List of Logic's Effects options and how you use them
Dec 20th, 2011, 03:07
Just sent a request to Martin and the MacProVideo crew for a tutorial or some articles on which Logic Pro built-in effects to use and when. Six distortion options, six reverbs, ten dynamics tools, six EQs...the list goes on. Some get mentioned in the tutorials, most don't. Noise gate or Silver Gate? Gold/Silver/Platinum reverb? How many of these are actually useful?
I have no idea what 80 percent of them do, or when you would use them. Many of them seem redundant. It's like the designers at Apple can't bear to throw out anything, they just keep adding to the collection. Which just confuses the hell out of us poor old everyday users looking for simplicity, not complexity.
[b]Then I thought, why not ask the community? [/b]
So...please post a list of the built in Logic effects plugins you have used, and briefly when/why/how you used them.
Here are a few to kick off:
[b]Stereo delay[/b]: I use this because it's dead easy to set up and control a simple delay effect. I haven't played with Delay Designer yet. For more complex delays I fiddle (not very knowledgeably) with Ohmboyz and Uhbik-D, which I bought a while back (and probably don't need).
[b]Compressor[/b]: for all standard, plain vanilla compression (as opposed to adding 'tube' warmth).
[b]Stereo spread[/b]: I use this on anything that sounds too lame and mono. Can work well on bass where the bass provides the main drive and riff for the track.
[b]Channel EQ[/b] and [b]Fat EQ[/b]: I now mostly use Channel EQ after one of Steve H's tutorials. I used to use Fat EQ, but I think Chasnnel EQ makes it redundant. A classic case of 'why would you keep it there?' Is there a specific use for it?
Please chime in!
cheers
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