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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
• Out Ceiling knob and field: Sets the maximum output level, or ceiling. The signal will
not rise above this.
• Output meters (to the right): Show output levels, allowing you to see the results of the
limiting process. The Margin field shows the highest output level. You can reset the
Margin field by clicking it.
• Mode buttons (Extended Parameters area): Choose the type of peak smoothing:
• OptFit: Limiting follows a linear curve, which allows signal peaks above 0 dB.
• NoOver: Avoids distortion artifacts from the output hardware by ensuring that the
signal does not exceed 0 dB.
• Lookahead field and slider (Extended Parameters area): Adjusts how far ahead the Adaptive
Limiter analyzes the file for peaks.
• Remove DC checkbox (Extended Parameters area): Enable to activate a highpass filter
that removes direct current (DC) from the signal. DC can be introduced by lower-quality
audio hardware.
Compressor
The Compressor is designed to emulate the sound and response of a professional-level
analog (hardware) compressor. It tightens up your audio by reducing sounds that exceed
a certain threshold level, smoothing out the dynamics and increasing the overall
volume—the perceived loudness. Compression helps bring the key parts of a track or
mix into focus, while preventing softer parts from becoming inaudible. It is probably the
most versatile and widely used sound-shaping tool in mixing, next to EQ.
You can use the Compressor with individual tracks, including vocal, instrumental, and
effects tracks, as well as on the overall mix. Usually you insert the Compressor directly
into a channel strip.
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