LOGIC PRO X - Side Chaining in Ultrabeat

Ultrabeat and Drum Machine Designer might both be primarily concerned with helping you make beats, but they have some unique sound-shaping strengths. In this episode, Jono takes you through a couple of Ultrabeat's best features. He'll explain how a single voice is structured, using a Kick to show you how to combine up to three layers to build the Kick you want. And then he'll show you how you can swap Oscillator 1 for a Side Chain input source, routing another track within your production into Ultrabeat to be triggered alongside percussive sounds. Using Envelope Shaping, this facilitates all kinds of sonic experiments, providing new ways to blend production elements together. 00:00 Intro - Ultrabeat v DMD 00:54 Beat Playback and analysis 01:45 Designing an Ultrabeat sound 03:05 Adding an Oscillator to the Kick sample 03:31 Envelope Shaping 04:49 Adding a Noise layer 05:47 Selecting the Hi=Hat for Side Chain processing 06:51 Preparing the Rhodes part 07:59 Shaping the Rhodes as the Side Chain source 09:25 Introducing Bass and adjusting Envelope 10:11 Summary