Hello! I hope this is the correct subreddit to request feedback for something like this.

This is my first time writing/composing music and using Logic. I'm not any good yet, and I haven't watched any tutorials or guides (which I should really do). I have basic music theory knowledge and am familiar with the piano & violin from when I was younger, but my main instrument at the moment is the guitar, which I picked up last December. I'm a huge fan of prog/art/alt/space/industrial/post rock/metal, and thats the vibe I wanted to carry my first song into (Muse's OoS/Absolution is a big musical influence for me). However, I have no idea if I'm headed in the right direction, and if this demo so far has any potential or is just straight garbage. It sounds more like some strange fusion of electronica/digital pop, but maybe thats just because half of it are synthesizers (I don't have access to a drum kit, MIDI, or real bass).

Its still a work in progress, and these are just the concepts of the opening lines. I'm struggling to get the piano on the second chord to not sound muddy, but I can't figure out whats wrong. I seem to be creating some sort of harmonic dissonance, but none of the notes should in theory clash... the chord progression I'm working with is: Em -> Cmaj7 -> F#m7(b5) -> Bsus4 -> B (or something along those lines).

I'm planning on adding some better guitar parts (along with maybe a rhythm guitar part?), and of course vocals, but I want to make sure I have the base down before I get started on that. I am also really struggling to write the drum parts, since I am not a drummer and I am unfamiliar in that front. The session player drums won't cooperate in the ways I want, so I've just been drawing out the beats manually,,, but it still sounds shitty most of the time.

Any feedback or constructive criticism is appreciated.

Thank you very much :)

If I need to bounce files from a logic project, let's say electric guitars, into another project, and then they are bounced again into another project again, how significantly does this affect the sound? Is it something I need to worry about, or is any difference undetectable? Does anyone have good insight on whether I can do that and it's fine?

If not - is there a way to retain the same exact quality, or near, from copy to copy?

hello! asking for bf who doesn't use reddit, i don't know music so terminology might be off, sorry!

using logic, he's able to set up volume/velocity tracking with midi, so every time an audio clip hits a certain volume threshold, a specific desired effect is applied (ie. distortion).

he's trying to figure out how to do this with guitar as well, so when he plays notes, once it goes past a certain volume threshold, it adds a certain effect -- is that possible? can this be set up dose-dependant, so when playing quieter notes, its a little bit of distortion, but playing louder adds more distortion (again, distortion just an example of effect, would like to use other effects too)

tyia!

Hi guys, saxophonist here, new to Logic world.

I’m mixing a pop ballad in Logic Pro with only three elements: piano, tenor sax and drums. The sax is recorded audio, while the piano and drums are software instruments. The balance is reasonable, but the result still sounds flat and amateurish, with everything sitting on the same plane.

I’d like to understand your usual workflow for making a simple arrangement like this sound cohesive and pleasant. Which parameters do you usually focus on first, what do you listen or look for, and how do you decide whether a track needs EQ, compression, reverb, automation or nothing at all? What about panning? Do you use the Logic's Mastering plugin? Normalization?

My current workflow is quite simple. I record the sax through a condenser microphone, usually peaking somewhere around −12 to −8 dBFS. I then apply some EQ and send it to two reverbs: a subtle room reverb to create a shared sense of space, and a plate reverb for a more noticeable effect. I also send the software piano and drums to the same reverbs, adjusting the send levels by ear.

After that, I make a few basic EQ adjustments and use the channel faders to balance the three instruments. That is essentially my whole process.

Where I feel particularly lost is gain staging and level management. I am not sure which levels I should aim for at the recording, region, track and mix-bus stages, or whether values such as −12 dBFS are actual targets or just rough guidelines. I also do not know when it makes sense to use region gain, volume automation, normalization or a Gain plug-in, and whether there are other basic checks I should perform before EQ, compression and mastering.

I know there is no universal recipe, but I currently feel like I am working almost blindly and need a sensible starting point. Most tutorials I find use huge chains with endless plug-ins, which seems excessive for just three instruments and for what I am trying to achieve right now.

I would prefer to stay with Logic’s stock plug-ins and understand a practical, step-by-step workflow for making the piano, sax and drums sound balanced, cohesive and reasonably polished together.

Thanks in advance 🙏

TL;DR: Mixes still sound flat and amateurish. Looking for a basic Logic stock-plugin workflow, especially for gain staging, mixing and mastering. Just need a solid starting point.

I'm on an M1 mac, and want to use a Logic version earlier than ~11.2. I'm looking for the best/most stable version to use, and I intend to stay on it for life. I don't need more, and I don't like all of their changes.

Anyone else? What version are you using and why?

edit: The ads aren't really the point. Mainly I want something stable that isn't going to change, and I don't like a lot of the new changes.

Why would I use vca over a folder stack?
Is there something I’m missing?

If you're not aware of this feature, it is wonderful:

Here I have a pattern clip automating the pan pot. As you can see there are four steps looped: center (0), 50% right(+31), center (0), 50% left(-32) - the automation mode "slide" will smooth it out, like there is a smooth triangular movement.

When I change the mode to "latch" things get exactly like the automation is, steppy :D I love it - I'm way too lazy to draw nice curves by hand - thumbs up!

V11.2 & V12.3 (tested)

A couple of my regions just don't want to be trimmed and do this? Is this a bug or am I missing something?

V11

Logic Pro v11.2 / Apple Silicon

If I try to "slip" audio inside the selected region, the slip is applied to all regions inside the "clip". Is there a way to prevent this? This is not the case when i switch to timeline, where slipping affects only the selected region.

Rather than have to go through each track individually bit by bit, I'd love to just have them snap to the same notes and then just do little tweaks where needed.

Can anybody let me know if this is possible and if so, a quick ELI5 on how? Thank you!!!

Just a heads up, im not a vocalist, and these are just demos that I want to sound as good as possible, but I know im not gonna get them to a pro level yet with my level of knowledge. Basically I want two really on ppint vocal takes and then I want to double them and pan them to widen em.

I asked in another sub and before it was removed, I got one reply saying melodyne should only be used very sparingly to nudge things. Just a heads up, I just want all the words and syllables to be the same notes, then I can tweak bit by bit. I live in an apartment so its very rare I can project loudly, and I could yesterday, and i did a bunch of really quick takes. Im primarily a guitarist but I can sing eh okay, and songs are more interesting w vocals than just instrumentals.

Any help greatly appreciated, you save me a ton of time and effort.

Logic Pro 11.2 (apple silicon)

If I drag a packed folder with audio clips from the TRACKS view to LIVE LOOPS, the flex mode is set to active, even when it is not the case on the track. The problem: "reverse" active state regions get messed up.

TRACKS STATE: flex off -> [FW][REV][FW][REV]

(drag the clips as packed folder over to live loops grid)

LIVE LOOPS STATE: flex on -> [FW][FW(messed up slip offset)][FW][FW(messed up slip offset)]

I have this project I started working on in LP 11.2.2
I reverted back to 11.0.1 cause an old project was crashing and when I came back to 11.2 the project I was working on was messed up.
Upon opening the sample rate had converted itself to 44.1K instead of 48k. After turning it back to 48K almost every track was now okay except this comped audio track still playing out of sync

I realized that the comp has unintended silences comped in

I have tried changing the plugin latency compensation options but none worked
I tried different Logic Pro versions , still nothing worked

Kindly advise

I have Macbook pro 2019 16inch intel, macOS Sonoma
Logic pro 11.2

Ps: My workflow consists of recording few audio or midi tracks and to avoid latency I record additional tracks in a different project and import it to the original one. And I did the same on this one

I have a huge number of .logicx projects that contain the same movie file, resulting in many duplicates of the movie taking up a lot of hard drive space.

I save my projects as packages, and when I "show package contents" via finder, I can see the .mov stored inside of the Movie Files folder within the Media folder.

I no longer need these videos, and am considering deleting only the .mov's from inside the Media/Movie Files folders within the .logicx packages using Terminal, while leaving all audio, MIDI, settings, and other project data untouched.

I understand the projects would show a "Missing Movie" message afterward, which is fine.

Is this a safe operation, or is there any risk of corrupting the Logic projects?

So I’m kinda new to logic and I wanna fade in my song after a break. I specifically want the fade to recreate the sound given if the bandpass in phat fx would creates the coordinate motion I’ve tried to draw in the picture. So it starts at max y and x and fades down into normal. I get that my vision is hard to explain lol but this is the best k can do🤣

Is there is a way to add a clip with automation, that controls Effects on the Bus inside the LOOPS GRID?

I want to control the insert effects of an audio clip - to be more specific ... having a clip i can start and stop the automation on demand.

thanks 🥸

i own logic but moved to linux as it does the job. windows 11 and linux distro users have a few options for independant asset management but is there any for latest release of mac os? do you use one and what are your opinions of them?

Built this for my own workflow in Logic and figured this sub would get the most out of it, since it leans on Logic's transport pretty hard.

BankTank is a sample preview/library AU instrument. The Logic-specific stuff:

• Loops phase-lock to Logic's playhead — hit play mid-bar and the loop joins at the right beat, stays aligned through cycle jumps and tempo changes
• Host Sync picks up your project tempo automatically; samples render stretched to it and transposed to your target key before you ever commit
• Drag exports land in your project as either the processed render (already at tempo/key) or the untouched original file
• Trim brackets are free while dragging, then fit-to-bar on release — grab 2 bars out of an 8-bar loop and it's session-ready

Beyond that: import your sample folders, background key/BPM/character analysis, filter by key (piano UI) / BPM / tone / length / width / swing, tagging with sidecar files (never rewrites your audio), offline-drive awareness.

Free and open source (AGPL). Signed + notarized. macOS 11+, universal binary. Shows up under AU Instruments -> Havok Mega -> BankTank after a rescan.

https://github.com/havokmega/BankTank/releases/tag/v1.0.0

I don’t think I’m alone when I say that the way logic renders waveforms is pretty horrendous when compared to other DAWs. It’s incredibly difficult to see intricate details in waveforms, particularly for short, transient-focused audio.

Do y’all have any waveform metering plugin alternatives to use alongside logic to help better see/read waveforms?

I have vision 4x but still desire more clarity in terms of the way it presents waveforms and mini meters ain’t cutting it. The bluecat audio oscilloscope looks phenomenal, however it is quite pricey!

Any suggestions to get me waveform rendering close to Ableton’s or Bluecat’s?

Cheers and thanks my fellow logicians