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Contents Preface 7 An Introduction to the Logic Pro Effects 7 About the Logic Pro Effects 8 AbouttheMainStageDocumentation 8 AdditionalResources Chapter1 11 AmpsandPedals 11 Amp Designer 28 BassAmp 29 GuitarAmpPro 35 Pedalboard Chapter2 51 DelayEffects 51 Delay Designer 71 Echo 71 SampleDelay 72 StereoDelay 74 TapeDelay Chapter3 77 DistortionEffects 78 Bitcrusher 79 ClipDistortion 80 DistortionEffect 81 DistortionII 81 Overdrive 82 PhaseDistortion Chapter4 85 DynamicsProcessors 85 TypesofDynamicsProcessors 87 AdaptiveLimiter 88 Compressor 92 DeEsser 94 Ducker 96 Enveloper 98 Expander 3 99 Limiter 100 Multipressor 103 NoiseGate 106 SilverCompressor 107 SilverGate Chapter5 109 Equalizers 110 ChannelEQ 113 DJ EQ 114 Fat EQ 115 Linear Phase EQ 119 Match EQ 124 Single-BandEQs 127 Silver EQ Chapter6 129 FilterEffects 129 AutoFilter 135 EVOC 20 Filterbank 139 EVOC 20 TrackOscillator 151 Fuzz-Wah 155 SpectralGate Chapter7 159 ImagingProcessors 159 DirectionMixer 162 Stereo Spread Chapter8 165 MeteringTools 165 BPM Counter 166 CorrelationMeter 166 LevelMeterPlug-in 167 MultiMeter 173 Tuner Chapter9 175 ModulationEffects 176 ChorusEffect 176 EnsembleEffect 178 FlangerEffect 178 Microphaser 179 ModulationDelay 181 PhaserEffect 182 Ringshifter 188 RotorCabinetEffect 190 ScannerVibratoEffect 192 Spreader 4 Contents 193 TremoloEffect Chapter10 195 PitchEffects 195 PitchCorrectionEffect 199 Pitch Shifter II 200 VocalTransformer 203 VocalTransformer Chapter11 205 ReverbEffects 206 Plates,DigitalReverbEffects,andConvolutionReverb 206 AVerb 207 EnVerb 210 GoldVerb 213 PlatinumVerb 217 SilverVerb Chapter12 219 Space Designer Convolution Reverb 220 Getting to Know the Space Designer Interface 221 Working with Space Designer’s Impulse Response Parameters 225 Working with Space Designer’s Envelope and EQ Parameters 231 Working with Space Designer’s Filter 233 Working with Space Designer’s Global Parameters Chapter13 241 SpecializedEffectsandUtilities 241 Denoiser 243 EnhanceTiming 244 Exciter 245 Grooveshifter 247 SpeechEnhancer 248 SubBass Chapter14 251 UtilitiesandTools 251 GainPlug-in 252 I/O Utility 254 TestOscillator Contents 5 An Introduction to the Logic Pro e c a Effects ef r P MainStagehasanextensiverangeofdigitalsignalprocessing(DSP)effectsandprocessors thatareusedtocolorortonallyshapeexistingaudiorecordings,softwareinstruments, andexternalaudiosources—inrealtime.Thesecoveralmosteveryaudioprocessingand manipulationneedyouwillencounterinyourday-to-daywork. ThemostcommonprocessingoptionsincludeEQs,dynamicprocessors,modulations, distortions,reverbs,anddelays. Lesscommonaresimulationsofamplifiersandspeakercabinets,whichenableyouto “play”yourinstrumentsorothersignalsthrougharangeofvintageandmodernsound reproductionsystems.Guitaristsandkeyboardplayerswillalsobenefitfromanumber ofclassicpedaleffectemulations. Furtheradvancedfeaturesincludeprecisesignalmetersandanalyzers,noisereduction, bassenhancement,andtime-alteringprocessorsandutilities. Asyoucansee,manyoftheincludedprocessorsandutilitiesdon’treallyfallintothe “effects”category,buttheymayprovetobeinvaluableinyourstudio. Thisprefacecoversthefollowing: • About the Logic Pro Effects(p.7) • AbouttheMainStageDocumentation(p.8) • AdditionalResources(p.8) About the Logic Pro Effects Alleffects,processors,andutilitiesprovideanintuitiveinterfacethatsimplifiesoperation, enablingyoutoworkquickly.Outstandingaudioqualityisassuredwhenneeded,or—at theotherendofthespectrum—extremeprocessingispossiblewhenyouneedtoradically alteryoursound.AlleffectsandprocessorsarehighlyoptimizedforefficientCPUusage. 7 About the MainStage Documentation MainStagecomeswithvariousdocumentsthatwillhelpyougetstartedaswellasprovide detailedinformationabouttheincludedapplications. • MainStage User Manual: Thismanualprovidescomprehensiveinstructionsforcreating MainStageconcertsandusingMainStagewithyourinstruments,microphones,and othermusicgearwhenyouperformlive. • Exploring MainStage: Thisbookletprovidesafast-pacedintroductiontothemain featuresandtasksinMainStage,encouraginghands-onexplorationfornewusers. • Logic Pro Instruments: Thismanualprovidescomprehensiveinstructionsforusingthe powerfulcollectionofinstrumentsincludedwithMainStage. • Logic Pro Effects: Thismanualprovidescomprehensiveinstructionsforusingthepowerful collectionofeffectsincludedwithMainStage. • WorkingwithApogeeHardware: ThismanualdescribestheuseofApogeehardware withMainStage. Additional Resources AlongwiththedocumentationthatcomeswithMainStage,thereareavarietyofother resourcesyoucanusetofindoutmore. ReleaseNotesandNewFeatures Eachapplicationoffersdetaileddocumentationthatcoversneworchangedfeaturesand functions.Thisdocumentationcanbeaccessedinthefollowinglocation: • ClicktheReleaseNotesandNewFeatureslinksintheapplicationHelpmenu. MainStageWebsite Forgeneralinformationandupdates,aswellasthelatestnewsonMainStage,goto: • http://www.apple.com/logicpro/mainstage AppleServiceandSupportWebsites ForsoftwareupdatesandanswerstothemostfrequentlyaskedquestionsforallApple products,gotothegeneralAppleSupportwebpage.You’llalsohaveaccesstoproduct specifications,referencedocumentation,andAppleandthird-partyproducttechnical articles. • http://www.apple.com/support Forsoftwareupdates,documentation,discussionforums,andanswerstothemost frequentlyaskedquestionsforMainStage,goto: • http://www.apple.com/support/mainstage 8 Preface An Introduction to the Logic Pro Effects FordiscussionforumsforallAppleproductsfromaroundtheworld,whereyoucansearch forananswer,postyourquestion,oranswerotherusers’questions,goto: • http://discussions.apple.com Preface An Introduction to the Logic Pro Effects 9
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