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3 Overused Vocal Production Techniques (That Aren’t as Cool as You Think) — Pro Audio Files

Forget about that though. Today, I’m here to burst some bubbles, to rain on some parades, and to let you know that that production trick you think is so cool is actually kind of whack. Well, maybe anyway.

4 Overused Instrumental Production Techniques (That Aren’t as Cool as You Think) — Pro Audio Files

Some of the instrumental techniques in this article suffer from the same problem: being obvious attempts at breathing life into a song that just doesn’t feel exciting. Others are cool tricks that can sometimes create problems in a mix, and more novice producers might find themselves doing more harm than good when they employ them. If your favorite production move turns up on this list, don’t take it personally! All of these techniques can be and have been done well — that just means the bar has been raised for anybody who still wants to use them

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

  Select Instrument Channel Strips    ⇧S

In Mixer windows. Selects all of the instrument channels. Using the Mixer and channel strip commands to help organize a project makes some sense. Most of my work is mixing, so a lot of my time is spent in the mixer windows.

I spend a lot of time in the Arrange window trying to identify audio, and arrange the tracks for eventual inclusion in track stacks. I should try auditioning and identifying the audio in the Project Audio window, and make sure that I name the audio regions appropriately.

Definitely an exercise that I should work with.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

Command    Key Touch Bar


- Global Commands


Create Group for Selected Channel Strips / Tracks


Add Selected Channel Strips to Selected Groups


Remove Selected Channel Strips from Selected Groups



- Various Editors


Select Same Channels ⇧H



- Mixer


Select Audio Channel Strips ⇧A


Select Instrument Channel Strips ⇧S


Select Auxiliary Channel Strips ⇧F


Select Output Channel Strips ⇧O


Select MIDI Channel Strips ⇧E


Select Equal Colored Channel Strips ⇧C


Select Muted Channel Strips ⇧M


Select Previous (Left) Channel Strip ←


Select Next (Right) Channel Strip →


Create Tracks for Selected Channel Strips ⌃T


Create Track Stack for Selected Channel Strips


Flatten Track Stack for Selected Channel Strips


Mixer Undo for selected Channel Strips


Mixer Redo for selected Channel Strips