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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 ⌃]

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

  Default Syncopation

Alters notation to minimize ties between notes and odd combinations of smaller notes. Reminiscent of “swinging” eighth notes — two eighth notes are played as a dotted eighth and a sixteenth.

Syncopation — Logic Pro X:

Syncopation involves rhythmic patterns that go against the normal rhythm as defined by the time signature. The Syncopation setting helps you produce a cleaner-looking score by displaying syncopated notes with fewer ties or subdivisions.

Change the syncopation or interpretation of notes — Logic Pro X:

By default, note syncopation and interpretation match the settings chosen in the Region inspector. You can change interpretation settings for individual notes to improve readability.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND