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  1. This was extremely helpful and I just followed your advice and perfection! Thank you for taking the time to answer!
  2. Hello, I am having an issue and I feel the answer is right in front of me but I cannot see it. I am preparing my tracks to send to my mixing engineer and he has requested that everything starts 2 bars behind the start of the song. When I go to: File/Export/Export all tracks as audio files I am able to export them without problem. The song starts at 0111 and kicks in at 2111. If I bounce a .wav of the individual track, it preserves the 2 bar intro. However, when I use the export all tracks as audio files I lose the two bar intro. Is the easiest solution simply to always start that song at 1111 and just move everything over two bars? Any input/advice would be much appreciated! Thank you!
  3. This is just fantastic! I'm blown away that you did this all in Logic!
  4. Thanks very much I appreciate that very much! I'm always loving the journey and trying to surf the ups and downs. That is interesting that you said that in re: to the song arrangement. Precisely this weekend that is exactly what I've been doing! I got so disconnected from the song during production (how did that happen) that I forgot to ask myself: "How would I perform this at an open mic?" Thanks for your very valuable 2 cents!
  5. -Your comments were all very spot on and made me laugh because they help me realize I don't need to pack in so many lyrics without rest. I'm trying to be less wordy but having moderate success at that. I listen to so many podcasts, read so many interviews and I find myself wondering if a proper edit/production x-factor is what is keeping me from finding success with my songs (success meaning making a living from licensing placements, etc). I hear so many tales of "Well when that song came to me it was rubbish but I put in some strings here, moved the bridge here, did x y zed with the solo and badda bing badda boom we had ourselves 30 grammies and a global smash!" I'm honestly trying to push myself to write as good a song as I can. It's a bumpy road but I love it.
  6. -I love that idea as well...I'm going to try chopping it up that way with the super rough mix I have. Thanks for your response!
  7. 5 years ago I was sitting on mixes, frankly terrified to share them with anyone. It was major paralysis. I shared a track on here, Mike Robinson took the time to give a massively helpful critique and that fear of exposing all my flaws vanished (by like 90%). That moment where I hit "submit" was super scary and I'm so darn glad I did it...I ended up releasing the album in Nov of 2019 and it felt so good just to release it...something I had written and re-written so many times. I'm trying to improve my work flow and I've accepted I am not an engineer but can get the songs to a good demo point of mixing to show the engineer what I am shooting for. I would love any feedback on this track. Specifically, I feel it's about a minute too long. This is a song that came to me in a dream (at least the first descending chord progression) and I just went for it and figured I would chop it down later. My current thoughts are to cut the bridge in half and completely remove the backwards guitar solo. I realized i go right back into my old habits and don't offer any dynamics, just pound through the whole song with no breaks. I've tried to create some subtle stops for variety. The bridge starts at 2:52 and goes to 3:28. The guitar solo goes from 3:29-3:59. I grew up listening to 5 minute songs by Def Leppard and wanted the guy who was playing lead to really have some space to spread out. I ended up really liking the part I wrote and found myself back in that territory of "I'll just keep it for me" all the while feeling it's way too long. My plan is to chop the bridge in half, 86 the guitar solo and just go straight to a bare bones pass of the chorus, then rest and bring it home for the full chorus at the end. The female bgvs on the second chorus I'm thinking of moving to the last chorus because of the emotion/vibe she delivers. So those are my plans...would love to hear your thoughts.https://soundcloud.com/themusicofjeff/the-only-way-53121/s-tNN9tbdNkUR Thank you for your time and for being a part of this forum. It's gotten me through basically everything. Best, Jeff
  8. Thank you David! Once again you save my sanity. The single click in the background of the Tracks area fixed everything. Before, no matter where I was in the song, if I would double click the start/end marker arrow it would zero out the start/end fields in the Bounce dialog. This time I didn't even realize I had the regions selected. Thanks again!
  9. Hello all, I am forever grateful for this forum. It got me through my first album and now as I work on my second album, here I am again. I searched for this topic but was unable to find any info and I'm sure I've read it on here before, so please forgive me asking a question that has already been answered. If someone could direct me to the information I would be most grateful. I recently upgraded to Logic 10.6.0 and have been loving it so far. I just created my first song with it and when I went to bounce I did the following: 1. Double click the cursor marking the end of the song twice to reset the 'start and end' times (is this method archaic and awkward? Is there a faster way to do this?) 2. Press CMD B, select mp3 and bounce away. However, I noticed that the Start and End times are not resetting to match the bar numbers shown when I click the end cursor. On that topic, where do y'all usually begin the bars to record? - 2 1 1 1 ? What is the best way to set it up so that it's easiest when sending it to collaborators to either play on or mix in your opinion? Thank you as always David for having created this site! Best, Jeff
  10. As always David, you provide me with the exact answer I need. Thank you! I figured the way that I was doing it (exporting tracks as audio files starting on bar 1) was not the best; that there was an ideal way. I am sending them to a mixer and wanted to double check that this method would work. Thanks again (as always!) Best, Jeff
  11. Hello all, Could you offer any insight as I prepare a project for a mixer? I am trying to bounce each track in place and as I do so, I notice that even when I select "new track" the original track becomes muted. Once I have bounced that track in place, what is the proper procedure to then prepare it as a .wav or .aiff file? I am used to "export all tracks as audio files" but I have been told this method is better because it creates the bounce before the fader and includes any silence in the beginning of the track. Thank you!
  12. No, he is using ProTools. I am simply uploading all the .wav files to dropbox I realized that when I exported all my songs, a lot of the .wav files had errors (because I exported unedited tracks) and so I was going back and wanted to make sure I send everything correctly on my end. That was when I started to wonder about what exporting actually does in re: to volume/panning automation, and volume in general e.g. if I have a guitar solo that sits nicely in the song at -14.0 db, if I am just bouncing a single .wav (with my plugins that I want for the specific solo) should I bring the fader up to 0db or does it even matter? I was concerned about sending him a .wav file that wouldn't give him all the mixing control he needed.
  13. Thank you darudevil! Essentially I realized that several stems I sent contained errors (my fault, I uploaded them incorrectly) i.e. an intro guitar was clipped off or I uploaded an unedited backing guitar. It's 5-6 tracks per song and I was zeroing everything out, removing all automation, keeping effects on the channel strip if the track warranted it, and then bouncing each track individually, then putting them in the dropbox folder. After getting halfway through the songs, I realized that I was possibly doing it all wrong and came back to the forums. I am now simply exporting each file that I want (mostly Acoustic Guitars and some bgvs) and if the volume doesn't work for him I will simply send him the track at 0db.
  14. Thank you triplets for this advice! I appreciate you taking the time to answer. You have saved me hours of work. Do I still need to remove any volume or panning automation? I've always wondered...how does exporting work re: volume? If I have the track volume set at -7.0 db will exporting keep it right there? Thanks
  15. I am having a bit of a mind meld and I think it's due to not having seen the sun all day as I prep various tracks for my album. Can you help me regain sanity? When I export a project in Logic X, should I remove all volume automation (i.e. fadeouts) and zero out all the tracks before I send them to the engineer? Does it even matter if I send a .wav of an acoustic guitar and he receives it at -7.6 db vs 0 db? Thank you for your time and for my sanity.
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