Has anyone ever played a live show with a virtual drummer? I'm sick of dealing with the BS of having to tolerate bad habits (getting durnk after rehearsals) from my live drummer. Lately he's been threatening to quit the band. It will be extremely difficult to replace him with another (probably flawed) personality so I'm just gonna make a new drummer with samples that I will also make of live drums. That will be my new pet project for the spring. It will be a long and tedious journey. Roughly 5 albums of material already written and 2 of them already copyrighted and a 3rd well on its way to being done. My new drummer's name is Chip. He will never miss a beat. He'll always be on time. He'll never miss rehearsals. He doesn't drink or do drugs. He listens very well. And if I want his opinion, I'll give him one.

Hey all, Ive been producing/mixing/mastering on Ableton for almost 10 years. I own Logic and have noticed a lot about it that I prefer. But changing my workflow from Ableton to Logic is like pushing a boulder up a hill. What's the best resource out there to help with getting a good workflow with logic?

Guys I logged in to share this since its important. Maybe tell your Ableton friends to help out. Any other ableton users out there? I have been experiencing audio quality loss when I render or resample stems, but since Ableton users love their DAW, and you really can't argue with them on forums, since this DAW has some cool other features, I agree, yes. But I get audio quality loss if I render, or resample (like bounce in place in logic) . and if 80percent of your project contains audio, good luck with the quality. And I tested this. I am finally certain of it now. be aware. . I was not gonna notice this, cause difference is not audible at all when you look at individual stems. but for ex when you lower from 300 stems to 50 stems by resampling ( bouncing in place or rendering) I can certainly say you ll get at least 20/30 percent audio quality loss.. to me its a big deal and I will have to get to the bottom of it. I love this community and anytime I got good useful info I share with you guys first. I found some info, some users saying they tested and ' in order to avoid this quality loss I have to render at 32bit on ableton and that s the only time audio will sound close to Logic's 24bit renders. SO I will try this and update this post.

Just thought it'd be cool to hear either the most helpful thing you've learned about/in music production, or the best advice you'd give to a new producer that you wish you knew at the start. 🙂

In this video, Josh West takes us through the entire process of setting up mics for a vocal recording session, from selecting the mics to patching and routing. Before watching this I never understood why I always hang my mic upside down. It's just something I always did because it just seemed right. Now I get it! So simple too. Enjoy!