Luny Tune

It's for drum replacement/augmentation.

I apologize should this already have been mentioned by someone else, but a search didn't give me any hits on the subject... I recently tested the demo of the Steven Slate Trigger plugin and found this alternative method to the (in my opinion) clumsy method recommended by Steven Slate even where the recommendation is to copy all tracks needed for the job and route and pan them as necessary. Here's the cleaner way to do it in Logic: (I'm using a snare track as an example) - - - Snare Track: Send to Bus 1 (Optional but I recommend: Alt-Click the Send button for Unity Gain. Click and hold on the Send button to select Pre Fader mode.) Other/bleed cancellation tracks: Send to Bus 2 (Optional but I recommend: Alt-Click the Send button for Unity Gain. Click and hold on the Send button to select Pre Fader mode.) Auxes with the two busses respectively as inputs have now been created automatically. Pan Aux 1 to the far left. Pan Aux 2 to the far right. Output both Auxes to Bus 3. A third Aux with Bus 3 as input has now been created automatically. Insert Trigger on the Aux 3 channelstrip. - - - Voila! Quite close to the clean way it's done in Pro Tools.

In my experience this is typically due to an imbalance in the sound, in turn due to cancelling of certain frequencies. I'm not surprised to see it on the waveform from a recording of an acoustic guitar's pickup system. I've also experienced this phenomenon after compressing a signal with a compressor that was missing proper grounding. As the other guys say, if it sounds the way you want it to, don't sweat it. However, you should be aware that compressing and limiting will of course attack the louder side of the waveform more. That may not be a problem at all but I have experienced a track like that that needed a little extra gain in the mix. And in some cases the compressor won't sound exactly as you'd expect. Like you said, you wouldn't have noticed it if you hadn't seen the waveform, but that's why you should always trust your ears if they on the other hand tell you that the stereo image of a sound/mix is leaning to either side even though the meters say that the levels are ok. If you normalize the electric and the acoustic guitar here to 0 dB the electric guitar would still be way louder.

A simple re-install fixed it. And don't continue using Waveburner until you've re-installed if you have this same problem because you can't open 1.6 sessions either if you have this problem. And you still can't after re-installing, so better re-install at once and minimize the damage. Insert the Logic 9 install disk and uncheck everything BUT Waveburner. The new installation will fix the problem. I've never had to re-install anything on a Mac before (since '95) so I didn't think of this solution for some time...

I'm hearing that some can and some can't? Anyone here with an idea?

You still need to set your recording delay correctly. 1. It's intensely important for recordings in general to be placed where it was played. Waaay too many people never set this with performances sounding worse than they actually were. (Pretty silly!) 2. MIDI was never that steady anyway and if you dump a keyboard role to the harddisk like this, with the recording delay set right you can just listen while dumping. If it sounds right...Bingo! You will have had this timing problem every single time you've played it back. Will it sound worse now that you can see the waveform?

In Preferences/Audio/Devices/Core Audio you need to set your Recording Delay. Experiment/measure and adjust the delay until it's aligned perfectly.

Oh my god, what a catastrophy!?! I can't open old sessions now that I've upgraded to WB 1.6? Anybody with a quick workaround? (How does something like that get through betatests? How did NONE of the testers open an old session??)

Naah, it really only makes syncing the beginning easier because the tail was just as easily synced in 8. (Just Alt-click and drag.) Which in turn means that you in 8 can move the file to the desired position for it's beginning and then adjust the length accordingly. Giving you the same result. So it's a little easier in 9 but not very time saving actually...

Seriousloy, it's practically never necessary to reinstall everything on a Mac. Find the problem and solve it.

I'm desperate to know too!!??!!

Since this is an "official" thread...will there at some point actually be some "official" answers to these many questions? Very few have been given yet. It would be intensely nice to see some qualified answers...

No prob. I can't say I agree with, encourage or even condone with the use of any illegal software of any kind, but it's a fact that some people use it and everyone that switch sides and start buying their software should be welcomed to our club. Not pushed away.

StaticStudios, that's not correct. As lagerfeldt wrote you can install it on two macs so no need to replace the cracked version with it's own licensed copy. Just install a second time on that mac. And give the guy a break. He's actually coming clean and says it's to get rid of the cracked stuff and go legit. Good for you, Prosto4you! More people should follow your example and get the licensed versions. Both Apple and Steinberg are in effect forcing people into using cracked versions as demos because where else can you get working demos of these programs??

No, I understand perfectly. I was just commenting on the lazy calling the careful clumsy... Now that you have apologized to JT3_Jon there's no reason for me to carry on, so let's just leave it at that. That aside, I think the faders in Logic would need to be longer to give it a smooth feel or just any degree of accuracy. Don't you?