Logic-Pro

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.

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Tags: Arrange, Audio, Channel Strip, Environment, Track

Dealing with unwanted Clicks, Pops & Noise artifacts in Logic is handled by the Silencer Tool in the Sample Editor’s Factory Menu.

Spike Reduction

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

External MIDI Instruments can be routed through Logic Pro’s Mixer and Effects by way of the External Instrument Plug-in.

The resulting track behaves just like an internal Software Instrument.

Notes:

• Realtime Bouncing to an audio file IS possible
• Offline Bouncing to an audio file is NOT possible
• Freeze Function is disabled

Set up Effects Processing for External MIDI Instruments.

1. Connect the Output (pair) of the MIDI Instrument to an Input (pair) on the Audio Interface.
2.  Create a Continue reading »

Tags: Channel Strip, Effects, MIDI

1. Connect an Output (pair) from your Audio Interface with with an Input (pair) on the Effects Processor.
    
2. Connect the Output (pair) of the Effects Processor with the Input (pair) on the Audio Interface.
    
3. Click a free Insert Slot on the the Channel that you want to apply external effects processing and select Continue reading »

Tags: Audio, Channel Strip, Effects, Recording

1. Before you start recording Audio on a machine hosted on the network, make sure that the Audio Recording Path is correct. Either click and hold the Record Button in the Transport bar and Select Recording Settings (Option *) or choose File Project Settings Recording…  You can set the recording path by Continue reading »

Tags: Arrange, Comping, Recording, Region

Very useful when recording or overdubbing a specific area.

It’s even better in Logic Pro 8.xx as a new Take Folder is created if you are recording over a previous take. This let’s you compare the new and previous recordings in a very simple way and build a composite file from the best parts of each take via a process called Comping.

1. Enable Punch on the Fly:

From the Options Menu choose Audio  and select Punch On the Fly  

- or - Click and hold Continue reading »

Tags: Arrange, Audio, Hot-Keys, Punch, Recording