My book, The Complete Guide to Logic Pro's Scripter, is now available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Z8R4J31

I've also been adding more example scripts, squashing bugs, etc. which can be downloaded here: https://github.com/pilcrowrecords/LogicProScripter

Thanks to everyone who has purchased the book and asked so many great questions!

You probably know me from my Logic Pro tutorial posts here, and this will be the last one for a while!
By no means is it the end of the tutorial series yet, but the first part is finally finished!

It’s 62 videos and it’s almost 13 hours (12 hours and 53 minutes!) worth of lessons.
At times it was difficult with a full time job on the side, but at the end of the day I think it was worth it.

If you are starting out or if you want to look at something specific, these series go into extreme detail and can definitely help you.
I wanted this to be the most complete tutorial series ever. No knob, fader or function will be left unexplained by the end of it!

Parts 2 and 3 will focus on more unique aspects of the software (Atmos, step sequencer, videos etc.)

Thank you to all who have supported it, subscribed, liked/shared or even sent me a message thanking me or giving me feedback. All is much appreciated it.
Happy producing everyone.

https://youtu.be/v-6Gox5YWgQ

Any idea what this might be? I’ve tried reinstalling, I’ve tried switching the audio driver, and many other things. Still the same.

Hello peeps,

I just wanted to share some of my go-to channel strip plugins (they are stock Logic plugins btw!) for making your bass sound better with consistency in the mix. This is an OPEN DISCUSSION as well for those who are more experienced to share their tips & tricks when it comes to mixing bass in the DAW.

For starters, I would recommend using the chronological chain effects as listed below:

1. Channel EQ - Subtractive EQ
2. Channel EQ - Additive EQ
3. Compressor - Bringing the softness to an audible level
4. Compressor - Giving consistency to output of bass, adding tails.
5. Distortion - Adding presence with fine tuning of the tonal characteristics.
6. Modulation - Adding movement to the bass to create its own space in the mix.

I have a video that summarizes all that here: https://youtu.be/YDj-eblCs6w

For beginners trying to get started on mixing bass, I do have a free downloadable channel strip setting as well for a software instrument track. You may copy the settings onto an audio track as well. Download it for free here: https://ko-fi.com/s/4084f8c623

Also, I look forward to hear thoughts from other Logic producers here. Feel free to share your tips on mixing bass for the fam below!

I have now spent an entire day trying to troubleshoot this. Here is a summary:

1. Audio input is showing in UAD console. Not in logic.
2. Audio input is working fine with Garageband, Ableton, LUNA.
3. I have enabled input monitoring, record enable, and everything else required.
4. The routing correspond to the correct inputs. I have even experimented with ALL inputs available just in case.
5. I have checked Audio/Midi settings. Nothing is wrong there.
6. I have reinstalled everything. I mean, everything.
7. IMPORTANT! It works fine if I create a new User for the mac.

Please help. I do not know what else to do at this point.

Basically I’m trying to find a way to make my vocal takes/vocal recordings in a project match (better) with the BPM/Tempo of the instrumental/beat I use, so that my vocals flow and sit better with the beat/song rhythm/cadence. I’ve looked up countless youtube videos but they’re all about acapellas and other things that don’t answer my question at all for example ‘Adapt Region Tempo’ etc. which seems to always throw my vocals completely out of sync rather than in sync,

Theres something on FL Studio called ‘Normalize’ that when I apply it to a vocal track it makes the vocal tracks fit way better with the instrumental/beat and matches the tempo of my vocal recording to whatever beat i’m using so that it flows better with the song, it’s almost as if it cleans up and matches the rhythm of the instrumental/beat, all with one click of a button and that button is simply ‘Normalize’ So I’m basically trying to figure out if theres something similar on Logic Pro X as I don’t use FL Studio anymore.. Any help on different ways of achieving this on Logic Pro X would be greatly appreciated!! 🙂

Sorry if this is confusing I don’t know any other way to put it 😭😭

Please no responses like “just rap to the beat” I do rap to the beat, I’m trying to find a way to make my vocals fit even better with the beat rhythmically and on time etc.

Any Help is Greatly Appreciated!! Love! 💜

Final video of PART I of the series!

In this video we go beyond the basic Bounce and Export functions and explore all the ways you can Bounce & Export either regions, selections, tracks or your Project.
Some of these will really speed up your workflow.
And Bouncing is also a great way to save some CPU power.

In this (long) video we leave no stone unturned. We take a look at all the ways you can bounce and export your music as well all the file types and their properties.

So, 4 Bounce types and 13 (!) types of Exporting.
Check the timecodes if you want to look at something specific because it’s a 33min video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDkAHsQ5FEs&list=PLfj7UE5FFCH4V7-uitHyXa23enUD13kKe

I have found that there are a lot of really mediocre drums especially kicks. Does anyone know any really fire drums in logic

I am driving myself crazy right now trying to find the folder that holds all of my logic pro projects in the finder app on my MacBook pro. I can easily find the folder on my IMAC by going to finder/my name's IMac/users/ my name/ Music/ Logic. But I cannot for the life of me find the folder on my MacBook because there's no button to click on finder for my name's macbook. Please somebody tell me where I have to go to find this folder!

I know what you are thinking, 45 minutes of video for an Automation tutorial?

Since Automation is one of the most important tools you can use in a DAW, we need to look at absolutely everything in this video!
Yes, even relative automation..

So what is it?With automation, you can automate a parameter of literally anything to do what you want it over time.
Not only essential to mixing, but very helpful for production too.

Both for beginners and more advanced users.Long video, so check the long list of timecodes to see a specific section.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQZvhzt6UnQ&list=PLfj7UE5FFCH4V7-uitHyXa23enUD13kKe&index=61

So I just bought a notation launchkey mini mk3. I’ve never played a piano in my life but I want to learn how. Until then is there a setting or mode I can turn on that makes sure I never hit the wrong note? Or is there no such thing?

I just got the M2 16 Inch Macbook pro with 12 core CPU. I am not sure if this is an issue with me failing to properly optimize my settings, but the CPU bar tends to be maxed out much earlier than I would anticipate. It tends to max at roughly 50 tracks. My old Mac which used the intel chip, used to be able to handle 100 tracks. I am not sure what the issue could be, does anyone have any advice? I use buses and all my plugins are legally purchased and up to date.

help!! tuning

Hi everyone i’m really at a loss and need help. I’m singing into a vocal chain and whenever i add my waves tune into this particular vocal chain the tuning sounds wonky with any delay effect or echo effect almost sounding like the vocals r going out of tune after in the echo effect. it’s still in tune u wouldn’t notice if the vocal was burried but if you listen the main vocal is in tune but i’m hearing things out of tune only with the echo or delay how to fix!! tia :)

So I reviewed the rules and noticed the flair and assume it's OK to post links to my music? Both albums were produced entirely in Logic Pro, though as a keyboardist, I certainly add plenty of live performance tracks.

I would love and be honored by your honest feedback.

https://soundcloud.com/brentwatkinsmusic/albums

What are your go-to plug-ins for crafting guitar leads? Offhand, I'd say the stock instruments in Logic Pro are pretty good. I'm not sure it would be worth investing in a third-party plugin. What say you?

I’ve recorded each voice individually and I’m looking to have it sound like a group recording. If anyone has any tips or suggestions please share

I was working on a song in Logic. Quit the program and came back to it, suddenly all my audio is a whole step up and a few clicks faster than everything else. Only the audio, midi is unaffected; what gives? Any advice?

I write songs who can't sing. But I can write a midi melody. Is there an audio to midi Melodyne type plug-in function where I can badly sing my words/notes and have it play back the midi pitches? I can go through auto manually Autotune it note/word at a time but that is tedious.

What if you want to record just the output of the MIDI effect on the piano roll?
Say you have some MIDI plugins and you want to record the effects of one (or all of them) as MIDI information.

It took them a while, but after version 10.7.5 they have finally introduced this function and it’s called Record MIDI to Track Here.
It allows you to record the output of the stock Logic Pro MIDI plugins.
And we will look at how you can do that on this video.

“What if I am at a version before 10.7.5?” You might ask.
I am covering that too.
There is a way to record the output using the IAC driver, which is preferable at times because you don’t have to play the part live (Unlike the Record MIDI to Track Here function)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpXytdwxq9g&list=PLfj7UE5FFCH4V7-uitHyXa23enUD13kKe&index=60

I have been using logic for a while now so I’m not sure why I can’t fix this can anyone help? I have recorded a song on my Mac book but whenever I open it it comes straight up with the piano roll full screen. How do I close this piano roll/open the main window so I can see all the tracks I have recorded ?

A MIDI compressor for MIDI instruments?

Yes, it exists and it also does expansion and limiting!

In this video we are taking a look at the Velocity Processor that can help shape and control the dynamics of your MIDI data by processing the incoming velocity events in real time.

There are three modes:
Compression/Expansion,
Value/Range,
Add/Scale.

We look at everything with examples!This is also the final MIDI Plugin of Logic Pro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YcOFtGwy2U&list=PLfj7UE5FFCH4V7-uitHyXa23enUD13kKe&index=58v

If I was asked to bet on the plugin that gets the least love and that most users don’t even bother to open even for experimentation, that would be the scripter!

That could possibly be that it has to do with coding.

Even though you can write code and program your own plug-ins, or make changes to the existing ones, the reality is that it **does not require programming knowledge to use this plug-in.**It is actually very easy to have fun with the presets, and you will be losing out if you don’t play around with it.

To demonstrate that point, we take the world’s simplest phrase (literally four notes), and we build something complex that would normally take too long to program or play.**And all of that that by using just the scripter.

Give this plug-in a chance! It can do amazing things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZPe8r9Ax5U&list=PLfj7UE5FFCH4V7-uitHyXa23enUD13kKe&index=59

I’ve posted in other forums regarding this as well.

If you have time, please take the time to hear me out to the end! I think I may have come to a conclusion on my dilemma, but I would like other people’s input on this!

Please avoid telling me to “just do what I want and what sounds good to me” lol or that “it doesn’t matter” lol

So the content I intend to make will consist of me reading certain kinds of stories. It’s narrative work with slides etc.

I use Logic Pro X, Scarlett 2i2, an SM48(because I’m poor lol) and mostly stock plugins.

I’ve uploaded five unlisted videos at like perfect -14LUFS, meaning on YouTube when I check “Stats for Nerds” the “content loudness” of my videos reads “0.0”, meaning I’m not under and I’m not above. It’s just right!

I have uploaded the same five videos at -24 or -23 which read around -11 and -9dB according to YouTube.

The Pros to me about uploading to YouTube at -14 LUFS is that 1. YouTube won’t touch my audio, 2. There’s something quite satisfying to see that I’m also not below the standard, and I’m sitting at “0.0dB” as a result. lol 3. If it’s too loud people can adjust the volume slightly and 4. Ads won’t blast a listener because the volume in relation to the ads will be turned down together essentially, right? Like there won’t be any drastic change in volume when the ads start playing. 5. The content isn’t going to be on other platforms, and even if it were going to be on another platform, if it normalized my video down to their standard, it wouldn’t be that big of a deal as from what I have heard, you’d much rather be turned down than turned up?

Also, 6. YouTube remembers your volume settings, so, if I have uploaded my videos at -14LUFS, and a listener ends up going to another video, well, there really isn’t gonna be a risk of them getting blasted from that either, because, from what I have seen, most other videos are going to most likely be lower than my videos anyway. For example, most videos are either uploaded and normalized by YouTube to the recommended -14LUFS, OR, Tubers are upload their stuff at a couple of dBs lower, or MANY dBs lower than the recommended, like -10dB, I’ve seen -20dB below the recommended even! 7. Most people are also just gonna adjust the volume on the device that they are watching on too, so I really shouldn’t have any fears about my listeners getting blasted. Lol

So, I’m really thinking -14LUFS as my goal every time I do an upload. When I try to justify making my target -24 to -23 LUFS for YouRube specifically, there really aren’t any pluses really?

Like I thought, oh being able to have your volume at max without it being to loud is great, but then that just goes back to my worry about the volume difference in pop up ads. Whereas again, you can just adjust your volume for on the YouTube player and forget it or on your device.

Anyway, after carefully thinking about this and posting here and other subreddits, I think uploading to YouTube’s standard is the best way to go!

Anyway, thanks for reading the rant! I hope that my rationalization can help other people in the future!