Using Saturation to Glue Your Logic Mixes Together

[@elimooremusic]

After watching any one of these videos I just get terribly excited about opening up Logic again

[@AlexStanilla]

This is far and wide the best song used in a logic tutorial.

[@davidking7748]

For real. The song gets me that I come back to watch the tutorial over and over. So silky.

[@mjk5254]

Reminds me of Brand New

[@gasparritz5862]

sounds a lot like american football

[@rickhorvath]

Agreed. It’s an actual song with real instruments. How long have we been searching, right?

[@AlexStanilla]

@@rickhorvath I could care less about that, if I like the song it's cuz I like the song I dont care how it was made I just think this songs a lot cooler than most of what I hear on these tutorials

[@NickNico777]

The song is called "Threw It Into The Ocean" by Brotherless. Available on Spotify and their Bandcamp page.

[@francisslam1457]

1:36 vintage EQ saturation 6:48 compressor saturation 8:40 tape delay saturation 11:04 phat FX saturation

[@karani_the_one]

Thanks bro 👊🏾

[@gribb5967]

Feeling "dumb" for spending money on 3rd party plugins? Welcome to the club. Great tutorial as always. Thank you for not having 80% of your videos just consisting of you talking into the camera. Why is this such a hard concept for content creators to get? Is it just ego?

[@Johnnyhaag79]

Definitely ego, most people want to be known (seen). True educators are here to educate the people:)

[@jamesnyers1721]

Exactly. Like real estate agents selling their faces instead of the house.

[@bhaskarville]

There's no harm in being seen. It's important that one sells themselves as much as they sell their content.

[@Bittamin]

@@Johnnyhaag79 the YouSuckAtProducing channel is the funniest AND most educational production videos I’ve watched when I started and probably would’ve quit without his humor and including himself for 3 seconds at random parts. Same with Eliminate and his videos but he’s not educating just having fun

[@casokolbyrne]

You have a great way of explaining everything in Logic! When I started in this business as an in-house songwriter for a record company, I used a Fostex X-15 4 track cassette tape recorder, and never had to worry about production when selling the song. NOW my head explodes all the time, trying to get better at even production basics, so I can stay relevant in the songwriting world. I am a die- hard Logic user, and your tutorials make it that much easier. Thank you, and keep up the good work! :)

[@TheBissco]

Man, I have been teaching myself MixBus and watching LUNA tutorials so that I can track in Logic and mix in another DAW for "that sound". Your enthusiasm for Logic and these tutorials are exactly what I need to keep me from wandering off when I don't necessarily have to. I think a lot of us get spooked into believing that the "real" sound of a good mix can only happen with this DAW or that plugin, or some SSL or Neve wannabe - when in the end, every single one of these are emulations on a digital platform (our computers). I've been thinking about setting up a Logic template that has some channel strips with these plugins at the ready, as well as some busses for the same purpose. And then I run across this video! Thanks for what you do - awesome!

[@robertsimpson5801]

This has quickly become my favorite KZbin channel! Thanks for all of the great videos!

[@WhyLogicProRules]

That means a ton to me Robert! Makes all the effort worth it :)

[@NightflyerMusic]

The drive on the Console EQ sounds really nice, even when it's cranked up all the way. I didn't know about the make up gain driving the distortion on the Compressor. That's neat. Great video! I love your enthusiasm for Logic.

[@WhyLogicProRules]

Thanks so much Nightflyer! I appreciate the kind words :)

[@Jesse615]

I've been using Logic for a couple of years now -- made the switch from ProTools -- and didn't really understand what the output gain on the compressors did! Thanks for such a great tutorial.

[@RogerioValgode]

Wow, great video! For real... why are some of us spending a lot o money on saturations plugin without trying first our FREE options?! Thanks for bringing this at our attention!

[@timcarstensen9951]

The reason everyone in the comments is saying this is the best video on the the topic is because IT IS THE BEST VIDEO by far! This will help me immensely.

[@izvarzone]

people write that on every video

[@russwilson2305]

In stark contrast to 99.9% of material we have to listen to in mix videos, that's actually a good song.

[@jacobskywoker1240]

this yes

[@nealbosanquet8357]

I HAVE READ SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A CONSENSUS OF HOW GOOD YOUR VIDEOS ARE AND I WHOLE HEARTEDLY AGREE WITH THEM, I HAVE WATCHED MANY OF YOUR VIDEOS AND CONCLUDE BY SAYING THAT YOU PROVIDE SOME OF THE BEST TUTORIALS ON THE WEB.

[@tonyestvlog8502]

Wow that TRULY changes the sound from good mix to professional finish. Excellent tool thank you!

[@40avo]

What a great PreMix chain. I saved all the channel strip settings for future projects. Thanks Chris

[@reedcrapo4916]

I've been following your videos for awhile and I really appreciate what you bring to the learning of logic and mixing. And it's nice to know we don't have to buy all the plug ins that seem to catch our eyes and ears.

[@espedale]

This is so good. I love the way you A/B the plugins for us to hear how it affects the sonic quality. Don't change a thing in your approach... it's perfect!

[@Skinny-me]

So glad i found your channel. You are really great at explaining and showing otherwise somewhat difficult subjects in music prod and Logic. Love your positive way to teach! Thanks!

[@haipabli7670]

You sir have the best videos. And your voice is the most suited for these videos.(almost therapeutic)

[@joshbeamsongs]

This is amazing, this is a sound I've heard so many times but never knew what it was. "Saturation". There we go. Thanks for doing this tutorial.

[@skyestapor3007]

Absolutely the best logic tutorials ever. Super clear with so many revealed tips and tricks it’s crazy good! Thanks so much 👌👍

[@stephent.rinehart2508]

Cross reff'd this with headphone and monitor speakers. Quite a boost was presented over my monitors when you used the compressor / soft distortion compared to my headphones. It's 1 a.m. I should use monitor speakers during tutorials, don't think the neighbors like the volume leverage at this hour ;) Never-the-less, great tutorial and nice tutorial track. TY

[@laiyitloong4933]

great tutorial!! ...i have already been spending too much on 3rd party plugins...i should pay for attention to logic stock plugins instead. thanks for this!!

[@Zakuti]

Excellent tutorial. You have pleased me.

[@georgeangelakopoulos8884]

This one opens eyes about stock plugins!!!

[@thimothorin]

Dude... my freakin Mind exploded. I was like that meme... I never knew that there are like so many saturation types in Logic. I will save every one of these plugins only as a saturation mode. OMG I am so EXCITED xD... btw... can you make a video on the exciter as a special type of saturator??? I think of it as parallel saturation... Especially the Input Gain because you can not adjust it and putting several exciters with different settings in serial.... Great work! Love this channel! Cheers :)

[@JasonLeVega]

this was the video i've been waiting my whole life for - this explains so much - especially distortion = saturation :D

[@emanuel_soundtrack]

my archaic way of gluing is to give a similar reverb or bus to all of the tracks or the main tracks, other less archaich way was using the vynil plug in

[@scroez]

Due to £ reasons, I'm using a pair of old PC speakers, I even noticed the difference when you turned on the plugins

[@LSAworship]

That mix of drums is solid

[@connollytunes]

That was a bloody great little video! Thanks!

[@alexanderpiano1506]

Great video! Great pace!

[@janrechberger8601]

Awesome tutorial, bunch of stuff i really was not aware of

[@sunnymittal1906]

Best channel ever...I'm definitely in the boat of having spent thousands on plugins, thankfully most were fabfilter's though which are amazing in their own right and probably not bad to own. Gonna be spending a lot more time with stock plugins after all that you've shared, though, so please keep them coming!

[@JakeNolen]

Best tutorial on saturation. Thank you.

[@jamesankiewicz3141]

Awesome tutorial amigo

[@muimuhadresh3986]

WOW. thx for that video. Song called 'Threw It into the Ocean' from Brotherless.

[@ManCalledMif]

having the explanation really helps. ❤️🧘🏼‍♀️😃 Logic makes it easy to get great sounds, but knowing that saturation = distortion is very helpful

[@jonasmattsson5307]

I’m kinda new to mixing. At least inte terms of getting close to now what I’m doing (although I still have plenty to learn) and I think I got my bands rehearsals to sound quite neat. I stumbled upon the graphic eq and just like you said, it really glues everything together. Thanks for a very informative and an easy to understand video. Definitely a subscriber to this channel from now on. :)

[@guitarlessonswithtommymerr2867]

Great delivery on your explanations!! I love subtlies and focus on them in my guitar lessons as well. It's the most subtle things, in playing and recording that add the most impact. Thanks!!

[@ghostfrom1950]

definitely hear the glue. The spaces between the instrumentation don't seem as deep or hollow with the saturation on the mixbus

[@foxproduction4554]

man, you are such a passionate logic instructor I realy enjoy watching your videos...haha, thank you so much!

[@jdcsheardbeats1704]

Great tips. Thank you, sir!

[@RonIrizarry]

Great video! Awesome information! Thanks for sharing man!

[@albertwangny]

Great demonstration! Thank you so much.

[@BlueGuise9]

I like what it does for the snare!

[@thesullivanstreetproject]

Awesome, thanks for the tutorial! This is really helpful.

[@livingnight]

Thanks for another great video! A question, How were the drums recorded/created? they sound fantastic. Thanks again!

[@vigorouscreations]

Amazing! Thank you so much for these videos. Great tutorials!

[@bgimusic]

THIS CHANNEL RULES

[@Mopsie]

Awesome tips!

[@markbrey819]

Great videos Chris! Thank you!

[@MondoMoeTacoma]

Awesome! Very helpful, thank you. Hey, how do you make that sub mix channel before the output channel? Sorry if that’s a dumb question.

[@BobMcCarroll]

Another great video. Thanks Chris. I too am a recovering plugin junkie and I'm now trying to get back to basics. Thought I'd try a new mix using only Logic's plugins. I know they can certainly live up to the job....and some. Thanks again.

[@nitireland6808]

This video is one of the best ... I was about to put my mixes through harrison mix bus. Here is a tip try using the logic Phase distortion plugin in its subtle ways... pretty awesome mix, mastering tool by far.

[@STILLEGIT]

This was GOLD

[@jordanking4427]

Great video, this helped a lot! Thank you!

[@exootikkmusic]

Wow that was really really good ... thanks bro 😎

[@danicruz2588]

Es increíble que tomes tu tiempo para hacer estos videos tan grandiosos, gracias 🙏

[@andyjgrace2461]

This is so helpful. Ive never thought of using those plugins in those ways. I’m definitely trying these out later today. Is it better to do this on the stereo output like this or later in the mastering process? Many thanks yet again.

[@rickneibauer1]

I've had the verse stuck in my head for days!! Where can I listen to this song other than here? I've been trying to find it!

[@jusinabus]

Thanks so much for this tutorial. This really gave me so much more confidence in my ability to mix! Really appreciate it :)

[@Johnnyhaag79]

Love your videos man! I’m learning so much! Yeah logic has so much, we don’t need most of the 3rd party plugins.

[@micmacstudiomickgraz2230]

Hi Chris, I just discover and subscribe to your channel today, great place to improve my Logic skills. Best regards from Chiang Mai, Thailand.

[@WhyLogicProRules]

Thanks for checking out the channel!

[@bangpow00]

Another great video. Yup, feeling dumb and yet a little more knowledgable all at the same time. It never occurred to me to try the included compressor and vintage eqs purely for saturation.

[@mychinabean]

Thanks for this. Why do you make a submix as apposed to just a master mix

[@recmydream]

What about plugin "distortion II"? I think its cool to use it on the bases, drums or even busses for submixes

[@familiaroddity1193]

Why don’t you use or feature the overdrive distortion plugin for saturation?

[@timoheinrich8763]

I guess for two reasons: 1. It's obvious compared to the tools he showed us. 2. You get more of that analog type saturation this way that would occur naturally when mixing outside the box.

[@davidcottrell1308]

Dude! Great vid!!

[@pelybarna]

You are a great teacher!Thanx

[@nbarshain]

Great video! I could never figure out how to do saturation with Logic's stock plugins, and this video perfectly answered my question. Also, what song is that? I want to hear the finished version!

[@amenaza1119]

Thanks for the tip 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@shivaputramusic]

love this track you working on , where can i find this music

[@joeyf808]

Great Vid, Loving all your videos!

[@WhyLogicProRules]

Thanks so much Joey! I really appreciate the good vibes :)

[@NebMotion]

amazing! didnt even know these EQs were in logic

[@distortingjack]

They're quite new. One of my main saturation options now deffo

[@frejberglind7271]

It's great to see someone using stock plugins, but you are wrong about the distortion in the Logic Compressor. It sounds the same with all the different compressor models. You can try this by using two different ones in parallel and flip the polarity on one. They completely cancel out.

[@uglyfingersmusic]

Great video. I keep forgetting about the consol collection! Those plugins are bonafide. Every but as good as UAD, Slate etc

[@WhyLogicProRules]

Agreed! The Vintage EQ Collection sounds amazing. I'm honestly very surprised the team at Apple went as far to model those. But happy they did!

[@kaidoChess]

That song is insanely good

[@JeroenvanOlffen]

Real nice vid Chris. Seem to also notice a width effect, esp with Neve emu. Hadn't realized that different comp emus will prob also have diff soft/hard/clip characteristics. Been big fan of soft distortion on Logic comp for 10+ years. And need to integrate the new Vintage EQs and PhatFX into my workflow bit more. Subbed.

[@WhyLogicProRules]

Hey Jeroen, Thanks so much for subscribing! I totally agree with you - I'm a HUGE fan of the soft distortion in the Logic compressor :)

[@ruslan_vovk]

Thank you for a helpful tip.

[@MrSkunky2009]

Interesting... Great insight !!!

[@TheDarinAmes]

Great tips! Thanks!

[@dinobelli6360]

Great tutorial, but even better song. Is this your music?

[@ayalonmedia]

Great tutorial and nice song. Tell us where we can find it!

[@VLKV_loves_you]

awesome channel!!

[@shonthelawn]

​@Why Logic Pro Rules What're you doing with devil-loc on the submix here? I just bought Soundtoys 5 and have been exploring it the past week. Thanks!

[@MrStraty13]

thanks for the tip it's awesome as you say

[@70x7muzic]

Preciate u sharing this. 👌🏼👌🏼

[@djn48]

9:49 Did you notice that the tape delay plugin is still adding delay even though the delay time and feedback are both set to zero? I checked the other playback instances in this video just to make sure you didn't have delay on the vocal tracks themselves. Nope. It's all that tape delay's fault!

[@Max-122]

Hi, in your opinion what free plugins should I use added to logic plugins? Is there something free better than Logic plugins or that Logic doesn't have?

[@auraaudiobeats]

And I always thought the compressors distortion knob belongs to the limiter section. I thought it won't have an effect if the limiter isn't "on". 🤦🏼

[@BobSchoepenjr]

Thanks that was very interesting

[@johnnyraphaell]

Hej at which sample rate do you run logic pro? I hear aliasing when i use saturation at 44.1 in my projects.

[@russwilson2305]

Why Logic Pro Rules -Hey man, I have a 2015 Mac. I have never updated it. But I want what your Logic updates have. Should i let the updates happen? I have had many peole tell me to avoid updates...

[@joshbeamsongs]

Dunno if this will help -- I have a 2012 Macbook, which allows me to upgrade the RAM and hard drive (I can open the bottom cover and swap out those parts very easily). When I updated the OS from whatever 2012 OS I had to Mojave, my laptop was going extremely slow to the point of being unusable (I'm talking load times of >10 minutes for any application I tried to open). I've upgraded the RAM from 4GB to 16GB, and that helped a ton. I'm able to use Logic Pro just like normal and rarely have issues. Only issue now is the hard drive, which I need to upgrade to an SSD in order to increase initial app load speeds and some other stuff (just an optimization at this point, since it's usable anyway). Not sure if parts are self-replaceable in your 2015 Macbook, but that's a major consideration depending on whatever current hardware you have (RAM and hard drive).

[@TheGRider56]

Could you please do a video on ways you can help make the kick and bass in your mix sound good on small speakers, like your phone? I am sure people would be interested in it!

[@WhyLogicProRules]

Heck yeah! I love that idea. Expect it soon :)

[@evastuiver3705]

awesome tutorial! thanks a ton!

[@WhyLogicProRules]

So glad!

[@bettertoolatethannever]

cool vids man thanks

[@curtisbuettner1932]

Thank you so much. Thank you.

[@0megadwarf]

it seems like this would be nice to use selectively on isolated bands

[@walterearl6456]

Amazing keep on sharing