Making Transition FX in Logic's ES2

[AugenBersten]

I hear a very soft sine wave type tone even when my only oscillator is set to noise. How do I get rid of this?

[tricky12321]

i need a midi keyboard badly...



[Bassnetic]

You star, learnt alot in this one, THANKS!!

[jowa4410]

The automation target "LFO 1" is blacked out for me. How can I fix this?

[Zepoch1]

dayum

[TheTopalexandru]

Very useful, thank you!

[doctorbower1989]

Thanks man

[MILLSPRO123]

who taught you this lol!

[weedster999]

that is SICKK!!!!

[HjalmarGuitarMaster]

best lesson so far

[BuddaS0und]

It sounds like waves, even when I don't add any effects to it.

I just can't get it in one straight line. Please help!

[powernapper89]

@BuddaS0und Maybe you should try to go the the vector display (In the middle instead of Router) and turn the Vector Mode off (and the X-target and Y-target). This will produce a straight line. Also the intensity of the Chorus or Flanger must be turned to zero. Furthermore in the filter section, there can be a huge difference in sound output between the Lo, Hi or Peak for instance.

[xchurch173]

Great video man. lots of help, thanks a lot!

[Vevivo]

Slick.

[pontello3]

cool!

thanks for the tips man!

[96Troublesome]

very good tutorial, but say you dont have a modwheel, on es2 what setting do you put under the sources, still modwheel? for me mybe because i dont have a modwheel, it isnt working propperly with all the different pitch changes and all, thanks

[teagankelkmusic]

@96Troublesome You could use any of the Envelopes. For example, assign it to Env1 and then adjust the Attack or Decay of Envelope 1.

[Moshpitter466]

@96Troublesome what i do sometimes when i'm to lazy to get out my keyboard is just instead of modwheel assign it to cutoff 2 and then make it really slow or how ever long you want to make it but it doesn't sound quite as good as with the modwheel

[zmoisey99]

how do you do this using the piano roll? I can't seem to get this to work

[soundsLogical]

@zmoisey99 View >> Hyperdraw >> Modulation. The draw in the modwheel movement as if it was automation.

[zmoisey99]

@soundsLogical I got the Mod window to show up under the hyperdraw but i'm not sure where to go from there. I can't get the different styles to play properly. I am also about to get a MIDI keyboard so how would I go about using a keyboard too? Pleasee help! Thank you!

[soundsLogical]

@zmoisey99 Once you've got the mod winodw up, you just draw in points, which simulate modwheel movements. If you get a keyboard, you just press record and wiggle the modwheel!

[powernapper89]

@soundsLogical thnx really works!!

[VAD3R1]

Yup very interesting, Good tutorial, given me lots to think about!

[whoabrian]

You, are fucking amazing.

[mw2king89]

I wish i could sub on iphone:(

[321bansal]

how do you automate the modwheel?

[DreamSightandSound]

Thank you learnt heaps!!

[D1E5ECT]

Great video sorry if people who cant afford a $50keyboard, you want it to have a realistic feel to it, and then u edit it in hyperdraw.  this is way better then some of the cheesy preset noise sweeps.

[trceb]

Great video! thanks, still trying to figure out the router.

[HjalmarGuitarMaster]

awesome lesson!

[OtherJesus]

thank you so much!

[landspeedrecord]

very nice tutorial.  being a newbie, i'd be very thankful if you could explain something you allude to.... how to use the piano roll editor to control the filter.

[Middollo]

Great tutorial. Very little Bul*hit . Straight to the point. Informational . Thx !

[Rawadict10]

man this tutorial is just great , thanks

[powernapper89]

Hello, First of all.. great video!

But I'm experiencing some problems too. I have the ES2 settings just like you (only I have a Modulation knob instead of wheel), but I only get the high sound and not the low sound from the beginning till it reaches a high sound as it builds up. Does anybody knows a solution?

[zunaic]

@powernapper89 Try turning the knob more slowly? When I tried this I was pushing the wheel way to fast and not getting the right effect.

[bearingpopper07]

@powernapper89 You might want to try a high pass filter (filter plug in), it might help. Just screw around with the cutoff automation and it might help you out.

[MIGHToKONdriak]

dude. u are the FUCKING BEST. seriously. ur shit is amazing.

Thanks for ur time.

[djhogi]

Thank you for the tutorials .. been very helpful ..

[elek3ctii]

Awesome tutorial... Thanx

[chriswilsonukmusic]

Hi there,

Just to say I've watched a lot of your vids recently, they are incredibly helpful for me to achieve what I want. However, I'm just copying what you're doing, I don't understand what or why it is you are doing so I wouldn't be able to work stuff like this out myself. I don't understand basics like meaning and role of LFO, frequencies, filters. Can you recommend anywhere I can read up on these basics?

[electrichealinghands]

I have a question; I can't figure out how to record while editing parameters? If I am playing a track full of midi information and what to edit a parameter of drag my cursor round the channel eq box and record the changes that are happening how do i do this? Doesn't seem to work just by pressing record. Can anyone help?

Thanks, best logic tutorials I've seen on youtube.

[mkx2006]

This looks great and sounds too, but looks very compicated. Sound on 3:08 is very similar to song swedish house mafia- one

[naldredge]

This transition has a bit of "grainyness" from the white noise; I turned up the resonance and threw some reverb on the track, set it to a LP filter and it worked out pretty well

[zensafari]

Nice. I like how creative you got with the modulation options. Thanks for the tut.

[JAKOMAD1]

the best tutorial for know how exactly work es2 fx interface!!!thanks!!!all is clear now

[Moshpitter466]

Can some one help me? I got noise the way that i want it to sound but when i put into a song, sometimes it starts out as if i had the mod wheel all the way max. how can i fix it?

[toodietoodieomg]

I think your tutorials would be much better if you explained them in terms of automation, the average person wont have a keyboard or mod wheel, it would just be better

[soundsLogical]

@toodietoodieomg Maybe you're right. I'm just sayin' how I do it. I do think that if you're serious about electronic music you need to get a MIDI keyboard though.

Plus you can edit Mod Wheel data in Hyper Draw, so you can still do it this way if you want to.

[toodietoodieomg]

@soundsLogical Im just saying, its pretty standard procedure to use automation, using a modwheel is quite a drawn out and uneccesary process and lacks the precision of automation, I too have a midi keyboard but i still automate.

[soundsLogical]

@toodietoodieomg Standard procedure is only standard for you :) everyone has their own ways of doing things. I like to do it like this so I can "play" the effect to the track, I find it's more expressive. Plus you can edit the MIDI data later for extra precision. But yes, I agree many people do choose to do it with automation.

[sugaization]

@soundsLogical HOW do i edit the mod wheel data in hyper draw?

[DJFortune1502]

I can't get it to produce any sound at all. I'm doing everything like you are and using a M-Audio 49e keyboard. Any suggestions?

[Manbearpig1903]

@DJFortune1502 Maybe you have forgotten to take the "blend"-slider located above the cutoffs all the way to the left?

[DJFortune1502]

@Manbearpig1903 The slider is all the way to the left when I tried doing it... still no sound. I'm new to Logic so maybe I not be doing something simple that he is assuming we already know. Do I have to create a region prior to making the white noise? Do I have to record?

[Manbearpig1903]

@DJFortune1502 Well does your setting look exactly like his? And are you using a ModWheel(its a wheel that is on a MIDI-keyboard)?

[Manbearpig1903]

@Manbearpig1903 And no, you never have to record or make a region to play an instrument.

[DJFortune1502]

@Manbearpig1903 BTW, I appreciate you trying to help me. 

[DJFortune1502]

@Manbearpig1903 My setup looks identical to his. No sound is produced when I use my mouse to move the cut knob just like he does in the beginning of the video. I set the mod wheel to move the cut knob and get the same result... nothing. What's going on here? Is he making a sound with his midi keyboard and moving the cut knob at the same time to produce that white noise?

[Manbearpig1903]

@DJFortune1502 Well, you have to play the instrument(or play a region with MIDI data) while doing it to hear the effect if that's what you mean. I don't think I'm able to fix your problem with exchanging comments on YouTube, but if you haven't , I recommend searching for "es2 tutorial" on YouTube, and just watch a bunch of them. A guy called "SFLogicNinja" has some good tutorials on it. Also check out "TerryGuide". I'm sure you will find a solution to your problem while learning the es2.

[THEREALZACHSMITH]

seems many are having trouble adjusting the cutoff. an easy way without modwheel is to automate the cutoff using MMF Cutoff under the ES2 Mix+Filter Automation settings.

[wigganation1550]

can any one help does any1 know thw default hes using?

[ChannelSurfer]

great tips in a shrt vid - nicely done!

[Lepracon00]

great vids, great help!! cheers mate!!!!!

[DJArcan3]

Mate can't tell you how helpful that was. Cheers :)

[mokosaurio]

i get the same noise and everything but idk how to record so it records when im turning up the cut knob? am i making sense? (:

[MissingAmongPeople]

@mokosaurio jebus. perhaps people should learn logic first - no respect or think everything is going to be easy, it takes time. You need to push record and then move the mode wheel - the automation will be recorded then.

Would you drive at 100 miles per hour without knowing where the ignition was? NO- because it's impossible!!! So why do you think you can start designing sound without even knowing how to use automation, it's such a fundamental element of sound design and production. Jesus

[logixish]

Thanks. It's amazing how much scope and depth there is in Logic. The sounds available.Aside from recording a basic song or tune. Cheers

[flybutshy]

i followed all the steps perfectly and the es2 settings, but it's not fading in from the cutoff 1 when i adjust the mod wheel, it's starting to puzzle me, could you give me a pointer as to why it's not working, thanks

[thefproject]

very helpful stuff mate

As a person who has just bought logic 9 and finding it a bit overwhelming coming from ableton live

this is good stuff

keep em coming

[CapaQdoe]

i cant get it to sound like that!, do i have to put in piano roll first!?

[soundsLogical]

I'm using my MIDI keyboard's wheel to control the modulation. If you don't have one, you can program this in in the piano roll, yes. Otherwise you could modulate with an envelope instead.

[zunaic]

Love the videos, just wondering. Where are you actually positioning the mod wheel in the examples at the beginning when your assigning source/via/target , just moving upwards?

Do you have a project with all the templates in, so there kind of consolidated into one?

[MissingAmongPeople]

@zunaic that would be at the bottom so that the filter starts from fully shut to fully open.

[CapaQdoe]

thanks!, really appreciate it!, i'll see what i can do!

[Torfiwyn]

@CapaQdoe Make sure oscillator 3 is set to Noise

[boxmanmammogram]

wicked! cheers

[edenofthenorth]

Thanks a lot! What a hero you are.

[jlook101]

great tut

[BiggaBMusic]

Very nice tutorial.. thanks!

[mekinis]

Thanks !

[Gustaffo07]

Brilliant as always, cheers

[stonedraiders]

yes! Ive been wanting to know how to do this for a while. Thanks alot! Your tutorials are really helpful, keep em coming please!

[najam133]

damn bruh u are the best!

[buildingbodies]

Sweet! I'm going to fit that in somewhere in what I'm working on now. Thanks again... keep em coming :-)