Whenever I need the sound of a room, chamber, hall, or plate, Space Designer is there for me. I most often use Space Designer for gluing instruments and mixes together. But not only that, Space Designer can recreate any "space." From speakers to analog gear, moving textures to drum transformers, and even cool rhythmic patterns. As a convolution reverb, Space Designer recreates the sound of just about any space - indoor, outdoor, and everywhere in between. Space Designer continues to be my trusted workhorse for most mixing applications. And once I find that preset that matches the reverb sound in my head, I then fine-tune the results with EQ or compression. When it comes to reverbs, I pretty much exclusively rely on Space Designer and ChromaVerb's preset selection. This time around though, my feelings are exactly the opposite. And everyone involved, including myself, agreed that we don't rely on presets for "utility" plugins like EQ or compression. In our last expert panel, we discussed the value of Logic's Compressor presets. And Eli Krantzberg creates video tutorials on Logic, and other music software, at. Maurice Chevalier, an experienced composer, and mixer is known to many of us for his generous daily expertise on multiple Logic Pro-related Facebook groups. Edgar Rothermich, well known for his Logic Pro and Pro Tools graphically enhanced manuals, is an expert at digging beneath the surface and deconstructing complex subjects. So, how do you choose which one to use, and when? Here I've asked three esteemed Logic Pro colleagues to weigh in on this existential question.Ĭhris Vandeviver from is an experienced mixer and educator. They both sound great and can both work just about equally well in most cases. Which one is best to use and under which circumstances? There is, of course, no one single correct answer. And Chromaverb is an algorithmic reverb, creating spaces with ones and zeros. Space Designer is a convolution reverb that works with impulse responses of actual acoustic spaces. They represent two completely different under-the-hood approaches to doing the same job, placing sounds within a space. I am, of course, talking about Logic's Space Designer and Chromaverb. Many of the best features for Logic Pro X also eventually filter down to Apple's free GarageBand app, including Drummer and the powerful Alchemy synth.Logic Pro has two flagship reverbs that easily hold their own when compared side by side with the best third-party reverb plug-ins out there. It's a free update for existing users, and the software package is $199 for new users (£149 in the UK and $249 in Australia). Logic Pro X 10.4 is available to download now. New in 10.4 are a pair of drummers who specialize in brush-style roots and jazz playing. New Drummer profiles: One of the most powerful tools in Logic Pro X is Drummer, an AI drum-playing plug-in that mixes and matches drum kits, beat patterns and distinct dummer personalities to give you a realistic-feeling drum track.Step FX: A step filter, which is an audio tool that adds rhythmic filters and effects to tracks.Phat FX: A plug-in that adds various kinds of analog warmth and depth to recordings.Emulations of vintage gear is a big deal for digital music recording. Vintage EQ: Software versions of several classic hardware EQ boxes.ChromaVerb: An algorithmic reverb plugin, with 14 different room types and a modernized UI. I haven't had a chance to try the new beat-detecting yet, but being able to drop in old loops from anywhere and have them line up sounds like a very useful new feature.Īlso new in Logic Pro X 10.4 are several plug-ins, a term used to describe either digital instruments or effects (such as compression or EQ) that can be added to recorded audio tracks. Apple has its own line of such samples, called Apple Loops. Some audio loops (such as drumbeats, keyboard and guitar samples) have always done a good job of this, but they needed special beat-detecting metadata to accurately line up. Without this, the best way to get your recorded parts to match up with prerecorded loops and samples was to record everything to a click track (an on-the-beat metronome-like guide), which could lead to a stiff, robotic feel.Īlso new, a wider variety of loops and outside sound samples can now sync up with the tempo variations in your playing, again adding a more human feel to projects. In Logic 10.4, a new Smart Tempo feature lets you record directly into the app, via a guitar, keyboard or any other instrument, while Logic analyses the input and keeps track of the tempo as you go, following all the human-feeling variations in your playing.
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