Drums off beat? lesson 9 Moment by Darude [SOLVED]

[Jochem]

Hello there!

 

I was about to start lesson 9 and opened the Darude Moments file. However, I have a feeling that my Logic did something to the drums specifically. They sound so off beat to me, but since it’s a major record I’m going crazy thinking that it’s just my interpretation?

 

Could somebody please let me know if it’s my interpretation? And if it’s not, how can I make sure that my logic loads the project properly and in sync?

 

Please see the audio file from the link below that I recorded with my phone.

 

https://sndup.net/btty/

 

0:00 to 0:15 = Just the drums (already sounds bad to me)

0:15 to 0:32 = Drums with all the other tracks (sounds very bad to me)

0:32 to 0:55 = All the other tracks no drums (sounds fine to me)

0:55 to end = Drums with all other tracks + metronome (sounds like hell to me)

 

Project screenshot:

 

 

Thanks in advance!

[David Nahmani]

Yes indeed something is off. Two things:

 

1. If you feel like the Logic project has been tempered with at some point, then download it again from your Peachpit account.

 

2. Make sure you're running a default Logic Pro setup with default preferences like it's detailed in the Getting Started section of the book. You can also choose Logic Pro > Preferences > Reset All Preferences Except Key Commands.

 

Let us know if that works?

[Jochem]

Thank you so much for the reply! It worked, here is what I did.

 

1: I deleted all files I downloaded from Peachpit

2: I downloaded the Darude Moments file again

3: It still sounded off beat, exactly the same as the recording I shared

4: I chose Logic Pro x > preferences > Reset all preferences except key commands

5: I checked if Advanced tools where still enabled (they where)

6: I opened the Darude Moments file again

7: Logic showed the “what’s new in Logic 10.7” again, as well asked to download new sounds, but when I clicked download I already had everything installed. So didn’t download anything extra

8: I clicked play and it sounded perfect!

 

So it seems that everything is fine again. I don’t know what I changed in preferences especially since I’ve only followed the book. I probably miss clicked some key commands and changed something!

 

Thanks again!!

[David Nahmani]

Great! Good to hear. I'm guessing this has something to do with a plug-in delay compensation preference that was turned off. In any case, at least now you're back on track.