Logic Pro X - Video Tutorial 25 - Intro to Automation

[@carriewrigley1]

Love, love, love your videos. Just finished watching the sequence on Flex Time, Flex Pitch, and Automation. Previously watched sections on audio and midi recording. Step by step, I'm learning Logic because of you. Thanks so much for being such an articulate and inspiring teacher. My CD is coming along day by day, largely because of you! So grateful.

[@DanielHjortmusic]

Seen a bunch of videos from you! You are by far the best tutor I've found on KZbin! Keep up the good work!

[@Sixstringhiggs]

Hey man, remember to use the marquee tool and just get an area and then pull up or down, you don't have to click four times that way.

[@JamEZmusic86]

THANK YOU!!!! fine edits are now fast and fluent.

[@Sixstringhiggs]

You're welcome.

[@Sixstringhiggs]

Haha, of course man! It's an important one.

[@AlexStickels]

THAT. Is amazing.

[@t-ape639]

Where were you all my life???!!!!

[@rosieposy8]

thank you so much, I'm working my way through your videos - you explain things so clearly and are really helping me learn how to use Logic. I did a paid course a few years ago on Logic 9 but your videos are better. Love your music too - :)

[@itso]

Speaking as a multiple gold award producer...THIS IS EXCELLENT TEACHING!

[@davidgomezmusik]

Great video! Just found your collection of videos on Logic X. So happy. Know a bunch of the functions, but am picking up new things. Thanks and keep posting. Sure your following grows. Kudos.

[@gregorrice7806]

Screamin' chorus. LOVE it!

[@refused]

thank you for this series much appreciated, looking forward to more episodes on midi programing and vsts

[@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.

[@rodstench]

Your tutorials are a godsend, thank you SO MUCH Musictechhelp guy - I refer all my newcomer buddies to your account. One thing I might add to this video is that doing volume automation (probably other kinds of automation as well) too early can be a REAL PAIN later on if you're trying to adjust your volume levels.

[@schuylerfoulke7254]

Great Video man!! thanks. I love your teaching/explanation style

[@iEatPinecones808]

Thanks a lot for all your videos man! It's definitely making the switch from Ableton to Logic a lot smoother :))

[@RickFoxChicken]

Wow I've only watched 3 videos in this series and it really improved the quality of my music. I would have to spend tons of money to go to school for this shit.

[@Greenlinestudioprod]

You are awesome man. Learned so much from this. Greetings from Sweden.

[@AILifeUpgrade]

Awesome sir!!! Your videos always help!!

[@morticianpete]

Wanted to thank you for the excellent tutorials with Logic Pro x. I have been following right along. I have been using different DAWs for the last year 15 years as clients bring different projects on different DAWs. I have always been intrigued how logic does things. You explain it just right, not to much just the right amount of info to get you in and out of trouble. Great job! Where does external controllers fit into your list of topics to come up? Having some issues getting through the very basic manual logic has.

[@longships9373]

Well this just changed my game right up. Thank you man

[@markmallinder7618]

The problem with this volume automation is that you lose the ability to set the levels of the tracks relative to the other tracks using the faders. If you try, then as soon as you get to the point in the song where the automation begins, it will override your manual fader level. A better way is to set the volume automation parameter to “Relative”. This way, you can still use you faders for mixing and the volume automation will be relative to the fader level.

[@piquesegue]

Very informative, as always! Thanks so much!

[@KevinLambguitar]

Vocals sound just like Brad Delp - and that is a real good thing.

[@odmsteel]

Excellent work! It would be awesome if you showed how to do vocal effects. Your effects sound incredible.

[@Cestlavieduo]

Great tutorials!Thanks!

[@123studiobeats]

Nice tutorial 👍

[@1970sixMusic]

Nice video once again!!!

[@vincetherrien]

Excellent tutorial, as usual.

[@ricksalt6860]

Awesome , thanks for the perfect vid I was looking for .

[@ToytaSR]

sucked into your videos....i am new to logic best tutorials...:)

[@tibbyk5888]

Hi, great tuto again, thanks. Is there a way to adjust all automated volume same time pls? Thanks!!!

[@grahamehedley2050]

Excellent.... Thanks!!!!

[@007musicgroup8]

Great Tut, thanks.

[@313AMPM]

This video is great thank you

[@mrbeats3330]

You are a Genius !!! :).. Thank you bro ...

[@stevefrommi]

Where can I get these demo songs to listen to?

[@TroyShaw]

I love your videos. I would really like to see one on how to change the tempo in the middle of a song. I have a pretty heavy song that has a tempo change for the chorus. Thanks.

[@randman21]

Just a point of curiosity, did you have the lead vox panned left and right for the whole song? I'm basically a complete beginner at this stuff. Awesome video, btw!

[@QuintonBaker32]

Thanks a whole lot bro!

[@mussartillyas7490]

Love from pakistan you are amazing

[@fastlanephil2]

The Automation track header button has changed since this video was posted.

[@louisalivingstonetherealone]

I've been trying to get the automation points on the line and looked at various Logic Pro X videos and nothing would work at all.. totally frustrated.. (I have used other DAWS on another PC with no problem doing it.. it's always so obvious!) But now on a macbook pro with Logic Pro X it just wouldn't work.. tearing my hair out! Only on watching your video when you mentioned double clicking for deleting points I thought I'd try that (as I've managed to get a couple of points on using another method from the menu) and it turns out that double clicking, on MY system, puts them ON ! So finally I can do it.. what a F*** headache! WTF?

[@five21two059]

+Louisa Livingstone Same here. Thank goodness for the comment section. Double click! Thanks for sharing, Louisa!

[@equateproductions5684]

Do you have a video where you show how to automate plugins etc?

[@maumex]

Hi there! What would be the best way once you have all automated to make a quick +1 DB to all the track? I find it very time loosing to open the automation window select all, etc.... maybe you have a trick for this? I would love one function where you could pick up the fader and that would pick up the complete automation line.... any ideas? Thanx

[@hersheybell8444]

Great tutorial. May I ask a question? When in read mode either in the mixer or on the inspector column, sometimes the entire read button is green with the word "read" in white; sometimes the button is grey with the word "read" in green. What is the difference? It seems to me that I cannot move the settings when the entire button is green, but I can move the settings (similar to latch mode) when it's grey with the green word. These both occur with the automation on. When I hit the "on/off" button to the left of the word in my mixer board setting, then the word "read goes to white against a grey background and it is truly off. I'm not sure why one gets chosen over the other, or if you can toggle them somehow? Thanks for you help on this.. And Merry Christmas!

[@marie-lilikauch8846]

I cannot see the icone Enable Automation on each track, I can only see the one for all tracks What should I do to see it appears? thank you so much. Really appreciate your tutorials.

[@FoxyVox]

Really helpful dude! What's the name of this song? I like it

[@NotesBags]

Hi Tech Guy, for some reason the trim line is greyed out on all tracks and I can't access it to fade out a midi track. How do I get it back please?

[@lingnaikee]

no need to click so many times, just use the marquee tool to save your hand

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

When I made this video in 2013, the marquee tool could not be used to draw automation. It was a feature added later.

[@lingnaikee]

+MusicTechHelpGuy oops, sorry!

[@JimGramze]

There was nothing you did, including option dragging to copy automation points, that I was not able to do with the pointer tool. I'm not seeing why you needed the special automation tool for anything here, unless you want to introduce it for future use where it's actually needed.

[@HernanBz]

Hola, Donde puedo escuchar esta canción? Gracias!

[@Severinmusic]

I have a serious issue with Logic X not reading the correct automation value. I've read some blogs where this is a common bug even in Logic 9. How do you get around this issue?

[@timwilliams2233]

When I hit the automation button, I don't get any pan enable buttons on the individual tracks. What would cause that?

[@Mr.Tone.]

In my Logic Pro X "AUTOMATION SELECT TOOL" doesn't make any sense because i can select automations with my normal "pointer tool" , am i right or is it just a lucky glitch of my logic ?

[@Clockwiseaman]

Hi, first of all, thanks a lot for your videos, they are sooo helpful, but I do have a question and I've been trying to find the answer but I can't. I've been using nuendo/cubase and there was a very fast way to modify the volume and the height of the waveform in 2 seconds, isolating the part of the wave cutting before and after and then simply raising the volume in the part that has been cut. I hope it makes sense, I saw that there was something similar you did previously in another video changing the gain, but is there any way to actually see the wave changing instantly so you can visually see the selected part changing the height of the wave instead inserting the parameters? Thanks a lot.

[@robfulco4739]

First, does it matter to see the audio change size? Or does it matter that the audio changed in the way you want? Second in Pro Tools it is called "clip gain", in Logic X it is Flex Pitch. You have to turn Flex Pitch on in the track you want to change the gain on. Select the region and adjust the gain.

[@stevefrommi]

Is this song on Itunes or Soundcloud?

[@srinivasreddy3352]

hi brother,i am using logic 10.2.4 ,am unable to find plugin primeters in automation i only able to see volume,pan,solo,balance,mute.. can u plz help me??

[@gearlock77]

should automation be added to a track before or after a mixdown?

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Automation is typically the last thing I add before mixing. It becomes a nuisance when I'm trying to make level changes late in the and I've already added automation.

[@Staykool777]

dude that song is hot! I'm not a huge rock fan

[@SkyBen1095]

Good King Entertainment Inc yh am not really into rock and this is good

[@00racle]

Can I automate multiple parameters on one track?

[@randman21]

In case you're still wondering, yes! I am by no means an expert (quite the opposite, actually), but yesterday, I applied automation specifically to the amount of overdrive on a Guitar Rig 5 plugin. It's so useful.

[@stevefrommi]

It’s not on your website either.

[@neechfalcone]

Automation in logic is a little tedious, steal studio ones automation tools much simpler👌🏾 u welcome apple lol

[@dariusdavis6508]

Bruh... What song is this???

[@MegaMorbie]

hey :) i can't figure out how to do automations on my master chanel ..can u many help my out ? thanks already

[@ClashixTV]

editing automation values in this software is a fucking nightmare. selecting the dots and settings values is horrendous.

[@45ounce]

It's a shame you can't automate plugins on logic x.

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

+45ounce You CAN automate plug-ins in Logic X.

[@mauricioocadiz]

4 clicks seriously? This is so lame! I want my PT back :'(

[@CharleeDrew]

Mauricio Ocádiz One click if you use the Marquee tool... Hold down CMD and select the area you wish to automate and then click on the automation line.

[@ClevelandEscape]

i love your tutorials but dude i really wish youd get rid of that fucking metal intro at least turn it down in your edits, when im mixing and doing my shit my speakers are up and this loud fucking annoying ass intro comes in its like ughghh godd my ears, my speakers ..