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Oh yeah, This is the most straightforward and obvious way to demo this idea. You can use different instruments or even different tones from the same instrument to get some sonic variety. Either processing the doubled track or even “throwing” the original periodically can give similar results!

Absolutely. I'll often write out full parts just on guitar to the point where I'm happy with them, then have a ton of fun experimenting in production. It's all in they eye (or the ear) of the beholder, isn't it?

Happy accidents haha

Thanks again! Always great to see a message for you. I’ve been digging these short form videos. Many more to come! Feeling like I have a lot to share in terms of living a creative and musical life. Stay tuned, my friend!

Hey Fabian. Thank you for the kind words! Glad you dig the song. It’s called “Right Of Asylum” from my album “Memes And Dreams” available on your favourite streaming service! Or on Bandcamp through this link: arthurfox.bandcamp.com/track/right-of-asylum

Just check out some of Dorian Concept's work. Thanks for the recommendation. I'm flattered by the comparison. Please do let me know if you've got anything else that's similar! Cheers, -Art

Wait... This guy's on Brainfeeder?! How has he NOT been on my radar!

Oh yeah. I don't use open tunings enough, though The Rain Song by Zeppelin is one of my favourites (I play it D G C G C D) Also that famous story of Herbie Hancock playing the "wrong note" and Miles Davis harmonizing to make it a "right note" stuck with me from the very first time I heard it. Amazing stuff.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Absolutely. Anything and everything can serve as creative inspiration for music. The trick, of course, is to make it sound inspired! Dressing up exercises can sound like music, or they can sound like dressed-up exercises haha

Thanks for the advice. Shortform is a beast! Are you suggesting comments as in the comment section or comments as in on-screen captions?

@@ArthurFoxMusic Comments section. When a clip pops up in my algorithm, if it’s not catching my attention in the first few seconds, I’ll go to the comments to get the story and see if I should stick around for the good part. So when you’re just starting and don’t have comments, you gotta hit the good part sooner than later

@@ArthurFoxMusic maybe try a clip of what you’re explaining will sound like once you follow the instructions. Could be helpful. Good luck!

Agreed. Going to reformat new records to better suit the nature of Shorts. I appreciate the critical eye!

Nice catch!

Great suggestion! Stacking techniques is what makes digging to music production so much fun.

Thank you! Cheers!

It'll give you the same result IF you only have the saturation plugin in the signal chain (assuming you're adjusting levels to match the output level of the single-channel-50%-mix-track versus the clean-track-plus-aux-return-track. I pretty much always set up a separate parallel channel because it gives me independent control over the wet channel, including its own fader and the ability to add additional processing if need be. Hope that helps!

I appreciate that, and I'm happy to provide value here on YT!

You're very welcome!

Practice makes perfect! Beware of latency caused by the demands of linear phase processing, which may inadvertently cause timing (and therefore "phase") shift if your DAW can't keep up with latency compensation. It's also worth investigating your audio tracks (including bouncing any MIDI tracks down to audio first) and how their signals interact with one another in terms of phase, especially with transient information. And, of course, if you're being really aggressive with linear phase EQ, watch out for pre-ringing (though, in practice, I've rarely found this to be a major issue). Hope this helps! Cheers

@@ArthurFoxMusic not bouncing midi to audio might actually be affecting stuff, I use a lot of midis in production. Thanks for the hint.

No advantage, I have this particular set up in my earliest videos because I was recording my voice into Logic Pro during recording and wanted it to be processed differently than my "mix bus" processing on the stereo out!

Welcome aboard! Took an extended break to work full-time in post-production but am getting the itch to get back into it!

@@ArthurFoxMusic That is great to hear!

No problem!

Only major issue I've found is in the internal hard drive. Work off external SSDs and I think this machine will be a great fit for your music production needs.

@@ArthurFoxMusic I pulled the trigger and bought the M2 Max Studio with 2TB SSD and 64GB Ram, and I have my sample libraries & project dirs on external drives ( One Thunderbolt SSD, and 2 USB 3.2 SSD. ) Yes indeed, this seems like a very workable configuration.

Thank you and noted! In terms of relative levels, if I'm understanding your point correctly, I mean that the mix may benefit from having the "most important" element of the mix at any given point be as loud in the balance as the "most important" element at any other given point in the mix (in this case, the vocal and the guitar solo). Now, there are other parts, like the intro, where I wouldn't try to mix the "lead" (only) element as loud as the bigger parts of the song. It was kind of a throwaway line that was specifically aimed at the section of the guitar solo going into the final chorus, which is likely why I didn't expand on it. Hope that helps!

Glad you enjoyed it

No problem! Glad I could help. Song is "The Unending Maze" by an old band of mine called "Blunt Cousin".

Always good to refresh your perspective in any walk of life. Glad I could be of service!

You are welcome!

Glad to help!

You're welcome! Happy to help.

You're welcome!

You're welcome

I have yet to run into major performance issues with Logic Pro X SO LONG AS I keep data on external SSDs. I've found that as the internal drive fills up, performance starts to go downhill (especially at 70%+ full). The studio I work at (post production house called VillageWorks Content) uses a Mac Studio running Pro Tools for running sessions, and most issues there are Pro Tools centred.

Glad it helped!

Thanks for watching!

Glad it was helpful for you!

Great question - I actually never really noticed that I saturate after EQ and compression, though the EQ/compression usually happen first in my signal chains by default. One thing to note is that, as a harmonic processor, saturation will shape the waveform and create additional harmonic information based on that waveform's frequency content. Therefore, if I EQ out the undesirable frequencies and noise BEFORE saturation, the saturation won't "act upon" and create addition harmonic content that is as related to those undesirable frequencies. EQing after saturation will adjust the frequency balance of the saturation signal, added harmonic content and all. Hope that helps paint a better picture for you! It's all context dependent, and I'll sometimes change up the order of processes depending on what's needed. Cheers!

Thanks so much!

Glad you think so!

I've never used Logic Pro in a live situation, though I've had some success with Ableton Live. I'm very much a studio-centric producer, and am not so much interested in bringing the digital audio workstation to the live environment (though playing guitar on stage is super fun). There are so many things that can go wrong with sending digital information, and unless we experience those issues ourselves, any advice is often speculation at best. Sorry for the late reply. Did you end up solving this issue?

@@ArthurFoxMusic With the newer version 11.1 this hold note problem occurs less but it still happens. I don't play live often for this very reason. Like you, I am mostly a studio guy, built up my own studio over a period of 2 decades so I am well equipped. I appreciate you taking the time to respond, keep on rockin'!!!

@@ArthurFoxMusic No, I have not. The problem is not specific to Logic Pro as Ableton Live behaves in the same manner, notes hold occasionally, this is an ongoing problem with Macs, can't understand why they can't fix it. Like you, I am a studio person. I create projects in Logic to design a specific sound using multiple presets and effects, like a one man band. works great if I don't use any external instruments. I would think that Mac would work in conjunction with professional musicians to test out their product and point out these types of problems. Previously I was using Garage Band on a 32 bit MacBook, didn't have this problem. Most of the software I have would not run on a 32 bit platform so I am stuck with using this M1 Mac Mini. At least it has awesome processing ability, I can pile on the effects and it runs fine, can't do that on Ableton Live. Keep on rockin'!

Glad to help!

I have a Sonnet TB3 chassis with 3x UAD-2 octo cards connected to a M1 Ultra Mac Studio.

I've long been mulling over getting an Apollo for the longest time - still haven't pulled the trigger on that, but have tried out UAD plugins natively and haven't had the best of times running a lot of them simultaneously.

Thanks for the heads up! I've switched to storing all my libraries on external SSDs and am now moving all my projects to externals as I acquire them (along with HDD backups, of course).