Logic Pro X - How To Use Flex Time

[@ernietollar407]

THANKS FOR CLEARLY SHOWING WHERE THE BUTTON IS .. many forget that it might not be easy to catch at first

[@Black1ce8]

Many thanks for this. I'm a newer drummer and I'm trying to record and have noticed a few of my kick drum notes are a hair early. This will be a great help.

[@sevensevennevesneves]

Great demonstrations of these tools thank you!

[@stattonalvarado]

This is a game changer. Wish I knew about this earlier. Thanks for the info.

[@AllanGildea]

Always learning from your fabulous tutorials! Thanks Joe!

[@JoesLogic]

Cheers Allan! You're welcome 😁

[@estragondreams7356]

As always - a really useful tutorial. Thank you.

[@JoesLogic]

Thank you! I'm glad you found it useful 👍👍

[@mattmitchell6390]

Wonderful video! Thank you!

[@fhdyplus880]

Good work Joe. V. Helpful

[@pekka1903]

How would you do vocals?

[@garygoggin]

Very useful, nice one

[@chrismallios6803]

my flex tool is not shown. I just want to turn it on. I do not understand any of the lingo like escape tool etc. if I right click and scroll down I do not see it on the scroll. I have watched other videos but I am not seeing the same commands on my screen. is there a way that a green horn like me can turn it on so I can attempt to use it? that's all I want to do for now. thanks

[@chad969]

Why is it that when i click the flex time button it only gives me the option of editing the guitar tracks the didn't use an amp sim?

[@ericbraun3032]

Hey! Great vídeo. Have a question. In some cases flex time will not create slices... why does that happen?

[@wmbeck4911]

I as well am experiencing the sane

[@stephenmcgrathbass]

Great video thank you sir

[@AlisaMarie]

so helpful thanks!

[@JoesLogic]

You're welcome! I'm glad it helped :)

[@bigbadbaby7640]

That’s really cool

[@pikiwiki]

thanks from Hawaii!

[@JoesLogic]

You're welcome! 😁

[@joeyblogsy]

Which one to change tempo of overall track without focusing on one type of instrument?

[@guitarheavymedia]

Excellent video! This helped me so much, thank you.

[@alexio2612]

I don’t know why but when I click the flex button nothing pops up on my track what did I do wrong ?

[@TabbyCallaghan]

Hey Joe great video I have done a flex time sesh with drums I don’t know how to now export them out to a new session or at least bounce the flexed edits . Will a bounce in place work ? Thanks 😊

[@Nick-mt2yu]

how do I turn it off after its been turned on?

[@hiphopaneer]

hi Joe, do you have any idea why does my vocal sounds doubled after aplying flex time polyphonic? I have tried multiple things such as removing recording tempo and writing a project tempo on the audio again but nothing seems to work, any ideas what could that be? thanks

[@ImRichardShepherd]

Awesome vid, man! Thank u for making it!

[@maz_amor]

THANKS!!!!!

[@simenh2484]

I have a guitar track on a project that is slightly out of time because of the playing. But I cannot recreate the sound because the feel then disappears. When i use flex time it sound weirds sometimes because of the effects on the guitar. How can I make it on time and sound natural??

[@simenh2484]

chorus and delay are used on the guitar

[@soterudsvarten8356]

@@simenh2484 Unfortunately this is the struggle with audio engineering. Here's what I recommend: dial in a metronome to the basic tempo of your recording. Then you will get a clear picture of what to re-record if you are that desperate to salvage the track. But honestly, I would just re-record the track CLEAN, with a metronome, and then go piece by piece, re-recording parts until you have a good recording with no major flaws. Then you can add effects to it and produce it the way you want. I know this is so late but good luck; getting started recording is a big learning curve because of all of the time you will feel you have wasted, but that time is short if you persevere. Cheers!

[@mxfxdlg]

Ok, I’ve applied flextime/editing to a six channel drum recording. But when I “save” it, then turn off the flex feature. The edit disappears and the transients snap right back to their original places. How can continue with flex edited tracks, without having to keep flex on and continuously using all that processing power?

[@JoesLogic]

If you're happy with the final edit you can 'bounce in place' 👍

[@section23]

Would you use this rather than the time and pitch machine or is flex a totally different beast? I’ve always used both but never really found the best option for stretching short musical loops

[@JoesLogic]

It depends on what you're using it on, but if it's just for stretching short loops, flex would be my go to - but it would depend on the specific loop :)

[@donkukki]

Question. Once I'm done editing with flextime and turn it off, the changes disappear. If I turn it back on again, the changes are still there, but I can't get them to 'stick' without bouncing the part I've worked on. Is there a simpler way to do this?

[@JoesLogic]

I tend to just leave it on, but if I need to turn it off I just bounce the audio in place, as it's quicker than bouncing it then importing it again :)

[@chad969]

@@JoesLogic "if I need to turn it off I just bounce the audio in place" What does "bounce the audio in place" mean and how do I do that?

[@ajojen6346]

​@@chad969 I'm not sure how to explain technically what bouncing in place does, but basically it allows you to duplicate an audio file and it gives you flexibility when choosing how the duplicated audio file is created. To bounce in place, just right click the file, go down to "Bounce and Join" and then click on "Bounce in Place". This should pop up a little window that has a list of settings. From there, you can choose the destination ("new track" to create a new track for the audio or "selected track" to keep the duplicated audio on the same track as the original). Then you can choose what to do with the source, or the original audio. You can leave it, mute it, or delete it. The next settings on the list have to do with plugins. You can "include audio tail in file", which will basically include any reverb/delay/etc. that plays past the end of the original file. As for "Include audio tail in region", I'm not sure what that does but I've always just left it checked. And then you can also choose whether or not to keep any volume and panning automation that may be on the original file. For "Normalize", I also just leave it at the default "Overload Protection Only". Anyways, hopefully that's helpful. I realize that since your comment was from 3 months ago, there's a chance you've already found a solution by now. Either way, it's good practice for me explaining things XD.

[@gracebasom6609]

thank youuuu

[@benemms8581]

Hey Joe thanks for the vid! I can't seem to find a video on how to flex time/time stretch midi drums do you have a video to reccomend or any tips? Cheers :)

[@zosolopez3032]

Of course the track I want to use the flex on doesnt show the box with all the options. Nor will the flex tool do anything

[@upperonyx4235]

I love u!

[@auggiebendoggy]

Does Logic have the ability to flex the measures? In Cubase, you can use Warp grid which moves the entire measure by adjusting the tempo in miniscule amounts, then you can lock the audio to the tempo map. Once that's done, you can remove any tempo fluctations and it all lines up to one solid tempo. Great tool for live performances. How would this be done in logic? Here's a clip of Dom doing that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWaki2ucmsiLgtk