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Start here & FAQs
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14h •
New video
Hello again folks, just to let you know I’ve released another track on YouTube called The Deep Dark video which again I did all the writing, mixing, mastering and production and made the video even did the washing up! Also I’m currently mastering my next album called ‘Soundscapes’ it will be probably be in two parts as I’ve got so many tracks so part One and Two? The Deep Dark is from my EP Corrosion if you’re getting into my dark ambient journey let me know even give the video a like and comment would be appreciated also if you want to discuss work flow and how many tracks I use etc feel free to drop me a line. Catch you on the next one btw also get more news on the website disturbedtexures.com https://youtu.be/Y-v7QOvyYrk?si=iz9uzO5dyQ6u3Tkz
25d •
Logic Session Players use of Plugins
I was just noticing Logic automatically assigns a myriad of plugins to their session players. For example: Session Bass uses 9 plugins. Seems like a lot to me. Right? The one I use often is Session Drummer. When you use the producer packs the tracks are separated which is what I want so a drum kit is around 14-16 instruments plus rooms plus sub groups plus fx returns. In total it's about 24 tracks. No problem with the tracks but the plugins? 46! Wow! Am I wrong? And the routing? 32 sends! I mean it sounds okay but creates a chore for me. I have no trust of other people making that many decisions for me. I have to touch it all and evaluate it. Brings to mind another thread where a user was having CPU issues with Logic. Session players were my first thought. I have noticed things play fine unless and until you flip the widget to display all the individual tracks and / or try to edit midi if you have converted to midi which I eventually always do. The work around is to only make edits while the drums are in solo when the whole mix won't play without CPU problems. My ultimate workaround is to use a laptop as a midi player and offload the entire task to a 2nd computer. I bring the audio back via Danté using Danté Virtual Soundcard.
Mar 11 •
Starting My New Journey: 2 Plugins Per Week | 8 Plugins Per Month | 96 Plugins Per Year
I finally did an inventory of all the plugins I own… and the number is around 300 🤯 But they are useless if I don’t truly know them. So I’m starting a long-term journey of studying and testing each plugin, beginning with the most important ones. My plan: - 2 plugins per week - 3 days study per plugin - at least 1 hour each day - Sunday review of both plugins That means 8 plugins per month and so 96 plugins per year. I’m committing to some understanding how each plugins shapes tone, dynamics, color, and workflow. It’s going to take time and patience. But honestly… there’s no other way. Is there? Gotta do it!
2d •
MP201 - Live Stem Mastering problems
Hey, so I'm working on Music Prod 201 - Live Stem Mastering, and a couple things are throwing me off-- 1. It said that there would be 5 tracks provided to stem mastering. There's only 1 (Lucy - Better (Stems)). 2. The provided "stems" don't seem to be stems for mastering at all, but instead a raw unmixed song. In addition, the file sizes for these stems don't pan out. 44,100kHz * 24bit * 163sec * 2ch doesn't equal the file size. There's about 6MB extra in these files, even above what a file header would add, so I'm wondering if these files are safe? They actually crashed my DAW when I tried to load them, with a graphics card error, for some reason.
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