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Poll Results - Which Mac Do You Use for Logic Pro?
Poll Results - Which Mac Do You Use for Logic Pro?
Video - Creating Vocal Harmonies With Flex Pitch
Video - Creating Vocal Harmonies With Flex Pitch
macOS Mojave Compatibility - The Ultimate Pro Audio Guide.
macOS Mojave Compatibility - The Ultimate Pro Audio Guide.

Check It Out Today To See If The Software And Plug-ins You Use Support Apple's 10.14 Yet.

The Latest Logic Pro X Tutorials
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B is For Bass!
B is For Bass!

 In this video, I’m going to show you a fun little workflow that allows you to create interesting and original bass sounds quickly and simply, with minimal fuss.

Tracking Snare Drum Brushes Through the Universal Audio Century Tube Channel Strip & Pure Plate Reverb
Tracking Snare Drum Brushes Through the Universal Audio Century Tube Channel Strip & Pure Plate Reverb

Universal Audio’s Century Tube Channel Strip is the perfect first step in getting a warm and fluid brush sound. Close drum mics don’t generally need as much gain as quieter sources like acoustic guitars, or even vocals. This is the perfect scenario to take advantage of the Century Tube Channel Strip’s gain staging. Engaging the pad and then boosting the Level knob results in a nice thick warm tone. Combine this with a nice steep low mid roll off and a subtle 10k boost in the EQ section, along with a few dB of sweet vintage opto compression and you are halfway towards your final drum sound. Add on Universal Audio’s Pure Plate reverb, and you’ve got a sound with real personality and vintage charm. 

Exploring the Musical Depths of the Envelope Side Chain Function in Eventide’s Instant Phaser Mk ll
Exploring the Musical Depths of the Envelope Side Chain Function in Eventide’s Instant Phaser Mk ll

One of the many features, I think, that makes this phaser particularly remarkable is its ability to have the all-pass filters react to a variety of sources other than the usual LFO shape(s) most phasers use. Here I'll explore its ability to have the all-pass filters react to the envelope from an external signal.


Fatten Your Guitar Tone With the Universal Audio Suhr PT 100 & SDD 3000 Delay Preamp
Fatten Your Guitar Tone With the Universal Audio Suhr PT 100 & SDD 3000 Delay Preamp

In this video, brought to you by Universal Audio, my buddy Morey Richman and I are going to look at recording three separate 12/8 based guitar parts in the same song. Each part uses the Suhr PT 100 guitar amp in Unison mode, along with the Korg SDD 3000 delay plug-in. 

Free Preference Manager for Logic Pro X & Pro Tools

Preference Manager is a fantastic little free app from a company called Digital Rebellion. It does exactly what the name implies. It allows you to backup and manage your Logic (and Pro Tools) preferences. 

Logic 10.4.4 Update - Squashes The Auto Backup Bug & More

Apple has released a new update to Logic Pro X. Version 10.4.4 fixes the recent bug where auto backups were not being created as expected. There are other under the hood bug fixes as well.

Grab the Listener's Interest By Panning the Reverb Instead of the Source With Logic's Tremolo Plug-in - Expert Mix Tip
Grab the Listener's Interest By Panning the Reverb Instead of the Source With Logic's Tremolo Plug-in - Expert Mix Tip

One of the endearing and ubiquitous qualities of Rhodes sounds is the ability to use the tremolo knob to pan the sound from side to side. We’ve heard it on a million records and love it. It creates a nice wide moving stereo spatial effect that adds a sheen of polish and sophistication to the sound. For an interesting variation, why not modulate the reverb’s position in the stereo field instead of the source?

Add Color to Logic With Logic Colorizer From Creationauts With A 25% Discount During January 2019

During the month of January, Creationauts is offering an exclusive 25% discount off the regular price to Logic Pro Expert readers. Instead of $39.99, you get it for $29.99. If you want to try it out first there is a full featured trial version available.

Overdrive your Guitar Delays into Blissful Distortion with the Universal Audio Suhr SE 100 & EP-34 Tape Echo
Overdrive your Guitar Delays into Blissful Distortion with the Universal Audio Suhr SE 100 & EP-34 Tape Echo

In this video, brought to you with the support of Universal Audio, my buddy Morey Richman and I put the Suhr SE 100 guitar amp and the EP-34 Tape Echo to work on a couple of guitar parts. Each with subtly unique and colorful tape delay settings. Combined they create a thick and rich unique sounding guitar tone. 

Neyrinck Announce Upcoming Support For Legacy Control Surfaces Like The Control 24 And Pro Control Coming To Logic Pro X And Other DAWs

Would you like to be able to use older Digidesign control surfaces to control Logic Pro X, Cubase or Nuendo? You maybe able to quite soon We have news from Neyrinck that should make this possible.

If I Could Keep Just One Microphone Which One Would I Keep? Audio Technica 4040

The thing I probably record the most these past years, however, is my own voice. Doing VOs for the various videos I do here and for groove3. And after years of trying various mics of varying pedigrees, I have settled on the humble Audio Technica 4040. If I had to choose just one mic, this would be it. Not just because it suits my voice better than all my others, but it also seems to be a general all-around good sounding mic that is usable in most situations I throw at it. 

If I Could Keep One Plug-In, Which One Would I Keep? - Universal Audio SSL 4000 E Channel Strip

With all the virtual flyers reaching our inboxes every day, it can be difficult to block out the “noise”, and zero in on what might be of real value to us. So we thought it might be fun to ask each of the logic pro expert team to choose a single plug-in that they can’t (or wouldn’t want to) live without. In other words, to cut through to the bone of what is really important to each of us. Perhaps that might be of value to you as you are contemplating your own potential purchase choices?

Can the New Virtual Bassist Mellow From UJAM Played In Instrument Mode Successfully Create a Convincing Jazz Bass Solo?
Can the New Virtual Bassist Mellow From UJAM Played In Instrument Mode Successfully Create a Convincing Jazz Bass Solo?

UJAM has just released a line of virtual bassists. Mellow, Royal, and Rowdy. As with their virtual guitarists and drummers, these instruments ship with a fantastic library of phrases in a variety of styles that can easily conform to your own chord progressions. And, as with their other instruments, they are designed to get a variety of tones with minimal fuss. UJAM have sure got the right formula for striking the balance between complexity and ease of use. Which is no small feat! They provide just the right amount of detail. Too much, and it becomes daunting to understand. Too little, and it’s dismissed as a toy. With these, we get a library of fantastic sounding tweak-able grooves. Plus something new!

Enhance the Look of Logic Pro X With This Secret Weapon
Enhance the Look of Logic Pro X With This Secret Weapon

Creationauts have given us a fantastic tool with LPX Colorizer. It can be used to subtly enhance the look of Logic without changing it completely. Of course, it can change it completely too, if that’s what you want to do with it. But the more I use this app, the more I realize that I appreciate the ability to add highlight and contrast to make different elements in the GUI stand out better, without changing the overall look of Logic. 

Get Classic Lexicon Reverb With the New Lexicon 480L from Universal Audio
Get Classic Lexicon Reverb With the New Lexicon 480L from Universal Audio

In this video, sponsored by Universal Audio, we look at using the Lexicon 480L on a pop vocal duet. Using Lexicons Random Spaces algorithm, we use the Lexicon’s unique pre-echo, spin, and wander controls to work to craft a unique and compelling vocal space to help the vocals sit nicely in a relatively dense arrangement. 

Logic 10.4.3 Update - Maintenance Release, Plus One New Feature

Apple has just released version 10.4.3 of Logic Pro X, as well as a GarageBand update; bringing it to version 10.3.2.

A New Abecedarian, A is for Alternatives

A While back I did a Logic Abecedarian here on logic pro expert. Twenty-six posts on Logic, each focusing on a topic relating to a letter of the alphabet. A few years have gone by, and many of the posts did not survive the transition to the revamped site format. Plus, Logic has come a long way in the ensuing years! It’s time for a fresh up to date set of Logic Pro X From A to Z posts. With a new team in place; it’s time for new subject matter and perspectives. 

Free Stuff On Reverb.com – Plug-ins, Sounds, Patches and More!

Recently, Reverb added 2 new segments: LP and software. Reverb Software is of course, very much in harmony with our world of Logic Pro X and I would encourage you to go take a look at the offerings. Reverb’s software section does have a slew of freebie offerings much like several other sites that curate links or downloads with an additional major bonus that is of particular interest.

What Could Current Food Trends Have To Do With Creative Choices in Audio Productions?

I love food analogies and I think it will be a fun and effective way to shine some light or at least, change the perspective of the light we see on how we record and mix today. In particular, there are 2 food trends we see a lot of today, both in the restaurant scene and in home cooking media, that I feel worthy of some discussion. We’ll then look at how this may be in an analogous manner, affecting our choices when it comes to music production.

Top-Down Mixing - An Intuitive Approach to Mixing in Logic Pro X

With Black Friday around the corner, we are all no doubt salivating at the prospect of plentiful new inexpensive plug-ins to slap across all our Logic tracks in the hopes that a new shade of lipstick will make our music beautiful. It’s a rabbit hole we all fall down to some degree or another.

I’d like to share with you an article I recently wrote with some mixing tips that start from a different perspective. Rather than looking at each track as a raw unfinished piece of the puzzle waiting to be painted and made up before the whole can be considered complete, top-down mixing takes a less is more approach. It’s a different mindset where we try and use as little additional processing as necessary. rather than trying to use as much as possible.

Authentic NY Compression – It’s More Than Just Your Regular Parallel Compression

We see lots of articles on compression techniques and feature lists for both hardware and software refer to a blend mode or a control to mix the compressed signal with the dry signal as parallel or “New York” compression. The idea of parallel compression is that a blend of the sustain of the compressed signal and the attack of the dry signal combine in manner to give a result that is the best attributes of both signals. Prior to boxes with a dedicated parallel function, the technique to do this was to “mult” (split) the signals, and then mix them back together again on separate console strips. It is widely accepted that this technique was first used in one or more reknown studios in New York. The problem is that it isn’t authentic New York compression, there’s a missing detail that makes all the difference.

Roli Songmaker Kit for Garageband & Logic Pro X

Roli is launching Songmaker Kit Garageband featuring deep integration with the Mac OS version of Garageband. It runs seamlessly with Logic Pro X as well.  

Start Using Your TrackPad as a Multi-Function Logic Pro X Control Surface With AudioSwift 2 Today

Trackpads are great in that they do so much more than a simple mouse does. You can use gestures with different combinations of multiple fingers to pinch, tap, scroll, & swipe. AudioSwift 2 is an app that enhances these basic functions, optimizing them for use as a control surface with various DAWs, including Logic Pro X. If you don’t have an iPad Pro or a Slate Raven, you can still join the party and participate in the tactile world of touch control!

Free Yourself From the Tyranny of Apple's Gray Scale Universe With LPX Colorizer
Free Yourself From the Tyranny of Apple's Gray Scale Universe With LPX Colorizer

Us Logic Pro X users are a disparate bunch. We come in all types, sizes, shapes, genders, and musical persuasions. But we all have one thing in common. We are all hostages in a grayscale universe, captives in our colorless paradise ruled by Apple. We all desire more color in our digital lives. Welcome LPX Colorizer from Creationauts

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