MikeRobinson Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 On the one hand, Logic Pro X gives you a million dollars' worth of off-board hardware (and all the patch cables you could possibly require), if you think that you're still working in the analog days. With the Mixer panel, you can set it up any way you like, exactly as you did "back then." On the other hand, those hundreds of neatly-organized Library Patches each represent mixing-panel setups that are ready for you to use – or, to change to suit your fancy. Every patch adds one and usually several new items to the mixer, connected as-appropriate by sends. (As you add and remove patches, the mixing setup changes to suit.) You are free to change any of this without affecting the patches themselves. And, they're a terrific way to learn "how the trick was done." Push the buttons, twist the knobs, and listen to the difference (if any). Here's a complete, self-contained mixing board arrangement, crafted by a pro, ready for you to study and to fiddle with, and nobody's billing you by the minute! MIDI loops are another of "ready-built inspiration" – because here you see "a patch under steam," actually rolling down the track. Some loops are audio recordings, but this type of loop is synthesized. If you examine it in the Piano Roll display, you will see exactly which notes were played, in what tempo, and with what articulations. (You might be surprised just how much detail you might "stumble upon!") Meanwhile, in the Mixer, once again you will see exactly how the sound was generated. You can change anything about any of it without affecting the loop. When you're feeling those "creative doldrums," take a journey through the vast(!) Loops library. The audio recordings will give you great performances in miniature, while the MIDI loops will provide a bounty of technical ideas, also miniaturized. And all of this has been curated by a large team of musical professionals ... ready for you to use in any way that you can dream of. Far more than just a collection of "stock parts," loops are a great place to find dreams that you can truly make your own. "We do live in interesting times ..." Today we have access to things that, not too many years ago, people did pay vast amounts of money for (but, really, could not then have had at any price) – now at your fingertips and with no end in sight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRobinson Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 P.S.: And, while we're on the subject, here's another way that you can have fun "honing your chops" ... Take any of the many audio-loops from, say, the Sound Effects instrument category, and now try to replicate it. Put the loop in "lane one," and your attempt to duplicate it in "lane two." See just how close you can get. This is an exercise in "listening analytically." First, you're listening to the sound itself. (In this case, since it's an audio loop, you're not given any clue as to how they did it.) Then, as you compare "your sound-so-far" to their professionally-made equivalent, you're discerning the differences, then trying to decide what to do next. Always remember, of course, that "an audio loop is a final product," consisting not only of the original sound produced by the vocalist or instrument, but also potentially any(!) amount of "subsequent studio audio magic." (In fact, as you troll through the loop-library you can fairly quickly pluck the so-called "stems" from the "fully-developed plants" nearby.) ... "Have fun!!" ... "How on earth did they do it? How close can you go?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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