Logic Pro #21 - Additional Edit Tools: Scissors, Fades, Batch Fades, Gain Tool & Others

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

One clarification I wanted to make with the Zoom tool modifier key around the 11:33 mark. There are actually TWO zoom modifier keys, and I've shown both on the channel over the years in different videos. If you hover your mouse over a region, you have to press control-option in order for the zoom modifier to work, as I demonstrated in this video. However, if your mouse is NOT hovering over a region, you can simply hold option and this will toggle the zoom tool.

[@andreashelly3718]

Thanks! It goes without saying that you should be paid for all the valuable work you put into these excellent teaching videos. But I'm saying it. I am using the heck out of these. Can't thank you enough.

[@rodrigovazquezoficial]

I'm from Brazil and I'm impressed with how good you are at explaining complex things. God bless you and your loved ones! Cheers from Brazil.

[@perevicco]

Your videos are very wonderful.. you exemplify teaching and organisation. Prior to finding your channel, I had no sense of order for quite a long time on learning to use Logic, I wanted to follow a series from top to bottom and that's what your free resource has given.. Thank you, your work is worth a lot.

[@DanMia-cd1bm]

the method of teaching here is second to none..frankly, the grammar and diction are first rate and that matters..thx

[@wadegregory7378]

As someone who has dabbled in Logic for many years, these videos are simply amazing. Half the time it’s confirming what I already know and helping to consolidate prior knowledge, but the other half is amazing efficiency tips that will save literally hours upon hours of workflow improvements. I always write a post-it note after watching your videos, stick it to my monitor, and try to use your suggested keyboard shortcuts & tips. You make me a better producer - thank you! Can someone please buy this guy a beer already?! 🍺😊

[@TheWolfCub71]

That last bit about gain and volume differences was so well stated. I had a cloudy understanding of exactly the difference until now. Thanks Josh! It’s going to help me get good tone dialed in more quickly on my Helix Rack too!

[@manewry66tw]

The volume of information per video is exactly right.

[@RobertCharlesMann]

The gain tool does indeed work work on MIDI regions! It will relatively increase or decrease the velocity of all notes within a region.

[@germy2011]

Thanks Josh! I appreciate you showing initial things but showing us the most efficient way of doing something. You are a godsend to many people. Thank you for all your time and attention for other people. Hope you have a happy new year

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

In this video, I demonstrate the following: 1. How to use the Pencil, Eraser, Text, Scissors, Glue, Solo, Mute, Zoom, Fade and Gain Tools. 2. Secondary shortcuts for each of the above tools. 3. How to slice and repurpose loops with the Scissors tool. 4. How to use Solo Mode. 5. How to use fade shortcuts, and speed up/slow down fades. 6. How to apply batch fades in the region inspector. 7. How to use the Gain Tool and explain the difference between "gain" and track "volume". Support the sponsor of this video, Boombox | bit.ly/boomboxsponsor For mixing/mastering work, contact me at my website | carneymediagroup.com Follow MusicTechHelpGuy on Instagram | instagram.com/musictechhelpguy Support the channel on Patreon | patreon.com/musictechhelpguy Demo project used in this video | www.logicproguide.com/downloads Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:10 Sponsor Segment 1:47 Pencil Tool 3:31 Eraser Tool 4:06 Text Tool 4:45 Scissors Tool 7:36 Glue Tool 8:20 Solo Tool, Solo Mode 10:38 Mute Tool 11:14 Zoom Tool 11:56 Fade Tool, Fades & Crossfades 14:52 Speed Up & Slow Down Fades 16:00 Batch Fades & Crossfades 19:05 Gain Tool 21:14 Gain vs. Track Volume

[@bassManDavis1953]

Fantastic, can’t wait for how you use articulation really enjoying these tutorials and not watching any others at the moment! So much is being covered and I’m finally learning tons!

[@thewhitbyfox]

Another in depth and perfectly explained tutorial.

[@MrPovilytis]

These tutorials are just insane. So simple, informative and profesionally done. Thanks a lot! In all topics i’m able to find something very useful 🤗🤗🤗

[@thierrymeuris8042]

Again a nice tutorial. I was wondering if adding gain affects the signal quality in a bad way, since it's a digital gain increase? Many thanks and keep up the great tutorial work!

[@brucehathcockmusic]

Really cool man thanks for this video. Great tips .

[@BCE-111]

Thanks! Happy New Year!

[@ahmedhassan6973]

thank you helpguy, i'm following you and ive learned alot from you, Many Many thanks indeed

[@madness8556]

Your Logic Pro videos are certainly the best resources that I've found on KZbin! I'm coming from Protools after over 20 years thanks to Avid's corporate fascist subscription plans and find audio editing in Logic very cumbersome compared to what I got used to in Protools with its different editing modes and easy cut/cooy/paste/fade without having to actually change tools. What's your advice regarding getting Logic to be more Protools like with regards to audio editing and, yes, I know that it's a very different DAW in this regard. I am very comfortable using Logic for midi production and editing and found midi editing very cumbersome in Protools! Keep up the fantastic work Josh!

[@ehabhaniyah8634]

Great tutorials Thank you man for your effort !

[@vewilli]

Very useful again, especially the info for the fade-tool. Thanks so much. 👍🏻👏🏻🙏🏻

[@gianni1646]

For me the most interesting part of this video is the fade tool and all it can do. Also the pencil tool for drawing automation “curves” as opposed to stepped automation. Very useful for dynamic velocity changes. All in all another great tutorial! Once you learn all the tools from the drop down menu, you can start using the shortcuts to speed up your workflow. Thanks Josh! ❤ P.S. Are you planning on getting into “Latch” and “Touch” down the line?

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Yes, we will get to automation pretty soon. Toward the end of the "essentials" portion of this series.

[@ekpahadiladka4155]

Just 700 likes? People, what are you doing to this channel? It needs much love!!

[@birdsiview6845]

The pencil tool might not be so accurate at drawing in animation values. If you draw values for volume from 0 to 80 to 0 , can you instantly copy those values throughout the entire region or track?

[@austinmurphy3933]

Re the end why can't you take the gain back though i.e. use a minus figure for the gain?

[@dafingaz]

Incredible!

[@brashair7652]

Actually I have found the mute tool to be very useful when I’m composing new music and haven’t decided whether or not to keep certain regions in the mix. It allows me to work through the mix until it sounds just right to me, then in the final mix I clean it up by deleting those regions that are still muted.

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

I usually just press control M for that. But I can definitely see how it would be useful if you are going through and muting many regions all at once. The shortcut would actually be slower there for sure.

[@JantineOmta]

Thank you!!

[@HenryJansen59]

When using the Gain tool, can automation be added to the line?

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Unfortunately, no. Automation can only be added with volume. However, as a workaround, you could write in volume automation on the track, put the track in a summing stack, and that would function similarly as automated gain.

[@skmakka3166]

Amazing big thank you

[@DavidRavenMoon]

Another use for the Eraser tool is to remove extra points in an automation curve. Regarding recording guitar and bass; I have to disagree about your input gain settings. I always set the gain on my interface high enough so strumming a chord hard makes the clip light flash, and then back it off. You get better signal to noise ratio, and a fuller tone. If your interface has a high impedance instrument input, which you need for a passive guitar, that’s usually about 1M. The impedance doesn’t change with the gain setting. I had a Trace Elliott bass amp that worked exactly like this. You were instructed to crank the gain until the clip light came on, and then back it off. My Hartke LH500 doesn’t even have adjustable gain. It’s fixed with the volume control serving as a master. Keep in mind that gain adds to your signal. Volume can lower the signal.

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

I've had 3 mixing clients in the past couple years that I've had to tell them they need to re-record all of their guitar parts, because they had the input gain cranked so high that the DI signal was unusable, and no amp sim worked. That's why I recommend this. But as I've said in previous videos, I will often boost the gain just a touch with electric guitar and bass in certain situations. A little is fine, a lot is bad. If the input truncates, you can't un-truncate it with volume. Thanks.

[@DavidRavenMoon]

@@MusicTechHelpGuy Yes don’t crack it that high! It should be a nice clean guitar tone. But too low sounds thin and lifeless. Your tone through the treble booster plugin sounded better with the gain increased. That’s what that pedal is supposed to sound like. And of course it has a gain control. I’ve been recording my guitars direct since the 70s. I think I’ve used an amp in the studio twice back in the 80s. 😁

[@__________hugo]

Thanks

[@chsrikanth4509]

Happy new year sri

[@rroades]

Gain tool doesn’t work on take folders, the audio has to be flattened unless I’m missing something. That had me frustrated for a couple days

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Yes, you are correct. Take folders have to be flattened in order for gain or fades to be applied to the composite take, because Logic doesn’t see the take folder as a region.

[@rroades]

@@MusicTechHelpGuy I am rather new, been away from music since the late 80’s. My last DAW was a Commodore 64 and midi sequencer application that I can’t remember the name of, but used to its limits, driving a DX7, Roland S-10, Juno-106, and TR-808 for a small 4-track cassette “studio”. Logic is amazing and sometimes a bit overwhelming. Keep up the good work, it’s even helping old people unfamiliar with the modern capabilities.

[@stevenblack552]

U r the best

[@TheFunnyVille]

are the project links down ?

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Had to move the links over to my website, because KZbin started removing my download links from the description: www.logicproguide.com/downloads

[@MrMorenoMusik]

hi bro nice videos, how are you? .... Listen, I have a question, I recently bought a new computer Mac and I download Logic Pro x, and I'm trying to download my projects that I had on my old computer, which it doesn't turn on anymore, do you think There is a way that I can download those projects from my old computer, in to my new computer ?

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Yes, but you would have to remove the hard drive from the older computer, find a way to hook it up with a SATA to USB adapter, or if it's non-SATA drive, you'll have to find a working adapter for that. I've done this before with old MacBooks that have SATA drives, but the battery or motherboard is bad. You pull out the hard drive, connect it to another Mac with a SATA to USB adapter, and the drive will show up on the desktop just like an external drive.

[@MrMorenoMusik]

@@MusicTechHelpGuy Thks broo 🙏🏼

[@DavidWilliams-nk6hi]

Would like to see Tab using

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

What do you mean by "Tab"?

[@DavidWilliams-nk6hi]

Sorry, I mean guitar tablature notations section of Logic Pro would be interested to learn this part, as there are not lesson on the tablature. I am enjoying all your video, so we’ll explained

[@NirHason]

Tnx!!

[@sbruno636]

:)

[@maisha1350]

i found it really funny when he said "the solo tool is the most USELESS tool"

[@thundersnow819]

yes. most excellent

[@ToniMazzotti]

Thanks! Happy New Year!