This was the thing that was alluding me, I have just jumped into recording my tracks and was perplexed at buses and aux and couldn't get any further, all my different instruments were going to the same bus1. Thanks for doing these videos it means a lot to me rather than people just saying "thanks ".You deserve more as your teaching clear, concise and relaxed. BIG THANK YOU, MAN.
Thx for all your videos man, I re-entered the Logic world recently and still love it. I started on Logic in the 90s when it used to be called "Notator". How it has evolved over the years has been mind-blowing. You seem to be extremely passionate about music production which is awesome. I am too (again) and found out at 40 y.o that the extra passion, drive & creativity is due to ADHD, which originally I thought was a curse but now know that it is a gift that needs to be managed. All the best from Australia. =]
A great shortcut to this is selecting your tracks and right clicking and making a summing stack (not folder stack) and logic will creat these busses for you really quickly
hey man... am a producer from africa, not sure you ever view this comment but all the same, thanks for sharing. producers make mastering feel like a huge secret down here and you just proved them wrong. cheers
Best Logic/recording vids on youtube imho thank you a million times over for sharing your extensive knowledge my recordings are starting to sound awesome from following your tuition.
Thanks so much for this amazing, amazing series of Logic Pro X tutorials. The package is enormous and your information is so helpful! It has saved us hours of hard slog. Cheers Mate from Glenn & Dave.
This was helpful as I'm learning Logic X. I couldn't figure out how to create a new bus, but it's as simple as assigning channels to a bus. The only thing I noticed is that VCA (now DCA) is not the same thing as a bus on an analog or digital mixer.
your output is clipping all the time, you could have put all the faders down, so you actually wouldn't need the limiter which kills the sound of the drums and made them sound phasy, you need more headroom anyways, also it is a great tool to send from those bustracks to other buses, where you can use parallel compression, especially for making drums punchy and vocals cut through cheers, your videos are nice =D
I don't think anyone in the film/ TV post production industry would call this a submaster. I used to work in postproduction for NBC Universal in LA and a "submaster" is a finished product like a movie that exists either as a digital video tape or as a video file that is ready to be sent out to the client (such as HBO or Netflix) and be broadcast or streamed. It is either dubbed from a "master" video tape or video file or from another submaster tape or video file. "Submix" is the preferred nomenclature in the post production world for grouping channels and sending them to a single aux channel. Analog video tape is a rare thing today but you do occasionally see them used as a source. But they try to back up old media regularly by transferring it on to new media as a way of archiving them.
A quick suggestion: right-click on the mixer, choose 'configure channel strip components' and change 'Track Name' to 2 or 3 Lines. Makes it far easier to see what's on a channel.
What I did prior to watching this video is to create Track Stacks for groups of stacks, as Folder Stacks. The same benefits are gotten from doing it this way so far as having a master fader for each grouping as well as having mute and solo. In addition, each Stack has a disclosure triangle making the individual tracks available, revealing just that grouping. I find this highly desirable. HOWEVER, the Track Stack does NOT allow for adding effects to the entire group. It has no area for Audio FX. To be more specific, no EQ or compression or anything as a group so far as a Track Stack is concerned, for that you need the aux track groupings as described in the video.
James Gramze a bit late on this response but if you make sure it’s a “summing stack” rather than a folder stack you can add effects. It’s a great shortcut because logic will automatically create the busses for you. Cheers!
Logic isn't letting me bus any tracks to anywhere, it only goes to the stereo out track. It lets me select which bus to put it on, but not where the output goes. ):
Great Info, I'm not sure about boosting the drums and the guitars at the same 2k freq. though. very helpful and excellent tutorial on submix aux tracks. Thanks :-)
Great channel....I keep coming back every time I pick up on Logic...I'm in it for the fun and not using it on a day to day basis. I'm not sure if you have a video that covers this: I was looking at Synthesiser/Soundscape/Flying Waves. When you open up all the tracks that make up the sound, it's not particularly easy for me to figure out what and where some of the buses are coming from and going too. In that case...Bus1 and Bus 2 Be great to see a video explanation of some of these setups, especially how to back engineer whats going on. Cheers
I'm a drummer who's new to home recording/mixing , first of all your tutorials are the most informitive and easy to follow on youtube , I've been learning Logic mostly from your page so thank you < but id like to know how you move your mixer around the page like that , that is sooo useful ?????
@MusicTechHelpGuy You have inspirational disciplines and can teach. As per this video, your audio is easy on the ears. I don't exactly know what it is but your speech speed and dynamics along with your choice of words are working towards easy comprehension.
Nice tutorial , me i find it easier when i have my mixer colour coded excaclty the same as the arrange window, and my buses also have the same colours as the group of instruments they correspond to !
Joshua, u have the best tutorials bro. Thank you so much. If you are grouping all guitar rhythm for example to an aux mix by changing “Output” link. In what scenario would u use the “Sends” link above to output?
This is very clever! seeing and listening at same time is what helps a LOT to understand the concept :D A question: an Aux send, is the same, or can work the same as a Submix track? or I must create both? Thank you so much! learned a lot with yout tutorials!
This song and your videos are dope! Do you have any videos or tips on recording electric guitars? You probably already have some videos posted about that topic, I may have missed it.
Awesome video! Based on what you did, I'm assuming all panning should be done before sending to a buss? Should a buss ever be panned? and lastly should all buses be in stereo? Thank you
Hi, thanks for your videos. I did exactly the same you did with the buses. But now that I want to solo the drum master or any of those, it stops sounding. I can't control them.
great Tutorial man!! question? I make beats on fl studio and I master my tracks there, bounce them and record on logic. can I still make submixes on vocals and so on? I know I can't do that for the instruments due to already be on track together.
+J & A Productions Yep. I'll typically group the vocals together (if there are stacked vocals) and compress them a bit more. It also gives you an overall vocal level control.
HI again, I was wondering in this vide #66... what are your capture Aux and Capture Out Buses ? Sorry if I missed something said before...and thanks again for all of these ! Happy new year 2016 by the way !
So I have just started mixing some stuff and am using sub mixes for different instrument groups. It is really useful when trying to get those final balances. All great but what I have realised is that the outputs of the Aux tracks is going straight to the Stereo Out. I could route them to the sub mix groups but some of them are shared. Any thoughts? Just upgraded from GB so a bit new to this aspect of it all.
Dumb question...Is there a way to do a "bounce" using the mixing console? Im a retired "Sound Guy" and i want to mix "live" during my bounce. Instead of using the automation. Thank you in advance.
Thank you for the great video! but I am having a problem with panning after I bus my tracks. I am unable to pan the individual tracks, the sound still comes out of both speakers even if I pan hard right or hard left. I am also using Logic 9 btw (i know old school) maybe that's the issue?
Great Video....new to music production if you bus the drums, would this effect the levels of the different drum volume you may have set ave set. I hope i am explaining this right...Let's see you must mix each drums, etc first before you do the bus?
Just reading this post. Busing your drums to an aux won't effect your indivisual track levels. However it will allow you to control the overall level and enable you to manipulate your bussed mix as a whole.
Hi! Is it possible to send a buss into another buss? For example, I have been making dance tracks and have seen videos telling me to send a clap and snare into a snare buss, then bussing the snare buss to a drum buss. Is that ok to do? Thanks in advance, your videos are amazing. Scott
