Logic Studio 8 - Lesson1 Multitrack Drum Quantizing

I looked all around for a tutorial of this and couldn't find one, so I made one to help people out.

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• Logic Studio 8
• Multitrack Drum Editing
• Quantization
• Drew Pearson
• Tutorial

[lemobass]

Hey Drew bro, great stuff man but I could not see where you went to after highlighting the drums. Where did you go to group them?

Thanks

LemoLive

Producer

[drewpearsonmusic]

Hey @lemobass. Thanks for the look. After I highlight the drums I'm using the "cut by locators" command. The default quick key is either apple + \ or apple + /. I can't remember which one. Check your key command prefs if neither of those work and set your own quick key. The group box is found just above the automation box that says "Off", set all the drum tracks to the same number.

[kennycash]

this was a helpful vid. I got 1 quick question. last night I was editing a drum part that needed a lot of work.I had like 10 takes of the drums recorded on top of one another. for each section of the song I took my favorite take. but it wouldnt allow me to crossfade unless I flattened each region. 1st is there a way to flatten multiple regions at the same time? 2nd how do you crossfade while trying to comp different regions together that contain multiple takes? do you have to flatten first?

[drewpearsonmusic]

@kennycash yes you must flatten first, if they are all part of the same edit group then they should flatten together. Because flattening automatically creates fades for you, you must delete them before you start this process (select all the drums then select none under fades in the inspector section).

[lordward69]

Interesting, but how is this faster (or better) than BD in PT?

I must admit, I'd like to go to Logic but I never again want to use a DAW that only works on one platform. That being OSX.

I'd really like to see you post a video of you editing the drums of a short song, as you would in Logic, having little to no comments. Just to get a "real" realtime feel for your work flow. The way you explained it now I just can't believe that it's more efficient than PT.

[drewpearsonmusic]

@lordward69 This workflow isn't better or faster than BD, its about 80% as fast for me. But, its much faster than editing every single beat and allows me to keep the session in one program. This isn't one of the reasons to switch to logic, its a way to make the transition a little smoother.

As for the platform, I have never been in an LA studio that doesn't run on macs. But, none of those studio only had Logic. PT is the standard, and if you share session all the time just use PT.

drew

[ddubav]

you wouldn't happen to work for adobe, would you? I mean- props to you, if you are making better mixes on audition, you are clearly a genius. on a related point, my friend just upgraded from a BMW to a Hundai. he says its 100 times better. You are awesome!

[Naturalflow]

whatever this dude is on i want some

[lecheblanca59]

I just got Logic and know like nothing!! How do you record the drums from your midi keyboard?? (I know it might be a sum question but Im so lost lol)

[kennycash]

@Dannydrums90 nope never did

[TheAMVweekly]

watch this other tutorial, its good ! /watch?v=zb64sDdBahI

[Dannydrums90]

@kennycash did you figure this problem out? Im running into it now

[MrImalmosthome]

Hey - I've done this and it does quantize and work great - But I now get annoying sounds whenever it goes from one track bit of audio to the next, little pop sounds, i'm sure you know what I mean. Any ideas?

[Pvtchrislee07]

hey bro i need your help i have the presets in the plugin settings folder but there not poppin up in the actual program along with ultrabeat please tell me u can help me

[JamieAesthetic]

Awesome man!! 1 problem though...every time i Split the track....it unhighlights everything...am i missing something? I am using Logic Pro 9

[drumplaya83]

@drewpearsonmusic hey i was wondering how you got your actual drums to be in separate tracks... each one on a different track in the first place

[tkealftonvaniladrv]

swallow... 1:44

[Buhzie15]

i prefer to get a drummer who can keep time. lol.