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[Bear-Faced Cow]

I’ve already told you before, there’s something in your system. My system’s specs are not too different from yours and SD3 runs smoothly. It is also running smoothly with no graphics lag on a MBP that is older and has only 8GB of RAM. If it were a bug, it would appear on that system especially.

I’ve also mentioned that CoreAudio will take processes from everywhere else (that includes graphics) in order to ensure that audio runs smoothly. This is especially true with Logic.

Clean up everything your system is running in the background.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

The easiest answer I can give is to start with a blank kit, and right-click on each kit piece and do a “Search for Instrument”.

Not to mention that some electronic kits are nothing more than kit pieces with a ton of effects applied to them.

And if that’s not enough, there are plenty of samples out of the net that are easily imported into SD3 (the ones Toontrack provide are a mere taster, compared to the 200+ DVDs of samples that I have acquired from electronic music mags over the years).

As a side note, you might also be interested in this weekend’s bargoon: Twisted Kits EZX. They’re already giving this twisted brain some new ideas (I often use electronic kit setups for effects in songs).

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

I’m autistic (Aspberger’s to be exact) as well, … and it’s #3 (math and music are this Aspie’s obsession). Play it as a strength and not a weakness. It’s not a disability… it’s a different ability!

That being said, you can hear me out as I am only paying forward what I learned ages ago from my mentors (we’re talking mid-1970’s from audio engineers that started in both the guitar and pro-audio departments of the downtown Toronto Long & McQuade, before they went on to achieve their greatness). The first thing they said is to mix with (and trust) your ears. The second was, knowing my genre, “The drums and bass are what matter most. Handle them and the rest of the mix falls into place.” Their words still hold true.

Now, if you’re ready, like I said, grab an EQ on the Kick In. There’s a reason I start with the following:

In order to trim your lo-mids, you need to know where they sound most offensive. Once you do this both here and in your mix (very important), you will start to hear it. Practice it often and it will start to become a “Holy Sh!t!” moment and your hands will be following your ears.

This is the start.

I tell my teenage grandchildren (as well as foster children) this: everything in life will cost you either money or time. Put the time in, and you will save your money (you might even discover that you don’t “need” as many SDX’s 😉 ).

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

• This post was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by Bear-Faced Cow.

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Wondering if you installed the surround channels, since the Rock kit 1 preset uses the Front Height and Rear Height channels (which contain cymbals) as well as the OH Cond specifically for cymbal routing.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

I told you twice always ready, and here’s the third time: punch, especially in our  genre, is defined by the mids.

I had also told you that you need to cut a lot of your lo-mids. They are what is turning your “P’s into F‘s” on the drums (If you are not grasping the concept on that, pronounce it phonetically).

Grab your EQ and start practising on the kick, starting with the kick in. And rather than taking this redundantly to a fourth thread, post what you come up with. It’s far easier to hear what you got, and explain further.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Know the feeling… bass can be like a drug at times. 😀

Just a db or so in the lo-mids of the bass to give some attack is what I’m thinking. Nothing too much.

I often have a DI track of my bass alongside the amp track so I can either use it to round out an amp track by itself, or run it into another amp sim (my fave is the B15 emulation in Logic for that attack).

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

What can I say other than I love it! Great tune; great arrangement.

Only thing I can think of is needing a bit more bass guitar balancing out the low mids. Just my opinion, however.

Otherwise, excellent tune.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

• This post was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by Bear-Faced Cow.

[Bear-Faced Cow]

The term is referred to as a “bark“, and can be programmed in the grid editor with an open articulation followed by a close pedal articulation shortly after. As to how far apart you want these two articulations, depends on how long you want the hi-hat to be open.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

The short answer is yes you can for both.

For adding an kit piece, there is a drop-down in the upper left corner that has “Add instrument” or something like that.

to route a kit piece to custom channels, right-click the instrument and select “Route instrument microphones”

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Even after 30+ years, I’m still finding something new in Logic. Couple this with everything Apple has added, such as MIDI scripting, makes going deep scratching the surface.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Your loop probably cleaned up because of where the threshold in the tracker was set. If you are looking to use your loop, you can probably save yourself some trouble and simply import the loop into your DAW and apply a noise gate.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

It happens. 🙂

Hopefully my other multi-out suggestions worked for you.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Not seeing any issue here using Tap2Find within Logic. I hear the metronome. If you’re using multiple outs, check to ensure your main instrument channel is turned up (metronome plays through outputs 1/2).

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Hard to tell without seeing how you actually have everything wired up. Zip up a Logic project with what you are trying to do and post it.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

You forgot the most important piece of equipment: your ears.

Punch will be defined more by your mids in your entire mix. That is also where you will encounter a huge source of mud which will mask out your punch. When last I heard one of your mixes, I had observed a ton of midrange mud. You need to get rid of this first. Among my favourite mix videos, I would recommend purchasing Bob Marlette’s Mixing Modern Rock. Full of insight and technique.

https://promixacademy.com/audio-courses/mixing-modern-rock-with-bob-marlette/

That being said, I get all of my punch done inside SD3.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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