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Table Of Contents
- Logic Studio Effects
- Contents
- An Introduction to the Logic Studio Effects
- Amps and Pedals
- Amp Designer
- Choosing an Amp Designer Model
- Tweed Combos
- Classic American Combos
- British Stacks
- British Combos
- British Alternatives
- Metal Stacks
- Additional Combos
- Building a Customized Amp Designer Combo
- Choosing an Amp Designer Amplifier
- Choosing an Amp Designer Cabinet
- Amp Designer Cabinet Reference Table
- Using Amp Designer’s Equalizer
- Amp Designer Equalizer Type Reference Table
- Using Amp Designer’s Gain, Presence, and Master Controls
- Getting to Know Amp Designer’s Effects Parameters
- Using Amp Designer’s Reverb Effect
- Amp Designer Reverb Type Reference Table
- Using Amp Designer’s Tremolo and Vibrato Effects
- Setting Amp Designer Microphone Parameters
- Setting Amp Designer’s Output Level
- Bass Amp
- Guitar Amp Pro
- Building Your Guitar Amp Pro Model
- Choosing a Guitar Amp Pro Amplifier
- Choosing a Guitar Amp Pro Speaker Cabinet
- Choosing a Guitar Amp Pro Equalizer
- Using Guitar Amp Pro’s Gain, Tone, Presence, and Master Controls
- Getting to Know Guitar Amp Pro’s Effects Section
- Using Guitar Amp Pro’s Tremolo and Vibrato Effects
- Using Guitar Amp Pro’s Reverb Effect
- Setting Guitar Amp Pro Microphone Parameters
- Setting the Guitar Amp Pro Output Level
- Pedalboard
- Amp Designer
- Delay Effects
- Delay Designer
- Getting to Know the Delay Designer Interface
- Getting to Know Delay Designer’s Main Display
- Using Delay Designer’s View Buttons
- Zooming and Navigating Delay Designer’s Tap Display
- Creating Taps in Delay Designer
- Selecting Taps in Delay Designer
- Moving and Deleting Taps in Delay Designer
- Using Delay Designer’s Tap Toggle Buttons
- Editing Parameters in Delay Designer’s Tap Display
- Aligning Delay Designer Tap Values
- Editing Filter Cutoff in Delay Designer’s Tap Display
- Editing Pan in Delay Designer’s Tap Display
- Editing Taps in Delay Designer’s Tap Parameter Bar
- Editing Delay Designer Taps with the Shortcut Menu
- Resetting Delay Designer Tap Values
- Synchronizing Taps in Delay Designer
- Using Delay Designer’s Master Section
- Working with Delay Designer in Surround
- Echo
- Sample Delay
- Stereo Delay
- Tape Delay
- Delay Designer
- Distortion Effects
- Dynamics Processors
- Equalizers
- Filter Effects
- AutoFilter
- EVOC 20 Filterbank
- EVOC 20 TrackOscillator
- What Is a Vocoder?
- How Does a Vocoder Work?
- Getting to Know the EVOC 20 TrackOscillator Interface
- EVOC 20 TrackOscillator Analysis In Parameters
- Using EVOC 20 TrackOscillator Analysis In Parameters
- EVOC 20 TrackOscillator U/V Detection Parameters
- EVOC 20 TrackOscillator Synthesis In Parameters
- Basic Tracking Oscillator Parameters
- Tracking Oscillator Pitch Correction Parameters
- Quantizing the Pitch of the Tracking Oscillator
- EVOC 20 TrackOscillator Formant Filter Parameters
- Using Formant Stretch and Formant Shift
- EVOC 20 TrackOscillator Modulation Parameters
- EVOC 20 TrackOscillator Output Parameters
- Fuzz-Wah
- Spectral Gate
- Imaging Processors
- Metering Tools
- Modulation Effects
- Pitch Effects
- Reverb Effects
- Space Designer Convolution Reverb
- Getting to Know the Space Designer Interface
- Working with Space Designer’s Impulse Response Parameters
- Working with Space Designer’s Envelope and EQ Parameters
- Working with Space Designer’s Filter
- Working with Space Designer’s Global Parameters
- Using Space Designer’s Input Slider
- Using Space Designer’s Latency Compensation Feature
- Using Space Designer’s Definition Parameter
- Using Space Designer’s Rev Vol Compensation
- Using Space Designer’s Output Sliders
- Working with Pre-Dly (Predelay) in Space Designer
- Using Space Designer’s IR Start Parameter
- Using Space Designer’s Spread Parameters
- Automating Space Designer
- Specialized Effects and Utilities
- Utilities and Tools
Setting Multipressor Compression Parameters
The Compression Threshold and Compression Ratio parameters are the key parameters
for controlling compression. Usually the most useful combinations of these two settings
are a low Compression Threshold with a low Compression Ratio, or a high Compression
Threshold with a high Compression Ratio.
Setting Multipressor Downward Expansion Parameters
The Expansion Threshold, Expansion Ratio, and Expansion Reduction parameters are the
key parameters for controlling downward expansion. They determine the strength of the
expansion applied to the chosen range.
Setting Multipressor Peak/RMS and Envelope Parameters
Adjusting the parameter between Peak (0 ms, minimum value) and RMS (root mean
square −200 ms, maximum value) is dependent on the type of signal you want to
compress. An extremely short Peak detection setting is suitable for compression of short
and high peaks of low power, which do not typically occur in music. The RMS detection
method measures the power of the audio material over time and thus works much more
musically. This is because human hearing is more responsive to the overall power of the
signal than to single peaks. As a basic setting for most applications, the centered position
is recommended.
Setting Multipressor Output Parameters
The Out slider sets the overall output level. Set Lookahead to higher values when the
Peak/RMS fields are set to higher values (farther towards RMS). Set Auto Gain to On to
reference the overall processing to 0 dB, making the output louder.
Noise Gate
The Noise Gate is commonly used to suppress unwanted noise that is audible when the
audio signal is at a low level. You can use it to remove background noise, crosstalk from
other signal sources, and low-level hum, among other uses.
The Noise Gate works by allowing signals above the threshold level to pass unimpeded,
while reducing signals below the threshold level. This effectively removes lower-level
parts of the signal, while allowing the desired parts of the audio to pass.
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