🎛 What Is a Bus? How To Use Busses & Track Stacks in Logic Pro | Logic Pro Tutorial
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Күн бұрынIn this video I talk about how to use busses and Track Stacks in Logic Pro. I will be going over what a bus is, how they work, some examples of how to use them effectively, and some tips and tricks to do with busses within Logic.
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⌚️ Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
0:24 - What is a bus?
1:14 - Overview of example
3:07 - Drum Machine Designer (Drum Bus)
3:54 - Why you should group tracks via busses
5:17 - How to create a Track Stack
7:18 - Techniques to use busses effectively (Volume)
7:57 - Techniques to use busses effectively (Audio FX)
9:39 - Sending to a bus
12:37 - Automatic Bus Assignment uses
14:05 - How to set up a bus manually
15:18 - Moving tracks in and out of Track Stacks
16:07 - Conclusion
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@itstonyholiday Жыл бұрын
Appreciate you watching as always! 👉 Take my FREE Logic Pro beginner's course: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/frOAZ5mbrbrWeWQ.html 👀 Check out the sample pack that I use for everything: www.itstonyholiday.com/shop
@brianodonnell5153 Жыл бұрын
As a beginner - this was so incredibly helpful. Thank you
@itstonyholiday Жыл бұрын
Glad you found the content useful Brian, thanks for watching!
@erikmarques1475 3 ай бұрын
Excellent tutorial! Your lessons are effectively simple and well explained.
@itstonyholiday 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching, really appreciate it!
@Tiffers963Hz 2 жыл бұрын
You have some of the best content i've come across on KZfaq for Logic Pro related tips and "How To". Blessings to you and many thanks.
@itstonyholiday 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching! Really appreciate the comment and I'm glad you found it helpful
@vycashh Жыл бұрын
Stack Track; summing track is perfect to give it that glue before the master
@avillageofvigils3749 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for refreshening my memory and cutting down on using my CPU! Hadn't a clue I could use stack tracks for bussing. Awesome video!
@itstonyholiday Жыл бұрын
Haha it's a constant battle with the CPU! Glad you enjoyed the video and found the content useful.
@Genolexis 29 күн бұрын
So helpful, thank you
@itstonyholiday 29 күн бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@ernietollar407 6 ай бұрын
Wow. I've been a professional musician for longer than u have been alive but this is a great free lesson which should really help me organise LOGIC projects! thanks for teaching an old dog new tricks! THANKS T.H. !
@itstonyholiday 6 ай бұрын
Ha I'm not as young as I look 😉 But thank you for the kind comment, I really appreciate it. Best of luck with your journey using Logic Pro! Happy Holidays
@seanchiu386 3 жыл бұрын
Hey man, hope your break has been good. Looking forward to your content again and wna say thanks for all the technical guidance I’ve got from your channel
@itstonyholiday 3 жыл бұрын
Appreciate all the support Sean 👍 here to stay this time. Thanks for watching, more content to come!
@911aDay Жыл бұрын
Gold man, thanks! 🔥
@itstonyholiday Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!! Really appreciate the comment
@WxstParkAve 2 жыл бұрын
Great video my Guy!
@itstonyholiday 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! Really appreciate it
@drew6470 2 жыл бұрын
Really appreciate this man!
@itstonyholiday 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching, really appreciate your comment!
@powderedtoastman3093 3 жыл бұрын
Another excellent vid Tony - Many thanks!!!
@itstonyholiday 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching and the comment! Really appreciate it
@a-tmusic9606 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man this helped so much, been messing around with buses and track stacks recently but never had a full understanding. really appreciate this
@itstonyholiday 3 жыл бұрын
Happy you liked it! They’re such a power move when used properly. Thanks for watching and the comment 🙌
@jackparkesdrums 2 жыл бұрын
Tony. Thanks so much brother! Very insightful tutorial. Literally nailed every question I had in my mind haha. Gratitude from Australia and happy 2022!
@itstonyholiday 2 жыл бұрын
Really happy you liked the content Jack. Happy new year to you and yours as well, I wish you the best in 2022! Thank you for watching!
@anthonwaar1635 2 жыл бұрын
Man you are such a blessing! Thanks for your vids❤️
@itstonyholiday 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching! Really appreciate it
@MichaelDuskus Жыл бұрын
Great explanation of busses and how they work. Thanks for sharing this.
@itstonyholiday Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching Michael, really appreciate the comment
@LADJINOLEAN 2 жыл бұрын
Best explanation I’ve seen on this yet! Thanks dawg
@itstonyholiday 2 жыл бұрын
Really happy you found the content useful, thanks for watching!
@MrJonesy2121 4 ай бұрын
No just wanted to thank you for all this great information
@itstonyholiday 4 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching! Really appreciate it.
@devkev8936 3 жыл бұрын
I needed this🙌
@itstonyholiday 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you found it useful, thanks for watching!
@tombaumhart1891 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video, it helps me as a beginner to learn more about Logic Pro
@itstonyholiday 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching Tom! Really appreciate the kind words
@mycn986 3 жыл бұрын
Welcome back bruv
@itstonyholiday 3 жыл бұрын
Appreciate it my guy, here to stay this time. Thanks for watching + the support 🙌
@JulianHarris Жыл бұрын
That was super helpful thank you. If you were to do a revision on this may I suggest you start with the manual bus scenario first? My use case is simple: "I have two tracks and I want to share the same reverb settings". The solution seems to be to create a new track in the mixer (Ctrl-N), ("Aux 20"), ensure it routes to Stereo Out, then change the two tracks to use Aux 20 instead of Stereo Out. The other section of buses still confuse me TBH.
@itstonyholiday Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching Julian!
@luigiprod1 3 жыл бұрын
The 🐐 is back
@itstonyholiday 3 жыл бұрын
Too kind bru. Just tryna make some content for yall Thanks for watching and the support
@gracogotit 3 жыл бұрын
Let’s gooo tony 💯
@itstonyholiday 3 жыл бұрын
Appreciate you! Thanks for watching
@jessemccommon5312 2 жыл бұрын
Kota the Fiend lmaoo thank you for the great vids brother
@itstonyholiday 2 жыл бұрын
Hahah thanks for watching despite me being sus sometimes
@KidAstronaut Жыл бұрын
Can we talk about the kick/808 in your intro song? Great sonics.
@itstonyholiday Жыл бұрын
Thanks for that my friend! Appreciate you watching + the comment 🙌
@andrewbahdz 3 жыл бұрын
ty mane
@itstonyholiday 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching 👍
@cassetteo 3 жыл бұрын
I rarely use outputs on a source track, I only use busses
@mzhbeatz3572 3 жыл бұрын
Bro, pls make a mix tutorial after
@itstonyholiday 3 жыл бұрын
Copy that, thanks for watching!
@am_ess 2 жыл бұрын
Note to Self: Use Track Stacks!!! Ya don't miss bro bro!
@itstonyholiday 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the support man! Glad you liked it.
@calneon6549 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Tony Great to see you back! Any chance of a video showing you making a track from start to finish?
@itstonyholiday 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Cal, thanks for the kind words. Good to be back 👍 Yes. I do want to start making full beat making videos, just trying to find the best way to go about it as I usually take awhile to make a beat. But there will be some in the future, thanks for watching!
@calneon6549 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tony - looking forward to it! 👍
@itstonyholiday 3 жыл бұрын
Cheers Cal, enjoy your weekend!
@thetruthisuncomfortable2912 3 жыл бұрын
Deep
@DeanScorch 2 жыл бұрын
How would you then bounce tracks with effects if they're routed through a buss with the effects on, or in a track stack with a buss? I'm thinking if someone else was looking to mix the track and you want certain effects printed on the stems to send to mix engineer.
@itstonyholiday 2 жыл бұрын
Great question. And yes you answered it yourself, you have to export the bounced track of the stack. If you just do File > Export > Tracks, this won't include the FX busses, which a lot of the time is how people craft the sound they want.
@leestanford2452 Жыл бұрын
I'm pretty familiar with the short bus.
@powderedtoastman3093 3 жыл бұрын
Q: What’s the best controller for live loops in Logic that anyone can recommend.
@itstonyholiday 3 жыл бұрын
Novation sent me a Launchpad X which they mapped to live loops natively. It’s pretty good, but I don’t use Live Loops that much.
@snesmocha 3 жыл бұрын
An iPad
@primarychannel1521 Жыл бұрын
Can i use reverb and delay same way to group bus live vocal and another track?
@itstonyholiday Жыл бұрын
Not sure I understand, can you rephrase?
@rmxmslowverb Жыл бұрын
Thank you for making a very clear to understand, visually aiding video :) The only thing that still confuses me is the 'sends' and the resulting duplicates. So if you have a track stack, which sends to say bus 2 and bus 4, each bus with a separate effect, do you end up with 1 track of the track stacks, one with the effects of bus 2, and one with the effects of bus 4? How does this impact the sound if the same thing is played 3 times at the same time with minor differences in effects? What is the benefit of the tracks being sent to separate multiple buses with effects rather than the effects just being added on the track stack, besides controlling the amount of effect? Sorry I hope that makes sense!
@itstonyholiday Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the kind words, really glad you found the content useful. Yes, you will get a duplicate of the track including it's volume, so having 3 or 4 stacked on top of each other could be a lot of audio signal coming from that specific sound. Typically you wouldn't have all of them sending to the bus at 0db, and also at full volume, you want to use the effects tastefully and therefore would have them as lesser volumes. The benefit of doing this is having more control over each individual effect. If you have a delay after a reverb on the actual track (not bussing it out), then your delay is affecting the already reverbed track. If you have a reverb bus and a delay bus going out from the track, you can set the parameters based on the dry signal from the track, and blend in the wet signal of the bus. This on top of many other benefits like using less plugins to ease CPU load, keeping your tracks more organized, EQing out or boosting certain parts of the bussed effect are some of the many reasons to use busses.
@rmxmslowverb Жыл бұрын
@@itstonyholiday Thank you! This is really helpful and makes sense :)
@itstonyholiday Жыл бұрын
@@rmxmslowverb Glad to help! Thanks for watching + the comment
@patrickevanfleming3469 Жыл бұрын
I'm trying to take single track analogue recordings from the 90's, feed them into Logic Pro X and improve the sound quality. Do you know what that process is called? I can't find anything about this subject online. The only thing the internet talks about is how to make new digital recordings sound more Analogue. I'm trying to do the exact opposite. Any advice? Do you have any tutorials on that subject? Anything? Thanks
@itstonyholiday Жыл бұрын
Hey Patrick, I don't have any videos on this topic specifically. However what you're referring to could be put under the term of 'post processing', basically adding processing and FX to audio recorded externally. Best of luck!
@patrickevanfleming3469 Жыл бұрын
@@itstonyholiday Thanks. I'm surprised there isn't more about. this subject online. The world is full of aging musicians with old analogue recordings. There doesn't even seem to be a name for it.
@Jtaguines 3 жыл бұрын
Bussin bussin
@itstonyholiday 3 жыл бұрын
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@djnroxanne 3 жыл бұрын
When I create a track stack it doesn't appear to be a Bus but a Sum. How do I turn it into a Bus?
@itstonyholiday 3 жыл бұрын
There’s two types of track stacks, summing stacks is one of them. It should be all good, unless it’s behaving differently?
@LeeAndro Жыл бұрын
Anyone? Help please! Let's say I wanted to send a panned effect (or any effect) using a bus which is already inside a track stack? What happens to the send effect (which is being bussed) of the individual track inside of the track stack? Does that that individual track get processed with the effects already inside the track stack or does it go directly to the send effect bus raw/with the individuals tracks plug-ins? I hope you understood this haha.
@itstonyholiday Жыл бұрын
Your wording is confusing so I'm not sure if I understand. Why would you send to a bus if it's inside a track stack?
@LeeAndro Жыл бұрын
@@itstonyholiday Let’s say I have three vocals inside a track stack. I then put a vocal chain on the track stack. Now let’s say I would like to pan one vocal right and the other left then apply a separate reverb/delay in the opposite direction of the panned vocals. Is there a way to send the panned vocals to the reverb/delay whilst still getting the effect from the vocal chain? Or will the the signal just go raw into the reverb/delay? I hope this is clearer.
@itstonyholiday Жыл бұрын
@@LeeAndro Yes much clearer, thank you. When you send a track to am FX bus, it assumes all of the effects from the track that you're sending from.
@LeeAndro Жыл бұрын
@@itstonyholiday So the effects from the vocal chain (of the track stack) would technically not be sent to the bus since all the vocal chain effects are on the track stack and are not on the individual track.
@itstonyholiday Жыл бұрын
@@LeeAndro When you send a track to am FX bus, it assumes all of the effects from the track that you're sending from, nothing else.
@sarsepidemik9007 10 ай бұрын
My question is: when I use bus on one track like reverb or delay or something…it affects all my tracks even those which I DONT want. Can I turn off the bus in another track or just bus works in every track? I mean one vocal track where I want reverb I put bus because I want to controle how much the effect sounds but on a another one vocal track I want no reverb but the bus is still there. How do I turn the effect in bus off of this track😂 u got me?😂 man I am soooo confused😅
@itstonyholiday 10 ай бұрын
Don't send to the reverb bus from the track you don't want. Send to the reverb for the track you do want it on.
@sarsepidemik9007 10 ай бұрын
@@itstonyholiday I am very sorry and I appologise but I am still cunfused maybe even more😀 please write me any possible way how to do it step by step. I am so sorry I am beginer I dont really mean to annoying you but I would apricciate it very much. Thanks for respond.
@sarsepidemik9007 10 ай бұрын
Wait…so the bus in mono input with reverb is ON and so is the reverb in stereo output on. But when I switch on the another track and I put BUS ,,volume,, to zero it wont sound in the track? Even when in stereo output reverb still shine blue? Because when I try the blue reverb switch and turn off it affects all the bus reverb on another track where I still want it…man I should play my playstation instead to mess around with music producing😀😀😀😀
@sarsepidemik9007 10 ай бұрын
I must click on subscribe because u r actualy first person ever answered me. Even it confuse me still a little😄 like your videos very much
@vewilli Жыл бұрын
This is very interesting, but very difficult. It’s somehow „double-Dutch“ to me. I‘d need someone to show and explain this to me on my computer in a project. Or watching this several times and at the same time practicing it on the computer. But nevertheless „Thank you“.
@itstonyholiday Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching GAD. What are you struggling with specifically? Maybe I can explain it differently. Cheers!
@vewilli Жыл бұрын
@@itstonyholiday Thank you very much. I‘d like to be the expert you are, but I‘m miles away … My problem is that I can’t learn everything from KZfaq videos. Especially in this case, in EQing, Compressing, it would be necessary that someone could show me these things live. But there is no one far around who could show me DAWs, in my case in Logic!
@itstonyholiday Жыл бұрын
@@vewilliI think you're getting ahead of yourself here and tackling a too many topics at one time. The best way to get better is to clearly define what your goals are and then work towards that. In the case of busses, if you haven't dove into EQ or compression I would say don't worry busses. While busses isn't advanced, it's not necessary for you to be learning until you've understood compression and EQ, and why you need busses. I'm not sure what your skills are, but if you're feeling overwhelmed with music production, I made this free course detailing how to go from knowing absolutely nothing to making your first song. It touches on basic concepts and how they apply to making songs, ultimately it's designed to show you the bare minimum, and then get you asking the right questions... which then turns into watching the right videos at the right time. Here's the course: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/frOAZ5mbrbrWeWQ.html
@KOZGERFWAD 10 ай бұрын
I can’t take you seriously if you do not have a glowing guitar in the background…😂😉👊🏻
@itstonyholiday 10 ай бұрын
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@KOZGERFWAD 10 ай бұрын
@@itstonyholiday 😂😂😂👍👊
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