Logic Pro X - Video Tutorial 11 - Audio Edit Tools (part 2)

[@johnk7267]

I've been close to giving up on Logic and going back to Ableton several times this year, but your videos always save the day. Mind-blowing stuff that makes the entire experience so much more efficient and enjoyable.

[@CRASS2047]

I wish I could learn ableton, but I believe Logic has almost all the same tools . Is there anything in Ableton that Logic is missing?

[@davidorlandocassavitis8623]

I am now taking the jump into using LOGIC PRO X after using Pro Tools for years, these videos are such a valuable asset. Thank you so much for making the learning curve that much simpler. My studio is now utilizing both Pro Tools and Logic for different projects, and we have all had to learn on the fly. Thanks again for your wonderful tutorials...PLEASE keep em coming!!!!

[@exball296]

I have followed your tutorials from #1 to 11 and they are so good that I plan to study all of them. I must commend you regarding the ability you have to explain the Logic Pro X features in a clear and simple way. You have demystified so much already that I can't wait to see what's next, ( one step at a time ). Thank you for sharing your in depth knowledge with all the users. Sincerely John

[@m.a.stough4994]

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[@rmicklos]

Just gotta say that these videos are proving invaluable for me. Thanks for all the effort you put into them. Looking forward to all the rest.

[@lgordon007]

Your tutorials are very impressive - they make the learning curve a lot less steep. Thanks a lot!

[@phish100123]

these are a great set of videos - absolutely superb! I am watching them after having used logic pro x for about 6 months now and finding them very useful to fill in the gaps of what I havent worked out yet!

[@xbrutalcore]

Josh, thank you so much for these tutorials. I know you've spent a ton of time on these and I've watched hours and hours of your videos. they are super helpful and much easier to follow than other tutorials on logic. thank you thank you!

[@rossmcilwayne1125]

Hi MTHG, I have to say, THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the time, hard work, and effort that it must have taken, and continues to take you to put out such (in my opinion) Quality tutorials. Very well articulated, to the point, in a manner that is quite honestly a joy to follow and learn from. Well Done my friend!

[@marcstanley9735]

Scrubbing audio in Logic X means to grab the playhead and move it over selected audio region in order to hear, at the speed you want, a particular drum beat or other audio event before cutting or editing a region. Go to File > Project Settings > MIDI > General and check "Scrubbing with Audio in Tracks." Scrubbing is also automatically made active when you split regions with the Scissors tool in the Tracks area, making it easier to identify the cut position.

[@sherliemaematthews]

I'm still using Logic 9, however because you often include both versions and I find your tutorials extremely helpful. Thanks!

[@Jyoung850]

dude your videos are excellent, very professional and easily understood. just wanted to say thanks very much. definitely subscribed

[@bryanboersma]

Thank you so much for putting these videos out there. So helpful.

[@Mrstipes0321]

Very grateful for this series. Thanks!

[@west4coast77]

Thanks so much for doing this tutorial (and so many more). Much appreciated!

[@bejeeber]

Another excellent tutorial in the series! Thanx.

[@iiceman14]

thank god theres a way to quickly get the tools, Logic 9 used the esc button for this instead of T. i was looking for that, thanks

[@GregFieler]

Thanks for the videos! I really like the pace.

[@glenncarr4514]

Thanks so much for this amazing, amazing series of Logic Pro X tutorials. The package is enormous and your information is so helpful! It has saved us hours of hard slog. Cheers Mate from Glenn & Dave.

[@nuitarie]

Thank you for these great tutorials!

[@richschwab09]

It's about time to say thank you very, very much: Your tutorials are so helpful and well made! I'm a Logic user since the days of its Grandmother Notator - and during the last couple of days I still learned quite a lot of new things about it. Thanks for your work and your generosity to share your know-how! Best wishes - Rich ps: May I ask which screen capture app you're using?

[@ArfMD]

+Rich Schwab Same - I'm a power user from way back but I still find these useful especially for reminding me of features I don't use often, or in some cases ever. I really appreciate that you prepare well and you don't waste a lot of screen time. Unlike so many online tutorials.

[@davidvalentine-hagart1017]

+1 to that. I moved over from Cubase to Logic X and it's great to go back to basics with such well constructed and presented tutorials. I binge watched the first 10 😀. Now heading off into the rest with enjoyment and enthusiasm, which is another sign of the quality and usefulness of these. Namaste 🙏

[@dylancrocker8765]

Great tutorials, man. Thanks so much!

[@ShirinDelsooz]

Excellent handy tips as always!

[@andriusvaic]

you're amazing. these videos are super useful!

[@spelf]

I think your videos are fantastic!

[@Artistnest2012]

Thanks for a great series on Logic Pro X. Keep em coming!

[@robindgordon]

man, you're amazing!! Thank you so much for taking the time to share this!

[@jaking4098]

OMG THANKS BROH THIS IS VIDEO IS BEYOND HELPFUL 2ME U REALLY MADE ME A PRO IN LOGIC IN LESS THAN 30 MINS THANKS ALOT PLS KEEP UR VIDEOS COMING

[@KwameAfriyieMuLZz]

u r a very good teacher.keep it up

[@ScottFergusonFRR]

Thanks a million. You are great at making these tutorials.

[@RamnathSundar]

fantastic tutorial dude. thanks a lot!

[@daniele8704]

Thank you so much for this... I would like to see you do a video on how to create a project with four instruments from the recording set-up to the master process. That would be so cool. I am sometimes confused about recurring settings for my start and the drummer and the bass and a midi instrument when it comes to sample rate, buffer, and the rest of those settings...

[@virginia555]

Another really helpful episode. Lost me on the crossfade tool (too fast!) - even with pause/re-winds.

[@BlackenedNL]

Thanks a bunch for the Ctrl-M tip! I didn't know what ^M meant, now I do. Thanks

[@CraigWhiteIllustration]

awesome. Thanks Joshua!

[@ocheletfrancisroy4541]

You are Great,i guarantee learning from your contents. Super exciting techniques stay for life so i stay in this business for good my friend. Thanks man,i love your work. God bless ya.

[@djsmartmonkey]

amazingly well presented

[@turtlefeet7722]

Thank you very, helpful!

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

I plan on it. However, that won't be for a while.

[@borgnine8987]

Great videos man. I'm learning a lot...subscribed!

[@robmish1]

Thanks so much for this! I just can't believe that some people have negative comments... Merci beaucoup! :)

[@TroyShaw]

Great stuff!

[@jailsonsanthos724]

Great Job guy.

[@ViktorijaFaith]

Thank You very Much!!! This was really helpful

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Are you trying to add a fade to a MIDI region? You can only add fades to Audio regions, but you should be able to use Automation to add a fade to MIDI.

[@uncubanoberlines]

great videos! thanks

[@AnthonyJams]

great, thanks so much

[@musiccomposerarrangerashis861]

It's impressive.... Man

[@PrestonDorlig]

Your tutorial series are a great help and you are an excellent teacher. Thank you very much! This is maybe a stupid question, but, @ around 7:40 in this video you have the "text" and "glue" tools selected - however you're still able to select regions (marquee tool), plus your pointer tool is still visible and appears to be functional. I'm puzzled at how you are able to do this magic? Thanks in advance.

[@DylanLockstar]

random question: do you drink & or smoke? (how do you keep such a clear articulate head)

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Don't smoke, but I'm a home brewer, so I definitely enjoy a drink or 4 from time to time. Haha. Good planning and editing is part of it.

[@vazen33]

Hey man, thanks for the great vid again... You probably have it in mind already for a future tutorial,but if not, please go over midi recording modes/functions/ arrangement techniques etc...

[@KmProduct10ns]

You are so dope. If you were a teacher I would get straight A's!

[@ValourTV]

Great Video.

[@treeing]

He must be on another planet

[@DONPTV]

superb vids, thanks. :)

[@bhupendrashastri1905]

Thank you so much Sir

[@brianrussell1304]

Brilliant Vids - You can learn something every time, thanks so much. I'm using 10.3.2 and have a question I can't find on the videos. When I duplicate a track it doesn't duplicate the bus settings? Then when I use cut and past to replace a part of a region it plays back the original section rather than the new even if I delete the new and it shows a blank region, it still plays the original? Is this covered in one of the vids and if yes, which one please? Thanks again. Great job. Brian

[@BillRussellDJB]

I haven't laughed this hard in years, when you mentioned the last three tools are useless. Classic bro.. So you believe that the programming was over thought. They might have had way to much time to think about it...

[@upenpaswanmusic2music884]

Gud guide sir v... nice

[@phm1800]

Awesome cheers

[@pierstheoneandonly]

Using the Fade Tool on a track with a double waveform seems you can only fade one side of the stereo spectrum before the other.

[@georgeamodei2886]

Thx for doing such a good Teaching Job :)

[@Nassoud60]

thanks very important inf.

[@StaffordsStudio]

your vides are so helpful thank you for making them. i am trying to find a video on how to trim a video in Logic Pro idk if it can be done ?

[@miguelleyvamusic]

Hello! These are amazing tutorials! I'm a new bee at Logic! I'm following each one and dissecting it and practicing it on the spot! Thanks a lot! I had one question: how did you make the automation little logo appear on each channel? I only see the big logo on top of all the channels, but on mine it doesn't show the small logo next to R M S on each channel. Hope you answer! Thanks for making this world better!

[@oliveralthoen]

+Miguel Leyva I have the same question. Did you ever figure it out?

[@BettinaCalmon]

thanks!

[@daniele8704]

Sorry for typos I meant Stratocaster guitar and recording settings not recurring settings... thank you again. Have you considered working with Lynda.com?

[@vladiksnitko7631]

Great vid! I'm fairly new to the program and i was wondering how you get the menu below the bpm counter up? (the one with bounce regions, nudge value, repeat section, etc)

[@KenSundberg]

Thanks,

[@junamusa]

Hello, Thanks a lot for all those tutorials - love them and they're helping a lot. I have a question about this video - I did a lot of flex pitch work on a project before I used fades/crossfades, and now I realized that I can't really use fades together with flex - any solution for this?

[@bucstallion]

thumbs up

[@yashkummar]

Hi, thank you for your video which I watched with interest. I needed some help and hope you could be kind to guide to the right direction. I would like to use an audio file (piano) that need a vocal to be recorded to accompany this audio file. The problem I have is that the audio I have imported is an mp3 file. This piano file is volume is rather low and I would like to make it sound brighter and more treble / bit louder. How do I go about doing it? Correct me if I am wrong, I have imported the file and increased gain then used compress tool on Logic Pro X but noticed that the channel volume keeps playing up and fluctuates so I keep changing it but bar goes yellow. Th audio sound made a little difference not to what I wanted though. Look forward to hearing from you. Many thanks Yash

[@rohandixit96]

In solo mode you have only grouped the tracks that are directly above or below each other. But what if they are not consecutive ? Like how do you listen to Guitar + Drums in solo mode in this video ?

[@jaisaqui]

Hi... I,ve been trying to found out how to repeat a region... I can repeat, but when I click on play the sample only sounds the first time and that's all. Please, help.

[@RockClubMusicSchool]

Question! First off thanks a ton! Why would I need to do a manual Crossfade when logic can automatically do a Crossfade when I merge the files?

[@shtunot]

In version 10.3 hitting the "T" key on the keyboard opens the floating tool menu. It has changed. instead of numbers assigned to a tool there are letters/etc. Might need to do a new video for 10.3 after they patch this to make sure nothing changes.

[@musicmann1967]

Besides shaping the fades as exponential or logarithmic, isn't it possible to give a fade an S shape too? (And change the "pitch" of the S also) Thanks!

[@neemazardkoohi3733]

how do you get a drummer in your project, other than the songwriting preset project? Been watching your videos!

[@ian20n]

I have a situation in my logic pro x. I have a preamp duet but I don’t use it as that. I use it as a converter only so I’m not overloading any input. I use external preamps and again I don’t overload the input signal. And on top even any regular loop from the loop menu seems like it is overloaded or distorted. But the weird thing is that none of my tracks or loops sound distorted at all but the view, graphically speaking, says otherwise. Is my DAW corrupted or am I missing any setting option that can help to avoid this view which also doesn’t helping for editing my tracks? Thank you so much for the valuable time you invest for helping us out.

[@historyheadsbooks]

Did you cover the eraser tool? That's what I tuned in for and for some reason I feel like I'm missing it.

[@Terryedwards7]

Hi Wanted to jam with a friend and there was some off tuned sounds from electric keyboards (Fender Rhode styles ) we had to switch to classical piano to have the correct pitch ???? Do you have any idea why ?

[@mikep301]

How do you sync imported wav files with apple files. I import other loops but they never seem to sync well with logic loops

[@sjoerdvisseronline]

Hi MusicTechHelpGuy! Thanks for the awesome videos! I've got a question about the tool menu pop up; If I press T I get the tool menu and it works but if I want to select a secondary tool with the Command button pressed on and selecting a tool in the tool menu (after I pressed T again) it doesn't work. If I, for example, want to select the marquee tool (that's E) it jumps to the eraser tool (that's 3). Can you help me! Thanks in advance! Greets, Sjoerd

[@AnthonyJams]

Hey man, love the tutorials. I'm having trouble figuring out how to overdub and fix mistakes from a previous recording. Pre-setting the region I want to re-record and keeping the volume of the previous recording high so I can play right into and out of it...you know? Hope that makes sense. Someone help!

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

You might want to check out episodes 4 and 5 where I talk about punching. kzbin.info/aero/PLXmi76euGSyzX8KMPAHJPyOSZy5w4CsV9

[@jgwire]

i'm discovering that the tracks must be flattened and merged before the fade tool will work..is this correct? tx

[@hgcomposer2689]

Help!! Worked on a new song in logic 9 X, went I back a few days later to do some editing, click on the project to retrieve it and all my tracks were gone. Open the project under downloads and the same thing occurred. Is there any possible way I can retrieve it or did I lose my project? : (

[@ngolu-onetv9708]

"T" opens up a tempo editor. Escape opens up the edit tool (with letters, no number) Maybe it has changed

[@kipling1957]

Same question

[@pistolpetelopez]

hello ,where in preferrences can I switch LPX from SOLO "latch" mode? I LOVE YOUR VIDS

[@GNVideoTests]

So here's a question for you. Running LPX on a 13-inch non-retina MBP (my new Retina is on it's way in a fedex box, god I can't wait), but I've noticed that sometimes the amount of info in the track inspector for the virtual instrument I have selected goes up until it's obstructed by the menu drop downs (Region, Group, and Track), even with them collapsed. I'm not sure how, but doing a two-finger swipe isn't scrolling this content so I can get to the top of that content to change instrument etc... Hope that makes sense.

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Other than increasing your screen resolution, there's really no way to fix this. And I'm sure you've already done that. You'll just have to open up the mixer to edit the top of the channel strips (Command-2). Even on my old 2009 MBP at 1440x900, I still have plenty of room.

[@GNVideoTests]

MusicTechHelpGuy Figured it out (though this is my last week using this machine, go figure), I'd thought that when I selected "scaled" instead of "best for display" and saw the largest resolution automatically highlighted, and closed system pref and saw no change that I was already at largest resolution. Apparently you have to change it to another resolution so it realizes you want to actually change resolutions, then click back to the largest resolution to make the change. All better now.

[@GNVideoTests]

MusicTechHelpGuy Here's another question for you. I figured out how to get rid of the goofy track icons (with the little "cartoonish" drawings of whatever virtual instrument you're using, etc.) by going to Configure Track Header with a secondary click - is there a way to make no track icons the default setting?

[@MrSoulspeed]

hey MTHG....is there a way to change the "root" key in an apple loop or other audio file....in the inspector maybe? I cant seem to figure it out....thanks :) SS

[@MiStAhSmaLlZ]

Hey, Is there a difference between "flatten and merge" and "join"

[@3ricMusic]

With the fade tool, instead of altering the volume, can it edit the speed or make it deeper/higher?

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Eric Boisson Yep. Create the fade. Right-click on the fade and choose slow down or speed up. It basically becomes a varispeed fade.

[@3ricMusic]

Thanks, and by speeding up/slowing down it becomes deeper/higher right?

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

yep

[@3ricMusic]

thanks for you're help

[@3ricMusic]

MusicTechHelpGuy you said that it can't be used on midi data, so how would you get this effect on this data

[@peterlee930]

In Logic X.. why can I fade some tracks and not in other tracks?

[@Smoothaltheleet]

Did I miss the part where you talked about scrubbing audio...?

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

The solo tool is basically the same thing as scrubbing. I don't remember when or where I talked about it, but it was probably in one of these two Edit Tools videos.

[@carstensonderskov]

Hi Thanks for some good tutorials. Hope you can help. Previusly one could cut on the fly in Logic but not anymore.? Can't get it to work. How to cut on the fly in logic Pro X Cheers Carsten

[@benknudson1963]

As long as the region you want to cut is selected I believe Command+T will do the trick

[@dothepopthing.-7453]

Why when I'm trying to apply fade tool into a region or between two regions it doesn't work? It's shows the drag hand instead and doesn't allow me to use the fade tool :(

[@ttgolden22]

+do the popthing.- same..someone explain!

[@musicmachineplayer]

Is there a reason why why when audio cuts made have an extra bit at the front

[@scottrap]

I tried getting rid of a loud pop (at the end of a region I cut and paste) by crossfading and it didn't work. Do you have a video that shows how to use the pencil tool to re-write the waveform?

[@mrpopular2461]

Did you find an answer ? I'm having the same problem

[@scottrap]

+Mr popular actually the best I've done thus far is through cross fading although it doesn't completely do away with the pop but it lowers the volume considerably. I'm still trying to understand the pencil tool in the audio file editor but I haven't grasped it as of yet

[@mrpopular2461]

+Scott Karlton I got it Scott cross fade really works

[@personaficta]

You skipped over the erase tool. Can you use it on audio regions?

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

The erase tool does exactly what it sounds like it does. It deletes regions (any type). It deletes MIDI notes in the piano roll editor. The most useful thing I find it for is when I need to erase flex time markers. You can click and swipe over flex markers and remove them.

[@GreenJake33]

+musictechhelpguy damn man... You've missed like the two fastest shortcuts. Did you know you can use scissors by pressing command t? And you can also use the glue by just right clicking and selecting join... 😫