Thanks Jono had no idea how great Live Loops were great video and very inspiring
@jonobuchananmusic16 сағат бұрын
Great, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks
@brianhanington47021 сағат бұрын
Brilliant. Thank you!
@jonobuchananmusic19 сағат бұрын
Thanks Brian. You're welcome.
@akulm182921 сағат бұрын
A bit crazy - yes - but very creative and worth exploring all the possibilities. Who still needs a modulation matrix with all these options that Logic provides! Thanks for the insight and explaining all of this.
@jonobuchananmusic19 сағат бұрын
My pleasure. Thank you!
@JeffyGКүн бұрын
Love your commitment to Logic capabilities like Live Loops, despite its limited adoption. Seems Ableton dominates the loops/scenes approach to music, even though Logic does it very well - plus it’s easy to migrate to/from track style. I’m a 25+ year Logic guy and I play with Live Loops from time to time. Sometimes I’ll drag in 20 - 50 loops from a free demo library, and just use the Live Loops GUI to browse and play around. Pretty cool. I always get new ideas, but I’m drawn to the traditional tracks layout, even for EDM or Hip Hop.
@jonobuchananmusic23 сағат бұрын
Thanks Jeffy! Yes, sometimes the best new ideas emerge from a different approach to working, whether that's with new sounds, or a new interface by which to try them out.
@OAK-808Күн бұрын
BTW your Logic Pro Series Playlist is backwards. That means the viewer (me) needs to click up the ist, as opposed to simply letting the play list play in a coherent way
@jonobuchananmusic23 сағат бұрын
We'll look into that. The list has been put together in order to make the latest video the most visible - ie. in the top left-hand corner on the Home and Videos page. But thanks for letting us know. Will and I will discuss!
@OAK-808Күн бұрын
Love you summations at the end of every video ....
@jonobuchananmusic23 сағат бұрын
Thank you.
@billfsmusicКүн бұрын
Excellent example of the power of prime numbers to create an evolving pattern. I saw 3,5,7 and 13. Maybe I missed 11? Thanks for the masterclass! I have been working to use Live Loops for an evolving ambient piece. This will help.
@jonobuchananmusic23 сағат бұрын
The covert 11 sneaked by, unnoticed... ; ) Thanks so much Bill. Glad this was of help.
@fallenleaf24Күн бұрын
Yes, another fantastically demonstrated demonstration.
@jonobuchananmusic23 сағат бұрын
And a wonderfully sentenced sentence in reply. ; ) Thank you so much. Hope all's good with you.
@ranifeКүн бұрын
Hi Jono, long time no see! 😊 It looks like I can finally create the Saw tone I’ve been really interested in by adjusting the modulator or envelope settings. Concepts like LFO still feel a bit tricky, but I’ll keep studying and working on it. Thanks again for another great lesson today!
@jonobuchananmusic23 сағат бұрын
Hello! Hope all's good with you. Glad this episode was of help.
@peterwaringofficialКүн бұрын
Very clever! I’m experimenting already! 👍
@jonobuchananmusic23 сағат бұрын
Great, many thanks Peter. Glad it got the creativity flowing!
@michaelneal900Күн бұрын
the problem with live loops in logic is you cant really use it as a "live looper" like a Boss RC 600 etc
@jonobuchananmusicКүн бұрын
Yes, that's broadly true. But I've definitely enjoyed getting back into it recently and pushing at its edges. It's a really powerful tool despite its name!
@leefoster4171Күн бұрын
Very good randomisation within 4/4 . Excellent syncopation creates an almost 5/4 illusion maybe ? Thank you JB - great ideas for sound design and creativity 👍🏻
@jonobuchananmusicКүн бұрын
Thanks Lee!
@PerplexedMuseКүн бұрын
🤍🤍🤍
@jonobuchananmusicКүн бұрын
Thanks as always.
@FishCowКүн бұрын
Good one Jono. I look forward to making some interesting ever changing drum/percussion loops with this technique. About time I utilized Live Loops. Been avoiding it
@jonobuchananmusicКүн бұрын
Dive in - the pool's a lovely temperature! ; )
@OAK-808Күн бұрын
Great stuff Jono. It's good to see someone use Logic in more creative ways than most others on KZbin
@jonobuchananmusicКүн бұрын
Thank you! Kind words.
@gepettowins3 күн бұрын
how do you edit key commands that involve scrolling? specifically want to change the key commands for zooming using option/shift and scrolling?
@jonobuchananmusic3 күн бұрын
Hi. Thanks for your question. One of our earliest videos covers this very topic! Hopefully this will answer your question: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6Occ5Rop92BhZosi=H1WEklAIsvKWq7du
@theopacalypse3 күн бұрын
I know the face so well from fader pro didn't know you had a channel. So much resources here. This channel is underrated.
@jonobuchananmusic3 күн бұрын
Welcome! Hope the FaderPro content has been helpful. There are new episodes here every Wednesday and a new Short every Saturday. Delighted to have you with us!
@sir4movies3 күн бұрын
Question: Does Velocity control Glissando in the Logic pro Studio Strings samples as well? Because I feel like they control expression and/or modulation.
@jonobuchananmusic3 күн бұрын
No, unfortunately, Glissando control isn't part of the Studio Strings programming. As you've rightly said, Velocity is used within Studio Strings to control dynamics.
@badaegis3 күн бұрын
I legitimately forgot about this. Thanks
@jonobuchananmusic3 күн бұрын
You're welcome!
@KOZGERFWAD4 күн бұрын
Hi Jono! I'm back because I really needed a great bass part and remembered you had posted this viddy!! My bass line also needed a slide and I cannot thank you enough for making my life so much easier with your clear, concise instructions! Thank you!!!
@jonobuchananmusic3 күн бұрын
You're welcome! And welcome back!
@Giannboy14 күн бұрын
Fascinating! Happy to say ver.10.X.X also has some of this feature! (I'll be upgrading soon) Jono, it's like you're leading us through the "hidden tunnels" of Logic Pro! Thanks! Gianni♥
@jonobuchananmusic4 күн бұрын
Great, so glad the videos are proving helpful, Gianni. Hope all's good with you. Thanks as always.
@seminagori8814 күн бұрын
Does anyone know how to export midi files with instrument and automation information in Logic?
@jonobuchananmusic3 күн бұрын
This is an excellent topic for a video. Leave it with me. In the meantime, MIDI files (by themselves), are relatively easily Exported. You can Export your entire project as a MIDI file, or select only the Tracks you want and choose Export > Selected Tracks as MIDI file. These will include all MIDI CC data as well as the notes, so if the Automation you're adding is MIDI CC data within the Piano Roll display, it will be included. That's not true for Logic's own Automation data within the Main Page - this will need Converting to MIDI CC data too to be included in a MIDI file. To do this, select the Automation Lane you want to convert (e.g. Volume). Hold down Option and don't let go! Then click on the Volume parameter in the Track or Region Automation pane in the Track Header. Scroll to a MIDI Controller - say, MIDI Volume (MIDI CC7) - and Logic will ask if you want to Copy/Convert it or just Convert it. Either option will turn the Automation data into a MIDI CC which you can save within your Exported MIDI file.
@seminagori8813 күн бұрын
@@jonobuchananmusic Yes it is! No one has done it before! This is the place I thought I'd find the answer. Thank you so much! It works! The problem was that I had to hold option key through the entire process. Don't forget to include how to export the selected instrument in your video (and maybe articulations too-I'm not sure if that's an extra step).
@JohnLynagh4 күн бұрын
Thats a really useful tip. Nice to get a unique sound just for your tune. Thanks Jono.
@jonobuchananmusic4 күн бұрын
You’re welcome, thanks John.
@andrew6889-p5c5 күн бұрын
A very useful feature buried in an impressively ugly interface. A good reminder to look into these old stock instruments. Thank you.
@jonobuchananmusic4 күн бұрын
Very much so. The ES 2 has a face that only a parent could love (!) but it’s a very capable synth with some intriguing capabilities.
@turtlefeet77225 күн бұрын
you saved my day.
@jonobuchananmusic4 күн бұрын
Now I feel like Batman! 🙏 Glad this was helpful.
@peterwaringofficial6 күн бұрын
And again, more magic is revealed by Merlin Buchanan. Extraordinary. #mindblown
@jonobuchananmusic5 күн бұрын
Goodness, well I’m not sure I deserve that! But huge thanks Peter. I hope all’s great with you.
@trocchiettoski7 күн бұрын
best explanation on the internet that makes understand the use cases to newbe. Please let us know as hardware analog are awesome but have limitations if we can combine the sound IN REAL TIME (playing the synth) of another digital synth in logic and the analogic synth(for ex minilogue xd) via a trackstack so that we can improvise new sonorities
@jonobuchananmusic6 күн бұрын
Thanks for the kind words. Absolutely, you can do this. Create your External Instrument track as explored in this episode, then create one or more Software Instrument tracks using plug-in synths. Then select all of those Tracks and create a Track Stack. If you then click on that Track Stack in the Main Page and play some notes, all of those Tracks will trigger together, creating a monster synth! You can also do this using the MIDI In routing capabilities in Logic 11. I've made a couple of videos about that too. Part 1 is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mX_IhYiIaK55fpo and Part 2 is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoWUloyufpZop6M
@trocchiettoski6 күн бұрын
@@jonobuchananmusic this is fantastic you made my weekend!
@rlegnini7 күн бұрын
But how do you play articulations in real time instead of manufacturing a part after the fact with tons of tedious editing?
@jonobuchananmusic7 күн бұрын
Via Key Switches from Note C0 upwards.
@danielnice16957 күн бұрын
Christ on a biscuit, once again the mysteries of the track window unfold before me. Had been looking for articulation in the piano roll. Did not know I had to load it in. What would I do without you, Jono👌🏻
@jonobuchananmusic7 күн бұрын
You're welcome, Daniel!
@KOZGERFWAD8 күн бұрын
Thank you so much JB!
@jonobuchananmusic8 күн бұрын
You’re welcome!
@mohanshiva_musical8 күн бұрын
Hpw to convert all. Pattren into multi track audio files for mixing
@jonobuchananmusic7 күн бұрын
If you're working with Drum Machine Designer, this Instrument is arranged as a Track Stack in Logic's Main Page. Click the arrow next to the Drum Machine Designer kit name so that the Stack opens to reveal the Lanes for each piece of the kit. Click on the first of these tracks (probably the Kick) and then hold down Command before clicking on each sequential Track until all of the ones you're using are selected. Then go to File > Export and about two-thirds of the way down the list you'll see (x) Tracks As Audio Files. The x will be whichever number of Tracks you've selected. In the following window, don't Normalize the Volume of the Tracks as you Export them.
@evancaldwell78148 күн бұрын
Remember to hit 👍
@jonobuchananmusic8 күн бұрын
👍😉
@andrew6889-p5c8 күн бұрын
Another great one. Thank you. It’s a pity there isn’t a more “natural” way to apply these articulations. Going note by note with a mouse on the piano roll makes it tough get a feel for how to apply each articulation. Maybe if they could be triggered and recorded using a midi controller (perhaps with the pads) someone could play around until they found something that felt right. Is that possible? As a purely philosophical comment. I don’t like the idea of programming bass to make it “sound real” or “sound human”. It’s sound. It’s real. If it’s monotonous and inexpressive then it sucks. But my opinion is that it’s a mistake to try and make a virtual instrument trick someone into sounding “real”. Anything that makes sound is a real instrument. And faking something never makes for interesting music. But this video is useful, because these articulations can be used to make the bass part more expressive and interesting.
@jonobuchananmusic7 күн бұрын
Hi Andrew. Thanks as always for your thoughtful insight. I haven't explored the way that Apple do Articulation Switching for their own Sampled Instruments as they arrive 'pre-loaded' but I suspect they're Key Switches, which means that if you have a multi-octave controller keyboard, or you want to map those Articulations to a set of pads, you can play them in real time, which will save having to do it in post-production. I broadly agree with you in terms of what you've said about 'authenticity' and 'real-sounding' approaches to Sampled Instruments, though I think there is a difference between working with sounds which are taken from recordings of real instruments (sampled instruments, in other words) and much more evidently electronic sounds. You're right, everything is sound, but in some ways those tools have been created for slightly different purposes in most musical contexts. And in the world of media music where samples are a time-saving and budget-necessary choice, learning how to make them sound 'authentic' is part and parcel of the job. Every composer would tell you they'd far rather turn their Studio Bass and Orchestral arrangements into live recordings but there are many reasons why this isn't always possible. But I certainly agree that Instruments like Studio Bass should be thought of for far more than their ability to 'sound real'.
@andrew6889-p5c7 күн бұрын
@@jonobuchananmusic I agree with all this. Thank you.
@kaotic_10778 күн бұрын
I keep trying to do the glissando effect but it doesn’t seem to work is there a setting i might have missed that you turned on? I think my problem might be with the forced legato but i’m really getting stuck
@jonobuchananmusic8 күн бұрын
Hi. Which sample library are you using?
@kaotic_10777 күн бұрын
@@jonobuchananmusic i was just using the base logic pro sounds.. violins 1 i believe
@jonobuchananmusic5 күн бұрын
@@kaotic_1077 Thanks for confirming. Logic's sampled Strings don't feature the Legato capabilities explored in this video, unfortunately. I'm using a Spitfire Audio string library in this video.
@BarthF8 күн бұрын
Thanks for this very instructive video, Jono! This new bass gives us a lot of possibilities which I certainly will be using from now on. Thanks again!
@jonobuchananmusic8 күн бұрын
Great, many thanks BF.
@bani_daciu8 күн бұрын
I hope studio acoustic guitar will be available soon
@jonobuchananmusic8 күн бұрын
That does seem like a likely addition to the Studio Instruments at some stage!
@leefoster41718 күн бұрын
Wonderful - At one point I thought you were going to go all Mick Karn ( Japan ) on us 😃 . Great Stuff JB
@jonobuchananmusic8 күн бұрын
Thanks Lee. Ha! Next time... ; )
@JohnLynagh8 күн бұрын
Very interesting articulations. This video reminded me to revisit the articulations on some of the studio strings, which aren't too bad for a beginner orchestral programmer. Thanks Jono. Oh and by the way ..... Jazz. NIce I do love a double bass, my profile pic is the give away! kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6S0iq2mhK2jn80. (couldn't resist)
@garygimmestad42728 күн бұрын
It’s a good thing that we can’t create a fully convincing live player with samples and a battery of articulations. But, it’s also a good thing that we can introduce human elements into sampled instruments if only because it causes us to make decisions which require a deeper understanding of what real musicians do. But also, in certain circumstances, close enough works. I’ve done a fair share of pre-recorded incidental music for small, low-budget theatrical productions using sampled instruments. Just one example: I scored a show with several scenes in Paris for which I created a French cafe trio featuring an accordion. I took an accordion lesson, telling my teacher that I just needed to get a feel for the instrument so that I could maximize the human qualities in my sampled recordings. I worked out my melodies on a borrowed accordion, playing them very badly but establishing accordion phrasing and dynamics. Then I replicated those phrases and articulations on my sampled accordion, playing them on a keyboard. Would live have been better? Without question, of course. Not in the budget. There’s an ad from 50s American TV which ended with, “Only her hairdresser knows for sure.” I was able to make the scenes work. Like your bass line. As always, thanks for your excellent instruction. Cheers.
@jonobuchananmusic8 күн бұрын
Thanks so much for sharing that experience, Gary. I couldn't agree more. Whenever the 'real thing' is available, it will always improve productions immeasurably. But sadly, for all kinds of reasons (usually deadlines and budget), we do have to make do with samples. And if driving those a little harder by learning their nuances carefully helps, great! I completely agree that the added benefit is getting to know the capabilities of that instrument a little better too.
@Waldo_Ilowiecki8 күн бұрын
Useful as always. You are our benefactor. You prove that expensive plugins are not necessary for production. ❤️ In fact, I really like plugins. I have over 2 thousand 😂 of them, but I am increasingly inclined to use plugins from Logic and a few dozen from outside.
@jonobuchananmusic8 күн бұрын
Hello! I hope all's good with you. And thanks as always for the kind words. There's no doubt that focusing on one set of plug-ins does force us all to learn their capabilities fully. And if we then apply that knowledge to third-party plug-ins, that's all good too!
@seijichampollion17578 күн бұрын
yeay
@jonobuchananmusic8 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@benkamble23808 күн бұрын
Awesome. Thanks Jono.
@jonobuchananmusic8 күн бұрын
My pleasure! Thanks Ben.
@theonlypariah9 күн бұрын
Hi, Jono. So I’m having an issue that is similar but a little different then the issue that your experiencing. It’s a little hard to explain but I’ll try my best to explain it to the best of my ability. So as of right now, I have Logic Pro opened and I’m currently creating a song. I have 2 tracks made. 1 for the beat & 1 for my main vocal. And down below in my mixer, I have 6 mixer tracks being shown. 1. The Beat 2. My main vocal 3. My Reverb Send Track 4. My Noise Gate Send Track and then 5. The Stereo Out Track with #6 being the Master Slot Track. Inside of my main vocal track (Audio FX Slots) I have a Channel EQ, DeEsser 2, Compressor and Auto-Tune. Mind you, my vocal track is completely empty…Without anything being recorded under the vocal track, For some odd reason (inside of my headphones) Me actively singing with (Input monitoring) on, the left side of my headphones where my Input Sound is being played back through is noticeably a lot louder then the right side. So long story short, with everything I describe of my studio session right now, the left side of my headphone speaker is a lot louder than the right side and it’s not my headphones themselves, I’ve checked. It’s literally just the track itself, I noticed it would simultaneously fade over as I added each (Audio FX) to my (Audio Effect Slot)…Any Answer on why this is happening and the best solution of how to fix it without messing anything up?
@jonobuchananmusic8 күн бұрын
Hi. There are several reasons why this might be happening, so this one is tough to diagnose via text! But, my best guess is that it sounds as though the Audio Track you're using to record your vocals is a stereo track and that your microphone is plugged into Input 1 (ie the left side of that stereo track), which means that the left channel is loud and the right channel is quiet(er). If you're recording vocals with a single microphone (which is how most vocal recordings are made), remove all of the Insert Effects on your current vocal Audio track and then click the button to the left of the Input routing at the top of the channel strip for your Vocal channel so that it's a mono track, which looks like a single circle. If that doesn't fix the problem, bypass all of the effects channels and make a recording of your voice. Play this back, solo'd, and check whether, on playback, the sound is biased to the left. If it's not, turn on the first Insert effect you're using and see if this biases it towards the left. Keep repeating this process with each subsequent plug-in to see if any of them are introducing a treatment which is biased to the left-hand side. But my best guess is that you're working with a stereo track which, for vocals, you don't need to be. I hope that helps.
@AdrianLesher10 күн бұрын
Somewhat important: The Valve, Punch and Transparent options do not work with Intel Macs.
@jonobuchananmusic9 күн бұрын
That is indeed important to know. Many thanks Adrian and sorry to hear that's the case. The only 'official' minimum system requirement is Ventura 13.5 or newer. Which OS are you running?
@@AdrianLesher That's really frustrating. Are there other features in Logic 11 which your machine isn't able to access?
@danielel919110 күн бұрын
Hi there Jono, I am presently taking your course (orchestration) on line in Teachables and I am having real problems doing a simple command you seem to do very easily in your Logic Pro project. It's the part where you copy a region into another midi track and then add another region from another track into it to edit both music lines. You say to select and copy the first region to the new midi instrument track and then just select and copy the next one in the track below and drag it into the same new instrument track and do command J to insert the 2 regions into one track and then be able to edit them in the editor. I have tried for an hour to do that and I get an error message saying I can't join them because there is only one region. So it seems like whatever I am doing, the second region is not appearing in the track with the first one. What I did to get around is duplicate both tracks and regions into new tracks and regions and then I was able to select them both and join them. I then have to delete the duplicates which is kind of a drag... Anyways, I did not find a place where I can interact with you in the course so I am reaching out in this video. Thanks
@jonobuchananmusic9 күн бұрын
Firstly, thank you so much for signing up for the Teachable course. I hope that it's proving useful to you. Secondly, there is a Community page on Teachable where you can post any queries, comments or join in any discussions, including starting a topic of your own. I don't mind answering questions here on KZbin at all but I'm hoping that, over time, the Community page will become a valuable place where everyone can help, advice and get the information they need, as the range of courses there expands and the questions become specific to those courses. The link to the Community page is here: jbmusic.community.teachable.com/ Now, let's see if we can get this issue fixed! As you have said, it's important to note the difference between Tracks and Regions. In many of the musical examples on the course, I've joined together two Regions and, if I've read your question correctly, this is the technique which isn't quite working for you. Everything I'm about to suggest will only take 2 minutes, so please try this to see if it works. Open up a new, completely empty Logic Project. Create a Software Instrument track for any instrument you like and then press 'T', which will bring up the Toolbox. Select the Pencil Tool and click anywhere on that first track to create a new, empty Region. It will only be a Bar long and it won't contain any notes. Then, still using the Pencil Tool, create another empty Region a few bars later, leaving a gap between the two Regions. And then create one more Region on the same track a few bars later again. Now you should have 3 regions, all separated by a few empty Bars. Press 'T' again and select the Pointer Tool. From the error message you're getting, it feels like this next part is going to be most relevant to your query, as it sounds like you only have one Region selected before you're trying to join two Regions. To join Regions 1 and 2, you need to select them both whilst NOT selecting Region 3. There are a couple of ways you can do this. The first is to click once on the first Region, hold down Shift and then click on the second Region. This will highlight the first two but leave the third one un-highlighted. Let go of 'Shift'. If you then press Command-J, Regions 1 and 2 will join together and the gap between them will become part of the Region, meaning you'll have one long region, followed by your original third Region. To practice joining these again, click anywhere (apart from on either of the Regions) in the Main Page to de-select the Regions, then click on the first long Region, hold down Shift, select the short second Region to highlight it and then let go of Shift again. Now use Command-J to join them. Hopefully all of that works. But that's all on one track! Press Command-Z to undo a few steps until you've got your 3 empty Regions back as they were when you created them. Create a new Track by pressing + at the top of the Tracks area. Again, select any Software Instrument. Next, you're going to copy the first Region on Track 1 to Track 2. To do this, click once on the first Region to highlight it. Then hold down 'Option' and don't let go. Use your mouse to drag the first Region down to the second track and you'll get a copy of it directly underneath the first Region on Track 1. Only when you've finished dragging it with your Mouse or Trackpad can you let go of 'Option'. If you do that too soon, you'll move the Region instead of copying it. Do the same thing with the third Region - copy it to Track 2. Then, let's Join together the copied Regions 1 and 3 on Track 2. This time we're going to select them in a different way, rather than using the Pointer Tool to click and select Regions. I want you to use your Mouse to click and hold anywhere you like in the empty Main Page area under your two Tracks. In that dark grey empty space below your regions, click and hold down your Mouse button whilst dragging outwards. This will create a 'box' which you'll see as a blue area as you drag outwards. Let go of your Mouse click and it will vanish and you'll need to click and start again. Anything which you 'click and drag over' with a blue Box like this will auto-select. So I'd like you to select those two new Regions on Track 2 using a highlight Box, until they're both highlighted. Then, let go of your Mouse and use Command-J to join them together. Hopefully you can now return to your main project and use these techniques. If not, please let me know via the Community Page in Teachable and I'll happily help you out.
@danielel91919 күн бұрын
@@jonobuchananmusic Thank you very much for this and hopefully it will work. By the way, I just love your course! The delivery and contents are amazing so I am hooked to teachable!
@jonobuchananmusic9 күн бұрын
@@danielel9191 Thank you so much. Do let me know if you need any more help and feel free to start a new thread in the Community Page on Teachable if you'd like to about this or any other topic relating to the course.
@Hammerman4810 күн бұрын
It amazes me how you glide around that mini keys keyboard.
@jonobuchananmusic9 күн бұрын
Thanks so much!
@Hammerman489 күн бұрын
@@jonobuchananmusic I'm a guitarist but have enough piano skills to use in recording....but mini keys I never quite got on with.
@tomlewis474811 күн бұрын
I spent a day and a half with studio piano immediately after it came out. I was really hoping it was going to be an improvement. It sounded pretty good. But I was significantly disappointed by it. It wasn't really any better than what I already had. Not nearly as good. Then I compared it to what I already had. That sounded a lot better than studio piano, and what might be surprising about that is what I typically use as my standard lead instrument is the standard pianos in Logic. I've found ways to make them sound much better than the raw versions of the patches, or the gussied up samples in studio piano. In particular, if you take the Steinway grand, which is a Steinway D, and layer that with the Bosendorfer, lower the gain by 4.6 dB on that, use the velocity processor to change the dynamics of both to match, pan the Steinway six clicks to the left and the Bosey 8 clicks to the right, that blows studio piano completely out of the water. (There are a couple notes that are too soft or too loud in those patches as delivered, so the best way to cure that is go into the sampler and fix each note to where it really should be, then save that.) The Steinway by itself sounds a little harsh in the fourth octave, but when you layer the Bosey underneath, which has more of a woody, mellow sound, you get a piano sound that has the attack of the Steinway and the body of the Bosendorfer, and it sounds light years better than either of them by themselves, if EQ-ed properly. Other than the upright, the pianos in studio piano are all just standard Steinways. And they don't sound really any different from the Steinway that's been a part of Logic for over a decade, because they aren't any different. It wouldn't surprise me if they aren't using the exact same samples. All studio piano does is put a pretty interface over the top. Pretty much the same thing studio strings does. The already existing pianos in Logic are already 'stereo miced' in that as the keys get higher from middle C, every three keys are a click panned farther to the right in MIDI, and in the notes below middle C every three keys are a click panned further to the left in MIDI. If you want them to sound like one mic, completely monaural, that can happen very easily. You don't need studio piano to do that. In anything other than just solo piano, especially any mix that has any sort of density (and it doesn't have to be that dense), the bells and whistles, pedal noise, key noise, release samples, sympathetic resonance, etc. do nothing but clutter the mix and make it less clear. Pedal noise, key noise, and release samples are actually defects.They are therefore essentially useless in almost all genres. And if you really want sympathetic resonance, you can layer in the Electro Harmonix patch which simulates that beautifully, and allows you to control how much there is. and if you want the clickiness of key noise to give it a little more attack, you can easily and effectively add that using the Enveloper plug-in. And all the other things, panning, compression, delay, reverb, etc., are all still available whether you use studio piano or not. Arpegiator? Please. Nothing could be more boring than that. It's about as sophisticated and creative as a drum machine from 1982. The only valid use for that would be to cure insomnia. It's in no way a shortcut to creativity, because there are no shortcuts. There are other acoustic piano patches that also are very good and can be used, but those are not in studio piano and those are not in Logic. If you want an acoustic piano as a lead instrument, sometimes a better choice is The Grandeur, which has harmonics almost like a female soprano voice. It just soars above, and cuts through the densest mix. It's well worth the hundred bucks. Sometimes I'll layer that into that combination I mentioned earlier of Steinway and Bosey. That's 1000 times better than studio piano could ever dream of being. There are eleven velocity layers. Not two. There are over 2,500 samples. When they recorded The Grandeur they blocked off traffic for blocks in London for weeks (which is why $100 seems like a bargain). I also have a patch from Korg called 'compressed piano' which has a nice tack piano sound to it. But studio piano? Meh.
@jonobuchananmusic10 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing your experiences/choices. I’m by no means suggesting Studio Piano is a silver bullet but I do think that it has some qualities which I don’t hear in Logic’s other piano options, particularly its upright piano. But it’s a range of opinions which keeps the creative world turning!
@jeunese11 күн бұрын
I find that the more tracks I have, the more likely a mix is to clip, and yet the overall LUFS are pretty low. I'm so confused about why this happens or how to fix it.
@jonobuchananmusic10 күн бұрын
Sorry you’re having that problem. This is something I’ll happily revisit in future episodes. Remember that there are a lot of ways of measuring volume, some of which are transitory and others of which are averaged over a long period of time, including the entire length of a track. So it’s absolutely possible to have temporary spikes which clip at the same time as a relatively low average LUFS reading. A range of dynamics tools exist for regulating volume (alongside volume Automation itself), which can help tame spikes.
@RGMusicStudio202412 күн бұрын
Never cease to amaze me mi Hermano! Gracias 🙏🏼
@jonobuchananmusic11 күн бұрын
De nada! 🙏
@RGMusicStudio202411 күн бұрын
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@JDozza12 күн бұрын
Save yourself the hassle; buy Ableton Live or Maschine. You can set a scale and play without thinking.