Logic Pro #28 - Sends & Time-Based Effects

[@AndreaRossGreene]

Wow! This was the most thorough description of buses and sends and it’s really helped me to understand them much better. Thanks so much!

[@raeleenikole]

Just wanted to say thank you for what you do! Been watching your vids for years now - easily the most thorough and best explained lessons out there. Also doubt I'm the first person to say this but you have the perfect radio voice lol

[@SufyMusic]

Thanks MusicTechHelpGuy these are fabulous rich tutorials

[@cameronpatrickscott]

back again, far more cogniscent now, just discovered and using waves cla plug ins for the first time, with a helpful run thru from Warren from produce like a pro and a chris lord alge mastering masterclass vid, wow, growth, amizing, and the proofs in tha pudding, thanks again Josh.

[@DavidAlexx]

This is explained so well. I can really follow along! 😊 I'm gonna start binge watching this series 🙏

[@Mujeebmrizvi]

Thankyou so much!!! ❤

[@steviesummers380]

That song is 🔥

[@bassManDavis1953]

Wow! Yet another perfect tuition. Now that’s sends sorted and It’s just what I needed to know how to use it properly. Thank you again for brilliant session.

[@oobesan]

This video and the next one (Logic Pro #29 - Track Stacks & Bus Processing are so incredibly helpful. I watched both twice, because there is so much useful information, so clearly explained. I can't imagine how much time and effort that went into making this series. Thank you!

[@franksilval]

This is a real Logic lesson ...Thank you for this honestly !

[@DanMia-cd1bm]

Absolute Game Changer...Masterful Master Class...Creativity Expanded to Notches Out of Sight..Thx

[@vk-music22]

sir thanks for creating this series again i eagerly watch your lectures and learn a lot this helps me make better production and mixing as well keep blessing us showing gratitude on every video from now keep making such videos

[@JTFuller]

wow dude.... OUTSTANDING TUTORIAL..... Thank you bro... Your tutorials are so informative...

[@DanMia-cd1bm]

Excellent and beyond Excellent Teaching and Excellent Mix with Vocal...Just All Around Greatness.

[@vindsoft]

This is only channel and person who explains pretty smooth to brush up my LPX skills over Cubase. 😊

[@gesslr]

Ha! As I work through these videos, your tutorial song is really growing on me. 🙂 Nice work.

[@NirHason]

Tnx! This series is a tressure!

[@arnoczkyzoltan6158]

I love this one! Thank you for your effort to describe so precisely how things works. This video is essential!

[@spryt-uk]

I am so grateful for your series. It explains every aspect of Logic clearly. I am using what I have learned to improve my production and mixing. Thank you 🙏🤩

[@guzzoofoz]

I’ll need to watch this a few times to soak it in. This is such an awesome program. Thanks for the breakdown. ✌️

[@ClarkWagaman-pw7to]

Excellent..! Your examples of use coupled with the explanation help to bake it in the brain. Visual, auditory, and tactile teaching. You used all three. Wow, very effective. 👍👍

[@matteobevilacqua877]

great lesson! really enjoyed it! thank you ever so much for your amazing content

[@rainierhoeglmeier9786]

Thank you so much all your videos are extremely informative and helpful

[@TigerRichards]

Another great insight into Logic Pro X -- thanks!

[@thewhitbyfox]

Very helpful tutorial for me. I tend to be a bit lazy and use some plugins outside of Logic, forgetting about the greater control/refinement you can get from the Space Designer reverb, ensemble effect and delay for example on vocals. It's all there in Logic. Thank you for guiding me back.

[@Gdogw22]

Sowed me a little game today thank you 🙏🏿 13:04

[@trevorschrotz]

You are a gifted teacher.

[@ScottSmithMusic]

Thanks a lot for breaking the sends w posts e.t.c. down so thoroughly. I Got it! Really appreciate you! Some of these seemingly simple little moves eluded me for so long. 🙏🏼

[@Songwriting]

ُThanks for such an amazing free resource. YOU are an amazing educator. ❤

[@JM-ce3ft]

Tank you for sharing all this knowledge.

[@josephbatonda652]

Many thanks, you are bringing my music knowledge up to the next level

[@PavanSibal]

Very good tutorial.

[@srinivasbabu8434]

God Bless you !!! incredible videos

[@srikeshpillai]

Video I have looking for ages🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@vincent_vidal]

Thanks man! This is really interesting!

[@jimmccall8030]

Super helpful. Thanks !

[@HishamKhalaf1]

You are super. Excellent explanation. Thank you.🏵🌸💐

[@RafaelUnplugged]

This just blew my mind and you didn't even touch base on send on faders lol

[@LennardHarders]

Are you planning on making an in-depth video for Space Designer?

[@hangovergin]

Thanks

[@DanMia-cd1bm]

Masterclass

[@mysterybro100]

Love your tutorials! Please consider naming your Busses...in the I/O window

[@AlessOnFire]

you mean in the mixer window?

[@mysterybro100]

@@AlessOnFire Top of the logic window (screen) under "Mix" you will see I/O labels. Many people don't know/use this feature...I could never live w/o this myself. Only issue is, it a is a global LX preference. All songs will have this naming...

[@cameronpatrickscott]

Cor some parts of this are gonna take a rewatch or two, like, whats the difference between a drummer and a drum machine? with a drum machine you only have to punch the information in once :) i am the sound engineer equivalent of a drummer.

[@vewilli]

Very, very good. I could hear/learn many new things and again I must say I shouldn‘t bought so many 3rd party plugins as the Logic plugins offer almost everything I need. So, thank you for another helpful „tutorial“ for Logic. I think the last (about) third (sending an AUX channel into another one or similar) is a bit difficult for me. I‘ll take me more time to learn and understand.

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

You might still find those 3rd party plugins handy. I use almost none of the stock Logic plugins when I mix for clients. I use the Channel EQ quite a bit, and Logic's metering tools are great. The tape delay I use quite a bit of too. Just think of them as different "flavors" of the same kind of effect. For the aux into an aux, just think of it as adding a little bit of delay signal to the reverb, to make the delays a bit more "blurry" rather than direct echos. I should have solo'ed the effect in the video to make it more clear. Thanks!

[@PavanSibal]

Can you please show how we can use one sidechain channel and use on tracks so that we don’t have to repeat it again again.

[@anywherenearzero]

Why crest a track so you can see the AUX in the arrangement view ? You didn’t say why you would want to see it ? Is it so you can control automation on it ?

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

There are 2 reasons: (1) You can't move aux tracks around in the mixer, and they default to the far right side of the mixer. So if you want them on the left side of the mixer, you have to create a track, and move them in the tracks area. (2) Yes, because in future lessons I demonstrate how to write in automation on the aux tracks.

[@grahamcohen3850]

Another excellent video and one i've been waiting for. Thanks so much. One question if I may. I use Logic to record audio books for a client and use an aux track that has both a compressor and waves Debreath plugin to remove his very loud inhales before he reads. As i'm trying to eliminate his breath totally should I push 100% of the signal through the bus and not push the main channel to an output? Example would be lets say I have a channel named Chapter 1. I edit my channel for mistake removal, and then push the complete signal through bus 1 to an aux channel with the debreath and compressor on it. I only send that channel to the bus, not an output. then push my aux through to the output for bouncing. Would that be a correct workflow? I'd love for you to do a quick tutorial on how to setup an audio book project. I can't find a good video on youtube on this subject.

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Great question. What you're getting there is a parallel processed signal. So part of the signal going to the main output is dry with no compression or de-breath. And some of the signal on the Aux has the effect. When I do dialog/narration recordings, I also put the compressor and de-breath (and all the plugins) directly on the vocal channel, so that 100% of the signal is processed. That would be my suggestion for this type of workflow. But I see your point about having the effects on an Aux, because you might have 10 different tracks with 10 chapters, all going to the same Aux. What you might want to try is a "summing stack". Create your audio tracks, then add them to a summing stack, and put all of the effects on the summing stack. Track stacks will actually be the topic for the very next video #29, so watch that one and it might be helpful for you. Should go live on Monday afternoon.

[@mikevirtualteacher]

Another great video, thanks very much! By the way, is your song that you have been using for the examples available commercially, say on Apple or Spotify? I like the song and wouldn't mind buying a copy of the finished mix. Cheers!

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Thanks! It's actually just an acoustic cover a song I wrote with my band a few years ago. Look up Right Stripped (band) - Now That You're Sober. Different singer, but me on Guitar. Much heavier vibe. Here's a lyric video I put out for it a while back: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4qzhJiNlKqabK8

[@mikevirtualteacher]

@@MusicTechHelpGuy hey there, I just had a chance to look at this video and Wow, what a great song with great production values! Thank you for sharing!

[@rjj9278]

So simply put, sends and busses are to reduce cpu load, as well as improve workflow efficiency so I don’t have to keep loading reverb to many different tracks; I can just do it once and then route it around as I see fit. Can we just ignore send and busses to keep things easy? (It’ll be one less thing we have to learn) Or are there significant issues that may arise?

[@mitsch9781]

Can you use automation on effects that are on send channels?

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Yes, you can automate the effects themselves, the send amounts, and the aux levels

[@gameOvR21]

When my brother musictechhelpguy says not to use more than 3 types of reverds in a mix, is he referring to the general mix of all the instruments and vocals or just the mix of one channel?

[@bgallagrr]

I learned so much watching this! You definitely understand the material the way you explain and break things down. You're my Logic professor 😂😂😂. So Grateful 🥹🥹🥹

[@greatlandmedia9108]

The project file is not available any longer.

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

You can find all of them here: www.logicproguide.com/downloads Had to move them over to my website because KZbin kept taking down the download links.

[@shaner36]

So all the audio tracks were mono. Aux is stereo ….should that be mono as well?

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

It's up to you. It doesn't really matter in most situations. Unless I specifically want all stereo inputs to be summed to mono before they hit the time-based effects, I use the default stereo aux. Using a stereo aux, also allows you to use a combination of mono and stereo track sends. The mono track signal is just converted to "dual-mono" before it enters the aux track. If you use a mono aux and then use a mono effect, that would be a situation where you'd want a mono aux. Or if you make the aux mono but use a mono>stereo effect, it's similar to using a post-fader send, where the pan of the tracks coming into the aux will all be mono. One thing that's worth mentioning with Logic's busses vs. other DAWs is that the busses in Logic inherently stereo. For a stereo bus, you don't have to select "bus 1-2" like some other DAWs. "Bus 1" alone has two channels and can be used as a stereo bus, and likewise if you send a mono signal into bus 1, it will just covert to dual mono. So they work for both mono and stereo auxes.

[@frederikgroborsch3367]

Why the heck is bus1 called aux 5!? Does that makes sense?

[@STILLEGIT]

Couple scenarios… could’ve had the output changed. Multiple signals being sent to that bus

[@joeyf808]

Logic is amazing, BUT, Apple has some work to do, not being able to move mixer channels is something they really need to fix. Thank you for your awesome videos!

[@thejacevekexperience]

Consider using sub mixes and folders. Set the mixer to track and they will appear routed via submix and folder

[@nicolaszhang7911]

What if a bus sends to the same bus?

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Great question! If you have a send going to Bus 1 on an aux track, and then you make a send on that same Aux track going to Bus 1, you'll get a nasty feedback loop - so I wouldn't recommend it.

[@matthewcruz6908]

Thank you absolutley so much very smooth teaching and wxplaininbrg