Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

On 13/09/2006, at 12:40 AM, GAmoore@... wrote:

> Thats my problem - I am not a competent engineer. I have read  
> articles, and
> understand the basics, and have experimented, but I am trying to  
> make some
> music, and I listen to what I think sounds decent, but then playing  
> it back on a
> CD in the car, sounds quite different than the studio monitors. Can  
> you explain
> more about when you use the various compressors in different  
> situations? I
> have found that UAudio 1176 good for drums, and the LA2A more for a  
> gentle
> compression - maybe across the outputs, or on voice - but not sure  
> if thats the
> best use of them.

1176 for kick & snare because it has a very fast attack/ release.

LA2A for bass, orchestral strings, acoustic guitar & backing vocals.  
With BV's it's usually on a bus that all the bv's go through. The  
LA2A has smooth attack. Not a good choice where heavy compression is  
required.

Fairchild is great for lead vocal for it's warmth and smoothness and  
I sometimes use it on drum overheads.

Precision/ Logic Limiter is great for putting across the drum& bass  
sub group with threshold set to 0dB just to smooth out any cymbal  
attacks and other transient spikes. In this setting most of the time  
it's not doing anything. Other than that I use them mainly for self  
Mastering. Same with Precision Multiband. Mastering only.

Logic compressor is great for Toms, electric guitars - anywhere you  
need transpearant squashing of a high order. Fast attack & release.  
Hidden feature is the output clipping which I find very useful at  
times. Logic's compressor is probably the most versatile out of all  
of these and can be made to sound like many other devices. If I could  
only have one compressor out of all these Logic's would be it. The  
Waves Renaissence is also a very good compressor AND versatile. It's  
slightly warmer than Logic's.

If you want to learn more about compressor technologies and why  
different devices perform better in different settings Universal  
Audio has a very good article in their webzine here <http:// 
www.uaudio.com/webzine/2006/april/index4.html>.

Finally Greg, if your mixes aren't translating well the first thought  
to cross my mind is how does your room sound AND maybe you're mixing  
at too high a volume? When balancing up it's essential that you don't  
move the volume knob IMO. Speakers offer different frequency response  
at different levels and the louder you mix the more your room's sound  
comes into the equation.

Kind regards

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Paul Najar
Jaminajar Music Production
www.jaminajar.com



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