Audio in Logic

Audio in Logic
Audio in Logic
The Logic DAW contains an impressive multitrack audio studio
this can be used stand-alone for in-the-box

editing.....
....or connected with a variety of third party

hardware for the creation of of new
paradigms.....
.....or for the emulation of traditional

structures
Bluebox
Sample library
16 CDs
2000 samples
Currently on all hard disks
Original CD filing structure preserved for
easy access.
Via the HTML (webpage!) index
Bluebox
If you are merely browsing the BB samples, then
feel free to audition them out of the BB folders
if you are going to change or chop them add an a
effect etc. then..
Please (pretty please!) copy them into your own
working folder
Logic does this anyway
This is the recommended course of action
Audio in Logic
*All* audio le
management should
be carried out in the
Bin in the Media
inspector.
This is found on the

right hand side of
Logics Arrange
Window
Add Audio File directs

you to your
destination folder.
Now you les can be
added - and the fear of
missing les
disappears - so long as
you *dont* *tamper*
*with* *your* *folder*
*structure*. The les
are now added to your
bin. Take care of your
Logic folder - it takes
care of you.
Audio in Logic
Logic Audio editor is a full recording studio in a
box
It has an impressive amount of features.

It behaves like many other Digital Audio
Workstations: it has an Arrange (or track view)

window and, most importantly, an assets
folder
This is found inside your project folder and is
called Audio. Innocuous, but if you move or

lose it - you lose your les and NO RECORD!!
Logic Audio editor stacks up tracks in the

Arrange window in a clear, intuitive way
What must be understood is that the other
windows *all* relate to the Arrange window and

can be tied together by using the Walking Man
the Walking Man
synchronises the
playline between
windows so that they
are at the same point
in the le.
Audio in Logic
There is a dedicated audio editor where some
advanced functions can be carried out
This is found at the bottom of the Arrange

window under the Sample Editor tab
A number of important audio editing functions

can be carried out here
The Sample Editor

An audio region
in the Arrange
window
synchronises
with the same
le in the
Sample Editor
window.
Walking Man
makes this
possible
Now you can work on

an audio region and
there is a row of drop down menus at the
top of the Sample
Editor
These permit a
number of functions
to be carried out, but
*beware* as some of
these are destructive
T0 avoid inadvertent
destructive editing make a backup. This
can be done manually
(by making an extra
copy of your les
before you start); or
you can use the inbuilt
create backup feature
under the Audio File
menu
The Edit Menu is

home to a very
important button: the
Undo/Redo button.
This is indispensable as
it allows the user to
reverse any changes
that might have been
made.
Another important
function is Save
Selection As
This is used to bounce
out copies of
selections of audio
les. This is useful if a
destructive process is
to be carried out on
an audio le.
Audio in Logic
Additional functions
and processes can be

programmed from the
Channel Inspector.....
e.g. EQ (equalisation),
Sends to FX, Inserted
FX, Dynamics etc
Send & Return eects - Insert eects
Send FX in Logic
To establish a send eect - go to the sends slots on the

channel inspector and establish a send control
Send FX in Logic
This will show up as a control with a Bus selected
Send FX in Logic
By default, the right hand inspector channel will now

display the bus selected - go to the Inserts slot and
browse to an eect, say, Space Designer
Send FX in Logic
Now any channel can *send* to this eect - when the

appropriate bus is selected. Its good practice to
name the new Aux object that Logic creates: if it creates
Aux 1 - rename it so that it describes the type of eect
being used, e.g., Reverb
Send FX in Logic
Once renamed, the destination object (Reverb in this

case) will show up labelled as Reverb whenever you
establish a new send on any other channel.
Insert processors
The Send & Return topology is
useful for establishing an eect to
which channels can be sent.
However, if you want dedicated
processing on a channel, an insert
eect is o-en more appropriate. In
the case of dynamics processing,
the processor has to (ish!) be
inserted on the channel. Insert FX
& processors are loaded from the
Inserts patchbay on the channel
strip.
Clicking on the
Inserts patchbay
reveals a wide
selection of processors
available as insert
devices.
Amp Modeling - simulates the sonic effect

that would be obtained if you were to run your
channel through a guitar or bass amplifier

Delay - Echo
echo echo
Logic has regular echo, tape delay (simulates echo
created on an analogue tape machine), and
Delay Designer - a fancy customisable
multitap delay

Delay - Echo
echo echo
multitap delay
Distortion - adds distortion to the signal. Can

be used to create a harmonically rich signal.

Delay - Echo
echo echo
multitap delay

Dynamics - Compression (see below)

Delay - Echo
echo echo
multitap delay


EQ - Changes the timbre of a sound by boosting or
cutting Frequency Bands

Delay - Echo
echo echo
multitap delay


EQ - Changes the timbre of a sound by boosting or
cutting Frequency Bands
Filter - a special type of equaliser used to

voice sounds.
Imaging -the home of effects such as

Stereo Spread (widener)

Metering - Meters - is it at eleven or not.
Theres a tuner here too!

Modulation - the home of the flanger, the
phaser, the tremolo, and the chorus. These FX

modulate the signal in some way. Some of them
mix the signal with a (slightly) delayed version
of itself to achieve a dreamy, swooshy sound.
New Wave and Goth people like these


Pitch - Pitch shift and pitch correction tools.

From subtle pitch correction to radical
harmonisation functions



Reverb - add ambience here - a tasty room, a
world class concert hall, or a cheesy 80s gate or

reverse reverb sound




Specialized - ...and everything else - a

denoiser, a sub-bass unit, an exciter.....




Specialized - ...and everything else - a

denoiser, a sub-bass unit, an exciter.....
Utility - not much here, though Logic has

hidden the channel Phase flip button on
the Gainer plug-in w/o telling anyone!!
Compression
Compressor
a type of gain reducer
Automatically attenuates
the peaks in an audio signal
Compressor
a type of gain reducer
Automatically attenuates
the peaks in an audio signal
The process is called Dynamic
Range Compression - and
the dynamic range of the
audio signal is manipulated
by using a variety of controls
Threshold - the level at which gain reduction

begins to happen

begins to happen
Ratio - the ratio of change bet ween input
level and output level once the threshold is

reached. Expressed as a ratio of input to
output e.g. 4:1

begins to happen

output e.g. 4:1
Attack - the time it takes for the onset of gain

reduction (in ms)

begins to happen

output e.g. 4:1

reduction (in ms)
Release - the time it takes for the gain to
return to normal after the signal drops below

the threshold

begins to happen

output e.g. 4:1

reduction (in ms)

the threshold
Makeup Gain - brings the overall level up to

make up for the gain reduction process.
Has the effect of bringing up quieter sounds - adding more presence

begins to happen

output e.g. 4:1

reduction (in ms)

the threshold
Makeup Gain - brings the overall level up to

make up for the gain reduction process.
Has the effect of bringing up quieter sounds - adding more presence
Knee - the characteristics of the
compression curve around the threshold.
Audio Formats - The denitive guide
PCM- Pulse Code Modulation

the process previously described, by which the
analogue waveform is sampled at regular
intervals, and the sampled value is quantized to
the nearest value permitted by the Bit Depth.
This is pure digital audio - it has not been subjected
to mojo sapping processes such as data reduction

WAV - or Wave file. Stands for Waveform
Audio Format. Usually lossless, this format is

PCM encoded and high quality


AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format. Another

non-lossy PCM encoded format - virtually
identical to Wav.


AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format. Another

non-lossy PCM encoded format - virtually
identical to Wav.
CAF - this is a New Kid on the Block. Apples
Core Audio Format is a flexible format which

allows lossy and non-lossy flavours.
Importantly, it also permits unrestricted file
size. While Wav and Aiff files have a measly
4Gb limit - the Caf cn be hundreds of years
long.
MP3
MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
Moving Picture Experts Group-1 Audio Layer 3
MP3
MP3 - is a digital audio encoding format - it

uses lossy data compression.
MP3

NOTE - data compression is nothing to do with

dynamic range compression - two different things
- please PLEASE do not confuse them.
MP3

NOTE - data compression is nothing to do with

dynamic range compression - two different things
- please PLEASE do not confuse them.
MP3 - accomplishes the feat of reducing the

file size of CD quality PCM files to much
smaller (typically 1/7th - 1/10th the size) file
sizes by employing a process called perceptual
coding. This takes advantage of a perceptual
limitation of the ear-brain system called
auditory masking.
AAC - Advanced Audio Coding

lossy data compression and encoding. Better quality
for the same file size. Native format of iTunes
and other consumer Apple objets

Apple Lossless - lossless data
compression of digital music - saves as .m4a

Similar to FLAC


Similar to FLAC
FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec


Similar to FLAC

CDDA - Compact Disc Digital Audio - the Red
Book standard.


Similar to FLAC

CDDA - Compact Disc Digital Audio - the Red
Book standard.
DVD-A - Digital Versatile Disc - Audio

a DVD designed to store & playback audio. Can
store hi-res and multi-channel
Ogg Vorbis - lossy data compression and

encoding. License-free MP3 style codec
Ogg Vorbis - lossy data compression and

encoding. License-free MP3 style codec
Codec - a portmanteau of
compression-decompression
coder-decoder
Can mean either:
The (virtual) device able to encode and decode a
digital audio data stream
Audio Files - techniques and workarounds
Audio les
Logic is quite intelligent about le
management: it usually converts
les to a format that is
appropriate to the project. If an
MP3 is imported, then Logic
converts it to aif or wav
(whatever the settings are)
It can happen that a le may be
locked in some way - it may play
back, but resist all attempts to
perform edits.....
.... An indispensable
technique is Bounce In
Place. Right-click (or CTRLClick) the snippet you wish
to Bounce In Place. Select
Bounce In Place from the
menu item Bounce and
Merge
The default setting will
bounce out your selection
onto a new track which
Logic creates just below the
current track. Destructive
processes can be carried out
on this new le without
altering the original.

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this can be used stand-alone for in-the-box

....or connected with a variety of third party

.....or for the emulation of traditional

This is found on the

Add Audio File directs

It has an impressive amount of features.

Workstations: it has an Arrange (or track view)

This is found inside your project folder and is

called Audio. Innocuous, but if you move or

Logic Audio editor stacks up tracks in the

What must be understood is that the other

windows *all* relate to the Arrange window and

the Walking Man

This is found at the bottom of the Arrange

A number of important audio editing functions

The Sample Editor

Now you can work on

The Edit Menu is

and processes can be

Send & Return eects - Insert eects

To establish a send eect - go to the sends slots on the

This will show up as a control with a Bus selected

By default, the right hand inspector channel will now

Now any channel can *send* to this eect - when the

Once renamed, the destination object (Reverb in this

Amp Modeling - simulates the sonic effect

Amp Modeling - simulates the sonic effect

Amp Modeling - simulates the sonic effect

Distortion - adds distortion to the signal. Can

Amp Modeling - simulates the sonic effect

Distortion - adds distortion to the signal. Can

Dynamics - Compression (see below)

Amp Modeling - simulates the sonic effect

Distortion - adds distortion to the signal. Can

Dynamics - Compression (see below)

Amp Modeling - simulates the sonic effect

Distortion - adds distortion to the signal. Can

Dynamics - Compression (see below)

Filter - a special type of equaliser used to

Imaging -the home of effects such as

Imaging -the home of effects such as

Imaging -the home of effects such as

Modulation - the home of the flanger, the

phaser, the tremolo, and the chorus. These FX

Imaging -the home of effects such as

Modulation - the home of the flanger, the

phaser, the tremolo, and the chorus. These FX

Pitch - Pitch shift and pitch correction tools.

Imaging -the home of effects such as

Modulation - the home of the flanger, the

phaser, the tremolo, and the chorus. These FX

Pitch - Pitch shift and pitch correction tools.

Reverb - add ambience here - a tasty room, a

world class concert hall, or a cheesy 80s gate or

Imaging -the home of effects such as

Modulation - the home of the flanger, the

phaser, the tremolo, and the chorus. These FX

Pitch - Pitch shift and pitch correction tools.

Reverb - add ambience here - a tasty room, a

world class concert hall, or a cheesy 80s gate or

Specialized - ...and everything else - a

Imaging -the home of effects such as

Modulation - the home of the flanger, the

windows all relate to the Arrange window and

Now any channel can send to this eect - when the