You may know or be interested to know that Logic Pro 8 has an Audio Track limit of 255 Audio Tracks. My current session has 278 Environment objects, 255 of which are Audio Tracks. Trying to add another one brings up a dialogue box “No tracks could be created!” So that’s it. I hope this at least doubles in future releases.
-MC-
Tags: Arrange, Audio, Channel Strip, Environment, Track
This is extremely useful information when performing precision sample-accurate file slicing and post slice editing while maintaining sample-accurate zero-crossing points.
In the Sample Editor, select the Hand Tool and click hold the selected area to display Continue reading »
Tags: Audio, Region, Sample Editor, Sampler
Useful in Step Edit Mode when sequencing phrases in Note-On Mode.
Scroll to the bar number where you want to commence your note duration.
Press Over Dub and hit the relevant pad.
Calculate the exact Duration value to type in to the D field on the MPC based on the following calculation.
MPC 2500 has 96 Parts per Quarter Note. Therefore, the Duration of 1 beat = 96
1 bar = 96 x 4 D= 384
2 bars = 96 x 8 D = 768
3 bars = 96 x 12 D = 1152
4 bars = 96 x 16 D = 1536
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8 bars = 96 x 32 D = 3072
16 bars = 96 x 64 D = 6144
Hope this is useful. I couldn’t find any info out there so here it is.
-MC-
Dealing with unwanted Clicks, Pops & Noise artifacts in Logic is handled by the Silencer Tool in the Sample Editor’s Factory Menu.
Set the Strength slider to the far left, Off. This turns off Noise Reduction. Only the Spike Reduction function is active.
Set the threshold at which level Spike Reduction is applied by adjusting the Sensitivity slider. High is for small spikes, Auto is for automatic threshold control, Low will identify most Peaks as Spikes.
Adjust the Method slider to Continue reading »
Tags: Audio, Effects, Glitch, Noise Reduction, Region, Sample Editor, Silencer, Sound Design, Spike, Waveform
When selecting Audio Regions in the Audio Window or Audio Bin, it would be very useful to display the start point of a selected region in Sample values in the context of the overall audio file.
A typical example is rendering a multi-track mix to stereo or even editing a bounced file that may require further edit cuts.
Once you have cut an audio file or region a new region representing that cut is automatically created. Removing this cut from the Arrange area leaves a gap and you then fill this gap by shifting one of the regions to meet the other.
Selecting any of the shifted regions in the Arrange area will display its Start Point relative to the Timeline and subsequent length in the Help Tag. There is no reference to the cut region’s start point (anchor point) in relation to the overall audio file that it originates from.
The only way to access this absolute time specific information is by selecting the region in the Audio Window (not the Audio Bin) and viewing the info display of the selected region in the Sample Editor. Selecting the same region in the Arrange Area will show a region start point and region length relative to the time-line and not the mother audio file.
Why is this important? Here’s why…
If parametric adjustments are required at the multi track stage prior to rendering (bouncing) and after having made cuts to the bounced file, it is inevitable that a fresh bounce of the multi track stage will require cuts at the exact same points as the previously edited bounce.
Having immediate visual access to sample accurate start points, relative to the overall audio file time, of a region that has been shifted left or right to bridge a cut, will enable quick application of the scissor tool or split by playhead function on the latest bounce to replicate exactly the cut points of the previously edited bounce and therefore quickly dispose of unwanted regions.
This information would be a valuable inclusion as an optional display along side the Region Length field in the Audio Window and Audio Bin.
Only by selecting a region in the Audio Window can one access the true Region Start Point value relative to the mother audio file and even then, this information is only available via the Sample Editor info display.
To summarize, I have written to Apple’s Logic Team to please offer a Region Start Field as well as a Region Length Field in the Audio Window.
For sample Accurate editing in the Arrange Area, set Snap: to Samples. In the Sample Editor set View to Samples to reference the correct Region Start value in the info display.
-MC-
Tags: Arrange, Audio, Region, Sample Editor
From the Toolbar, select Settings > Audio and enable the Playback Pre-roll function.
Transients which fall exactly on the start position will play back correctly.
Pre-roll time is dependent on the current delay compensation value for plug-ins.
-MC-
Tags: Audio, Time, Transients
Sometimes certain events are not activated or heard when starting playback after the start point in your project. This can be frustrating at the editing stage when you want to preview changes.
Logic has a function to analyze your project and locate events before the playback point so that they are active when you press play mid-way through a project.
From the Toolbar, choose: Settings > MIDI and click on the Chase Tab
In the list, check any event types that you want to hear when you press play. Most of them are self explanatory.
The most common ones that you may want to enable and maybe Continue reading »
Tags: Cycle, Event List, MIDI, Note, Region
Click on the Snap Drop-down Menu at the top right of the Arrange area..
Select the Grid value to snap to (e.g. Beat) and check the option to Snap Automation
Automation Edits always snap to Absolute Value regardless of the ‘Snap to Absolute Value’ status.
* This is especially useful when performing edits, if previously, you have written Automation Data via Touch or Latch modes on the fly and need events to trigger precisely on the beat. Bypass or Solo are good examples.
-MC-
Tags: Arrange, Automation, Time
1) With the Tempo Track visible, set locators to fit the Tempo Changes that you want to copy, beginning at the first tempo change and ending at the last tempo change… (in the example below there is a tempo change at every 1/16 note position from bar 129 to bar 161).
2) Click on the Tempo Track Header (Mouse Tool changes to Hand ‘Grabber’) to SELECT the Tempo Changes inside Continue reading »
Tags: Arrange, Global Tracks, Tempo, Time
1) Open the Tempo Operations Function via Options > Tempo > Tempo Operations
2) Select ‘Scaling Existing Tempo Changes’ from the Operation Menu and choose a range in position (bars, beats, divisions) or by time
(I have whacked in some tempo changes in the tempo track for demo purposes and Continue reading »
Tags: Arrange, Automation, Global Tracks, Tempo, Time
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