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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
Note: If you activate Auto Gain and RMS simultaneously, the signal may become
over-saturated. If you hear any distortion, switch Auto Gain off and adjust the Gain slider
until the distortion is inaudible.
Using a Side Chain with the Compressor
Use of a side chain with a compressor is common. This allows you to use the dynamics
(level changes) of another channel strip as a control source for compression. For example,
the dynamics of a drum groove can be used to rhythmically change the compression,
and therefore dynamics, of a guitar part.
Important: The side-chain signal is used only as a detector or trigger in this situation. The
side-chain source is used to control the Compressor, but the audio of the side-chain signal
is not actually routed through the Compressor.
To use a side chain with the Compressor
1 Insert the Compressor into a channel strip.
2 Select the channel strip that carries the desired signal (side-chain source) in the Side Chain
menu of the Compressor plug-in.
3 Choose the desired analysis method (Max or Sum) from the Side Chain Detection pop-up
menu.
4 Adjust the Compressor parameters.
DeEsser
The DeEsser is a frequency-specific compressor, designed to compress a particular
frequency band within a complex audio signal. It is used to eliminate hiss (also called
sibilance) from the signal.
The advantage of using the DeEsser rather than an EQ to cut high frequencies is that it
compresses the signal dynamically, rather than statically. This prevents the sound from
becoming darker when no sibilance is present in the signal. The DeEsser has extremely
fast attack and release times.
When using the DeEsser, you can set the frequency range being compressed (the
Suppressor frequency) independently of the frequency range being analyzed (the Detector
frequency). The two ranges can be easily compared in the DeEsser’s Detector and
Suppressor frequency range displays
The Suppressor frequency range is reduced in level for as long as the Detector frequency
threshold is exceeded.
The DeEsser does not use a frequency-dividing network—a crossover utilizing lowpass
and highpass filters. Rather, it isolates and subtracts the frequency band, resulting in no
alteration of the phase curve.
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