Logic Pro Help

Mon May 26, 2008 11:36 pm

Top of the morning to you all.

I can't help but notice that there are a lotta kids out there who still ask which plugs to nab to get a good tape distortion sound, with Vintage Warmer, Massey's free Tape AU and Izotope's Trash receiving frequent mention.

But did you know that Logic already comes with a native tape plug that not only distorts but also allows can simulate the playback speed imprecisions inherent to tape?

Furthermore, after having tested it some, I can honestly say that it sounds at least on par with Massey's offering, although perhaps not quite as shiny as Trash. Of course, this is veeeeeery subjective, but still.

So, go forth and seek, fair noobians. Let's see who finds it first! :shock:

Mon May 26, 2008 11:38 pm

Hmmmmm..... ends with a "y"? :mrgreen:

but it's not only the same thing as a tape disto plug-in. I still like my Massey plug-in a lot.

Tue May 27, 2008 12:16 am

Hmmmmm... I'm gonna go ahead and say 'yes', and then 'no'. 'Yes' in that it ends with a 'y', and 'no' in that it can be made to behave exactly like a tape disto if you know how, hence the 'hidden'.

I hope I'm not wrong about this

Anyway, here's a demo for all you non believers.

Note: This is a the vintage funk 03 'Rihanna' loop looped 3 times, first dry, then with Logic's plug and Massey's AU (though I'm not giving away the order). Also note that I'm currently not allowed to use my speakers, and so I had to make this on some cheap cans, hence any perceivable difference between the two plugs (I can usually make them sound freakishly alike).

Tue May 27, 2008 12:37 am

You must be talkin' about Tape Delay right?

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Tue May 27, 2008 12:46 am

Daaaaaaaaaaaaa... That's the one. Curiously enough, before Logic 8, you couldn't set the delay time lower than 10ms. So yay for Logic 8!

Tue May 27, 2008 1:09 am

Yeah, you had to use the free 'latency fixer' plug to trick Logic into thinking that it was 10ms outa sync!

Tue May 27, 2008 1:23 am

heh, i didn't know that one, I just delayed the track negatively

Tue May 27, 2008 4:19 am

Good one!

Can't wait to try this.

Tue May 27, 2008 8:40 am

eggman wrote:
heh, i didn't know that one, I just delayed the track negatively

Yeah ok... a little convoluted! If only we could set the delay to zero.

Tue May 27, 2008 3:36 pm

the Tape Delay is used on every track of mine,. awesome plugin, I prefer it over Waves supertap. It can actually cop 90% of the sound of my Echoplex,...

pretty close,...;|

Tue May 27, 2008 3:45 pm

David wrote:
eggman wrote:
heh, i didn't know that one, I just delayed the track negatively

Yeah ok... a little convoluted! If only we could set the delay to zero.

But Dave... we can now with 8.0.2!

Tue May 27, 2008 3:47 pm

sorry,

am I missing something cool in 8.02?

please explain.

Thanks.

PM

Tue May 27, 2008 3:47 pm

mattrixx wrote:
But Dave... we can now with 8.0.2!

HEY NOW!!! Cool! Wow I was a little slow on that one. Hmm okay I'll have to try it now.

Tue May 27, 2008 3:50 pm

Hey thanks, nice tip

Loads of possibilities, specially with the hidden distortion knob.

Wed May 28, 2008 2:43 am

Did some mixing yesterday, and I must say this is nice on vocals

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Wed May 28, 2008 4:34 am

great tip! One problem though, I tried to copy and paste the plugin setting from one track to another and the delay time reverts back to 666.6ms. Same thing happens if I save a 0ms time as my "#default" setting. Anyone else running into the same issue? I'm using 8.0.2 on 10.4.11.

Wed May 28, 2008 5:21 am

life_chubbs wrote:
great tip! One problem though, I tried to copy and paste the plugin setting from one track to another and the delay time reverts back to 666.6ms. Same thing happens if I save a 0ms time as my "#default" setting. Anyone else running into the same issue? I'm using 8.0.2 on 10.4.11.

yup, whenever moving or reloading it insists on a delay time bigger than 0. No biggy though. I had some good results, although it eats high end and when mixed with the direct signal you've got to watch out for phase problems.

Wed May 28, 2008 6:03 am

David wrote:
Yeah ok... a little convoluted! If only we could set the delay to zero.

I'm offended that you don't read my posts more closely!

Wed May 28, 2008 6:16 am

eggman wrote:
Hmmmmm... I'm gonna go ahead and say 'yes', and then 'no'. 'Yes' in that it ends with a 'y', and 'no' in that it can be made to behave exactly like a tape disto if you know how, hence the 'hidden'.

I hope I'm not wrong about this

Anyway, here's a demo for all you non believers.

Note: This is a the vintage funk 03 'Rihanna' loop looped 3 times, first dry, then with Logic's plug and Massey's AU (though I'm not giving away the order). Also note that I'm currently not allowed to use my speakers, and so I had to make this on some cheap cans, hence any perceivable difference between the two plugs (I can usually make them sound freakishly alike).

if the 2nd one is logic's tape delay then i'll eat my shorts

Wed May 28, 2008 6:22 am

It was

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