That's not my screen, that's just an example of Logic I pulled off Images. They all have both.
I believe that the Output feeds the Master bus, all mastering is done on the Output bus as you aren't able to add anything to the Master bus. Like, it's not physically possible, no option to.
Yes I meant bus not meter sorry. On Logic you can't seem to add anything to the Master bus, so you need to do it all on the Output.
There are factory settings for mastering which I've been applying to the Output bus. For example the Final Rock Master, which adds an adaptive limiter, compressor...
I've been reading a lot and learning to mix for the last 6 months, and people here who have heard my stuff are telling me that it's sounding okay.
I am learning stuff all the time and I also know that I know very little about the art of mixing. I am mixing low with an aim to send my completed...
I like the song and the feel, but sometimes it does go out of time in various places which is quite distracting. It sounds like the drums are out to be honest. The girl has potential to have a real nice voice, but not as yet, she reminds me of Meg White when she sings in The White Stripes.
Some of the vocals need automating a bit, you're losing volume in places, it's also sitting on top a bit uncomfortably. The vocals are a bit off pitch at times, if you're using Logic Pro X and you can't get him to re-record it, AND you don't feel like it's heresy, the Flex Pitch tool will fix...
I've been using flex pitch on Logic and no one has noticed yet anything yet. If it had to be used drastically you would hear it noticeably though, and in that case it would be redone.
I think it's great, I don't think I'd get Melodyne considering how useful I'm finding this.
Good luck with the recovery etc.
I am in a similar situation as you in regards to playing music, so I got a Kemper and my recording woes are no more. Seriously look at them, they are awesome.
Thanks for the info guys. It's very valuable.
I feel that I'm getting better, as people are telling me that most of the things they have issue with are just preferential things like the sound of the kick or whatever. In terms of levelling and EQing and (guessing) compression settings I feel...
I think this was missed.
If you have double or triple tracked guitars would you compress each track individually or do it via a send to a compression bus? I tried this with an EQ bus and it didn't really do anything, I'm not sure if you can even do it.
Do you add compression to the mix bus...
Yea. Thinking about it I'm finding that distorted guitars generally sound pretty equal, I guess that this is because you generally play quite hard and steady due with distortion because you want to deliver impact?
I've often got clean intros and stuff that have more dynamics and they need a...
No, like on the individual channel inserts. So get the whole thing levelled right, then add compression and EQ, reverb etc On any individual channel that needs it, then add the mix bus compression later.
I'm really sorry if I'm confusing you, I should be more specific.
In any case, I'm aware...
Yea, so this is what I've been doing.
Set mix, compress. Decide to bring guitars up, wonder why things seem louder or quieter, realise it's the compression!
I just need to make sure the mix is as I want it before I compress, or remember to adjust it afterwards. Well, I think I'm getting it a...
No I've been automating. I use compression to bring the dynamics closer together.
Drums, guitar parts and vocals mainly. If I have a busy section I'll look to try and make everything a bit tighter in order to make the mix more coherent, for lack of a better word.
At least, that's what I...
While obviously setting the threshold first right?
That's what I've been doing, but I like to understand what I'm doing. Like, I had been setting my mix levels, then compressing. Later on I've decided that the guitars need to come up a bit, and I didn't change the compression which means that...