Logic

We explain how you can mock up a live acoustic guitar sound from a DI'd recording, using Logic's built-in plug-ins.

Combining Logic's Catch and Link modes can greatly increase the usefulness of multi-window Screensets, but it is not always clear, especially to new users, how the various options work.

Sidechains are usually associated with effects processing, but they are also available in many of Logic's internal soft synths. So what can you do with them?

Learn how you can quickly program Transformer objects to mimic Ableton Live's useful 'user scales' feature, thus keeping transposed MIDI parts in key.

Although rather time-consuming, this technique for locking your sequencer to a live take is often the best.

Synchronising sequences in Logic to live audio tracks can really help give your music the edge, but what's the best way of doing this? We look at the options, and weigh up their pros and cons.

Have you ever coveted the real-time functions of Ableton's Live? In which case, you will be interested to know how you can simulate some aspects of Live in Logic using the Touch Tracks object?

Once you find out all the things you can do with the Marquee tool, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it, so we offer some advice on how to put it to work in your projects.

Learn how to combine dynamics processing with delay and reverb to breathe life into your mixes.

Layering hardware sound modules to create new sounds is a simple matter, but things are not nearly as easy when you are working with virtual instruments in Logic. Here are a few useful workarounds...

Find out how to use the I/O plug-in within an Output Audio object, and also learn how Logic's improved plug-in delay compensation allows some powerful new mixing techniques.

The Aux object might seem a little arcane, but it's the key to a variety of useful Environment workarounds.

Learn how to set up Logic's Environment so that you can jam with other musicians in real time on a single system.

Although beat-slicing is something more immediately associated with programs like Propellerhead Recycle or Bitshift Audio Phatmatik Pro, Logic also has facilities to automatically chop up your loops.

This month we continue our advice on working to picture in Logic with tips on how to work around your visual hit points.

We show you how best to set up Logic for working to picture.

This month we help you work with Logic Control, as well as offering advice on importing REX files.

We show how to create step-sequencer effects within Logic's MIDI editing windows. Plus practical tips to make your sessions more productive.

Get better snare drum sounds with these nifty processing tricks.

I'm having trouble getting my Roland JV1080 to work well with Emagic Logic Audio. When I change MIDI channel in Logic the sound disappears, or I can't get the sounds that I want to stay put. How can I get Logic and the JV to synchronise?

Is the sound of your kick drum letting the rest of your mix down? If so, find out how to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat with this bass-drum processing workshop.