2:00 delete dead space from tracks/regions 3:27 split up a region 4:28 make a copy of audio region in other track 6:04 select region for automation 6:38 process part of region differently from the rest (selection-based processing) 8:42 recap / select region for playback
Tab to transient selection with marquee tool. Since no one seems to have brought it up. click on waveform in track lane or in file editor/track editor and then the left and right arrow keys will select to the next transient, so it's easy to select loops, and that was my 1 feature I missed from tools as well.
I know this video was supposed to be about the Marquee tool, but my head exploded when I saw the Selection-based Processing. I never knew that existed in Logic. Game changer, especially when trying to automate reverb and delay throws.
Your videos are great. A power user talking to other competent Logic users. So useful for reminding us about functions or just letting us know about things we haven’t come across. All your videos have helped my productivity and I’ve been using Logic a long time. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
another nice marquee application: you can marquee, say, 8 bars of a song on ALL tracks. Then you can move, delete, copy etc. this portion of the song. A very quick way of re-arranging a song.
One thing I did not see in your video (but I am sure you knew) was that if you highlight a region, say a middle bar in a track, and then double click it, it automatically splits on the marquee boundaries. WOW! This is a huge time saver for me. I have recently come over from Pro Tools as the software maint costs are too high, and your channel has been invaluable! Thanks so much!
Great Tips.... as a 20 year user of Logic..... still learning new tricks!! But why did the SelectionBasedProcessing example bounce the reverb to Mono, when the track was Stereo??
Ditto. You blew my mind by using the marquee tool in tandem with selection-based processing but then it bounced to mono. I tried it out and had the opposite problem. It went from mono to stereo. I think maybe it's based on whether or not the plugin is set to mono or stereo?
When you make a selection, is there a set of number indicators that show where the in and out is on the timeline? What I'm getting at is; can you define a selection by entering the in/out numbers somewhere, or by playhead placement? You park your playhead at the desired in location, press a function key, then the same for the out. Viola, you have a selection defined for editing. DP has this feature and it's handy when, for one example, you want to define a selection area that spans a large portion of your timeline. Sure, you could reduce the zoom level and drag the marquee tool over everything, but the exact placement of in/out would not be accurate down to the tic. As an alternative to drag-selecting, inputting the in/out bar/beat numbers, or better yet, placing the playhead at the in/out, and hitting your "set in/out selection location" is very useful. Thanks..hope to hear your thoughts on this. All the best.
Thank you. I'll be adding it to my habits. The only reason I wouldn't delete silence or noises preceding a take this way would be to maintain the Snap-to (bar/beat etc); it seems dragging the marquee area by hand may not be accurate enough. Adding the tail reverb 8:12 caused the stereo to go mono but I'm sure there's a way around it. Thanks for the insight and lesson!!
Great relaxed, conversational teaching method. Some good thought went into crafting your points and the quick recap at the end was a nice & useful touch. A pleasure to discover, and very helpful! Subbed--thanks! :)
Great video, and I learned things, but you left one out: you can single-click with the marquee tool on any region (even blank), and it leaves a line from which your playback will start, every time you press play, until you release the line. This actually confused me because I would create a marquee line by accident, and my playhead would jump. I figured it out eventually ;)
@@TC_Conner Yes, so I went into "Preferences > Advanced Tools > General > Editing" and enabled "Marquee Tool Click Zones". Now my cursor is a marquee tool on the lower half section of a region, and a plain cursor on the upper half section, at all times. It's easy to see because the tool changes visually. When you click on *the lower half* of either a region or a blank section of the track with the marquee tool enabled, it creates a small vertical line that you can see, and your playhead will start from that position each time you press play. You can click in the upper half of *any* region (the cursor will appear as a regular pointer tool) to "release" (delete) the marquee line. Just experiment with it a bit and it will become obvious.
This is a very, very informative video. I did use marquee but didn't know half of what it does. I just subscribed, your videos are of exceptional quality.
Longtime Cubase user here. Learning logic more deeply just for a change. The marquee tool is essentially the range tool in Cubase, for anyone else familiar with Cubase.
Thanks! I just bough Logic Pro and was really missing all things I could do fast in Audacity. To speed things up, I was exporting tracks from Logic Pro into Audacity, working with it in Audacity fast, and exporting back as wav files. But it looks like Marquee can do what Audacity has always done - let you work with the wave directly.
Holy crap this is great info !!!! Only problem do, when playing a certain part of the track with the marquee tool, my audio doesn't automatically stop. Plays from the beginning no problem do.
But the last one option will create a mono signal for selection, right? when you select the audio, add an effect, Bbounce and place and then it will be a mono signal? Sorry for my english, hoping to hear an answer. Thanks!
Thank you I'm learning a lot. I am having a problem though, after I apply the effect (Delay) to the end of a the region after setting it up in functions like you show us here, It won't stop cycling even when I turn off the cycle. It seems stuck in the cycle just keeps playing that little part only.
Love all your vids bro, quick question though....do you have a vid on getting vocals to fit perfectly from rap to more harsh vocals such as in metal, like extreme metal? Thanks!
Thanks bro! huge fan of all your vids, they helped me out more than any other mixing and mastering guide on here. Well spoken and straight to the point. Cant wait for that vid (: !
Is there a way o move the marquee (and its position) to other tracks? In Pro Tools you can move it up or down to adjacent tracks. That'd be useful when you need to move the marquee to a transient on one track, then move it to another track to cut/split another track based on the original track's transient...
thanks a lot for this, please , how do you cut selecting marquee tool between 2 portions so that the next portion"glues" (goes back on the left)to the previous one, I don't remember on what keyboard key you click while dragging with the marquee tool and deleting, cause it's very useful for multiple voice over takes, thanks (-;
Oh shit, the automation portion was a god send!
2:00 delete dead space from tracks/regions
3:27 split up a region
4:28 make a copy of audio region in other track
6:04 select region for automation
6:38 process part of region differently from the rest (selection-based processing)
8:42 recap / select region for playback
For me you're the Mr. Rogers of Logic Pro 💜
My mind is blown. I've been using this tool at about 10% of its capacity... until now! Great video!
Once I learned about the Marquee tool I stopped missing Pro Tools.
Tab to transient selection with marquee tool. Since no one seems to have brought it up. click on waveform in track lane or in file editor/track editor and then the left and right arrow keys will select to the next transient, so it's easy to select loops, and that was my 1 feature I missed from tools as well.
@@holdenrains hero comment love it
I know this video was supposed to be about the Marquee tool, but my head exploded when I saw the Selection-based Processing. I never knew that existed in Logic. Game changer, especially when trying to automate reverb and delay throws.
Your videos are great. A power user talking to other competent Logic users. So useful for reminding us about functions or just letting us know about things we haven’t come across. All your videos have helped my productivity and I’ve been using Logic a long time. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
🔥you are amazing... thanks so much
You just save me countless hours of frustration. Thanks for everything you do.
Can't believe I'm just now realizing the capabilities of the marquee tool. The automation tip alone is a game changer for me. Thank you!!
another nice marquee application: you can marquee, say, 8 bars of a song on ALL tracks. Then you can move, delete, copy etc. this portion of the song. A very quick way of re-arranging a song.
super underrated tool
One thing I did not see in your video (but I am sure you knew) was that if you highlight a region, say a middle bar in a track, and then double click it, it automatically splits on the marquee boundaries. WOW! This is a huge time saver for me. I have recently come over from Pro Tools as the software maint costs are too high, and your channel has been invaluable! Thanks so much!
Great Tips.... as a 20 year user of Logic..... still learning new tricks!! But why did the SelectionBasedProcessing example bounce the reverb to Mono, when the track was Stereo??
Same question here!
Ditto. You blew my mind by using the marquee tool in tandem with selection-based processing but then it bounced to mono. I tried it out and had the opposite problem. It went from mono to stereo. I think maybe it's based on whether or not the plugin is set to mono or stereo?
When you make a selection, is there a set of number indicators that show where the in and out is on the timeline? What I'm getting at is; can you define a selection by entering the in/out numbers somewhere, or by playhead placement? You park your playhead at the desired in location, press a function key, then the same for the out. Viola, you have a selection defined for editing. DP has this feature and it's handy when, for one example, you want to define a selection area that spans a large portion of your timeline. Sure, you could reduce the zoom level and drag the marquee tool over everything, but the exact placement of in/out would not be accurate down to the tic. As an alternative to drag-selecting, inputting the in/out bar/beat numbers, or better yet, placing the playhead at the in/out, and hitting your "set in/out selection location" is very useful. Thanks..hope to hear your thoughts on this. All the best.
Had no Idea you could automate with the marquee tool. Thanks for the vid.
You bet!
Thank you. I'll be adding it to my habits. The only reason I wouldn't delete silence or noises preceding a take this way would be to maintain the Snap-to (bar/beat etc); it seems dragging the marquee area by hand may not be accurate enough. Adding the tail reverb 8:12 caused the stereo to go mono but I'm sure there's a way around it. Thanks for the insight and lesson!!
As always, Straight and to the point. Thank you Chris
Great relaxed, conversational teaching method. Some good thought went into crafting your points and the quick recap at the end was a nice & useful touch. A pleasure to discover, and very helpful! Subbed--thanks! :)
Thanks for this! Will be a great help. Never realised how great the marquee tool is!
Great video, and I learned things, but you left one out: you can single-click with the marquee tool on any region (even blank), and it leaves a line from which your playback will start, every time you press play, until you release the line. This actually confused me because I would create a marquee line by accident, and my playhead would jump. I figured it out eventually ;)
It confused me too and can you please explain how to “release the line?”
@@TC_Conner Yes, so I went into "Preferences > Advanced Tools > General > Editing" and enabled "Marquee Tool Click Zones". Now my cursor is a marquee tool on the lower half section of a region, and a plain cursor on the upper half section, at all times. It's easy to see because the tool changes visually.
When you click on *the lower half* of either a region or a blank section of the track with the marquee tool enabled, it creates a small vertical line that you can see, and your playhead will start from that position each time you press play. You can click in the upper half of *any* region (the cursor will appear as a regular pointer tool) to "release" (delete)
the marquee line. Just experiment with it a bit and it will become obvious.
This is a very, very informative video. I did use marquee but didn't know half of what it does. I just subscribed, your videos are of exceptional quality.
Very well structured lesson. I’m subscribed.
Wow!!! You have just saved me so many hours of f*#king around with automation, cutting & pasting etc!! Australia loves you man!! THANK YOU!!
Longtime Cubase user here. Learning logic more deeply just for a change. The marquee tool is essentially the range tool in Cubase, for anyone else familiar with Cubase.
Very good, fantastic clear explanation 👍
Thank you! Tips were very helpful.
Why didn’t I know this already? This might be the most useful Logic tutorial I’ve ever watched.
Wow! Thank you for this
Another great video and well explaind. Keep 'em coming👍
u nailed it thank ,
Awesome facility..... thanks for the insight! You are a great teacher!
Fantastic videos, definitely subscribing
The last two just changed my life--that's going to save me so much time!
This is incredibly helpful! Thanks!
Sooooo cool!!!! Thank you. I'll use this from now on forever.
Yes it does.The marquee is pure gold.
OMG! you answered my most burning questions as a newbie. Deeply grateful sir!
This is so useful. Thanks. I've changed my -click from the scissor tool to the marquee tool. So nice having all of these functions a click away.
that's the kind of video that helps A LOT! thank you
Really excellent useful video thanks 🙏🏽
Great video, I learned a lot , thanks
ok that selection based processsing thing has blown my mind
Great video. Subscribed.
ABSOLUTE GAME CHANGER FOR MY BAD LOGICX HABITS! Subscribed 👍🏻
#4-6 are game changing!!!!!
My new favorite tool!
Thank you so much for this!
Thanks for great tutorials. On your selection based processing, the region became mono. Why is this and can you make the selection based stereo?
That was extremely helpful
AWESOME TUTORIAL!!!
very useful! thank you!
The last two tricks are so useful 🙏
Stoked to help! Thanks for commenting :)
@@WhyLogicProRules Chris, how come the effect at the end rendered in mono?
Best channel for Logic. Thanks
This video is my salvation
Thanks! I just bough Logic Pro and was really missing all things I could do fast in Audacity. To speed things up, I was exporting tracks from Logic Pro into Audacity, working with it in Audacity fast, and exporting back as wav files. But it looks like Marquee can do what Audacity has always done - let you work with the wave directly.
Marquee in automation mode and selection based processing, thank you ❤️
Holy crap this is great info !!!!
Only problem do, when playing a certain part of the track with the marquee tool, my audio doesn't automatically stop. Plays from the beginning no problem do.
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I didn't know you could change the command click cool by holding command before clicking on your tool in the main menu!! thanks
I LOVE learning new things. Thank you. 🙏
Tnks. Very good and helpful info
Thank you! Fantastically helpful to me and others I’m sure👍. Great, Mike
There was a life I lived before I used Marquee tool, and a life after.
Wow... Love this Marquee suddenly! 🤩 Awesome tutorial! ** 4:54 +Shift key to ALIGNED! 😁
Still, superb idea of tips #6 👍🏻
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But the last one option will create a mono signal for selection, right? when you select the audio, add an effect, Bbounce and place and then it will be a mono signal? Sorry for my english, hoping to hear an answer. Thanks!
Great video. Great channel! My fave to LOGIC PRO TIPs.
Immensely helpful. Cheers mate.
Very helpful - Thx!
Brilliant video and great information... well done bro 🤙🏽
Thanks so much!
Marquee tool is also excellent for zooming! Zoom any space and click Shift Z
I love using the marquee tool for tab to transient!
Hell yes! Definitely overlooked that Logic does (indeed) have tab to transient :) Thanks for mentioning!
Why Logic Pro Rules it’s one of the main features that makes Logic AWESOME for editing!
A M A Z I N G!!!! thanks a lot!!!
Great and helpful video…love the “swaths of emptiness “…the name of my new band..wanna be in it?
Great tips! Thank you very much for this. Cheers!
You bet! :)
great tips thanks!
Thank you so much!!!
Thank you I'm learning a lot. I am having a problem though, after I apply the effect (Delay) to the end of a the region after setting it up in functions like you show us here, It won't stop cycling even when I turn off the cycle. It seems stuck in the cycle just keeps playing that little part only.
Ah thank you, the marquee is not so intuitive in logic but now it all makes sense!
So helpful, thanks!
You just saved me hours of work!
Awesome! So glad to help MarkGTR :)
dude wtf selecton based processing is a game changer, cant wait to try out some abstract glitchy processing
Great, thanks for this. Only that selection based processing made the sample mono. but maybe you can insert the reverb as stereo, I don't know
Wondering the same...
Thank you!!!
Whoa I had no idea what that fool did. Thanks so much for sharing it!
very good structure to your lesson
Thanks so much!
Love all your vids bro, quick question though....do you have a vid on getting vocals to fit perfectly from rap to more harsh vocals such as in metal, like extreme metal? Thanks!
Thanks Nekro! I don't, but I'll add it to the docket for upcoming posts :)
Thanks bro! huge fan of all your vids, they helped me out more than any other mixing and mastering guide on here. Well spoken and straight to the point. Cant wait for that vid (: !
Is there a way o move the marquee (and its position) to other tracks?
In Pro Tools you can move it up or down to adjacent tracks.
That'd be useful when you need to move the marquee to a transient on one track, then move it to another track to cut/split another track based on the original track's transient...
One could also use "scissors" to clean up empty space...
Thank you.
Nice! Very Helpful!
Wow ... thanks!
Great stuff, huge help!
Thanks so much promachacker! Happy to help :)
Thanks!!!
damn automation !!!! marquee tool was the answer
So Soked. Thank you
Steve, 🙏we gonna make it man!
We’re not even gonna talk about that slick duplicate shirt cut at 4:47?!?!
thanks a lot for this, please , how do you cut selecting marquee tool between 2 portions so that the next portion"glues" (goes back on the left)to the previous one, I don't remember on what keyboard key you click while dragging with the marquee tool and deleting, cause it's very useful for multiple voice over takes, thanks (-;
this is a game changer to the workflow!