Hi Guys, (apologies for the long post) I've bought and viewed the Mixing R&B Tutorial by David ISaac - pretty good, some good hints and work flow advice. A quick question, when he was mixing the drums, none of them had any Mic bleed on them? (although the snare had the tail of the hats) [b]Q1)[/b] My question is about how he/they cleaned them up? I'm quite new to it, and i'm so far using: - Cut Silence across the kick drum (although i then have to pass over the outputted regions as some snare hits get through and some double kicks don't get through) - i try to use a noise gate on the hi hats, - and if possble i cut silence on the snare, but again i loose a few softer hits and snare rolls So does does anyone have any advice or reference material of what they get from a "professionally recorded" drum kit? [b]Q2) [/b]Also I noticed he used nearly no compression across the tracks? Were the drum stems he used already compressed OR do people usually work with no compressors across the drums and tracks, and only use compression at the premastering stage? or across the main outputs to get a slightly louder/hotter signal? Sorry for the long post, just a few questions I hope more seasoned engineers/producers can answer. Cheers Ket

Hi Abbey, thanks alot for your reply. all of it makes sense and that's the same route/thinking that I presently use...not sticking a compressor on it becuase it's the "done thing"... but thanks for clarifying this - as i'm not really in contact with many professionals. I wasn't so sure about how common place it is for people to compress a drum recording before hitting the tape/hard disk... i just figured the more dynamics the better, but as you say, it's a good safety net for not ruining a great take by clipping. and again, wondered why there was bleed in the snare from the hi hat if it was a midi/digital drum kit?... maybe put in there for the purposes of of the training video to demonstrate the principle. Cheers. Ket ps: when i've finisehd the mixes of the tracks i'm working on, would be good to get some feedback from people and share my work... thanks :)

Hi Guys, I've not posted on this forum before, so thanks in advance for your time and help. I'm trying to do something I remember could be done in Logic Pro 7 (which is the last time i did it), but I can' seem to find it in Logic pro 9 The feature was called something like "Create New Track in Cycle mode". Principally I'm trying to create Harmony parts. So once the audio is recorded on TRACK 1 (for example), the playhead returns to the beginning of the Cycle region, creates a NEW track (and doesn't mute) the newly-created audio TRACK 1 This 2nd new audio is recorded onto TRACK 2, so on and so forth. (so you can play along to it, and create a harmonies). hope that explanations isn't over complicating what i'm trying to achieve? Apologies if so. I can only seem to find this feature under the Preferences>Record> "MIDI record" features, but not under the Audio? Can this still be done in Logic Pro 9? or can you only do audio take folders? (which in principle mutes the previously recorded audio to then be Comped) I really just want to create harmonies, by hearing back the last line recorded etc. Any help greatly appreciated, thanks again in advance for your time and time. Ket

Hey Rounik, Thanks so much for replying. I was sure that this was the case when logic used to record in "cycle Mode" back in Logic 7. The only reason I ever even new about it, was a friend bought me the Mac Pro Video, logic pro 7 tutorials as a present when I first started using logic, which Martin had done, and in that he had a video about "recording in cycle mode" and it did exactly as I'd tried to describe? I think the only work around is, well, the long way around it. Make 5 tracks with the same inputs etc. Record the 1st harmony part, press Stop, then go to the next track, record-arm that... (so track 1 is then playing) and record the 2nd harmony etc etc. a longer way around it, but it'll definitely work. Well any help is appreciated, and hear from you soon. Ket

Hi, I could use my apple remote, I think it has Next track selection? it definitely works with starting and stopping recording? shame that I can't find that functionality, Odd that they have it in the Preferences>Record> then the drop-down under the midi section, seems to have exactly what i'm looking for, but this doesn't work for Audio tracks!?? Quite annoying. Cheers Ket

Hey Ski, thanks for getting back to me, I must have been confusing and (mis-remembering) and recording with midi in the past. Anyhows, as it turns out, in the end I did exactly what you suggested - as that was the only work around I could think off. It worked, so that's a good result. Thanks for taking the time to reply. Best regards Ket :) ps: you can hear the last track at www.mypetshadow.bandcamp.com it's called high places I recorded the backing harmonies this way.