Pianoworldstage Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Hi Just a quick question about the Stereo Output channel in Logic Pro. After reading articles I'm still not understanding its concept, what exactly is its purpose? I'm assuming it provides a greater or less stereo output for the track being recorded? but is there another purpose for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 It's the channel strip that is controlling the signal routed to outputs 1 and 2 on your interface, that are routed to your left and right speaker, respectively. When you route your tracks to your Stereo Out channel strip in Logic's mixer, you're summing those tracks to mix them together so that you can hear the mix on your speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas007 Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 In Logic you could have more than 2 outputs (1 and 2 paired in Stereo). Logic also features different surround options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pianoworldstage Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share Posted September 20, 2021 It's the channel strip that is controlling the signal routed to outputs 1 and 2 on your interface, that are routed to your left and right speaker, respectively. When you route your tracks to your Stereo Out channel strip in Logic's mixer, you're summing those tracks to mix them together so that you can hear the mix on your speakers. I only work with monitor headphones to mix and record, no monitor speakers at present. Does that mean the stereo out channel strip is irrelevant in my productions until i begin to use speakers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzfilth Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Yes, as long as you plan to create mono mixes. If you upgrade to stereo, which the world did in the 60s of the last century (including some slightly rough but nonetheless endearing early attempts by the Beatles and others), you will need the Stereo Out, as it does what David covered already and it also has the magical Bounce button which you need to write your stereo mix into an audio file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas007 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Your headphones are stereo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 It's the channel strip that is controlling the signal routed to outputs 1 and 2 on your interface, that are routed to your left and right speaker, respectively. When you route your tracks to your Stereo Out channel strip in Logic's mixer, you're summing those tracks to mix them together so that you can hear the mix on your speakers. I only work with monitor headphones to mix and record, no monitor speakers at present. Does that mean the stereo out channel strip is irrelevant in my productions until i begin to use speakers? No, it's the same whether you're using headphones or speakers, really. Your audio regions are located on tracks in your Tracks area. The tracks are assigned to a channel strip, and the channel strip have an output setting. If you do not route the audio to an output, then the audio stops there and doesn't come out of Logic. You need to route the audio to a pair of outputs, typically Output 1-2 (called simply "Stereo Out" in Logic Pro) in order to route the audio to the channels 1 and 2 on your audio interface. In turn your audio interface routes channels 1 and 2 to the left and right channels of your headphones. Even if your only interface is the Mac's built-in headphone output, it is the same routing. So basically, in order to hear something when working in Logic, you need to route it to Stereo Out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pianoworldstage Posted September 21, 2021 Author Share Posted September 21, 2021 it also has the magical Bounce button which you need to write your stereo mix into an audio file. I take it then selecting either Bounce from the File > drop-down menu, or the "magical Bounce button" as you put it, on the stereo out fader, applies the same action in rendering a stereo audio file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 I take it then selecting either Bounce from the File > drop-down menu, or the "magical Bounce button" as you put it, on the stereo out fader, applies the same action in rendering a stereo audio file? That's correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pianoworldstage Posted September 21, 2021 Author Share Posted September 21, 2021 Thanks for all your support on this topic, as always, very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 You're welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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