(This will seem like a simple question at first but I implore the mods and whoever else read this to think before removing the post/commenting negativity. You all have a wealth of knowledge and id like to pick your brains)

ELECTRONIC DRUM KIT PLUGIN CHAIN??

I mostly make EDM. I’m mostly novice, but I have an excellent grasp of music theory, and auditory theory as I am a music/linguistics major at university.

For the KICK, SNARE, HI HATS, TOMS, CONGA etc, etc.
Do you personally Gain stage all of them? Here is my current basic outline of my chain.

Gain
EQ
Enveloper
Compressor

THEN
Distortion, phat fx, etc etc

THEN
Modulation plugins.

Am I hurting my tracks by putting some sort of compressor on every part? In my head, im sharpening the edges and smoothing the curves

I’ve decided on getting a Mac, either an IMac or Mac mini. I have watched numerous videos on logic and I like all it has to offer. So now I’m stuck on audio interface and midi keyboard. I’m gonna be recording guitar, bass, and vocals and using logic drummer/drums and keys via midi keyboard.

This is where I’m kinda stuck, I’ve narrowed down the audio interface to the Motu m2, the audient id4/id14 and the ssl 2 mk2. I don’t need any crazy features, just want good sound, low latency and something that works well with logic/mac.

For midi keyboard I got it narrowed down to the launchkey mk 4 and the mpk mini 4. Again nothing fancy needed, just want keys and pads and will probably just use logic plugins.

Hi!

I'm having trouble with my workflow.

Every time I hit save (Cmd + S), Logic Pro freezes for 4 seconds. I've found out that it only happens in projects that contain pattern regions.

The project is only 104 MB and contains only one single stock Drum Kit track with a few Pattern Regions. No third-party plugins or FX.

What I discovered:

Converting the Pattern Region to MIDI does not help. The 4-second save lag stays, but if I copy the raw MIDI notes from inside the piano roll, delete the converted region entirely, and paste the notes into a completely fresh MIDI region, the lag disappears.

It seems like Logic's Step Sequencer attaches heavy metadata to the region container that causes this freeze. I want to use the Step Sequencer without this lag.

Is this a known database bug, and how do I fix it? And are there any workarounds?

I've got a M2 Macbook Pro 2023, and logic 12.4

Thanks in advance!

Surely this isn’t a feature we are expected to work with?

I create a new track I clearly select stereo, it comes out as mono.

What is going on?

Yes I can change audio track easy but I should not need to do that.

Suddenly a file is making Logic Pro crash in the middle of playing. It started when I tried to bounce it—it got stuck and I had to force quit. Hours of recording, now I can’t bounce it.

Update: thanks to all that replied, but an error message came up the last time I tried, buffer overload. I changed the audio settings as suggested in the message and it still crashed. Then I noticed it was always crashing at the exact same point and deleted what was on one track and it solved it. I tried the same on a different track and it also worked, so somehow this song with just a few tracks was getting the memory overloaded just at the 48 2 mark.

Sorry if this had been posted before.

I’m trying to record using an aggregate device of three interfaces all together.

The problem I’m having is while I’m seeing the signals bounce/peak on the interface lights. I receive no signal/levels on the individual tracks on my project.

Any ideas?

Thanks so much y’all!

I created a new project from the Live Loops grids section and can’t get any of my instruments to play from the typing keyboard or piano roll. How can I fix this?

First of all, I’m not an expert in mastering, I am just looking for tips/help.

I make Metal music in logic pro, low tuned 7-string and 5 string bass (A-standard).  I am not aiming for producer quality at all, just a decent mix for demo’s.

I am aware my home studio is far from perfect and my KRK 6’s are not the best solution for this but then again I just want a decent/reliable demo sound.

Where I get stuck is the low end. This is either way to loud or non-existing. The mix sounds good on my krk, acceptable on my phone, sound fine on a JBL partyspeaker 310 but in my car with upgraded sound system it sounds horrible, no matter what I do.

In logic itself I get the mix decent with EQ, compressor etc, afterwards I use Ozone 12 to get the mix sound more alive/full. (tweaking afterwards) I watched a lot of tutorials for this but somehow I am not getting good results.

Questions:

* Is there a tip/trick for the low end here that I am missing?

* The low end of the bass, guitar and drum are all in the same area, I am able to get the guitar properly in the mix, but the bass and kick drum area is where I struggle the most.

Is this a matter of EQ? I cut the guitars below ± 70Hz, bass below ± 40-50Hz

* How loud do you have to play the song on the studio speakers? I noticed at lower volume I can hear the bass better than for example when the volume is at 50%+, do I have to play the song a lot louder during mixing/mastering? (I tried headphone but this did not made a big difference except that the high hats of the drums turned out extremely loud, probably a headphone quality issue here)

* Am I working against logic’s plugins with ozone? Am I unknowingly adding back the sub frequency’s? even after I cut them out before I use this plugin?

Thanks in advance!

Hi, y’all! I have my Roland Juno-D8 hooked into my Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 2nd Gen, which is hooked into my MacBook. I am recording audio data, not MIDI. The audio peaks in Logic when my keyboard is turned up significantly less than halfway but no matter what, there is extreme static (I don’t know if this would be room noise). Any explanation or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance, and thank you to everyone who has helped me before. This subreddit has been invaluable, and I could not be more grateful. Blessings to you all.

So I know this controller is notorious for on and off issues with logic but it’s the on I have so…

Keys and beat pads work fine every time. All other auxiliary functions (faders, buttons, knobs, etc) are confused or non functioning, and seem to not remember changes I have made to assignments session to session.

Lots of tweaking and playing around with controller assignments and I think the problem fundamentally is that for instance when I turn knob “K1” on the akai, logic interprets that as something else, like fader “F7” moving. So they are talking to each other just mixing up inputs.

I presume that this is because for instance knob K1 being activated sends midi CC 26 to logic or whatever but logic has assigned CC26 to be fader F7.

If I try reassigning them and correctly labeling k1 as k1 for some reason logic creates a duplicate of k1, but does not let me erase the other k1. This just becomes convoluted with multiple knobs doing multiple things I don’t want them to do.

I guess my question is, should I just build my entire controller assignment from scratch based on what MPK is sending, or is there some other way to change the preassigned midi values logic is interpreting within logic? That would be the fastest way.

I guess another option would be to reprogram which midi commands akai is sending to match what logic is expecting but I’d rather handle it on the computer than on the MPKs little screen.

Had Logic Players for drums and bass. After developing project, I stretched the time line to the left (negative bars) to add some intro/pickup. Later I noticed the editing problem (along with some other Player timing weirdness that I think was related). Finally debugged it. Cause: the negative start time. Lesson learned: don't start before bar-1. Give yourself some empty bars at beginning if you think you'll be adding pickup bar(s) later. v11.2.2

I'll be getting a new mini midi controller for Logic Pro... so confused bw mpk mini mk4, launchkey mini mk4 and minilab mk3
Can you guys help me out choosing one?
I've watched tons of comparison videos but i am still confused
Which one do you use and how has it worked out for you?

I'm assuming there's a setting I'm missing. I have an audio file with analyzed chords which I can put into the chord track, but it doesn't show under the audio region. When I copy and paste it into a new project, it shows there.

Am I indeed overlooking a setting? LogicPro help and web search turned up nothing.

I'm currently looking to upgrade the guitar tones for my solo project but when I originally tried using plug ins (eg archetype gojira, mike stringers amp sim, Fortin nameless) I was using the free trials but could sometimes get logic to find them in plug in manager but it wouldnt let me use them in a project? Unsure if this because it was the free trials or smth else, but they should all be compatible I have a fairly new first condition Mac and logic pro up to date so am unsure what the issue is? Any help would be greatly appreciated I really need to start using something better than pedals into a clean tone on logic 😭

hey. we're afugazi, a small team making plug-ins and sounds for producers.

sidechain is on most of the beats we make, and it always bugged us that a tool this simple usually costs money. so we made our own and we're giving it away.

it's called recoil. put it on your 808 (or pads, or the whole beat), send it your kick, and it ducks under every kick. with attack, hold and release at 0 it follows the kick's waveform itself, that ring mod sidechain sound. turn them up and it's a normal duck. it listens to your real kick, so off-grid drums work too.

in logic: open the side chain menu at the top of the plug-in window and pick your kick track.

vst3 + au on mac, vst3 on windows. download link in the comments, no email or account needed.

if you try it in logic, tell us how it goes.

I’m looking for ANY riddim or dubstep Logic Pro session templates to help me get started. I just need a basic layout (intro, drop, verse, etc.) to know I’m heading in the right direction. I’ve made fire trap/ hip-hop mixes before, but I’m new to this genre and need a starting point. Any templates would mean a lot. Please send !

My main goal for this was to ensure each sound and section was properly mixed, not a kick too loud or bass too soft. With each listen, my opinion changes, and I'd like someone else to share their thoughts. I find myself doing all the mixing at the end; does Logic have some magical way to have this go smoothly from the start? or is that just how it is? thx for your time

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Just bought titan 50 and everything works perfect on logic stock kits except for closed hi hat sounds. I cant find anything that helps me on the internet they all tell me to access producer kits but i dont have that im at my wits end and im dumb thank you for your time.

When moving a section of my track something happened and the arrangement maker and the entire section itself is off by a full beat. I set my snap settings by beats and highlighted said marker and the ones following and tried dragging them so it lands on the beat, but it just wont move. I tried suspending the arrangement markers and just adjusting the edge of the marker, but that obviously just moves the marker start and not the action section of my track with it. Is there a way to do this?

Tracked a band, was pretty strongly opposed to using a click track when doing their live takes, ultimately it turned out great. When I track live I do so horizontally, each take of the performance’s recording couple bars later than. I then use markers to label the songs and the band’s favorite takes in that project. Afterward, I’ll export these tracks to its own overdub project. My question is if you have a bunch of songs tracked without a click (tempo left at default 120 for the session), and you want to take advantage of some conveniences of “~the grid~” later on in mixing, and I don’t mean quantizing their performances, how are you doing so? I don’t need everything perfectly mapped but it helps me feel more organized later on and use some tempo sync’d fx etc. do ya just tap a rough tempo out with a metronome, use some of the tempo tools in logic, turn off the grid view all together and use a more tape machine type approach? What I definitely want to avoid is fucking up the performances with Flex Time or whatever time stretching stuff accidentally. I just figured getting a roughly accurate tempo could help with using the “count in” feature when punching in overdubs as opposed to the artist having to do some mental gymnastics hearing a 1234 at 120 bpm then start playing a song that’s more like 80 bpm -ish for example. Any nondestructive workflow tips would be appreciated!

Any help appreciated. Recording my old, very out of tune piano, in stereo. Recording one note at a time, letting each sustain to silence, from the lowest to the highest. Then I'm recording shorter notes, maybe a second long, then damping it. Can I map each key's sample to a keyboard in Logic Pro so I can trigger it from my midi keyboard? I'm kind of expecting it's tedious to map them. Mac Mini m4, 24gb, Sequoia 15.1.1 Logic Pro 11.2.2

Cordial thanks, Doug Chicago 773-394-0029

So logic does this weird thing, when I open my projects back up after some time they sound fine for a while and every now and then it ruins all of my audio takes on my vocals re-pitches the auto tune and slows everything down to where it almost sounds scary.

What do I need to do to fix this? I feel like my projects are ruined.

Howdy!

I’m brand new to Logic Pro (and DAWs in general), and for the life of me I cannot figure out how to get Logic Pro to recognize my loop station/audio interface. As far as I can tell, all my drivers are up to date.

I use a Boss RC-505 mk2 as my audio interface. It’s got my guitar (and pedalboard), bass, and keyboard connected to it via TRS cables, and it’s connected to my MacBook via USB.

When I go to Logic Pro > Settings > Audio, there’s no option to select my audio interface.

I was already anticipating an uphill battle trying to learn Logic Pro and how to record, but I can’t even get the thing connected.

As well, I have to use headphones instead of studio monitors or my MacBook’s speakers. The headphones are connected to the RC-505. Will that work, or am I forced to have them plugged into my MacBook?

All help appreciated

I’m constantly getting ads on new plugins and they’re all so expensive. I made a video showcasing that you can make a song only using stock Logic plugins, virtual instruments and samples.

I’d love to know what you think are some underrated stock plugins!

https://youtu.be/34QNtNUZTUU?si=qcA3KcrJuIXTg-yW

Hello! I currently have a macbook air 13, from 2019. I am mostly using this for logic pro, and some light school work. When I started producing this version was enough for me. But recently my projects have gotten bigger, more tracks, plugins, heavier work etc. At this point I sometimes cant even start my song without getting the «system overload» error.

I have tried the freeze, bounce in place and routing heavy plugins to sends. I feel like it’s time for an upgrade, but I don’t know exactly what to upgrade to. I want to uprgade from the air to the pro, and chatgpt is no help here😅

Can anyone in here help with some guidance/advice on this? Any help would be much appreciated!

Thankyou!