Layering Using Environment
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Technique : Logic Notes
Lift the bonnet on Logic’s Environment and open up some complex layering possibilities.
Record-enabling Multiple Software Instrument Tracks: This allows you to layer sounds. You can then audition the product of different channel-strip settings using the Library tab from within the Media area.
A great way to make synth parts more complex and interesting is to ‘layer’ them, so that the same MIDI notes play two or more sounds simultaneously. The quickest and simplest way of doing this in Logic is to employ ‘alias’ regions on additional tracks. Create two Software Instrument tracks and record-enable them both. You can then use Logic’s Media Browser to try out different combinations of Channel Strip Settings, to find synth sounds that complement one another. In the Inspector, click the Setting button above the Channel Strip, so that it has a white box around it. Open the Media area and go to the Library tab: you can now audition different channel strips. Repeat this for both tracks until you have found an interesting combination.
With the top track selected and both tracks record-enabled, hit Record and play in some notes. The Arrange page now displays a master region on the selected track and an alias of that on the track below. An alias of a region contains no data; it simply refers to the master region. Anything that you change within the master will automatically be updated in the alias. It’s worth noting that you can create your own alias of an existing MIDI region by holding down Shift and Option, then click-dragging a region onto a new track.
Layers Of Complexity
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Mon 21 May 2012
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