Using the sample editor?

[LarsGranat]

I was just wondering, because I hear a lot of people saying that they're doing a lot of edits in the sample editor in Logic.

When I edit audio, I do it in the arrange. The only time I use the sample editor is when I want to reverse a clip, or use the time and pitch functions or the like.

 

So I was just wondering, what are you guys and girls using it for?

I realize that everyone has different ways of working in Logic, but I was just curious, and maybe I'll pick up a trick or two.

[David Nahmani]

I use the sample editor mainly for reversing and time and pitch machine as well, sometimes for destructive editing, for example if I need to lower the breathing in some vocals on an audio file and want those changes to be reflected across all the projects that use those vocals.

 

Also to denoise stuff, to search for the peak, to edit samples for the EXS24, to use the Energizer (usually in the mastering stage), to use the groove machine, quantize engine, to use the audio to MIDI feature, to do any kind of destructive editing (fades, silencing, deleting...) etc...

[ski]

Thanks David for almost leaving nothing out!

 

I use the sample editor for:

 

• removing DC offset

• removing spikes, pops, clicks, and other mouth noises from voice overs (using Spike Reduction)

• destructively lowering breaths (as David described), or, raising very low-level sections of a recording (Change Gain)

• applying destructive fade-ins and fade-outs, and silencing

• I use the Trim function a lot

 

...so it definitely has a bunch of great functions and uses.

[shivermetimbers]

I use it mostly for the etc. type things. My favorite is the normalization as well as the change gain feature.

[LarsGranat]

Thanks for the answers. Come to think of it I use it a lot for searching peaks, and removing pops and clicks etc.

I got the impression that people did a lot of editing in the sample editor instead of the arrange (hence my question, since I didn't get why), but now I see that there are moments when you'd want to do destructive edits, I guess.

 

Thanks again!

[Andyreww]

Another great use for the Sample Editor is setting up the loop/sample start end when using a sample in the EXS24. This probably falls into Shiv's "etc" type things, but worth a mention.

 

Andy

[Rev. Juda Sleaze]

As well as all of the above, I like to use it for creating samples and loops from audio, using the "save selection as" function.

[LarsGranat]

"Save selection as.." - never heard of it, but it sounds really useful!

Thanks again.

[Rev. Juda Sleaze]

"Save selection as.." - never heard of it, but it sounds really useful!

Thanks again.

 

I'm sure you can do it, probably faster, with zooming and the marquee tool in the arrange, but I've still got a lot of workflow habits left over from Logic 4.

[Mehdi]

Probably worth mentioning that Save selection as saves the selection as a new audio file on your hd, whereas using the marquee tool creates a new audio region, pointing to the same audio file in the HD.

[Rev. Juda Sleaze]

Probably worth mentioning that Save selection as saves the selection as a new audio file on your hd, whereas using the marquee tool creates a new audio region, pointing to the same audio file in the HD.

 

Ah yes! That's why Save selection as is good!

 

Don't forget the "create backup" and "revert to backup" functions in the sample editor as well, very useful when you make a boo-boo.