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Logic Pro X Update
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So the big question is – is Logic complete enough to be used for sound design and final mix including surround mix for a show? I’ve never used it but would give it a go if there’s some glowing endorsements from folks delivering shows with it.
Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
Downtown Long Beach, California
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[Lance Bachelder] “So the big question is – is Logic complete enough to be used for sound design and final mix including surround mix for a show?”
I would say so, but I’m just getting my feet wet with it. But then I’m approaching it as an editor who does some small mixing. I don’t know about surround, but there are templates for setting up surround projects. For folks from only an audio post background, Logic is an interesting hybrid of a music-creation tool and a more-traditional DAW. Most of the audio folks in my neck of the woods are Pro Tools specialists, but I do know several who have shifted exclusively to Logic a number of years ago. This includes one guy who mixes on-site for themed attractions, where speaker arrangements can be all over the place.
FCP X integration is still a bit wonky even after the update. It tries to bring in a movie file, too, with the FCP XML import, but that’s totally bogus. Just export a QT and line it up to the head as per the usual method. Also FCP X fades don’t translate, but channels and levels do. However, anything you’ve muted (like audio in b-roll shots) also comes over. You really need to strip out any audio in FCP X first that you don’t want on your track sheet.
Supplied plug-ins are good and anything else on the system as AU also shows up and works. There is a huge amount of additional content that needs to be downloaded (about 20GB+, I think?), but most isn’t essential if you aren’t a musician. Or you can download it piecemeal as you have the time, if it’s too much in one gulp.
A few small niggles for me. Analog or digital scrubbing is not a standard mode, like in Audition. You have to go into an editing mode to hear that. Not a big deal for others. The size of the fader travel area in the mixer panel/window is fixed and small. If you increase the window height, you get more room for plug-in inserts, but not for the height of the fader section. That’s mainly an issue for folks who like to mix “live” with the virtual faders.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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Too bad. It worked for Xto7. They’ve updated Xto7 to disregard muted inspector tracks now. Or FCPXML got updated. One or the other.
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Thanks Oliver – I think I’ll get it soon and mess around but not use it on my current gig. I have to deliver a 5.1 mix for theatrical screening so I’ll stick with Vegas on this one. Hoping it great as I’d like to get away from the whole pc/mac back and forth thingy…
Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
Downtown Long Beach, California
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1680680/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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