Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

nice work..

On Nov 3, 2006, at 1:11 PM, Sean T Lamont wrote:

> On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Wade wrote:
>
> > --- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, Sean T Lamont <lamont@...> wrote:
> >
> > > So since I just finished my first full mix, I thought I'd throw  
> it on line
> > > and get some feedback. I'm pretty sure that both the vocals and  
> the
> > > maracas are mixed too high. Everything is either a stock apple  
> loop or a
> > > logic-based virtual instrument, except the strat and the vocal  
> tracks.
> > >
> > > http://itchy.serv.net/~zeno/CommitToGroove.mp3
> >
> > Pretty cool. It may be your first mix in Logic but it's very obvious
> >it's not your first mix, period.
>
> This is true. But I get better every time I do it. At least, I hope I
> do. :)
>
> >
> > I'd say the maraccas are in subjective territory. If you hadn't  
> drawn my attention to them,
> > I'd probably have felt they were fine level-wise. Maybe they're  
> fractionally over present -
> > but that's a maybe, I still like them how they are.
>
> Yeah, Another responder said he thought they were fine, but I think it
> would feel a little more balanced just a hair lower.
>
> >
> > The vocal, yeah that could use some treatment. You've got tons of  
> reverb which gives the
> > impression the vocal's washing all over the soundscape. It's  
> possible that just lowering the
> > main vocal level will fix this, but I'd recommend less reverb  
> proportional to the dry vocal
> > level as well. Maybe a little EQ treatment as well to make her  
> sound like she fits in
> > amongst the instruments more. It's hard for me to say off the bat  
> - she's veeery treble
> > while the song is bass and mid heavy, so it's not like there's a  
> clash, but I sorta didn't get
> > that illusion that she was there with the (virtual) band.
>
> Live instruments are always tricky ,and the voice is the only real  
> 'live'
> instrument - the strat is live, but it's also coming through an  
> external
> effects processor with an s/pdif output, so it's not like it's mic'd.
>
> Do You think I should EQ down the high end of the vocal track? In  
> my head,
> the vocalist actually isn't quite right, but I only had two voices  
> lying
> around the house, and it was her or me, and this seemed infinitely
> preferable. :)
>
> I'll have to check the reverb on the vocal track, but I actually  
> did one
> thing that was totally intentional, which was push the last 'word' of
> certain vocal phrases through a stereo delay loop, which ends up  
> bouncing
> parts of the voice as an actual rhythmic element, which was what my  
> intent
> was. I'm not sure if the additional reverb on the vocal track made it
> fuzzy or not, I'll have to listen to it again.
> >
> > Btw, what plugs did you use to master the track? All Logic or  
> some 3rd
> >party too or what?
>
> All logic. I actually just figured out how to D/L and install audio  
> units
> earlier in the week. :) Most of them are out of the stock inserts,  
> though
> minorly tweaked.
>
> I'm pretty impressed with the logic virtual instruments, especially  
> the
> EP, and sculpture. I was actually going to buy a Nord Electro,  
> which has
> one of the best boards for dynamic rhodes I've found, but the one  
> on logic
> 7 is almost as good, so I may just buy a new controller. The one weak
> point I would say is that there's not so much emphasis on acoustic
> instruments in the stock instrument set, but this may just be a  
> matter of
> getting a better acoustic sample set. (there's no alto sax, for
> example) I've not tried to load any third party samples as of yet,  
> but I
> think my sampler (emu) isn't compatible with the logic-based sampler
> (forget the name)
>
> Thanks for the feedback.
>
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > - Wade
> >
> > ---
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> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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