CROSSFADING MIDI

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tprince2 Author

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CROSSFADING MIDI

CAN YOU CROSSFADE A MIDI INSTRUMENT IN LE 8? IF SO, HOW. IT ALLOWS ME TO CROSSFADE AUDIO BUT NOT MIDI TRACKS.

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Jul 8, 2009 4:46 PM

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Brazeca

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Jul 9, 2009 1:38 PM in response to tprince2

It could be done using MIDI editing tools of Logic. Piano Roll or Hyper editors could be employed for that. Unfortunately, it is not as quick as crossfading audio.

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tprince2 Author

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Jul 13, 2009 4:59 PM in response to Brazeca

Can you help me: Question below:

Question: I have a m-audio producer mic and unsure of how to record vocals. Every time I sing loud, my microphone peaks and I am unsure of what tool in LE8 I should manipulate to get the best sounding vocals possible. FYI..see below:

**HOW I RECORD MY VOCALS**: Every time I EQ my vocals after singing in the mic at 0.0 db (on the inspector), I turn up the master gain on the Chan EQ and then try to manipulate the vocals w/ compression. Since I am a very gifted vocalist I want my vocals to be rich and untampered with as much as possible and not try to use a lot of compression just so my vocals can refrain from peaking.

Also, when I turn the master gain up, I hear a lot of fuzz within my vocal track. Am I doing something wrong? I'm certain that I am because i'm new to recording my own material and need all the help I can get w/ the art of recording...especially my vocals.

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Brazeca

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Jul 14, 2009 6:32 AM in response to tprince2

tprince2: to avoid audio clipping when you record, you may insert a limiter plugin right into the environment input object. It would apply the plugin to the signal which is being recorded. To do that:

1) Go to Environment (Command + 8)

2) Go to "Mixer" layer and select "New" -> "Channel Strip" -> "Input"

3) The new input object is displayed as a channel strip

4) Select your physical input (the input on your audio interface where you connect your mic) in the input's "Channel" section in the menu on the left side of the "Mixer" layer screen (you have to have your Input channel strip selected/highlighted for that)

5) Insert Limiter into one of the insert slots of the Input object's channel strip

To avoid the unwanted noise/hiss in your vocal track, try experimenting with Noise gate plugin, which you can insert BEFORE the Limiter plugin. Noise Gate ignores signal which is below a certain threshold, so you can set up a threshold which would be above the noise level and eliminate hiss or background noise captured by your mic.

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