Mute toggle button: will mute that particular track temporarily so it’s not heard during playback. This is the main fader we adjust the volume of a particular track to get on overall balance between the instruments in our project. Volume fader: is fairly self-explanatory. Pan/Balance knob: is where we can choose the Left/Right balance for our track. In most cases you’ll want to make sure this slot is set to “Stereo Out” (depending on your interface, but it should already default to the proper setting.) Output slot: allows us to choose where to send the output of the track. As you load an effect, an additional open slot will appear below where you can place another one. For Software instrument Tracks this is the slot we can browse through and select virtual instruments (synths, drum machines and samplers etc.) available to us in Logic.Īudio Effect slot: is where you load up effects on a particular track. For Audio Tracks this is where we select which physical input our instrument is plugged in to. Input/Instrument slot: is contextual depending on whether you have an Audio Track or a Software instrument Track.

Logic comes with a series of preset Channel Strips available to you from the Settings button. Setting button: allows us to load, browse and save complete Channel Strips including the instrument, all the effects, routing and more.

Here is what you need to know about the most important elements you see on Channel Strips: While some Channel Strip elements vary depending on the type of track at hand, the main features are mostly the same. Things can get complicated pretty quickly here, so this will be an overview of the Channel Strip’s most pertinent features to give you as much control as possible over the tracks in your song right from the get-go. Each time you add a track to your project, its Channel Strip will also automatically appear in the Inspector and the Mixer. Each track’s Channel Strip appears in a few places in Logic including the Inspector (as we mentioned in previous lessons) and in the Mixer (more on this below). This week, we dive into Channel Strips and the Mixer that houses them, a key to understanding how effects work and controlling the recordings on the tracks we created in previous lessons.Įach track in Logic Pro X is represented by a Channel Strip that contains various controls for that track including overall volume, pan, mute, solo, input/output and a series of slots to load up effects and more. In the first two installments of our new Logic Pros 101 series, we gave you an introduction to the interface and got you started with some recording and editing basics.

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