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YOUR SELF-HELP FROM THE FORUM
native-instruments.com
I’m working on a remix but am having
problems time-stretching the vocals
and getting everything in time on Logic
7. Can anyone help?
Dave Devine
A quick cheat method is to use
Ableton Live, sync up your tracks and
the vox in Ableton, bounce them at the
correct time you require and then bring
them back into Logic.
Jeff Banks
BASS HEAVY Think about upgrading to Logic Pro 9,
Lacking serious bot- as the new time-stretch facilities in the
tom end in your studio? upgrade are amazing. A new system
M-Audio’s SBX10 active called Flextime allows you to adjust the
subwoofer, designed to timings of whatever you want in one
extend bass frequencies easy step. You can even map the time
not usually achieved in from another piece of audio onto the
smaller studios, could one you want to change.
be the answer. The unit Karl Batterbee
PRICE
also includes a bypass
£200
footswitch so you can There are a few third party plug-ins
easily judge how mixes that will help you achieve decent time-
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will sound with or without stretching in Logic. Radius by Izotope
vestax.com
the dedicated subwoofer. will do the job for around £200. It’s not
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Heath, Rhythm Factory Studios
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