Awesome series George! I've just recently recreated my autoload, so it's great to see your workflow/process using it. It's clarifying the TABS workflow for me. Even though I have heaps of 3rd party plugins, I'm also enjoying seeing what can be done with stock Logic ones. I haven't really looked into Alchemy or the Sampler much. That might be about to change!
Great to hear from you again Monique! I’m glad you’re enjoying this series. Really for me it boils down to treating each sound like a color and painting the sounds to work together to create something that feels realistic. You’d probably be shocked at how many ‘old sounds’ from the early sampling days I still use because they sonically can work together if used correctly to create that realistic sound that tricks the listeners ears into believing that they are hearing the real thing. (Or at least something that sounds professionally done) Lots more to come - I was a little awol from here as I moved across the country, but now that I am somewhat settled, I have a lot planned for this channel. Keep in touch!
Great series with great insight. A technical question, what advantage or disadvantage is there to simply making summing track stacks instead of the bussing technique you have set up in your template? I am assuming that you have been using this in Logic before track stacks were a thing.
Great question and great assumption, yes I’ve been using Logic since 1994. To me it boils down several factors: (1) the classic tried and true and still practiced workflow used in recording studios that most professionals cut their records on is an organized workflow based on a mixing board with busses that collect like-kind sounds for pre-mastering processing and aux’s for effecting channels. Great mixers work on boards that have a static workflow and thus can achieve the same desired results time and time again because they are working in a structured environment and the workflow is second nature because it is relies on a static structure which provides for faster consistent workflow. So, the classic way is a mindset of organization. The summing stack while accomplishing a similar result, is a bit clumsier as packing tracks in a sum can slow down the workflow process several ways (a) Can be cumbersome in expanding and contracting summing tracks for performance operations (b) while building a song, if you use summing you have to add subsequent like-kind tracks to that sum along the way, so you have to create that structure on the fly (c) selecting a sum plays all the tracks in that sum which may not be the desired result. Therefore, in my opinion these slow down the workflow process. The next factor (2) is that Logic uses an Aux for the summing track - while technically an Aux and a Bus function the same way in Logic (they are both alternate audio pathways), the traditional view of an Aux is an alternate audio pathway generally used for FX sends. Logic’s Summing Stack’s intent is to function as a mix subgroup, which is traditionally a Bus. In establishing a good workflow, in the Mixer window, you can separate Busses and Aux’s - so with Logic using an Aux to create the mix subgroup convolutes that separation. My workflow and view of tracks, aux’s and busses is exactly the same in every composition that I create, whether it is 3 tracks or 120 tracks. This allows me to get around much quicker and accomplish a consistent end result every time without having to look for where things are. I can open a session from 7 years ago, and the workflow is exactly the same, I don’t have to reverse engineer anything (I will likely have to replace a bunch of outdated plugins though!) My intention is to help people create a consistent, time-saving workflow in creating these videos. Of course, whatever workflow works for you is what you should do, but if I can help improve that in any way, that achieves my goal in creating this channel Hope this answers your question. Thanks so much for commenting - would love to hear your thoughts on this!
@@GGabrielMusic Thanks so much for all you do to help us. I have been in the music industry for over 40 years as a woodwind player but have recently been writing cue music for a library company since 2018. Love this new direction in my career at 64. Hope to do it into my 80s. I like your industry standard concept but I started this path kinda serendipitously and my self taught habits although fairly successful in results (i.e. making money) are hard to break for this old dog. My new years resolution is to incorporate your more organized approach. Thanks again
Please clarify this - not sure what you mean by 'select' - looking at the assignments in the Key Commands, for 'Score' there are only 5 options for 'select' - none of which are notes
hi thiks for Sharing, Merry Christmas !! I have a problem, when I bounce a song I see that my song, RIGHT headphone its low volume nd when I make bigger the audio on logic to check out, I see that the audio track, that the audio file on top its loud (bigger gain) nd the one down its low smaller, any tips ?
I'm not exactly sure what is going on. Are you saying that your bounce is coming out unbalanced? First I would look to see how your LED readout shows on your Stereo Out. That should show you if y7our levels are correct. If it is off balance there, then your bounce will also be off balance. Tell me step by step what is going on and I'll see if I can help.
Awesome series George! I've just recently recreated my autoload, so it's great to see your workflow/process using it. It's clarifying the TABS workflow for me. Even though I have heaps of 3rd party plugins, I'm also enjoying seeing what can be done with stock Logic ones. I haven't really looked into Alchemy or the Sampler much. That might be about to change!
Great to hear from you again Monique! I’m glad you’re enjoying this series. Really for me it boils down to treating each sound like a color and painting the sounds to work together to create something that feels realistic. You’d probably be shocked at how many ‘old sounds’ from the early sampling days I still use because they sonically can work together if used correctly to create that realistic sound that tricks the listeners ears into believing that they are hearing the real thing. (Or at least something that sounds professionally done) Lots more to come - I was a little awol from here as I moved across the country, but now that I am somewhat settled, I have a lot planned for this channel. Keep in touch!
Great series with great insight. A technical question, what advantage or disadvantage is there to simply making summing track stacks instead of the bussing technique you have set up in your template? I am assuming that you have been using this in Logic before track stacks were a thing.
Great question and great assumption, yes I’ve been using Logic since 1994. To me it boils down several factors:
(1) the classic tried and true and still practiced workflow used in recording studios that most professionals cut their records on is an organized workflow based on a mixing board with busses that collect like-kind sounds for pre-mastering processing and aux’s for effecting channels. Great mixers work on boards that have a static workflow and thus can achieve the same desired results time and time again because they are working in a structured environment and the workflow is second nature because it is relies on a static structure which provides for faster consistent workflow. So, the classic way is a mindset of organization.
The summing stack while accomplishing a similar result, is a bit clumsier as packing tracks in a sum can slow down the workflow process several ways (a) Can be cumbersome in expanding and contracting summing tracks for performance operations (b) while building a song, if you use summing you have to add subsequent like-kind tracks to that sum along the way, so you have to create that structure on the fly (c) selecting a sum plays all the tracks in that sum which may not be the desired result. Therefore, in my opinion these slow down the workflow process.
The next factor (2) is that Logic uses an Aux for the summing track - while technically an Aux and a Bus function the same way in Logic (they are both alternate audio pathways), the traditional view of an Aux is an alternate audio pathway generally used for FX sends. Logic’s Summing Stack’s intent is to function as a mix subgroup, which is traditionally a Bus. In establishing a good workflow, in the Mixer window, you can separate Busses and Aux’s - so with Logic using an Aux to create the mix subgroup convolutes that separation.
My workflow and view of tracks, aux’s and busses is exactly the same in every composition that I create, whether it is 3 tracks or 120 tracks. This allows me to get around much quicker and accomplish a consistent end result every time without having to look for where things are. I can open a session from 7 years ago, and the workflow is exactly the same, I don’t have to reverse engineer anything (I will likely have to replace a bunch of outdated plugins though!)
My intention is to help people create a consistent, time-saving workflow in creating these videos. Of course, whatever workflow works for you is what you should do, but if I can help improve that in any way, that achieves my goal in creating this channel
Hope this answers your question. Thanks so much for commenting - would love to hear your thoughts on this!
@@GGabrielMusic Thanks so much for all you do to help us. I have been in the music industry for over 40 years as a woodwind player but have recently been writing cue music for a library company since 2018. Love this new direction in my career at 64. Hope to do it into my 80s. I like your industry standard concept but I started this path kinda serendipitously and my self taught habits although fairly successful in results (i.e. making money) are hard to break for this old dog. My new years resolution is to incorporate your more organized approach. Thanks again
My pleasure! Look forward to more conversations!
Is there a key command to select 1/2 note; 1/4 note; etc in Logic 11's SCORE EDITOR?
Please clarify this - not sure what you mean by 'select' - looking at the assignments in the Key Commands, for 'Score' there are only 5 options for 'select' - none of which are notes
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hi thiks for Sharing, Merry Christmas !! I have a problem, when I bounce a song I see that my song, RIGHT headphone its low volume nd when I make bigger the audio on logic to check out, I see that the audio track, that the audio file on top its loud (bigger gain) nd the one down its low smaller, any tips ?
I'm not exactly sure what is going on. Are you saying that your bounce is coming out unbalanced? First I would look to see how your LED readout shows on your Stereo Out. That should show you if y7our levels are correct. If it is off balance there, then your bounce will also be off balance. Tell me step by step what is going on and I'll see if I can help.