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Building musical drone layers in Logic's sampler and synths

Jono Buchanan MusicEditor's pick
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9K views · 1 year ago · tutorial

An extended sound design session: recording and looping Sculpture in the sampler, adding harmonics with ChromaGlow, Sample Alchemy textures, Space Designer effects, and stacking it all into a moving drone with Step FX.

Shows how to build evolving textures from Logic's stock instruments, including some unlikely sources.

  1. 1:04 Strange hands
  2. 1:38 Sculpture: Recording and sampling the default sound
  3. 3:48 Sample Loop
  4. 8:22 Adding Chromaglow for extra harmonic content
  5. 9:28 Brushed Taps - Sample Alchemy
  6. 12:26 Drone Layers via Track Stack
  7. 13:24 Space Designer SFX with AutoFilter
  8. 16:34 Track Stack Compression
  9. 17:12 Air Brakes - Sampler
  10. 21:54 Harp - Sample Loop + FX
  11. 25:16 Extended playback
  12. 27:28 Aux Step FX

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