Logic Pro Help

Hi All:

Working on an EP right now and using Drummer to handle drum parts for all the songs. For the most part, I like it a lot, but I haven't been able to find a way to break the cymbals out to their own track/channel, and I'm wondering if I'm missing something.

Am I right that the cymbals are mixed in on Overheads, Room A & B, and Leak, but can't be addressed separately.

When Tambourine, Shaker and Claps get their own tracks, seems like a strange oversight to skip cymbals, so I'm just hoping against hope that I've missed something?

Thanks!

kaboomer wrote:

Am I right that the cymbals are mixed in on Overheads, Room A & B, and Leak, but can't be addressed separately.

Yes. This is typical of acoustic drum recordings, since you can't possibly have a mic pointed at a cymbal that doesn't also pick up the sound from the other cymbals and to a lesser extent the rest of the kit.

Thx David - pretty much what I expected. I'll find workarounds...

If you absolutely have to have the cymbals on a separate track, you can convert the Drummer regions to MIDI, duplicate the track, and mute / delete the non-cymbal notes (and do the opposite on the drum-only track).

Right - good workaround, uncleozzy - thx!