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    Any of you Logic Pro users want to help me out with something?

    I've got a couple self-built templates I've made over the years to start projects, and tend to lean towards setting it up to get as accurate a final mix sound as I can. Not sure I like what I've set up and use often, and want to tighten it up or migrate to a new one with updated channel strip settings, plugins, etc. for an optimal sound when putting ideas together.

    Do any of you know where to get templates that have everything sorted out across instruments like guitars, and software instruments like piano, synths, bass, drums? Ideally using Logic's own plugins that I could easily swap out with others I own, as well as a master channel with necessary plugins, eq, etc. in there.

    Any suggestions?

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    • You know you can just sit back and let other people make the music?kingsteven
    • ^ Ha.mg33
    • Also, I don't mean "templates" with samples and stuff. More like channel strip templates.mg33
    • I only say because making music for me is 90% turd polishing. If you stick a mic on it and it sounds like shit get your gloves onkingsteven
    • invest in some good plugins, the difference in the time it takes to get the sound you want, logic plugins can sound great but take a lot of tweakingkingsteven
    • The idea of channel strip templates irks because ideally you want to reach the sound with as few things in the signal path...kingsteven
    • but the reduction in time and effort and improvement in sound using something like fabfilter pro eq vs logic channel eq - you can never go back.kingsteven
    • Thanks man, appreciate the thoughts. I’ve got plenty of good plugins and I’ve found good combos, but always learning, you know?mg33
    • Thinking about my initial question... I think what I’m really wondering is how to have the most optimal selection of plugins when recording, so that it’s asmg33
    • ... close to a mixed sound as possible.mg33
    • 2 really nice cheap plugins... Italian dev called SKNote. AnyTesla (simulates transformer distortion) and DolA (simulates using dolby NR units as exciter)kingsteven
    • digital recreations of analog gear have transformer simulation on their ins and outs - i have UAD but DSP is limited and often all i want is the character ofkingsteven
    • a unit... that colour is often all in the modelling of transformer sections and AnyTesla is really lightweight, can go on every channelkingsteven
    • and DoIA is great at bringing out those overtones without the harshness an eq can cause in HF... the difference when channels come together on yourkingsteven
    • master bus is huge. I would recommend setting default gain on the AnyTesla to -3dB to give a good A/B and keep it just below where you start to hearkingsteven
    • distortion artefactskingsteven
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