Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

On 14/09/2006, at 7:57 AM, iraklis_l wrote:

> --- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, Paul Najar <yahoo@...> wrote:
>
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> As for the autogain feature, I also turn it off and go little by
> little to compensate, but this results to eventually clipping the
> channel which of course I want to avoid, whereas the Waves Compressor
> does not. This is odd assuming that this is exactly why you need the
> compressor in the first place. However, I was glad to hear that Paul
> you were so supportive of the Logic compressor, but do you not have
> the above problem?

Not sure where your problem is here but I'm guessing it's because you  
mix overall too hot on every channel.

Apart from that, your comment that the same settings on two different  
compressors does not mean the same result-  That was one of the main  
points of my last post. So saying "using compressor XXX with the same  
settings as compressor YYY has a different result not only means  
nothing but that's actually how it should be. It's like saying that  
on a sunny day the sky is blue. Well of course! That's what you would  
expect.


> In addition, you mentioned many tools you use for various different
> purposes. Could you please elaborate on the different purpose between
> the Limiter and the Ad(aptive) Limiter? I have noticed a delay
> imposed with the Ad-Limiter (which can actually cause problems if you
> try to add sth that needs to sync to your output and forget to turn
> it temporarily OFF for recording - your reference is different) but I
> don't know what is different in its usage.

I haven't found a reason to use the AD Limiter. The Straight Limiter  
has always sufficed. If you read the Manual it basically says it''s  
amore "coloured" version of the limiter.

To me I don't want my limiter to have colour. Compressors YES!  
Limiters NO!

> As for what you said about different compressor settings for Kick and
> snare within Logic (I usually do it within Kontakt inside the
> softsampler) do you mean that you would send them out from different
> instrument outputs and through aux objects route it with 100% send to
> different buses (which have the compressors with the different
> settings i take it)  Right?

The busses don't come into it. When I use BFD I send each sound to a  
different aux and then apply compressor/ EQ right there on each Aux -  
completely seperate for each kit sound. The same when using multiple  
sounds from Ultrabeat.

When I have multiple kit sounds coming from EXS I simply open a new  
EXS instrument for each kit sound and process each sound on the  
instrument channel instead.

Kind regards


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Paul Najar
Jaminajar Music Production
www.jaminajar.com



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