How to Use Logic Pro Studio Strings!

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@benjaminschultz6501 4 жыл бұрын

“The Violin I doesn’t go below G.” FINALLY!

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed! I guess perks of getting a degree in composition and having a background in orchestration 🤓🤓 haha

@internationalrestorationch6876 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my GOODNESS! What a beautiful arrangement! Please continue to upload this kind of tips.

@LukeProv 4 жыл бұрын

Never thought I’d be so inspired to create a track like this. Great vid!

@tomjepson2295 4 жыл бұрын

Love this video - thanks for sharing some process. I'm just getting back into using Logic as a composition tool (I'm a hardware guy!) and seeing the results you *can* get from SS is inspiring.

@glen7695 3 жыл бұрын

This is a great post because it not only explains technical info, but it does so artistically. The edits make the strings come to life.

@lindabrittain4392 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Nathan.This was a real eye opener and I would have not realised the potential of this without your help.Keep up the good work! I love your passion.

@JoshCanadyMusic 2 жыл бұрын

GREAT video! I have been using Logic for about 16 years and wish I could go back in time because I learned so much from this video. And these compositions are awesome. Learning a lot of from your videos man!

@naturesopinion451 4 жыл бұрын

You’re nice with it bro, respect do I definitely have to get my weight up on the studio strings, keep bringing it and happy Father’s Day

@stevecurtis908 4 жыл бұрын

Having just begun instrumentals with Logic Pro this is excellent instruction. Thanks so much Nathan your explanations and examples are such a gift!

@JohnDoe-wv5id Жыл бұрын

Nathan, as a devout Logic Pro X user who loves using orchestral instruments, I have to give you some mad respect! Very well done video. Thank you for doing this.

@jessejive117 5 ай бұрын

Now I’m really pumped. You set the bar high I better not be disappointed! ;) I absolutely love the cello section legato. use the cello even his violin pretty often. I think it sound really good.

@simonclover9904 4 жыл бұрын

It's really good to get back to basics. Far too easy to forget what you've already got in logic and certainly in terms of getting tracks down quickly - even just as mock-up, this is really useful. (and all of a sudden Logic has just got a whole lot better again!)

@jimrogers7425 4 жыл бұрын

I just ran into you with this video... and immediately subscribed. Great demo of Logic strings. Thanks, Nathan!!!

@michaelkelly6583 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Nathan. This was very interesting, and appreciated! Stay well.

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you

@alexisjohanson4454 4 жыл бұрын

Outstanding Sounds! Love what you did here! Thanks Nathan, much appreciated!

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Yaaas! Thanks! 🙏

@tutubeos 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Very useful, inspiring, awesome composition and very fast

@chucksayle6 4 жыл бұрын

Loved your flow, man! Subscribed!

@iamALPA 4 жыл бұрын

This was so very inspiring to me! Thank you Nathan! Will watch more of your videos. 😊👌

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Love hearing that!

@miafitzgerald4126 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this, you have a talent for explaining things in a way that is easy to understand. This made me very excited to start using logic, I am an aspiring composer but without my own software/hardware I'm going to youtube to learn for now

@AlvaroFdezR 2 жыл бұрын

Goosebumps! Nice to watch content like this! Thank you 🙂

@echasoemantri 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@lonnymead8976 3 жыл бұрын

Really cool brother... been wanting to dive into some of this for a while.. you make it look so easy... sounded great!

@JamesMolyneux62 3 жыл бұрын

Clear , enlightening and very gifted t'boot. Great work Nathan.

@willshaman2128 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for putting the time in to do that, Nathan. Really clear, even though you managed to race through a lot of things a noob like me needs to know about. But the joy of KZfaq is I can rewatch this and savour all the richness you crammed in over the coming days. 🖖👍

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Happy to do it. Love doing it. Thanks!

@ameenapatel5319 3 жыл бұрын

I’m actually so engaged watching this thank you for this video I learnt a lot as well as being interested in the vid

@ReneAlexisPenalozaMunoz 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, I've been waiting to find a tutorial like this for years. I don't read or write music but have a pretty good ear and this is going to help me so much with ideas. Thanks so much for making it available.

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely - love hearing this. Get at it!

@fefilus 4 жыл бұрын

Tip - there is a midi command, force legato... shift \ boom! Use your precious time to do other things... Cheers.

@jdubbs9655 4 жыл бұрын

Fefilus is there a command cheat sheet you can point me to with more of these goodies? Thank you, good share!

@fefilus 4 жыл бұрын

@@jdubbs9655 Option K opens the key command menu, you can study and create your own shortcuts!

@Worshipcaster 4 жыл бұрын

@@jdubbs9655 www.logicprokeycommands.com/logic-pro-x-key-commands/

@CRASS2047 4 жыл бұрын

Use it many times a day!

@rafaelguetta7701 4 жыл бұрын

@@Worshipcaster Thanks champ!

@OnedgeTV 4 жыл бұрын

This was extremely helpful. I definitely had to subscribe

@garrysmith1722 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing. I fear, sir, you may be an actual musician with training in composition instead of a hack bashing out EDM. Most refreshing.

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын

Haha! Thanks! And yes... I have a degree in music composition and been studying composition/songwriting for about 20 years (professionally for 13) and I really do appreciate that! Goal with the channel is to bring some more thought into it all!

@apenteng8794 2 жыл бұрын

@@NathanJamesLarsen wooow

@jergervasi3331 2 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing. Great video.

@bubbleguppy4892 2 жыл бұрын

Are you aware the majority of EDM producers are well versed in music theory

@eswarjuri 2 жыл бұрын

@@bubbleguppy4892 “The majority”… of course!

@davidleitman 4 жыл бұрын

I see how it comes together when you start sculpting the dynamics, thanks for sharing!

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

For sure! Takes work to make it work

@MoonlightSocial 4 жыл бұрын

With videos like this you're going to be at 50K subs before the end of the year. Well done man!

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

I think this wins best comment 🙏🙏🙏

@johannesandthestarworld9941 4 жыл бұрын

Very good and informative, thank you!

@lindsaydrew_w 2 жыл бұрын

This was awesome! Super clear and concise. Definitely could watch a few more times to understand even better. Trying to emulate some Theory of Everything pieces in Logic and am a beginner at using Logic strings so wanted to see how to record them without the odd transitions, velocity, modulation, etc! Thank you. Subscribed.

@rogerjeanmusic1494 4 жыл бұрын

This was great! Thank you so much for sharing.

@bobbyspittle4144 4 жыл бұрын

You're a wizard. This was incredibly helpful. Thank you!

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks, Bobby, appreciate that. So glad to hear this helped you. That's my ultimate goal!

@iivanov86 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and tips with us! You're amazing!

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Of course! Love doing it! Thanks so much!

@west4coast77 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Nathan! Such an excellent, informative and musical tutorial. I've never been particularly impressed with Logic strings but you've opened up a whole new way of arranging and getting much more than expected out of the patches. Can't wait to try to utilize some of the techniques you've provided. Great work! (Yes - subscribed). :)

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear that! Thanks brother

@kvs123100 2 жыл бұрын

He is a nice teacher! I came back to music production after almost 8 years!

@maiden685 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Hans Zimmer soundtrack! Awesome job man!

@PathPMusic 4 жыл бұрын

This was a really awesome, inspiring and informational video. I really loved the piece and this got me even more interesting in really composing music (just got into music production and using Logic around 8 months ago, teaching myself). I always love cinematic, epics sounding productions, the juxtaposition between the somber and epic pieces really hit home on the range of music I'd love to one day make. Thanks Nathan!

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

This is great - thanks a bunch. I love the composition process. Gets me super jacked. So it's awesome to hear it's inspiring you! Do it!

@thebarbaryghostsf 3 жыл бұрын

Haha I wish I could casually sit down at my keyboard and effortlessly write music that makes me get the feels, like this. lol.

@funchable212 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video man! Filled with tons of great info explained quickly and concisely

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Woot! Thanks!

@vidabee8672 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely inspiring and impressive! Thank you.

@nathanwagner762 4 жыл бұрын

So helpful! Thank you!

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

😎 absolutely!

@psbsynthmusic 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome tutorial! LPX Strings definitely most transparent even with your reverb that you're using. Found your tutorial by accident. Could not stop watching till the end. Thanks for sharing your cool ideas. Definitely worth exploring. I've got BBC Symphony Orchestra Spitfire plugin, but what's killing it is the latency (even on most powerful Mac pro computers. Definitely subscribed!

@alessandrofontana71 3 жыл бұрын

Great video man, every minute I spend here worths all hits 60 seconds. Always strait to the point bro... 👏💪

@MrPaolo101 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time!.

@TheHorsePuppets 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, very useful. Will definitely be watching more!

@cadewestcomstock8017 4 жыл бұрын

I love your videos man. Honestly

@robertsimpson5801 4 жыл бұрын

Your puppy dog matches the vibe of the upbeat orchestral music! Kudos! :)

@dansimmonds3085 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video - EXACTLY what I was looking for (even down to the specific NI + EW comparison) - thanks, man!

@zenstories 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks - very helpful. More orchestral and cinematic stuff, please :)

@thegraceisback151 3 жыл бұрын

very nice comparison! I really like that you go straight to the point, without chatting too much:). Thanks!

@andrewliamdesigndevelopment 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely amazing.

@tabrunbaker 4 жыл бұрын

This is sooooo awesome!

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Yaaaa! Thanks!

@franschan 3 жыл бұрын

Dope nice job Nathan

@AMRCMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful Nathan. You have an extraordinary feel for blending different instruments to your scores. Thank You Ever So Much! I liked this video so well that I gave it a "Like" and "Subscribed" to your KZfaq Channel.

@bassManDavis1953 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant session, so useful and a great comparison

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Yay! Love it thanks

@KloudNineMusic 2 жыл бұрын

This was extremely helpful I use Logic Pro X and came across your video on youtube learning how to probably use the logic pro studio strings. You got a sub and notification bell from me!

@TomSarracino 3 жыл бұрын

Nice, the NI Komplete drums sound terrific !

@rysriffs 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Looks like I must have been using some old Logic strings. Excited to use the newer ones!

@vivaldesque 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Instructive, useful, great comparison, and very musical!

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🙏😎

@MrNeilfatmonkey 4 жыл бұрын

This is incredibly valuable information for me. Thank you so much for making this video.

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Thanks!

@LogansLessons 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Nathan! Just wanted to say THANK YOU. I have been watching your channel recently and everything has been super helpful 🙏🙏🙏 hope you have an amazing thanksgiving

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Have a great thanksgiving yourself!

@ike2404 4 жыл бұрын

That viola lead at 11:23 sounds just like the lead part of San Holo’s song “lift me from the ground”. Love your videos !!

@guiltyguy721 4 жыл бұрын

I thought the "damage" track had a very Zimmer vibe... I thought we were gonna start scoring a new Pirates movie lol

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks! Love it! -- and YES DAmage is dope

@DharunRao 4 жыл бұрын

Damn!! You made it seem so simple. A person like me who's trying to learn logic pro from scratch, a lot learn from this video. Making a song in just 35mins I think that is quite an experience and knowledge you have about Music & Production. Hope to see a lot more videos from you and probably breaking things down in layers for a beginner. Thumbs up!! you have a subscriber now :) :) :)

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Appreciate this a lot! Experience and practice help a ton! It took a while to get to this point - 12 years in and I'm still learning, too! Thanks for subscribing and hope to keep providing value

@christoroppolo8742 Жыл бұрын

Trust me Logic is shit too.👽

@eilrach299 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for these important tips!

@kruttikamusic 4 жыл бұрын

This was so helpful. Thank you!

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Thanks for checking it out. What kind of music are you making?

@guitarvirtuo 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for a great detailed video! I use Logic Pro X as well and the orchestra plugins, but find difficult to get the real feel.

@derMist_Official 4 жыл бұрын

Sounding great man - Very useful tool !!

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

For sure! Thanks!

@keithlawcomedy Жыл бұрын

Just re watched this. Such an amazing, constructive video. Thanks Nathan

@milindjadhav1361 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro making this lovely informative video, it's very helpful

@hoodiedee4828 3 жыл бұрын

thank you again for the straight forward explaination

@aeiplanner 4 жыл бұрын

Shift+\ will trim your notes to avoid overlaps without having to do manually

@TheDelta57 3 жыл бұрын

Loved this video. Informative! Thank you.

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that!! 🔥

@MarkAllentheProducer 4 жыл бұрын

Great insight thank you !!

@joshdistefano149 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative, thank you!

@zoemoskal9700 2 жыл бұрын

OMG this is SO USEFUL!! Thanks so much... I never knew about the dynamics automation thing! And some of these other things too... i've always wanted to learn a bit more about arranging for strings and how to use them in Logic (whether their stock ones or another sample library), This is the kind of thing I had hoped they would have gone into in my university degree, supposedly teaching "composition" but they didn't really cover doing this kind of stuff at all properly. Also, it's very reassuring to hear you mention the delayed attack thing - that plagued me when i first used strings in Logic - I was so confused and wondered if i was somehow imagining it, but i steadily learned to just move them forward as you say. Makes it harder to know EXACTLY how much to move it though, if you want it to sound like it's really "on the grid" and perfectly quantized. Anyway thanks again - I am so looking forward to delving into your course and learn more!!

@jjswin 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! I was surprised at how good Logic's strings sounded.

@blueblimp 2 жыл бұрын

This was helpful. I like that you didn't over-edit the video, so that I could still see the little tweaks you're making. A suggestion: it would be helpful to have a clip of the final audio at the front of the video, so that I have a better sense at the start of what flavor of music the tutorial is for.

@sebbe4914 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, very enlightening to hear the comparisons between the programs. I've been using layering with live performance alot lately using a Nyckelharpa and Bass and the results are surprisingly good.

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! There are a lot of good options. It's all about getting dynamic parts written and then automating the expressive controls.

@jamesgilodi 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this and all your videos dude, very much appreciated! x

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you and happy to do it and love doing it!

@Jeffro28227 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding video and instruction. Just subscribed.

@chazzd813 7 ай бұрын

Good Stuff man!!

@fazlulhaquenayan4352 3 жыл бұрын

loved it man...

@giovannibrecciaroli32 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic job, hello from Italy

@TedShuttlesworthJr 3 жыл бұрын

You’re really great, man. Thankful for your channel. New sub.

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ted - super appreciative of that and welcome to the channel fam!

@organicvinyl-DEJ 4 жыл бұрын

FYI the orchestral library in Logic is provided by Vienna Instruments. Your Logic videos are the best I’ve seen yet. 30 Tips was epic! I’ve been using Logic since 2004 and I learned some cool new tricks. Cheers!

@SDH2023 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. I feel inspired. Thank you very much. Subscribed!!!

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Go make awesome music now! Thanks!

@chrisjordan8789 4 жыл бұрын

Great! Thanks for the comparison between Logic Pro X Stock Instruments and dedicated pro sample libraries. VERY interesting! Cheers!!

@bernieheveron1929 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your talent. This is very helpful.

@chhhmaris 4 жыл бұрын

Very useful video, thank you for that. Thanks for showing all the possibilities !

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@Yahoomediaclub 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome Tutorial ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ New Strings are cool

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch!

@GregVasquez777 9 ай бұрын

Love the video. Thanks. Inspires me to get into the strings.

@kevinsmoore1172 4 ай бұрын

Very helpful!!..I had no idea you could manipulate the strings like that!

@dkoraytuncel 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video!

@musichong 3 жыл бұрын

Love your lesson!

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏😎

@MarathonToMay 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for addressing the strings’ delay at the start of each note! I’ve been wondering for a while if attack should be set to zero, or if you should shift the notes forward a little.

@NathanJamesLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that helped!

@drauncj 4 жыл бұрын

Instead of shifting the notes forward, I like to set a negative sample delay for the instrument track (-15ms, -30ms). This makes the midi cleaner in my workflow.