicked on this I had no idea what you were talking about so I found a different video. Came back to it and realized I utilize all of these now.
simplest explanation of how busses and sends works ever, Why to use them was even simpler. Thanks
Good tutorial. Quick note, when you freeze a track, the next time you open the session, Logic Pro will not load the associated plugins for the frozen tracks. It will only load the temporary bounced version. When you unfreeze the track, it will load the plugins for the track at that moment.
that was awesome. been a logic user now for almost 10 years and i've always wondered why i get system overloads... THIS HELPED!! thank you for being a lifesaver
I’m so guilty of not using buss. I use the same plugin on numerous channels. It just happens gradually and the next thing I notice the repetitive plugins. Thanks Chris for the reminders and again on the panning.
These are things I was familiar with but I just know I will get a LOT of value from this channel. Suscribed
Great stuff Chris. This video definitely brings panning / stereo more into the light for me. Thanks for all you do to help producers and composers.
I haven't even gone through the first five minutes of this video and I can already discern that you're the guy I need to be tuned into...thanks for the great info and demonstration. I'm you're newest subscriber.
Great tip regarding recording levels...I've always remembered from my early recording days years ago that 7 is your nominal, so hot tracks that are completely above this are definitely on their way into distortion if you don't watch/listen carefully...this has always saved me from pushing things into heavy distortion or clipping the signal. Just a rule of thumb.
This is the best Logic training video I have seen. I have been producing for 23 years and picked up some very bad habits. I have subscribed and will head over to your site. Thank you.
Thrilled to help Mark :)
A few things to mention: Logic has a setting to snap edits to zero crossings in the snap dropdown, I wish it was on by default. This prevents the pop by starting regions when they are at zero on the wave signal. But the fade does show some tlc ;) Also, regarding freezing tracks (essential) there is the pre fader mode in the inspector which only freezes the source and lets you continue to try out your effects. Good job! I just wanted to point out additions to what you were presenting. It’s such a great DAW. Thanks!
Thanks so much for pointing those out Jason! Fantastic options for making life easier (and sonically better) :)
Simple explanations with really relevant topics described with succinct clarity. Love it. Thank you! Well done. I'm a fan.
Thanks so much Jeffery! Happy to help :)
Not doing any of these! Great success 👍🏻😁
Brilliant! I am new to recording and the things mentioned, especially the aux and freezing tracks are vital!!
Cheers fella!
Hugh
Thank you for your intelligence and wisdom. You will know that the 'phenomenon' of the solo'ed musician is simply that when solo'ed, they are already outside of context.Perhaps either ask the musician to "play louder than you ever have" or soundcheck them whilst performing within the track? Many thanks for your valuable instruction.
Snap at zero crossings setting works with pops pretty well but fades are smoother musically
been a Logic user since the Emagic days and while functionality obviously changes from update to update, I'd say I'm comfortable and familiar enough to figure things out as they change. but your "click zones" tip for the fade tool (also found the one for marquee when doing the search) just changed my whole life! new sub here, bud! THANK YOU!
The phenomenon of recording hitting louder peaks after showing lower during level checking goes away once you turn off the metronome click. Somehow the metronome pushes the levels higher during recording.
You’re an excellent speaker. I don’t think you stumbled your words even once. Valid topics as well. One pet peeve of my own is keeping your project files clean and organized. This includes properly labeling and color coordinating your tracks and regions. Utilizing track stacks is also crucial. Achieve all of this without losing any time by creating templates, as well.
good vocal editing
Wow... Thank you so much for this. I've been getting deep into logic for an orchestra project and you've explained all the cpu issues I've been having! Freeze and BIP will save me. I shed a little tear over the M1 Mac Mini I just bought to fix what was in fact a technique issue, but it'll still be great to have! Best channel I've seen for Logic Pro X. Easiest new sub ever. I appreciate your help. 👍
Great tips. Took me years to figure some of these out. This will save some peeps valuable time.
Why am I just now finding this channel? You sir have just earned a new subscriber!
Thank you - years have passed and I was still guilty. So clear and friendly.
You learn something new every day. Thank you!!!!
the stereo mono panning very helpful!
Absolutely one of the best Logic channels. Great stuff. I knew most of this but great to remind 5 things to avoid.
I didn't know how sends and buses worked, so this was super helpful! Thanks so much.
I am new to Logic Pro 10. I was a previous Pro Tools user for Four years. When I was a student learning Pro tools the software was inexpensive.
No longer a student the price went up significantly. I record music as a hobby and have Apple Mac mini, which I love. I am currently using the free trial version For 90 days. I only had Logic Pro X for a few days and I am totally sold? The virtual instruments are so close to the real sound.
I will be a avid subscriber from now on.
I really like that Apple added the stereo pan feature to the pan knobs, but I still like the Direction Mixer better, as it's easier to control and deal with visually than the small pan knobs . I wish the pan knobs could turn into a mini Direction Mixer appearance in place of the pan knob.
For sure! I'd love for the Stereo pan knobs to be set to "Stereo Panning" by Default, as opposed to Balance knobs. Hopefully the Logic team at Apple are catching these requests :)
That sink, pipe analogy! Genius!
thank you so much! the way you explained the bus and send was perfect.
Ok dude. You got a sub with this one. That panning one was solid. Thank you. I thought the pans were weird but never thought to look. I feel dumb lol but now slightly smarter thanks to your info 👍👍😁
Thank You! I love using bus channels but did not know about the pan effects
HEY CHRIS ! THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR VIDEOS ! THEY ARE THE BEST !
Excellent video, especially the first tip about stereo tracks.Thank you!!!!
I do not understand why in any video that touches on this topic they explain to you what to do when you finish doing the flex correction. How do you consolidate that and transform it back into a normal audio region
In Cubase (which I used before Logic), cutting out a section did NOT result in a click to the following audio. The reason for this is that there was an option that only allowed the cut when the waveform was passing through zero. This ought to be default behaviour in all DAWs.
Holy crap, bro - while every point in this is valuable (and things I do all the time ), your explanation for busses is the best I've ever heard - I'm stealing the tap analogy and using it to explain to others. Thanks so much for these super-instructive clips. Even an old dog like me is learning new tricks (and making better tracks because of it).
I’m happy I have barely used reverbs or delays up until this point. Will always keep the wet at like 20% max lol
Here’s a question: If I bus all my reverb to one bus for all tracks using reverb, can I have different reverb settings on various tracks using that bus? Or would I need a different bus for different settings? Hope to hear back. I know this vid is from a while ago. ✌🏼
Great video.. well spoken and great points! Always good to go over the groundwork
I'd add not using a proper metering plugin like the Waves Dorrough or the MAAT meter, where you can see your peaks, your RMS and the correlation, which is the most important part.
Such good points - every point contained new information for me - fantastic. Some were totally new. Never too old to learn!
Thank you.
I would have said in stereo a drum has toms snare hi-hat on one side then as you pan has other toms and cymbals on the other side. If in Mono it is all coming out both sides so you can pan everything to left or right but in stereo, panning will lose the drums on one side or the other. Would have halved the first point and new people could hear it straight away.
Awesome content man, subbed and telling friends ✊🏽
I really appreciate the kind vibes Christian, thank you!
yo the pan trick was amazing I can't believe I didn't know that
Haven't used Logic much since I discovered REAPER about 5 years ago, so I'm not sure if Logic lets you combine actions into macros and give them a key command yet, but I have several set up in REAPER for fades that save me hours and hours of time. The default "s" to split causes it to move to the next zero crossing in the wave form, split the item, nudge the edge back 5 ms, then to a 10 ms power fade so that it's at roughly half power at the zero crossing. I've got all the defaults key commands set to put in some amount of fade. This is kind of overkill, but when I'm doing long-form narration it's super critical. Not only will a split at a non-zero point cause an audible pop, the studio, mics, preamps, and room all have a sound. If this sound just drops from -45dB to -∞ it's very noticeable.
So FREAKING HELPFUL. Thank you so much. I'm currently learning Logic Pro X as needed specifically to record my own album on my home setup (a specific goal of mine for the year) and this has saved me so much time and trouble. Thank you.
that Was Really Helpful, But I would Suggest, While u point out the errors And show How to Fix Them,.....Please show them with Examples. What I mean Is you To Play The Error And Then The Error Fixed, As Examples to Make The Viewers To Understand......Coz I was A bit Confused With The Bounce In Place Part.
All over, That Was really Helpful. thanx
Excellent Video, Clear and Concise, Definitely Subscribing!
The freeze tool (option + T) could be a lifesaver
reason for the people playing way louder than soundcheck: they want to hear the acoustic sound of the drums/guitars/etc. some of my clients talk really loudly when they put headphones on when checking my mixes...sometimes that can scare me a little bit hahah
Hahaha 😂
What other kinds of plugins can we use for Busses? For instance AMP Simulation on various guitar tracks?
Incredibly easy to follow and eye opening stuff. Professional too! I subscribed. Gonna watch all your stuff!! Thanks so much you’ve already helped me a ton
Thrilled to help Ollie! Thanks for checking out the channel :)
You're legend.. been guilty of pretty much all of these xD
A great refresher course to see what older techniques still work and how they have evolved. Thank you!
suggestion: IF YOU have TIME to do this, provide index points in your comments. Right now I am searching for the FADE part of this video, so I checked to see if you had a table of contents in your comments. Flub #2 - Not Using Fades - 4:33
Appreciate the feedback Wade! I'll try to make time to make that happen.
Finally got how to easily create the aux sends. Thanks! The plumbing analogy was great!
If you use a bus for a reverb, how can you change the setting for the reverb different for two tracks? Let´s say I want a short reverb on a snare and a longer reverb for a guitar?
Anyone else just wanted him to press play?
FUCK!! NO DOUBT!!
Another intuitive lesson, thank you, makes we want to explore logic thoroughly
Hell ya! I'm already doing all the things you suggest in this video! Feels good haha
Switch on cut on zero crossing, helps stop click, that bas edit obviously had zero crossing edit off..I’d still add fades however
This is very obviously an amazing resource. Great work here.
Very helpful video and great to see the word flub being used.
Your videos are amazing and so helpful
2:05 "So, mono means one, and rail means rail. And that concludes our intensive 3 weeks course."
2:06 "Mono means One, Rail means Rail" I'm sure I'm not the only person who thought of that!
This CHANNEL IS FIRE!! THANKS BRO!! GREAT CONTENT!!
Great video! Thanks for the tips. I've been guilty of a couple of these...
Sends are totally simple as long as you don't get into pre-fader vs post-fader vs post-pan and when/why you'd want one over the others.
Wow you definitely have a gift for teaching. This account needs to go viral. I just subscribed. Thank you man!
I tried. Ounce In Place on some audio loops. The resolution of the bounced in place audio to the original was noticeable. The original sounded three times as good as the BIP’d. Have you ever noticed that/
How do you enable click zones for fades? Thanks!
Worth the price of admission if only for the Opt+click shortcut for setting knobs and faders to zero lol... thanks!
You mentioned "if you have Click Zones enabled" when talking about the fades. Where do I find this? Reaper does fade in/out by default, would be nice if Logic had that or I knew the setting to make it do that.
The key command T + A will bring up the fade tool that can be easily used to create fades.
Excellent presentation. Thank you.
Glad to find your channel!
Well, I see the most recent comment was 8 months ago so I'm not sure I'll get a reply. When you "Freeze" a track does it still play when you are composing/editing during playback? And I thought (I'm new at this) that "Bouncing" combined tracks into one file to save Memory/CPU and can no longer be edited. Do I have the wrong idea? Thanks! Looking forward to more of your instructional videos.
finally understand busses and sends now thanks to your plumbing theory! thank you so much :)
Very useful video. Thanks for that.
Thanks for checking out the channel midiland!
Love your video, you are a teacher not a showoff, very cool! My only problem is I find your screen hard to read or focus on, seems blurry. Is it just me?
Thanks so much for the comment! For some reason TH-cam likes to default to a lower resolution for streaming. You can adjust the resolution by clicking the gear in the right hand corner of the TH-cam player. Try 1080
@@WhyLogicProRules Cool Thanks for taking the time to reply. I'll do that and watch more.
Thank you again for such critical advice. Keep up your great work!
Thanks so much MarkGTR!
The stereo pan. Once you showed that - you really didn't explain it. How about a quickie on how to use that effectively vs balance. -Thanks man. Good stuff.
Yay i don't make any of those mistakes . Great video, concise and well thought out. Edit , Now i have run into a bug that will not let me fade at all neither through the regions nor click fade
Simply explained and very illuminating. Thanks! Subscribed!
Happy to help :)
Dude, you’re very informative I really love logic now. Thanks.
Thanks so much for checking out the channel Daryl!
Very good short video! I make most of those mistakes...
Thank you
Happy to help!
Great vid, great talk. Straight to the point, easy to follow. Thanks.
Please!!!! Show how to edit 15 drum tracks within 15 or more takes, like in track version manner in Steinberg
Good tutoring, learned a lot. Thanks.
But! If you want to process a signal with an fx for example sidechaining a track with delay and reverb included, and you don’t want to send a SIDECHAINED signal to any reverb send, i think it much more convenient to do them individually on each track. Of course it takes power, but at least in the writing process much more convenient
Thanks for the lesson!
I wish u could use fade in/out and speed up/down at the same time
Great videos trying to catch up