How to Create a Multi-Instrument in Logic’s Environment

Nov 20th in Logic Pro, Production by Will Walker
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When producing, it is often desirable to stack different instruments to create more unique and textured sounds. The process of editing the MIDI data that controls those instruments can become tiresome and interrupt creative work flow as you are forced to update all corresponding MIDI regions before even the smallest of MIDI edits can be previewed. There are a few ways around this in Logic, one of which provides us with the opportunity to take a look into Logic’s Environment.

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3 Differences Between Live and Studio Mixing

Nov 18th in Mixing & Mastering by Björgvin Benediktsson
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Live sound mixing varies greatly from
studio mixing. The fast paced adrenaline rush of the concert venue
versus the calmer and quieter work area of the recording studio.
Studio mixers can take their time while the live sound tech has to
think quickly and react in real time so the difference can be
significant, even though some might say they are doing the exact same
thing. Besides this, there is also a difference in their
workstations. Mixing desks in a live situation can be very different
than the one used in a big recording studio. Let’s go through some of
the main differences between both the mixing desks and their
respective users.

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How to Create a Finished CD with Apple’s Waveburner

Nov 16th in Mixing & Mastering, Production by Mo Volans
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Although there isn’t as much use for CD’s in the production process as there used to be, many of us still like to have our finished album or mix on a professionally presented disc.

For all you Mac users, this tutorial will show you how to use Apple’s Waveburner to get that finished project on to a CD with individual track markers and a professional polished sound. If you are a Windows user and would like to see the equivalent in an application like Wavelab please let me know in the comments section.

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How to Edit All Your Takes At Once in Logic Pro 9

Nov 14th in Logic Pro, Mixing & Mastering by Joel Falconer
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Let’s say you’ve just finished a day of tracking and you have a whole bunch of takes for one vocal part thanks to Logic’s comping feature. But at the last minute it’s decided that two lines should be switched around for creative reasons, or a certain word should be sung closer to the beat. It would be a waste of time and money to go back to the tracking phase, but it’s going to be hard to choose the best comp without being able to preview the changes. How do you edit them all at once so you can judge each take? Logic Pro 9 allows you to do so.

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How to Use the Pioneer SVM-1000 Audio-Video Mixer Part 2

Nov 11th in Mixing & Mastering by Johnathan "ellaskins" Lewis
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In this video tutorial Johnathan Lewis gives us a basic demonstration of audio/video mixing on the Pioneer SVM-1000 mixer.

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How to Create Acid Synth Sequences

Nov 9th in Logic Pro, Production by Mo Volans
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There seems to have been somewhat of a resurgence in acid style synth programming of late. So … I thought I would do a tutorial on how to create that classic acid sound with a standard subtractive soft synth, a heavy dose of glide and some distortion.

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Using Logic Pro 9’s Varispeed to Tempo-Shift Entire Projects

Nov 6th in Logic Pro, Production by Joel Falconer
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One of the many excellent new features of Logic Pro 9 is Varispeed. Varispeed gives you the ability to speed up and slow down your projects — not just a single instrument, but the entire project can be instantly tempo-shifted. Let’s look at how it’s done.

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How to Use Pitch Correction for Vocal Effects

Nov 4th in Logic Pro, Production by Ryan Leach
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Auto-tuned vocals are a cool effect have become a standard technique in popular music. The sound can be heard all over pop and electronica from the last decade. A variety of artists use it, from T-Pain to Cher, and even the J-Pop band Perfume from West’s Polyrhythm tutorial. Even President Obama has gotten in on it (well, sort of…).

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How to Use Gate Plug-ins Creatively

Nov 2nd in Ableton Live, Cubase, Logic Pro, Production by Mo Volans
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This tutorial will help you to stop looking at your gate plug-ins as boring noise removal tools and get you using them as creative tools and effects.

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Improvization Basics: The Pentatonic Scale

Oct 30th in Composition by Joel Falconer
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When I was thirteen years old, I decided to teach myself guitar because I loved the way that modern-day guitar heroes (by which I do not mean your chubby ten year old playing with a fake guitar and an Xbox) improvised what seemed like complicated lead pieces on the spot. After hearing the guitar solo Slash played in Sweet Child O’ Mine, I all but forgot to practice chords in search of the ability to play like that.

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