Ableton Rewire into Logic mixer?

Hi Pitchfork

Easiest way of doing the ducking effect is to create a software instrument in Logic & side chain it to a compressor that way

I use Ableton rewired into Logic a lot

Never tried the ducking using a feed from Ableton though

I do it this way all in Logic

1 Create a software instrument & put say Ultrabeat onto it
2 Create a 1 bar region on the software instrument & create a 4 beat straight drum loop
2 Place a compressor onto the Ableton channel you want to use the ducking effect on
3 On the software instrument track in the inspector use a send say bus 1 select that i always then click on it again & make it a pre fader send as i dont want to hear the kick drum i use for the ducking so i dont turn up the track volume but make sure to turn up the volume to the send
4 In the compressor select side chain input bus 1

You can play around with the settings to get the level of ducking you want but bring up the ratio & the attack should be as fast as you can, bring down the compressor threshold, i always check the peak box where it says peak/rms

Make sure you dont have auto gain checked next to the release knob or it wont work at all

Hope this is easier for you

Luck

Hi

You Are using Logic Pro 8 not 7 yes?

The link you left was how to setup Logic 7

Do you mean the kick instrument track or the ableton instrument track (in logic)?

Its all done in Logic

The Inspector in Logic is the area to the left of the Arrangement & the sends are just above where you select which instrument you want on the track

Heres a link to a Logic File where i have the Ducking Effect set up

http://www.sendspace.com/file/kglq2i

Let me know when you have downloaded it please

The answer to your PS

PS : Can Logic accept ableton/rewire directly on audio tracks in the arrange window and maybe record directly ableton loops into logic timeline as in the first photo here

Yes you can you need to set up an aux channel for every channel you want to bring from Ableton into Logic

In Ableton on the session page make sure you can see the I/O you will see "audio to" which will be set to master set this to rewire out & select which you want from Mix Out L/R (basically bus 1/2) up to bus 63/64

Back in Logic you need to go into the environment using CMD (or the apple key) + 8 or by the window tab on the menu bar at the top of logic & clicking on environment there

when you open the environment you should be on the mixer TAB if not use the drop down bar at the top left of the screen

Here create a new Aux Track or as many Aux Tracks you require when you click on the Input selection for the aux channel you will see Ableton Live under this you will see all the RW bus from ableton you can select either mono or stereo

you do this by click on the new drop down menu go right down to the bottom under channel strip you will see a few options select auxiliary & you will get a new aux in the environment

To see these auxes on the arrange page create a new Audio Track now ctrl click on the track header under the global tracks header you should get 2 selections

re assign track header
configure track header

you need re Assign track header here by going to mixer then auxes & select which aux you want

you should now see the aux Track on the arrange page

to record into Logic you need to route the audio out of the aux to the input of an audio track press record & it should record in

I hope this essay helps
Luck

Hi

Have you made the Send pre fader if its post you will still hear the kick

To make it Pre

Where you put the send on the channel track if you click & hold you should get a drop down menu were you can select pre

you will be able to tell if the send is pre or post the send when you select it on the channel strip if its post fader it will be blue & green if its pre fader

Hi

In the environment have you created a bus channel if you have is the output of the bus channel set to any thing at all this should be left empty go into the environment & check this

with the Logic file i sent you can you hear the kick when you play that one back ?

if your hearing the kick you are sending it to the main output somewhere

Hi Pitchfork

Glad you sorted the ducking effect

I usually just leave the levels at 0db & as i setup Logic tracks for every Ableton track it doesnt go through the Ableton Master mixer but instead it routes through each individual channel

You could even turn down the Ableton master output & it shouldn't alter whats is going through Logic

How do people get all their levels correct and peaking nicely (three quarters of the way on the channel) AND manage to send most of the mix to a Buss for sidechaining without clipping in Ableton OR Logic??

What exactly are you sending to a sidechain & also the to the sidechain of what what effect are you trying to achieve ??

Luck