Among the most underrated of mixing tools is the noise gate. It can do wonders for cleaning up loose sounds and emphasizing various aspects of a sound’s dynamics. A lesser known fact is that it can be used as a unique creative processing tool. In this tip we will look at one way of doing this by combining Logic’s noise gate with some creative routing techniques in order to create a dynamic auto panner.
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Reverb is one of the things that can make or break a mix. Too much and it will either sound like it’s from the eighties or just plain too cluttered to be able to hear correctly. Too little and you feel like every instrument is attacking you at once.
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So maybe you’ve just been given a vocal part to remix and no matter how hard you try you just can’t get it to sit with your style of music. Maybe the progression is just too ‘light’ or perhaps you already have a piece you want to use. Whatever the reason, vocoding could really help you out in this situation.
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Using reverse drum hits is a great way to enhance a drum pattern or mix things up in an arrangement because it reuses the existing sounds, creates tension, and easily adds interest.
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A friend brings you a multi-tracked session recorded with another DAW.
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This is a subject I touched on briefly in a previous tutorial on gating and people were pretty interested in the technique.
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Gated Vocal effects are a cool way of adding extra rhythmic variations and dynamics to you tunes.
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Groove templates can be very useful when making music, and Logic makes it quite easy for you to make your own and use them in your projects.
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Kicking off a new series of expanded, in-depth Basix tutorials, this is the first in a series of articles designed to guide you step-by-step through the process of setting up and using guitar amp simulation in your recordings.
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When you listen to 80% of the dynamic and action-oriented orchestral music, you’ll notice that when used appropriately, orchestral hits can bring tense feeling to your tracks.
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