What "In the Red" Actually Means in Logic Pro

[@javiermelladomusica]

Thank you mate, I've been looking for a video like this for years!

[@BillCodyColorado]

Great video Chris. I always wondered what "True Peak" really meant. Thank you for your huge contributions to the Logic Pro world. You're a gem.

[@FloodedWithGems]

A gem indeed

[@wicky4473]

Thanks for all these tips! I’m learning a lot. 👍

[@TraneFrancks]

Nice video. This is very useful info.

[@tribecagirl]

so amazing so insightful

[@willywonka3050]

Thanks! Great video

[@mcentertain]

Logic X is pretty amazing ... aswell as you video content for it. Thumbs up!

[@rohanupadeo]

Thanks

[@vitaminfian]

Great, thank you 👍🏻

[@mikeskee]

Thank you! I watch a lot of your videos. I like that you speak so clearly using correct English so that it makes it easy for me to understand what points you are making. This video especially was really helpful to me. Thanks again.

[@DavidEsp1]

Presumably decoders/decompressors can vary, so _their_ inter-sample peaks might not always be "true", maybe some greater/

[@dadydave]

gain staging is the key during mixing session for every channel ;)

[@greghillmusic]

no it's not. that's a buzz word. Don't clip when recording. That's literally it.

[@lairdey]

Andrew Scheps doesn’t think so.

[@greghillmusic]

His mixes are ass​@@lairdey

[@dadydave]

@@greghillmusic yeah it's the same when recording: gain staging the input on the mixer or audio interface. Or if you are totally ITB using sample and loops setting the gain for each sample or virtual instrument.

[@dadydave]

@@lairdey Interesting, I would like to read more about it :) Source? BTW, if you are recording or mixing in 32 bit float totally in digital domain everything change. But, there are still some ITB plugins that need a correct gain staging to work well.

[@r3medyproductions]

Thank you! This was super helpful cuz this has always been confusing to me even when I read the info that apple provided for it.

[@dafingaz]

Left un-red 😅

[@dadydave]

True Peak is our friend ;)

[@tomlewis4748]

Well, then, just turn True Peak off. Right? That's what it sounds like you might be saying. But I know it isn't. That would be like putting a piece of electrical tape over your gas gauge and never realizing when the tank might be close to empty. But this is helpful. I never noticed if the meter was 'in the red'. I just paid attention to the 'tag' at the top. That's still OK, but I also never realized that True Peak set below 0 dB could still clip. That would still be a problem that needs attention. If I could suggest, maybe a video on the difference between 24-bit recording and 32-bit float, which would clear up any confusion regarding the orange 'peaking' in MIDI tracks which is not really a problem, vs the red peaking in 24-bit, which is an enormous problem.

[@FinesLames]

thanks ;-)

[@patbradley9817]

Thanks Chris. IS being in the red a big concern for tracks other than the master bus? My drum sub, for example, is usually peaking but I've never heard the clipping when the master bus is not clipping.

[@HunterDane650]

Kinda; you wanna avoid it in general but there are ways it can add character. You might notice some distortion and it might not sound as clean but some people clip the hell out of their drums and leave it to compression. I’m so curious what others have to say tho

[@djskindymix]

That beat I think I heard it somewhere do you do videos or teaching at the Los Angeles Recording School LAFS ?

[@ghost-user559]

It’s the Logic Demo track, its by a major artist

[@Wizardofvoz2]

Just thought I would help the algorithm. I wear my Logic Rules T-shirt a lot

[@golubhai0020]

😮😮😮❤❤❤

[@DavidRavenMoon]

In 32-bit float you cannot clip. It’s impossible. In 24-bit it’s really hard to clip. The only thing that can clip is an analog emulating plugin. Mix engineer/producer Andrew Scheps said when he has clients watching him mix he’d put a limiter on the master bus so “the little red lights” don’t blink. Then he said “how clever am I?” lol

[@equalfoundation895]

Should we care if an individual track is peaking in the red, but the Stereo Output is not. Or should nothing be peaking….

[@LukeIcardMusic]

Let me shorten the video for you. You’ll know when its clipping it will sound distorted. True peak limiting is like a whole subject in itself If you are a beginner you dont need to worry that much about true peaking. .01 over zero isnt that big of a deal. If it sounds distorted that means its clipping

[@GeorgeAmodei21]

Why would you even have a LIMITER on the 2BUS first in line?... LAST thing to use.. Sorry this channels for beginners, didn't know

[@LateNightAlexx]

Awesome video thank you

[@arlandajim]

Great video. Thank You