Logic Pro: Creating Mix Space (Pads Edition)

Synth Pads are often the mix glue we turn to and they’re incredibly helpful in a wide variety of musical contexts. But - my word - they can take up lots of mix space if they’re just left to their own devices. 👉 Want longer more In-depth videos Join the Community➔ https://learn.jonobuchananmusic.com?utm_source=JB_YouTube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=yt_channel&utm_content=yt_site_link This week, I’m going to show you a few ways that you can bring your Pads to life. Firstly, we’ll deliberately get ourselves into trouble by copying a single Pad sound to two others. We’ll start our Pad-warping journey within Alchemy, looking at the parameter snapshots available via the Perform pads. Then, we’ll Track Stack the Pads and Gate them, to introduce some rhythmical life. And then, to make matters even more interesting, we’ll add a side-chained Compressor, triggered by a separate beat loop. Jon Hopkins… here’s looking at you, kid. Logic Pro: Mix Space Part 2 Low Mid Range https://youtu.be/qpKwd7PQqts Logic Pro: Creating Mix Space: Top End https://youtu.be/uT5mpWsXIvQ Logic Pro: Creating Mix Space: Width https://youtu.be/ROuXcSnxlUE ----------------------------------------------------------- BUY The Complete Orchestral sample Programming Bundle: 👉https://learn.jonobuchananmusic.com/p/orchestral-programming-compete?utm_source=JB_YouTube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=sp03_launch&utm_content=ytstream_bundle BUY Exclusive Presets for Logic Synths ➡️ http://jono-buchanan-music-s-school.teachable.com/p/sonic-resources-cinematic-pads-01-709242?utm_source=JB_YouTube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=yt_pads_sell ----------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Intro: A heavenly Pad 00:38 The pros and cons of Pads 01:32 Recording Pad 1 02:21 Quantize and Dynamic Control 02:56 Duplicating part to two more Pads 04:35 Pad soup 05:28 Alchemy Performance Pad 07:24 Automating Pad movement 09:23 Automating pads 2 and 3 11:39 Creating a Summing Stack for the Pads 12:19 Creating a Gated Trigger track 15:42 Choosing Quantize carefully 16:20 ‘Muting’ the Hi-Hats 17:53 Automating Gate Release 19:47 Copying Automation data 20:28 Putting Pads into musical context 21:42 Adding spatial FX to the Pads 22:32 Routing the Beat Loop to a Pad Compressor 25:44 With Mastering Assistant 26:50 Summary -----------------------------------------------------------