ULTIMATE Guide to Track Stacks in Logic PRO X!
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In this video, I'm showing you how to use track stacks in Logic -- both Folders and Summing Track stacks
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@Tiffers963Hz Жыл бұрын
Super helpful. Thanks Nathan. Blessings to you and your loved ones.
@CarlineFrancois 3 жыл бұрын
Track stacks sound interesting way to organize the stacks. Something I want explore doing. Thank you for sharing the video. Happy New Year, 2021.🎉🌟😊
@bassManDavis1953 3 жыл бұрын
Hey, haven't started using any of this? So will have to go over this again with you till I have grasped the concept of using them. Thanks Nathan, really good as always.
@CG-cw7rg 3 жыл бұрын
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@DTGuitarTech 2 жыл бұрын
Liked a subscribed. Great video!
@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын
Would love to hear your thoughts! Are you using track stacks or is this new?
@justiceforcier3853 3 жыл бұрын
I used to work in protools and switched over to logic because of track stacks
@arunsamuel5589 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this! Found these on the Billie Eilish session that's on Logic Pro and it just so neat!
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@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome!! Thanks and welcome to the channel fam!
@danielcole2503 3 жыл бұрын
Great vid again. Never used the track stacks but I'll give it a go. Thanks.
@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын
Sweet! Yeah give it a shot!
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@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын
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@munkeyfeetmusic4825 3 жыл бұрын
Hey man, have you got a video on midi assigning ? And utilising a controller ? If not could you help me out with assigning multiple presets for my fader knobs if it’s possible
@upperonyx4235 3 жыл бұрын
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@benashbmx 3 жыл бұрын
How the hell did I miss this upload. Great job as always mate. Thanks legend
@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын
Haha thanks a bunch! Appreciate it! 😎🙏
@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын
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@fraserregan6335 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Nathan great video. Q: does using the Summing folders save CPU? as opposed to mixing in the mix window??
@ChasingRainbows1979 3 жыл бұрын
I use track stacks for summing. I don’t remember ever using the folder option although it does make a lot of sense when you explain it in the way that you did. Quick question: If you put say all your drum tracks in a folder stack and export as individual files, will they save them all automatically in an individual folder?
@erikbosgra1775 3 жыл бұрын
I use trackstacks, but not folders. Now I know the purpose of folders, so now I'm going tot use them. 👍
@strangeattractor4959 4 ай бұрын
what midi controller you recommend for logic loops cells, to trig live performance, I am digging akai apc mini for triggering scenes and loops and akai midimix to turn on off either vst adjust parameters with knobs and even used for stacks
@LegionIO 2 жыл бұрын
Another great video my friend. Is it normal to have that many tracks in a session? Is there a video where you explain why you have so many?
@georgebloomfieldmusic 2 жыл бұрын
hi, I have a question that I hope you can clear up. Can you do individual sends from within a track stack? For example when mixing strings, I was individual sends for the reverb on each track, so I can have less reverb on the shorts and more on the longs etc. I want to be able to do this, but have them within a summing stack so I can mix them together. Currently when I do this the sends do not work at all, and individual reverb sends only work within a folder stack - but then I can't edit them together afterwards! Is this possible to make aux sends on the individual tracks and still group them as a summing track stack? I can't work out how! Thanks in advance
@thekauzmicowl1981 2 жыл бұрын
Great video! Very helpful dude! I was wondering if you could help me solve something? Every time I make a summing stack for tracks, panning within the tracks in the stack don’t respond. Everything wants to stay up the middle. Is there a setting that needs to be changed? It’s driving me nuts! Haha. Thank you!
@onesixtyeight2154 3 жыл бұрын
I definitely stack my tracks. For example, if I’m using multiple violins or strings.
@bringupthesun8986 Жыл бұрын
when you say you create a new mixing session, could you please ellaborate what this entails, do i just export all regions as audio files and re open them in new project?
@EricBadderMusic 3 жыл бұрын
Hey man, I saved summing stacks in my template, but when I record a new audio file within the track stack, the audio doesn’t show up in the track stack, it only shows up under the audio file I recorded to under the track stack. Hope I wrote this out properly. Is there something I’m missing as to why it’s not showing up on the stack? Thank you!
@KillaFrmManila 3 жыл бұрын
how do you delete the channel strip created from a track slack? I created a bunch of folder stacks but I meant to use summing stacks and now I have a bunch of channel strips from the mixer that I don't want after flattening the stack. Any help is appreciated!
@damo2deme 3 жыл бұрын
Nice video, did you notice your audio was clipping?
@Ghostmaich 3 жыл бұрын
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@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын
Love that! Thanks!
@quincyndekwe 6 ай бұрын
First off thanks for the video. 2ndly. I have a question. I created a summing stack to control 3 different audio sources but every time I try to turn the summing stack volume down I can still hear the instrument. There’s no reverb or anything on it. It’s dry EXCEPT for the fact it came from omnisphere. Tried burning it into the track and everything and it’s still not quieting unless I click the individual track. Any solutions to this? Thanks again. Oh and it works on a different 3 instruments in the same session so I know it’s not a session thing.
@TyRobertsmedia 3 жыл бұрын
Hey, great vid. I'd like to hear more about how you export your midi-heavy sessions out to audio track for mixing. I'm working on a full orchestra session and will be ready to mix shortly. BTW: I'm using the Spitfire BBC Orchestral I first saw here! Sounds like a real orchestra - I love it.
@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah man - so you'd basically export everything to a separate folder and open a blank session and pull everything into that session as audio only. So File > Export > exports all tracks as audio I believe
@TyRobertsmedia 3 жыл бұрын
@@NathanJamesLarsen Thanks... I'll give it a try. My mix so far is very light on plugins, but the track count is up there as BBC (free version) doesn't have keyboard based articulations... lol. Mixing classical music is gonna be a trip compared to pop/rock mixes - heavy on dynamic and very light on compression.
@joelremiel Жыл бұрын
I created a summing stack for Orchestral section articulations and I can't change the individual volume of each midi channel. Is it possible? I need to be able to change the volume of individual articulations in a multi-timbral software instrument.
@bashem1 3 жыл бұрын
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@MaxWa Жыл бұрын
Hey Nathan, any chance you could do a vid taking about moving from production to mixing sessions? Or if he already has, could someone hook me up? Thanks!
@gettitouttaheeyah4266 2 жыл бұрын
Do you turn off all the Audio FX and plugins before you bounce each track to audio and move from the production project to the mixing project? If so, does that include DI guitar and bass tracks as well?
@MaxWa Жыл бұрын
I'd love to know this, too!
@fulviobennato Жыл бұрын
This track stack messes up my mix for some reason the pan dosent work n they came out mono and no the imput n output were stereo 😢
@flowkiller2728 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Nathan, I've tried to put 2 tracks in a summing stack to save some space and aloud that my pc works faster by putting the plugins directly in the sum. stack but when I do this both of the tracks stop panning and plays normal, could you help me?
@hughzers 3 жыл бұрын
Hey great tutorial! I’m having the exact same problem when I put my tracks into a summing folder. They are set to hard pan but on play back they’re coming out centred…
@DaumantasMusic 9 ай бұрын
how do summing in summing?
@leni_dreamer 3 жыл бұрын
Great video bro thanks! Question - how do you actually bounce out the track stack with any additional buses/fx or automation that are on the main track stack bus?? When I bounce out I get the track stack as one audio file but with none of the bus fx or auotmations that are on the main track stack bus..
@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын
Hey! You'd need to bounce both or solo the instrument and bounce it instead of exporting if you still want to retain the fx
@leni_dreamer 3 жыл бұрын
@@NathanJamesLarsen Thanks will give this a try! :)
@rupertcaney 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Nathan, everything in my stack seems to be mono despite the pan knobs being moved around. How can I pan things that are inside a stack?
@enzojacobsen4349 3 жыл бұрын
Use dual-mono, that fixes it for me
@tigersteffi 3 жыл бұрын
@@enzojacobsen4349 I’m having the same issue, what do you mean by dual mono?
@enzojacobsen4349 3 жыл бұрын
@@tigersteffi 2 mono tracks. Also I was incorrect. The issue may be the fact that the plugin might not run stereo?
@jakegtband 3 жыл бұрын
Folder stacks are more than organisation.. they are essentially a VCA.. theyre useful for controlling volume without worrying about anything clipping out of it and/or being limited by the output
@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын
Yes - that's true. I mention that you can adjust volume on folder stacks, but what you're saying is a great clarification. Thanks!
@qixiaowhs 2 жыл бұрын
How to use two tiers of summing stacks?🤔🤔
@miltontuffpuff 3 жыл бұрын
I use folder stacks and color coding everyday, but the summing track was a new thing for me. Thank you for such an informative video. much love from India.
@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Try it out!
@bartmuz 2 жыл бұрын
I know how to save my Track Stack, but I'm looking the answer How to LOAD this track stack to another session?
@GirishHothur 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Nathan.. Greetings from India.. Been following your channel lately and I must tell you it's been super awesome.. Just have a quick doubt. When we have these stack folders when we render them to STEMS for mixing how do you do it? Can you please do a video on how to prep the project to send for mixing. ( how would you render stack folders)
@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын
Not sure what Paul is referring to, since I respond to almost every comment. Also I don't have a patreon, but ok. I actually find his comment quite hilarious and seriously uniformed. When it comes to exporting, if you export all tracks, it will also export the track stacks and the rest of the individual tracks too. So you should actually select the tracks you want to export and then you can export only the selected tracks. It's under File > Export > export selected tracks - I can make a video on it down the road that'll explain that better.
@GirishHothur 3 жыл бұрын
@@NathanJamesLarsen Thank you so much for the quick response :) Selecting the tracks and exporting does make a lot of sense, however, all the processing on the bus would be gone right? Anyways won't bother you much here if you making a video on it :)
@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын
@@GirishHothur It depends on how you go about settings - you can bypass all effects or not bypass them by unselecting "bypass all effects" -- another way of doing this is by what's called "printing" a track by bouncing the audio down to its own new audio file within Logic with the plugins that you want still on. So basically that audio will have the plugins just baked in at that point. That's what I do so there is not confusion. No worries, Girish, I don't mind questions at all.
@brunocoliveira89 3 жыл бұрын
I have a problem with this and maybe you should check that out: I use summing stacks to rout my instrument tracks. Because of my current memory constrains, I developed the habit of having deactivated (instrument) tracks within my template. My goal is to only activate tracks on the go while composing. This way I can save RAM and processing. However, when I click on the summing stack, all the subordinate tracks in that stack will activate! That means If I have an entire string section with different articulations, this will actually bust my ram and my computer will pass out. This occurs even when I go to Project preferences and check “Only activate plugins needed for the project”.
@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын
That's really interesting and also really strange... hmm
@katurisurendra1099 3 жыл бұрын
Hi sir iam David from India
@gowthamjeyathilahar5812 3 жыл бұрын
Hi how can I solo the track in summing..? If I try to solo the track the total tracks are getting solo..
@NathanJamesLarsen 3 жыл бұрын
You should be able to solo a track individually. It shouldn't solo the whole summing tracking if you go into the individual instrument. Otherwise there might be a setting you need to change I suppose
@gowthamjeyathilahar5812 3 жыл бұрын
@@NathanJamesLarsen ok bro thankyou.
@skorchtheproducer1876 3 жыл бұрын
How do you select more than one track
@mattclayton1991 3 жыл бұрын
Hold shift while selecting the 2nd track
@philipdubnick7776 2 жыл бұрын
There's nothing inherently wrong with saying "color-coat" and, to a degree, it actually works just as well as a descriptive term, but I believe the traditional term is actually "color code". Cheers.
@conrow1157 2 жыл бұрын
Is this working when I want to send my mix later to a co-producer?
@NathanJamesLarsen 2 жыл бұрын
It depends on how you do it but if you want someone else to mix you probably don't want to be using sends unless you are using a summing track stack - which then will create a whole separate track for your bus that it'll bounce out. That's the best way I'd recommend
@conrow1157 2 жыл бұрын
@@NathanJamesLarsen Ok that’s good to know. I’m kinda between in the mixing process...I need a co-producer to technical clean my pre-mix. I usually work with normal bus/sends etc but this is very confusing fast...so the summing track stack Methode with the produced waves files sounds very dope! To I understood it right? Thx 🙏
@NathanJamesLarsen 2 жыл бұрын
Yep exactly! It'll separate dry tracks and the buses on their own
@conrow1157 2 жыл бұрын
@@NathanJamesLarsen great! Thanks ✌️
@DanBires 2 жыл бұрын
Yep just an easier way to to add busses and fx to several tracks at once instead of individually. Way faster workflow here.
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@vycashh Жыл бұрын
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@Valsi876 3 жыл бұрын
My only comment on your tutorials, is you need to slow down a bit for us newbies. :)
@MrlegendOr 3 жыл бұрын
Track stacks(summing) are poorly optimized. This feature is one of the most power-consuming in logic pro
@MrlegendOr 3 жыл бұрын
@@TroyGrady57 Try it on a very big session. Track stack summing vs Track Stack folder + classic buss. you will see that Multithreading is spread more efficiently on the classic
@markpcc3675 2 жыл бұрын
please put a shit load of tracks up to start with and then make it as confusing as possible. Thank you. This isn't from M its from his recording teacher who needs to know about stacks.
@DaBeatsFreak 3 жыл бұрын
Is too much mister. U fly from 1 point ro another as if u r lost. Just keep it simple by starting simple and have a structure in basic explanation. Like u started making a folder on tracks that already foldered. I stopped watching
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