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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
• Compressor Threshold slider and field: Sets the threshold level—signals above this
threshold value are reduced in level.
• Peak/RMSbuttons: Determines whether signal analysis is with the Peak or RMS method,
when using the Platinum circuit type.
• Gain slider and field: Sets the amount of gain applied to the output signal.
• Auto Gain pop-up menu: Choose a value to compensate for volume reductions caused
by compression. The choices are Off, 0 dB, and −12 dB.
• Limiter Threshold slider and field: Sets the threshold level for the limiter.
• Limiter button: Turns the integrated limiter on or off.
• Output Distortion pop-up menu (Extended Parameters area): Choose whether to apply
clipping above 0 dB, and the type of clipping. Choices are: Off, Soft, Hard, and Clip.
• Activity pop-up menu (Extended Parameters area): Enables or disables the side chain.
Choices are: Off, Listen, and On.
• Mode pop-up menu (Extended Parameters area): Choose the type of filter used for the
side chain. Choices are: LP (lowpass), BP (bandpass), HP (highpass), ParEQ (parametric),
and HS (high shelving).
• Frequency slider and field (Extended Parameters area): Sets the center frequency for the
side-chain filter.
• Q slider and field (Extended Parameters area): Sets the width of the frequency band
affected by the side-chain filter.
• Gain slider and field (Extended Parameters area): Sets the amount of gain applied to the
side-chain signal.
• Mix slider and field (Extended Parameters area): Determines the balance between dry
(source) and wet (effect) signals.
Using the Compressor
The following section explains how to use the main Compressor parameters.
Setting the Compressor Threshold and Ratio
The most important Compressor parameters are Threshold and Ratio. The Threshold sets
the floor level in decibels. Signals that exceed this level are reduced by the amount set
as the Ratio.
The Ratio is a percentage of the overall level; the more the signal exceeds the threshold,
the more it is reduced. A ratio of 4:1 means that increasing the input by 4 dB results in
an increase of the output by 1 dB, if above the threshold.
As an example, with the Threshold set at −20 dB and the Ratio set to 4:1, a −16 dB peak
in the signal (4 dB louder than the threshold) is reduced by 3 dB, resulting in an output
level of −19 dB.
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