There aren’t many of us who produce beat based music who don’t crave a bigger, badder drum sound. Although producing monster drums is often the audio equivalent of slight of hand, getting the illusion right is essential if you want your new drum track to sit well in your mix.
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Logic Pro 9 introduced the Pedalboard, a plugin that emulates not just the myriad of effects pedals available for guitarists, but the way in which they are chained together by both live and studio musicians to create a pedalboard. Here’s how to use Pedalboard to create something a bit more unusual with the help of effect unit routing.
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Mixing is arguably the most important stage of the music production process. When done properly, one can do everything from add energy and warmth to a sound to completely alter the feel and flow of an entire piece of music.
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If you’re looking for some slightly unusual percussion sounds to spice up your tracks a little, then you might do worse than looking at vocal samples or recordings you may have your drive. Although vocals might not be the first thing you think of when it comes to percussion with the right approach they can be transformed into sounds that can really compliment your main drum track.
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Using multiple microphones when recording guitar is a popular way to get two different characteristics out of your amplifier. By using two different microphones at two different positions you are capturing two different signals of the same performance, which you can then mix and match to create a great guitar sound.
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The increase in production of mobile phone apps in the past 3 years has opened up some excellent opportunities for the commercial composer. Theme songs, music timers, UI hits and level music are now needed for all mobile apps, be they functional, informational, or game programs. However, mobile app production teams face the same challenge all software development teams do – that of limited real estate. But even worse: some mobile apps can be as small as 10MB – including all art assets, programming, and your audio.
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In the last installment of Effective Drum Mixing we went through the rough levels of each instrument, checking the phase of the snare and general panning. Therefore, the faders are mostly where we want them, the snare is punching through without phase problems and every drum is panned in the stereo field.
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For many laptop users, the amount of plugins that are used on a mix can suck the CPU power dry. You might have 24 tracks of audio recorded on your laptop and after inserting the 15th SSL Waves plugin…..computer says no. Luckily, for us Logic Pro users, there is a really great function to free up your CPU power while still using as many plugins as you can.
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In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to loop Track Automation in Logic Pro without having to physically copy it. This technique can be a real time saver as re-editing your copied Automation data for a loop means you have to re-copy the parts again! Not any more folks!!!
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The grid editor in Logic Pro is great for lining up your notes into multiples of 4 (8th notes, 16th notes, 32nd notes, etc) and multiples of 3 (triplets, sextuplets, etc). But what if you need a run with 7 notes in it, or a figure with 5?
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