Logic Pro 11 - #02 Audio Interface Setup, I/O Buffer and Digital Audio Fundamentals

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Welcome to part 2 of my "Logic Pro 11 Essentials" course! In this video I cover the following: 1. What is an audio interface? 2. How to set up an audio interface in Logic Pro 11 3. What is I/O buffer size and how does it affect recording and processing 4. Digital audio fundamentals - file type, bit depth and sample rate Check out Boombox, the sponsor of this video ➛ bit.ly/boomboxsponsor For mixing/mastering work, contact me at my website ➛ carneymediagroup.com Follow MusicTechHelpGuy on Instagram ➛ instagram.com/musictechhelpguy Chapters: 0:00 Overview 2:23 Sponsor Segment 3:28 Audio Interface Setup 4:35 I/O Buffer Size 6:19 File Type 7:33 Bit Depth 9:35 Sample Rate 12:50 Output Test 13:54 Test Recording

[@JoelStephen]

I'm enjoying learning through these videos.

[@kbee33]

thank you SO much for these tutorials!!

[@danielgreen9676]

Very clearly presented. Nice!

[@MERAKIcasper]

Thank you for putting these videos out you’re amazing! I just jumped into recording while hoping for the best and now that my rush for recording has calmed down I’m learning the essentials of understanding Logic X. You’re making it so much easier ❤️

[@rennaz4880]

Thank you so much!

[@DudAstral]

Thanks!🎉

[@RichardMarshall-g1i]

Great video. I’m and old school guy. I recently bought an Roland FA06 and a model 12 digital recorder.But I noticed my kids could edit better and faster within Logic. So now I have Logic X. I’ve heard that I can use the Roland as an audio interface

[@ellashapery2148]

Great videos, way less overwhelming than the 12-hour everything in Logic courses. How do I navigate to the Gain setting if I'm trying to set up my new mic and the waveform is super low?

[@frdn314]

Thanks Man very good job .

[@philmedina9523]

Thanks for the videos! What if you have a controller on your midi player, do you still need an interface?

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[@RevJorgeDiaz]

Love your videos man! We use Logic on our Mac mini m2 Pro to record and input monitor our live instruments and vocalists live. From time to time, we’ll get system overload despite have the I/O buffer size at 1024. All other apps are closed and we have 16GB of RAM. Does the multithreading setting impact CPU usage. We currently have it set to Playback and Livetracks.

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

You definitely want it set to "Playback and Live Tracks" to spread the live processing over multiple threads. Your RAM doesn't really matter as much for the application you've described, your processor speed and number of threads is going to be more important for that. If it was an older Mac mini I would say that your processor is too slow, but the new M2's have pretty blazing fast cores and 8 of them. If you are running any plugins live, I would look at swapping out things like Limiters, or plugins like Ozone, ChromaGlow, and other high CPU load plugins. If you're using plugins live I'd stick with simple EQ, compressors and reverbs.

[@RevJorgeDiaz]

@@MusicTechHelpGuythank you so much! The vast majority of plugins we’re using are stock Logic plugins with the exception of 2 Waves plugins: Clarity Vx and Real Tune Real-Time. The heaviest processing we have is on the vocal channels with EQ, Compression, DeEsser and finally the waves plugins. Reverbs and Delay are on a vocal buss. Perhaps we should move some of the vocal channel plugins to the buss?

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Clarity Vx is probably the culprit. Background noise removal is quite CPU intensive. Even some of my iZotope RX11 plugins for noise removal cannot be used in real time. I would think about maybe swapping that plugin out for a finely tuned Gate to gate the background noise when they are not playing/singing. RVox is a pretty good one from Waves that's meant for vocals - one of the only Waves plugins I actually use! Good luck.

[@RevJorgeDiaz]

@@MusicTechHelpGuy thanks again. I’m appreciate your prompt responses.

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[@onyxko]

I don’t have that options on both output device and input device. Only “system setting”

[@stevefranczuz3982]

Is it possible to make logic's output go to the input of FaceTime?

[@didierloncke3796]

Hello i have been following you and I have 2 questions. I am a beginner. I am on audio, devices, and I am trying to change the input and output to my scarlett interface and somehow it won't let me, it only says SYSTEM SETTING ? It worked before so i am lost...Can you help me ? Also, i am been told that i have max the number of tracks 1000 ???

[@jonperrett1087]

Probably important to add that when recording be in "Pre fader" metering. It displays the "actual" level of the recording.

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

If your audio track is in record enable mode, the meter automatically switches to pre-fader. No need to switch over. Even if your volume fader is all the way down, you'll still see a pre-fader meter in record enable mode.

[@jonperrett1087]

@@MusicTechHelpGuy Okay.... I didn't know that. I'll give it a test run.... Cheers for that.

[@jonperrett1087]

@@MusicTechHelpGuy Yep. And I thought I knew everything about Logic...... Thanks again.

[@jonperrett1087]

@@MusicTechHelpGuy It's the dame for Studio One too. All these years I have been doubling my workflow...... Cheers Legend.

[@musicbytopazthyme4367]

Just purchased this tutorial and unfortunately, this #02 video and several others are missing from the download. I attempted to contact you directly to find out what the issue is. Has anyone else run into this issue? Thanks!

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

I just responded to your email. This is a download error on your end. I have double-check the download and all 32 videos are present.

[@artyschopy]

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