Remix FX is another terrific facet of Logic Remote, designed to work across the main stereo bus and provide DJ-like sonic treatments. You can also use the Live Loops workflow to augment your track, perhaps by adding new loops for additional breakdown sections or recording new MIDI/audio cells.įrom a performance perspective, it makes sense to use Live Loops either with Apple’s own Logic Remote or with Novation’s Launchpad, largely because these controllers allow you to trigger multiple loops (across scenes) at once, rather than the single-cell point-and-click clumsiness that comes with a mouse. For example, Track-based automation will need to be converted to Region-based automation if you want parameter moves to exist within a cell. Although there’s a lot of similarity between the two production environments, there are differences between the two domains.
The principle task in reverse-engineering a track for Live Loops is dividing an existing example into a series of loopable regions and then populating these cells accordingly. This makes it possible to juxtapose disparate components of your track, perhaps taking a hi-hat from the chorus, for example, and cutting it into a verse. What’s interesting though, is that you’re not restricted to playing only the loops from within the scene, as any one of the cells can be triggered at any stage. In a conventional sense, you could simply trigger your song scene by scene so that you step incrementally through a verse, chorus or middle-eight structure, for example. The marvellous thing about Live Loops is the way you can trigger and structure complex collection of cells with ease. The vertical axis represents a series of scenes, which is a convenient way of triggering multiple loops at the same time. The horizontal axis of the cell grid aligns with Logic’s tracks system so, while you can have multiple cells across the grid, only one can play from a given track at any one point.
Each cell contains some form of musical information – an Apple Loop, an audio recording or a MIDI sequence – that can be triggered and looped indefinitely. The Live Loops concept is based around the notion of cells, arranged vertically and horizontally across the screen. If you’re less interested in live performance, this tutorial should still provide a valuable insight into the Live Loops workflow and, in particular, how you can move between the two parts of the application.
These pads can also be mapped to provide access from any MIDI controller.What we’re exploring in this workshop, therefore, is how to reverse-engineer a track from Logic’s linear timeline to the non-linear Live Loops grid, as well as creative ways of triggering and rearranging your songs live on stage. Snapshots provide instant switching of parameter controls, which can be triggered with the pads. The other row allows parameters to be switched to new values. One row allows multiple notes or harmonies to be stacked on each pad. In addition to the massive expansion of available parameters and control, Vocalizer Pro now features two rows of Parameter Snapshot Pads designed for unique live performance control. One preset has the ability of producing thousands of different results-depending on the audio source. In addition, Vocalizer Pro allows the creation of simple or intricate vocal harmonies that can extend far beyond the natural limitations of the voice. The patented technology delivers unparalleled signal processing, advanced vocoding, and powerful re-synthesis. Using their Polaris spectral synthesis engine, the SONiVOX Vocalizer Pro can transform any audio input to generate deep and complex musical results. With Vocalizer Pro, this capability has been greatly expanded. The original Vocalizer is widely renown for the ability to creatively process any type of percussive or melodic audio track. Vocalizer Pro is ready to harmonize, modify, fortify, enhance, and re-synthesize any instrument-or any sound-in ways you never thought possible.