Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Hey Andy,

About the grooves.... The new version of Ableton Live has some great groves you can drag and drop on BOTH midi and audio. Also, if there is a groove and or timing you like from another record, track or sample, you just drop the audio or midi file on the groove area, it analyzes it, and stores it for future use on any other midi or audio file !  I think Logic has a groove generator system, but the Ableton Live 8 version [free demo aval] is MAJOR and easy to tweak. I use it to fix vocal timing all the time.

The difference you notice between your mix and cd's, is that cd's are already mastered and "flattened" at the pressing plant which makes it easier for the MP3 algorithms to convert to mp3, when you convert a commercial cd over to mp3. [less work for the algorithm, more definition] Thus a more even sound. That's why I usually suggest doing a CD and an MP3 mix separately.. if you're not professionally mastering..



--- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, "Andy Brook" <bbgrove@...> wrote:
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> Man Parrish writes: 
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> > Greg, 
> > 
> > This is Man Parrish. I'm an artist, producer and remixer. I've worked on over 200 records in the past 25 years [www.ManParrish.com has my info]. Let me help out a bit. 
> > 
> >
> 
> I'm not Greg, but very grateful to read what you had to say. Now if you 
> could only teach me how to get realistic bass grooves on a keyboard and how 
> to create a good schlager beat, I'd be home and dry :-) 
> 
> I have tried some of the techniques you mentioned, and sometimes you need to 
> come back weeks later to find that something you thought was cool and 
> original is actually naff as all hell, but the biggest problem for me is 
> that what sounds good as an MP3 can sound terrible on a home stereo whereas 
> when you buy a cd, you don't get that difference. 
> 
> Andy B
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