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An Idea for Logic

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And other DAWs, but I don’t use them.

Sometimes I would like to solo a track, but not really. Soloing mutes all the other tracks, but there are times I want to hear the other tracks, just not as loudly. I would like to see a feature where I could pull down the levels of all the other tracks but leave the one at the same level.

I have conceived a way this could be done right now, though I haven’t tried it. Every channel could be run to a Bus, and then when I wanted to isolate one of them, remove it from the bus and turn down the bus. Then, when work on the channel is done, add it back to the bus. It seems a bit unwieldy and could get messy though, and if you use a lot of busses, you would have to figure out all that routing. I may have to play around with this idea and see if it works.

Overall, this is one of those things that a digital audio workstation is suited for. We don’t have to do everything like they did before we worked in the box. There’s room for lots of other ideas and workflows that wouldn’t have worked in the old analog days.

Some Love (Mostly) for GarageBand

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Link at RollingStone.com: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/apple-garageband-modern-music-784257/

“Musicians’ applause for Apple’s Garageband — which celebrates its 15th birthday this year, humbly, still living in the media shadow of many of the tech giant’s more glittering products — is similar across genres and skill levels. Artists from Radiohead to Kendrick Lamar have used the app to demo, produce and sometimes even finalize master recordings. “It allows you to not be constrained by what you can or can’t play,” Dan Smith, frontman of British band Bastille, tells Rolling Stone. “I can quickly get something out of my head. Or I can write a song from start to finish in a couple of hours.” “

Logic Pros on 9to5Mac

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9to5Mac has a nice guide area for Logic Pro X including tutorials and product reviews, and they have begun a Logic Pro X 101 guide for beginners.

See the articles here and look for the stories that start with “Logic Pros (101)” for the beginner guide articles.

Audio Unit Plug-Ins and El Capitan (OS X 10.11)

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By now you’ve surely heard about the issues some third-party AU plug-ins had with El Capitan (10.11). It’s important to note that not all third-party AU plug-ins had problems with El Capitan, and most of those were fixed by the 10.11.1 update.

The other thing to know is that even after you update to 10.11.1, plug-ins that didn’t validate before may have to be manually rescanned before you can use them.

Open the Plug-In Manager from the Preferences sub-menu under the Logic Pro X menu.

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The Plug-In Manager is accessed directly under the MainStage menu in MainStage.

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Select the plug-ins that say “Crashed Validation” under the Compatibility column in the Plug-In Manager. If you click the name of the column, the plug-ins will be grouped by their status, making the ones that didn’t validate easier to find and select. Or, you can command-click all the plug-ins that need to be validated.

Once you have selected the plug-ins to be rescanned, click the “Reset & Rescan Selection” button at the bottom of the window.

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A window will appear to show you the validation process for the plug-ins. When the process is complete, plug-ins that are compatible with 10.11.1 (and hopefully later) should show as “successfully validated.”

Of course, consult with the vendor of any third-party plug-ins for more information. Several vendors say they are still not supporting El Capitan yet, even though I’ve seen reports by people who say they have upgraded to 10.11.1 and those manufacturer’s plug-ins work fine for them.