deebeefly Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Hi Guys... I know how to save channel strips to include everything inc the instrument channel. However I want to only save the effects chain so I can place it on various instrument channels and not have the instrument change - but only the effect routing. Does anyone know how to do this because I seem to be only able to change the strip and instrument. This only applies to instrument channels Thanks D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audiogrocery Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 One alternative is to route the Instrument channel to a Bus/Aux and save/load the Aux channel strip settings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deebeefly Posted December 21, 2011 Author Share Posted December 21, 2011 Thanks... That would work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlosUnderground Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 You can creat a channel strip, load all the plugs you want, then set the input to "no plug-in", then save. Once this is done, you can load any instrument on the input and retain the inserts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 1) In the Arrange area, select your instrument track. 2) In the Arrange area, create a new audio track. 3) In the Mixer, Command-Option-drag all your effect plug-ins, one by one to the audio channel strip. 4) On the Audio channel strip, save the audio Channel Strip Setting (CSS). In the future, when you need to insert those same effects on any software instrument channel strip, option-click the CSS button (at the top of the software instrument Channel strip) and choose Track > your CSS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadunn1700 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Wow! Guess u learn something new everyday when it comes to Logic. Just wish some of these features were more obvious. Had absolutely NO idea that I could save effect chains (via "save channel strip settings") on a audio track and then use them on software instrument tracks. Never occurred to me to try that. I assumed it would change my entire instrument track into a audio track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damusicman29 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 O.M.G. DOOOOD. This just saved me hours of heartache. God bless your soul! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 O.M.G. DOOOOD. This just saved me hours of heartache. God bless your soul! Good to hear! However that thread is 8 years old, this is now much easier. Click the action wheel at the bottom left of the Library, choose Enable Patch merging and disable the Instrument slot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damusicman29 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Ahhhh ok I’ll try that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Let us know how that goes for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damusicman29 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Okay I tried that, but that's not necessarily what I needed, but it does help! It's quicker for me to just do the alt click thing and choose the fx rack I made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoundStudio412 Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Is there a way to save a track stack of channels in the Library? I'd love to recall a track stack for my drums. Ideally it'd be able to recall the input, plugins, sends, output and group settings? Is this possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damusicman29 Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Yes, it is. It’s available in the Library window. Make your Track Stack first how you want. Click the top of the track stack. Press “L” for open library or w/e your hotkey is. On the bottom bar of the library is some options. You can save the track stack and it’ll be under “User”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColbyKeyz Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Is it possible to access my User Patches through the settings button in the channel strip? Or do I have to go through the library Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Is it possible to access my User Patches through the settings button in the channel strip? Or do I have to go through the library No, you have to go through the library for Patches. Clicking the settings button of the channel strip opens a pop-up menu where you choose Channel Strip Settings, which are deprecated in favor of patches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asymonds Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Brilliant, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 You're welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSpiro Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Yes, it is. It’s available in the Library window. Make your Track Stack first how you want. Click the top of the track stack. Press “L” for open library or w/e your hotkey is. On the bottom bar of the library is some options. You can save the track stack and it’ll be under “User”. i have 2 busses within a summing stack. i'm trying to save the summing stack so it loads with the two busses. whenever i use this method, the summing stack loads, but the busses that were saved within do not. Is this possible to achieve? I'm aware that i can load it from the "all files" selection in the top right (media?) section, but was specifically looking for a speedier way to do this. I found using the library method ideal, but it doesn't seem like it's possible with track stacks since they don't load correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damusicman29 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Yes, it is. It’s available in the Library window. Make your Track Stack first how you want. Click the top of the track stack. Press “L” for open library or w/e your hotkey is. On the bottom bar of the library is some options. You can save the track stack and it’ll be under “User”. i have 2 busses within a summing stack. i'm trying to save the summing stack so it loads with the two busses. whenever i use this method, the summing stack loads, but the busses that were saved within do not. Is this possible to achieve? I'm aware that i can load it from the "all files" selection in the top right (media?) section, but was specifically looking for a speedier way to do this. I found using the library method ideal, but it doesn't seem like it's possible with track stacks since they don't load correctly. Interesting; I’m able to save Track Stacks with bus routing; kinda like how tracks have busses pre-loaded in the presets. Are you talking about the top of the stack? Like the Aux has an output to a bus? Or the individual tracks underneath? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 i have 2 busses within a summing stack. i'm trying to save the summing stack so it loads with the two busses. whenever i use this method, the summing stack loads, but the busses that were saved within do not. Is this possible to achieve? Yes, just make sure the Aux receiving the busses are inside the summing stack before you save the patch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSpiro Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 i have 2 busses within a summing stack. i'm trying to save the summing stack so it loads with the two busses. whenever i use this method, the summing stack loads, but the busses that were saved within do not. Is this possible to achieve? Yes, just make sure the Aux receiving the busses are inside the summing stack before you save the patch. This is the setup. i have my channels routed to the summing stack which is also all in my VCA folder. i can only save the aux itself, but not multiple channels. Ideally, i'd like to have the individual channels routed to the summing stack and inside the VCAfolder saved so i can just load. This method doesn't currently work leading me to believe that you can save a channel or an aux, but not a vca folder or even a summing stack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSpiro Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 i have 2 busses within a summing stack. i'm trying to save the summing stack so it loads with the two busses. whenever i use this method, the summing stack loads, but the busses that were saved within do not. Is this possible to achieve? I'm aware that i can load it from the "all files" selection in the top right (media?) section, but was specifically looking for a speedier way to do this. I found using the library method ideal, but it doesn't seem like it's possible with track stacks since they don't load correctly. Interesting; I’m able to save Track Stacks with bus routing; kinda like how tracks have busses pre-loaded in the presets. Are you talking about the top of the stack? Like the Aux has an output to a bus? Or the individual tracks underneath? the above picture is the setup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 You can save a summing stackand all its subtracks. You can't save a folder stack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damusicman29 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Interesting; I’m able to save Track Stacks with bus routing; kinda like how tracks have busses pre-loaded in the presets. Are you talking about the top of the stack? Like the Aux has an output to a bus? Or the individual tracks underneath? the above picture is the setup Oh I see gotcha. Yeah you can’t save VCA folder stacks because it’s a “folder” stack, though this wouldn’t be hard to do in a new session. Just load your saved summing stack, and then put it in a VCA (if you even need a VCA). If it really becomes a problem, you can go into Logic’s settings and have it copy all files into project, then just create a template. That’s the only workaround I can think of at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 (if you even need a VCA) Good point. In the pictured setup, the VCA serves no purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damusicman29 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 (if you even need a VCA) Good point. In the pictured setup, the VCA serves no purpose. Yeah I agree... I'm like, wait, it's already in a summing stack. I guess if you wanted to automate a VCA curve you could, but then again, you could just either automate a Gain plugin on the stack (so that the volume fader is still moveable) or just opt for automating the volume curve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakobP Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 I suspect the OP wants to pack multiple summing stacks in a folder stack and save it all as a patch, but could be wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSpiro Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 You can save a summing stackand all its subtracks. You can't save a folder stack. sorry i didn't specify folder stack. thanks for your response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSpiro Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 (if you even need a VCA) Good point. In the pictured setup, the VCA serves no purpose. amateur mistake? I thought that i was using the VCA fader to not mess with the processing on my sub mix bus/summing stack when i use THAT fader? i feel like i don't fundamentally understand this even after reading up and down about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damusicman29 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Good point. In the pictured setup, the VCA serves no purpose. amateur mistake? I thought that i was using the VCA fader to not mess with the processing on my sub mix bus/summing stack when i use THAT fader? i feel like i don't fundamentally understand this even after reading up and down about it. I think it serves YOUR purpose, which is the most important, albeit, in this particular case, I think maybe it just seems kinda funny that you have that, when typically, in gain staging, you could just adjust your Summing Track (Aux Track) faders to a like-able position. Maybe that's why he said that? Idk??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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