Logic Pro #30 - Automation (Volume, Pan, Aux Tracks, Sends, Plugins, Instrument Parameters)

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MusicTechHelpGuy

MusicTechHelpGuy

Күн бұрын

In this video, I demonstrate the following:
1. How to hide and show track automation.
2. How to use volume and pan automation.
3. How to use various tools to writing in offline track automation.
4. How to use aux track volume and send level automation.
5. How to use plugin parameter and software instrument parameter automation.
6. How to fade out a song with the master VCA.
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For mixing/mastering work, contact me at my website | carneymediagroup.com
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:53 Sponsor Segment
1:43 Volume Automation
5:26 Tools for Automation
9:39 Pan Automation
12:51 Multiple Tracks, Fine Adjustments
14:28 Aux Track Volume Automation
16:39 Send Level Automation
19:23 Plugin Automation
23:04 Software Instrument Automation
25:10 Song Fade Out (Master VCA)

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@FinnEcesMusic
@FinnEcesMusic Жыл бұрын
Best Logic Pro channel hands down.
@bassManDavis1953
@bassManDavis1953 Жыл бұрын
Josh! How cool was this video. I have struggled for such a long time with automation! But I am truly lost for words now! At last! I understand! I can do it! All thanks to your superb, concise and easy to follow tutorials. This one is bang at the top of my saved ones from you and just know I’m gonna be referring to it all the time.
@zikmarie
@zikmarie 7 ай бұрын
This is GOLD! Thank's a lot for that bright, clear and straight to the point vid !!
@josephrayle752
@josephrayle752 Жыл бұрын
This was super helpful. I've been fiddling about with automation and making a mess. You helped me get a better grasp of how this works. I'm going to have to watch this a few times, and I'm subscribing.
@pradyumusic
@pradyumusic Жыл бұрын
I shifted from cubase to logic , your tutorial videos are helping me alot , You’re a saviour man thanks a ton 💕
@kpmtwo
@kpmtwo Жыл бұрын
Click-and-hold, then hold control while moving the automation to slow down and better control the movement... you always include a detail that blows my mind!
@am_ess
@am_ess Жыл бұрын
Watching your tutorials always inspires me to open Logic... i appreciate these very much!!! 🔥🔥🔥
@cameronpatrickscott
@cameronpatrickscott Жыл бұрын
Cor josh, great works, this really clarified a lot for me, what a genius tool Logic is.
@add_edd
@add_edd 3 ай бұрын
thank you so much for this video! i've encountered such helpful videos like this where every detail is explained in an easy way! ❤
@drexbeats
@drexbeats 6 ай бұрын
man, I just started using logic last month, this video has been really really helpful , learned a lot. Thank you
@fruskyfrisky
@fruskyfrisky Жыл бұрын
Muy buen trabajo, y muy valioso. Gracias!!!🙌
@MYLIFE-hq7je
@MYLIFE-hq7je Жыл бұрын
Amazing lessons! Thank you!
@TigerRichards
@TigerRichards 2 ай бұрын
I thought I knew what there was to know, but I was mistaken! So much more! Especially about automation of SENDS and EFFECTS. Great instructional video. I agree -- best Logic Pro channel in the 'verse.
@melaninawakened577
@melaninawakened577 Жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!! Extremely helpful!
@ellisba1
@ellisba1 Жыл бұрын
Been a fan for years. Great videos .... that master fader tip.....💯
@thecanyonsisters
@thecanyonsisters Жыл бұрын
Absolutely great as always, thanks !
@Fiveash-Art
@Fiveash-Art 8 ай бұрын
Thank you for these videos! 👍🏻
@ArtmanBass
@ArtmanBass Жыл бұрын
Great video as always! A fast shortcut for using the Automation Curve Tool: when using the Pointer tool in the Automation lane, hold control shift and the Pointer will turn into the Curve Tool
@toddlask
@toddlask Жыл бұрын
youre the best josh! ive watched so many of your vids that i feel like we're friends! stay cool!
@arnoczkyzoltan6158
@arnoczkyzoltan6158 8 ай бұрын
I learning from you a lot! Thank you!
@Potaetis
@Potaetis 2 ай бұрын
That Touch thing for automating plugins is golden, ty!
@garygimmestad4272
@garygimmestad4272 Жыл бұрын
Excellent, as always! The big takeaway for me was accessing automation on plugins. Thank you!
@el_ambient_dude7424
@el_ambient_dude7424 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for this video. Unreal there is not that many well articulated Logic Pro demonstrations.
@andrewgraham7638
@andrewgraham7638 7 ай бұрын
Good stuff, man, thank you!
@robertpaten
@robertpaten Жыл бұрын
Dude this was so helpful! Thanks for the video!
@rawu-music
@rawu-music Жыл бұрын
There is a better way to select an automation parameter instead of switching to touch and back to read: Mix -> Autoselect Automation Parameter in Read Mode
@MusicTechHelpGuy
@MusicTechHelpGuy Жыл бұрын
I'll make sure I show that in #31. Thanks.
@noahm
@noahm Жыл бұрын
Amazing! Thanks for sharing
@TomAndreen
@TomAndreen Жыл бұрын
Omg, thank you! I’ve been looking for that! ❤
@lforumuserl
@lforumuserl 4 ай бұрын
Very useful, thanks!
@KDMack-qv4wv
@KDMack-qv4wv 4 ай бұрын
That THIS has been very helpful 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
@CarlosJannarelli
@CarlosJannarelli 7 ай бұрын
Great content! Thanks so much!
@HishamKhalaf1
@HishamKhalaf1 Жыл бұрын
As usual Fantastic. Thank you so much. 👏👏👏
@Angelica-so3nb
@Angelica-so3nb 4 ай бұрын
17:20 FINALLY i've been looking EVERYWHERE for this answer. also i was searching exactly there but for some reason i didn't see the little arrow next to main lol. thanks!
@thewhitbyfox
@thewhitbyfox Жыл бұрын
Everything I needed to know and more.
@JamesWilliams-se3vr
@JamesWilliams-se3vr Ай бұрын
Fab! Thanks so much.
@aeroflex6346
@aeroflex6346 8 ай бұрын
damn this guy is badass!!! thanks for your help and contribution to the music production industry!!
@haroldbaker555
@haroldbaker555 Ай бұрын
Insanely helpful
@Iziello
@Iziello 4 ай бұрын
Elite as always mate. Control click was what I was looking for, was struggling to get gain plugin back to 0dB straight away by dragging as the increments were too big on my laptop (small screen size). Learning plenty from you lad
@Aaryanparmar255
@Aaryanparmar255 Жыл бұрын
Very useful vdo az usual...tanXxx a lot...lotzzz of love from India l🇮🇳..!!
@korgkorg8510
@korgkorg8510 Жыл бұрын
Thank you my dear friend
@SBhaktiSangeet
@SBhaktiSangeet 11 ай бұрын
It's knowledgeable important video 👍😊
@soundtherapy1892
@soundtherapy1892 9 ай бұрын
amazing!
@beathoveenbeats
@beathoveenbeats 4 ай бұрын
great video. really
@Christm76
@Christm76 Жыл бұрын
Well, you just prove me how to make a perfect dj mixtape in logic ! thanks a lot 🍺🍻🍺
@gianni1646
@gianni1646 Жыл бұрын
Wow, Josh! Had no idea how deep (offline) automation could go. This opens up all new avenues of mixing production for me. I’m looking forward to the next drop. 👍🏼 Gianni
@vewilli
@vewilli Жыл бұрын
A quite new topic for me. The only thing I used already is the Master fade-out. But the rest was is almost unknown an I must admit I didn’t understand everything. I will have to watch this Modul more often. In any case it’s very interesting. A 30th big „Thank you“. I think it’s very important to know much about automation.
@MusicTechHelpGuy
@MusicTechHelpGuy Жыл бұрын
Think about it as programming parameters to change in your mix, but rather than manually making the movements yourself, you program the DAW to do the work for you. On early mixing consoles automation didn't exist, so you would often have to make multiple "passes" of riding faders and turning knobs to get instruments to sit right in the mix. Later on they introduced moving faders on some Neve consoles, and you could program in the motions, and the faders had motors that could replicate the motion. This is essentially just a software version of that, using your mouse to program the automation changes. The next video is on real-time automation, so maybe it'll make a little more sense after that one.
@vewilli
@vewilli Жыл бұрын
@@MusicTechHelpGuy Thanx so much for this quite time consuming answer in this case, because I know you‘ve got more than 300.000 subscribers…. 👍🏻
@Dhushhh
@Dhushhh Ай бұрын
w video thanks allot man
@MusicTechHelpGuy
@MusicTechHelpGuy Жыл бұрын
In this video, I demonstrate the following: 1. How to hide and show track automation. 2. How to use volume and pan automation. 3. How to use various tools to writing in offline track automation. 4. How to use aux track volume and send level automation. 5. How to use plugin parameter and software instrument parameter automation. 6. How to fade out a song with the master VCA. Support the sponsor of this video, Boombox | bit.ly/boomboxsponsor For mixing/mastering work, contact me at my website | carneymediagroup.com Follow MusicTechHelpGuy on Instagram | instagram.com/musictechhelpguy Support the channel on Patreon | patreon.com/musictechhelpguy Demo project used in this video | www.logicproguide.com/downloads Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:53 Sponsor Segment 1:43 Volume Automation 5:26 Tools for Automation 9:39 Pan Automation 12:51 Multiple Tracks, Fine Adjustments 14:28 Aux Track Volume Automation 16:39 Send Level Automation 19:23 Plugin Automation 23:04 Software Instrument Automation 25:10 Song Fade Out (Master VCA)
@soontaek
@soontaek Жыл бұрын
For some reason I don’t feel the urge to skip the sponsor part on your videos XD. Been busy with life now I can get back to supporting my favorite teacher.
@rainingkind
@rainingkind Жыл бұрын
Yes! Boombox made this series happen. I never skip it either.
@gianni1646
@gianni1646 Жыл бұрын
😁 Same here!
@folybank
@folybank Жыл бұрын
Same here also
@franksilval
@franksilval Жыл бұрын
This is brilliant. I have a question. I noticed that you did not adjust the dial of a bus itself. I noticed that the dial of the bus opens or closes depending of the automatization. I always though that the adjustment of a bus's dial is only related to the amount of effect we want to be affected independently from the amount of automatizations we adjust. I hope this question make sense and thank you.
@milenyum17
@milenyum17 Жыл бұрын
❤👍🎙
@aaronwalker5493
@aaronwalker5493 8 ай бұрын
is it possible to automate switching a preset of a plugin? let's say I want to switch to a specific clean guitar tone from distortion tone without individually adjusting all the parameters in multiple automations. Is there a way to switch to already saved preset during automation?
@duskatdawn7
@duskatdawn7 Ай бұрын
Pro tools has a channel that you can create called master mix giving the user full control over all tracks to change the volume levels for each track at once with the slider, keeping your mix volumes in tack on each track. How do I find this and create it for a project in Logic 11?
@Tolbiny
@Tolbiny 4 ай бұрын
Is there a way to adjust automation by smaller degrees? I find it jumps by, say, half a db or more at a time when dragging. Can I do it by 0.1 increments?
@R0BL68
@R0BL68 9 ай бұрын
How do you raise & lower the volume of the entire track that you’ve applied automation to?
@MakeSomething
@MakeSomething Жыл бұрын
Once you automate the volume you can't use the fader anymore. In the past when I needed to bring the entire automated track down I'd add a gain plugin and use that. Is there a better way?
@MusicTechHelpGuy
@MusicTechHelpGuy Жыл бұрын
Nope. Adding the gain plugin at the end of the channel is the best way. That’s the way I do it.
@danishdpsound
@danishdpsound Жыл бұрын
Isn’t that what the ”Relative” automation is for (instead of choosing ”Absolute”)?
@LennardHarders
@LennardHarders Жыл бұрын
@@MusicTechHelpGuy I have the same question. Do you never use the "relative" option with automation? It seems to me that that would solve this problem! I don't like how you lose control over the fader when you use automation. With "relative" the fader position still matters.
@musicologist707
@musicologist707 Жыл бұрын
Do you have a video on how to "Reamp Guitar in Logic Pro X?
@MusicTechHelpGuy
@MusicTechHelpGuy Жыл бұрын
Not yet, but I should probably make one.
@hankjansen5544
@hankjansen5544 Жыл бұрын
When you have volume automation on a track, then move the fader for that track in the mixer for an overall lower level, does it change the automation or does the automation take over and negate your new fader setting? I ask because sometimes I want to change the volume on all my tracks simultaneously if the overall mix is too loud (overload) or too quiet, while keeping the Master at zero.
@ceesfiny
@ceesfiny Жыл бұрын
Great question! I experienced that volume automation overrules the fader and I want to know how I can work around that. Is there a way to make volume automation relative to the fader volume?
@MusicTechHelpGuy
@MusicTechHelpGuy Жыл бұрын
What I typically do is add the Gain plugin to the end of the plugin chain, and use that to add or boost the volume a bit if I need to make volume changes, after writing automation.
@hankjansen5544
@hankjansen5544 Жыл бұрын
That’s exactly what I do, but then I end up with a second screen filled with Gain plugins that I have to adjust individually. I’d like to be able to bring up or down all the tracks at the same time. Are you listening, Apple?
@TomAndreen
@TomAndreen Жыл бұрын
I do the opposite. I use a gain plugin to make the automations so I can always adjust the main volume of the track with the fader. Other times I simply use a track stack to change overall volume for one or several tracks at a time (that has already been automated). The only downside of that is that you’ve “used up” a track stack. I believe you can only have two levels of track stacks (a stack within a stack) at the moment. And since I love using this functionality, I always end up “using them up” 😅
@rinkydinky-ob9pe
@rinkydinky-ob9pe 9 ай бұрын
how can i just turn an effect on for one bar, like a phaser on a guitar?
@Sagerydian
@Sagerydian 4 ай бұрын
I want to automate a parameter of a plugin that I have on the Stereo Out. Doesn't seem to work there like on a track though? Any suggestions?
@TracingFlares
@TracingFlares 3 ай бұрын
right click on Stereo out in the mixer and select "add track" this will create a track for stereo out. Now.... go and select that track on the left track list.. should appear at bottom... and than you can automate anything that is on stereo out just as with any other track.. as example select the stereo out track... select touch from automation mode.. and move any parameter of its plugins or mixer settings.. than just tweek to your liking🖖🐙😊
@Harpsea
@Harpsea 2 ай бұрын
why does it keep making a spike when I drag down the automation point to make a square?
@markpattison127
@markpattison127 3 ай бұрын
I'm a little let down that you explain everything in such detail but when you get to panning almost nothing. That's exactly what I'm looking for is a good explanation of automated panning. I need to take 3 tracks (in a stack, or individually) and go slightly to the right then 1/2 way to the left then hard right. And I still have no idea how to do this.
@markpattison127
@markpattison127 3 ай бұрын
Good video for everything else though.
@Banquet...
@Banquet... 8 ай бұрын
Man, this is driving me nuts. When I edit automation (in my case mod wheel for dynamics on a string library) and then move the mod wheel data up or down (vertically) it compresses the data... so as I move up, it increases the height between top and bottom of the data, and as I move down it decreases the height of the data. All I want to do is move it up and down without this compression! Is there a way to do that?
@Banquet...
@Banquet... 8 ай бұрын
Replying to myself incase anyone else is struggling with this. I just found out that when you grab a node (the dot) it compresses/expands, but if you grab a line connecting the nodes (often have to zoom in to see the connecting lines) then the whole group of data moves up and down without compressing. So glad to have figured that!
@Harpsea
@Harpsea 2 ай бұрын
how do you make an automation square?
@TomAndreen
@TomAndreen Жыл бұрын
Does anybody know of a faster way to get to the specific parameter within a VST/effect? In Ableton Live you can simply click a parameter and it shows up in the automation lane. Do you need to go through the “touch” function to get there? I would love to just shift-click the parameter or something. It is just sooo fast in Ableton, and I want the same functionality in Logic 😅
@MusicTechHelpGuy
@MusicTechHelpGuy Жыл бұрын
Go up to Mix > Autoselect Automation Parameter in Read Mode. As long as the track is in Read mode, you can simply click on a knob or fader in any plugins or instrument and it will automatically show up as the automation parameter on the track.
@TomAndreen
@TomAndreen Жыл бұрын
@@MusicTechHelpGuy I actually found this in a comment further down. An absolute lifesaver! 😍 This has already saved me half an hour total today while doing some sound design with tons of automation. Thank you for creating this awesome community!
@DavidW576
@DavidW576 Жыл бұрын
Is it just me or Automation is clunky and like there is a delay on it compared to other DAWs I have a M1 Mac and even moving automation lines around are fluent. Am I doing something wrong ?
@LickShareSubscribe
@LickShareSubscribe Жыл бұрын
Why are the pan numbers not the same? (63/64)
@MusicTechHelpGuy
@MusicTechHelpGuy Жыл бұрын
Great question! Logic started off as a MIDI workstation way back in the day. So all of Logic's knobs and faders, and other controls are based on MIDI CC values which are 0-127. So including the zero, the range of 0-127 is 128 total discrete values. 63 + 64 + 1 (center) = 128. That's why it's lopsided by one value, and why it doesn't use 0-100 like some other DAWs.
@LickShareSubscribe
@LickShareSubscribe Жыл бұрын
@@MusicTechHelpGuy That's actually kinda cool. Thanks!
@Kmachman72
@Kmachman72 3 ай бұрын
The demo file seems to have expired... :(
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