Play FX tails after stopping playback

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Play FX tails after stopping playback

How do I allow FX tails to continue to play when I stop playback?

I'm trying to get a sense of the sound of the reverb on a live recording of a brass band that I'm mixing down and I'd like to be able to hear the FX tail when I stop playback so that I can a better sense of how the "shape" of the FX sounds.

I'm new to Logic and Macs after over 20 years of Cakewalk/Sonar. It was a check-box in Sonar, and I've been searching for over an hour and can't figure out how to enable this in Logic. Your help is greatly appreciated!

Logic Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Dec 4, 2011 6:38 PM

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Answer 1

nasrudin

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Dec 5, 2011 8:45 AM in response to kvg_post

A quick way would be save the project, put the playhead where you would stop, select all, cut at playhead, delete all after playhead, go back a bit and play, then revert to saved! ...well quite quick anyway! HTH.

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Pancenter

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Dec 5, 2011 9:10 AM in response to kvg_post

Try using your reverbs on a bus rather than an insert.

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Answer 3

QtheMusic

Level 2

379 points

Dec 6, 2011 8:23 AM in response to nasrudin

A quick way would be save the project, put the playhead where you would stop, select all, cut at playhead, delete all after playhead, go back a bit and play, then revert to saved! ...well quite quick anyway! HTH.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Wait... you're serious!!

I'd go with Pancenter's suggestion. Reverbs on a bus are always going to sound better anyway. Don't ask me why, I don't know, but it's true. Plus it's a much more efficient use of resources.

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Answer 4

kvg_post Author

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Dec 6, 2011 8:41 AM in response to kvg_post

Thanks for your help!

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