Logic Pro: Groove Track

[@fallenleaf24]

I love watching your guides, even when I know how to do what you are teaching. Thaks again Jono!

[@jonobuchananmusic]

My pleasure! Thanks so much.

[@ConstableHandsy]

Just been looking through your menu of videos 😮. This will keep me busy for a while ! This looks fantastic! You’re an excellent teacher.

[@jonobuchananmusic]

Thank you so much. And welcome! There are new full-length episodes on the channel every Wednesday and a new Short every Saturday. Delighted to have you here with us!

[@danielnice1695]

Difficult to say how long I have been watching. Earliest watch history was 3 July. Let’s all meet up in the year 3000. Won’t it be strange when we’re all fully grown..?

[@jonobuchananmusic]

Fountain down the road? See you there.

[@peterwaringofficial]

Groovy, baby! Just kidding - excellent as always. Thank you 👍

[@jonobuchananmusic]

Thanks Peter! Groove on!

[@FishCow]

Oh behave, shagadelic baby yeah!

[@michaelneal900]

wonky is a great word. If you can work "transmogrify" in a sentence then you really have something

[@jonobuchananmusic]

You've planted a seed there, Michael. Actually, I think I might have used that word... if not, leave it with me!

[@michaelneal900]

Ive used the groove track with some good success. Not a miracle worker but useful.

[@jonobuchananmusic]

Absolutely - it's certainly capable of some very useful things.

[@MikeyBeMusic]

That was great as always. Possibly silly question. Could you reverse the process and have a vocal audio track follow a project on Logic? Also after some advice on a good AI vocal separator I’ve tried a few but majority seem out of time to the supposed BPM. Any help appreciated 😊

[@jonobuchananmusic]

Absolutely, in theory, any track can be a Groove Track. But as vocal parts tend to feature lots of gaps and fewer transients, I’m not sure how effective a vocal track would be as a Groove Track. Logic’s own Stem Splitter is pretty effective at separating vocals from other parts in stereo files. I’ve made a video about it (you’ll need Logic 11), so have a go and let me know if it works for your needs.

[@MikeyBeMusic]

@@jonobuchananmusic thanks Jono appreciated the help as always.

[@MichaelStorey-e7j]

This WAS useful. A bit more life to feed my modest efforts.

[@jonobuchananmusic]

Thanks Michael. Glad it gave you some ideas to play with.

[@guzzoofoz]

This is cool. I’m checking out episode 23. 👍

[@jonobuchananmusic]

The Michael Jordan episode? You'll love it!

[@andrew6889-p5c]

Another great one. Thank you.

[@jonobuchananmusic]

Thanks Andrew, as always. Hope all’s good with you.

[@Leerf-driftingpitches]

Super as usual - thanks JB

[@jonobuchananmusic]

You're very welcome.

[@dickynix]

Thanks Jono. Fan dabby dozy!!

[@jonobuchananmusic]

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[@donromanchuk5449]

Always enjoy your methodical videos , my go to for deeper learning of Logic. Question: is the Groove template and a Session Players "Follow Track" function doing the same or similar thing?

[@jonobuchananmusic]

Thank you so much. Essentially, yes, it's the same principle, but with slightly less complicated processing. The similarity is that processing is allocated to detect and follow the 'rhythm' or 'groove' (usually the detected transients) and to allocate the same position (bars, beats, sub-divisions) to the data on any track which is following that detection. The Groove Track (and Groove Templates) can be assigned to audio files, which requires more processing (often at the cost of some audio fidelity), whereas that analysed data being applied to the Session Players effectively equates to a 'MIDI message move', which is less processor-intensive and comes at no cost to audio quality.