Understanding compressor circuit types in Logic:

Logic’s built-in Compressor plug-in includes a range of different circuit types. In this tutorial, we illuminate the original compressors they’re based on, and the best ways to use them.

Always good to visit the progenitors.

Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day. #LogicProX @StudioIntern1

  Go to Previous Marker

Markers are handy things. I try to make it a point to create a marker track for a mix, and to place markers at points that stand out to me. During an initial listening pass I simply create a marker so I can return later. It is almost easy to create a marker and enter a bit of text to describe what is of interest, but attempting to type notes during the first listen can make me miss an important point.

Lots of ways to move around using markers. We can have different marker sets as well. I can make notes about a recording, mix it, and add a new marker set at each phase of the mix. A handy way to incorporate feedback in the project with a useful tool — a location in the project.

Navigating between markers is very easy on the X-Touch — press the MARKER button and use the FAST FWD or REWIND buttons.

Mackie Control Marker button overview — Control Surfaces Help:

Press the MARKER button to activate one of three marker modes: Small Marker mode, Large Marker mode, and Temporary Marker mode. You can use these modes to create or delete markers and jump to markers in your project.

I will be using markers to make notes as I work through “training” videos.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

- Global Commands


Create Marker ⌥'


Create Marker without rounding ⌃⌥'


Create Marker for Selected Regions ⌥⇧'


Delete Marker ⌥⌫


Open Marker List ⌃⌥⇧8⃣


Open Marker Text


Set Locators by Marker and Enable Cycle ⌃⌥C


Set Locators by Previous Marker and Enable Cycle ⌃⌥,


Set Locators by Next Marker and Enable Cycle ⌃⌥.


Go to Previous Marker


Go to Next Marker


Go to Previous Marker And Set Locators ⌥,


Go to Next Marker And Set Locators ⌥.


Go to Marker Number… ⌥/


Rename Marker ⇧'


Go to Marker Number 1


…


Go to Marker Number 20


Create Arrangement Marker


Show/Hide Marker List


Create Scene Markers (Auto Range)


Remove Scene Markers (Auto Range)



- Views showing Time Ruler


Show/Hide Marker Track ⇧⌘K


Show/Hide Marker Track Only '

Layering Drums: Benefits, Pitfalls, and Techniques:

Before discussing the advantages of drum layering, it’s worth mentioning that doing so is not always necessary. As we’ll discuss later on, samples layered together have to work together, and ideally should sound like one drum hit (even when soloed).

Friday Tips: Attack that Autofilter!! — PreSonus Blog:

Studio One’s Autofilter has a sidechain, which is a good thing—because you can get some really tight, funky sounds by feeding a drum track’s send into the Autofilter’s sidechain. Then, use the Autofilter’s sidechain to modulate a track’s audio in time with the beat. Funky guitar, anyone?

Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day. #LogicProX @StudioIntern1

  Remove Overlaps    \

Removing overlaps is essentially the same as the “Trim Region” commands. If there are no overlapping regions the command changes nothing.

Resize regions in the Tracks area — Logic Pro X:

Remove overlaps between regions

Select the overlapping regions, or select all regions on the track by clicking the track header.

Choose Edit > Trim > Remove Overlaps (or press \).

Where the selected regions overlap, the length of the left (earlier) region is reduced to remove the overlap.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

- Main Window Tracks


Trim Region End to Next Region ⇧\


Trim Region Start to Previous Region


Trim Regions to Fill within Locators ⌥\


Trim Region Start to Previous Transient ⌃⇧[


Trim Region Start to Next Transient ⌃⇧]


Trim Region End to Previous Transient ⌃[


Trim Region End to Next Transient ⌃]