If you want your music to be ready for mastering first time round then these tips will help you get ahead of the game.

The final episode in this 4 part series finishes with some top tips that will help you to create professional tracks that sound great right from the first notes you play.

Tell us what you think, share you thoughts below

New update for Logic Pro users

Two new updates in a matter of months for Logic Pro Studio!

Seems like the Logic Team at Apple are either serious about keeping their customers happy or have been listening to us all and updating known issues Logic users suffer from.  Either way this new update is very welcome!

The update resolves a few issues introduced by 9.1.2 such as…

• Pedalboard stomp boxes ‘Classic Wah’ and ‘Modern Wah’ stoped responding to mouse in put.
• Issue with TouchOSC control surface.
• Resolves issue with i7 Quad-Core opening fewer audio processing threads.
• Resolves issue with flattening and merging folder

Should You Update?

I have seen some reports on a few Mac forums forums that this update is a backwards step and threading has worsened on some machines?  After reading a few problems other producers were encountering I was reluctant to go ahead and download the update.

However, my middle names are – live life on the edge!!  So I decided to take the plunge and update.

AND? …

I can confirm that this update is a goer and I would recommend you all update.  I haven’t run into any problems so far and have only seen improvements   Threading on my machine has improved dramatically and Logic is now distributing across all cores better than ever.  Especially with the PLAY engine which used to bottle neck all the time before 9.1.2 and now 9.1.3; running Logic in 64bit mode seems to be extremely stable too.

Below is a screen grab from a recent project which included 49 audio and instrument tracks using heavy processor plugins and software instruments.

Notice how 9.1.3 has spread everything evenly across all 8 cores.

Logic Pro Threading Evenly Across 8 Cores

How To Get The Update For Noobies

If you aren’t familiar with updating Logic Pro here’s how to do it.

Click on the apple icon in top right corner of your screen and select Software Update.

Apple Software Update

Your Mac will automatically check for new updates

Mac Software Update Screen

then simply follow the onscreen instructions to install.  When you are all done just load up Logic and all the new updates will take effect immediately.  Double check the Logic load screen reads 9.1.3 just like the picture at the top of this post.

Simple!

Share your update experiences by leaving a comment below.

How you put your music together and the instruments and arrangement you choose will have a massive impact your music’s loudness.  You need to keep an eye on your music’s frequency balance and amplitude levels right from the first note you play.  Learning which frequencies are perceived loud by your audience and which ones will kill your master is essential learning for anyone who masters their own music.

These tips will help give your music that professional edge before you even think about mastering!

Tell us what you think by leaving a comment below!

While we beaver away preparing all the mastering videos why not get on our early bird mailing list and receive a FREE PDF.

Mastering In Logic – A step by step guide will provide you with the basic outline and key work flow that is essential to mastering your music in Logic Pro. If you don’t understand the mastering process you’ll have a tough time getting your music to sound the way you want it to.

Simply pop your email into the box below or at the side of the of your screen and we will send you the Mastering guide. That’s not all though, as you will be on the early bird list Mastering In Logic will send you exclusive mastering videos before they are made public.

Now you can’t get better than that!

The sad reality is whether you like it or not loud masters are here to stay and you as producers, composers, engineers need to get on that gravy train and make your music be heard.

We would be really grateful if you left a comment letting us know what mastering techniques you would like to learn in the future with www.logicpromastering.com

Cheers!

This series on the Loudness War looks at how and why music became loud and how it has effected studio owners across the globe.

Part 3 (coming soon) explores some tricks you can use at the production and mix level to maximize loudness with losing all the dynamics.

Please leave a comment about the video you have seen and tell us what techniques you would like Mastering In Logic to teach you in the future!

Mastering is the last stage in the recording chain it’s the process that can bring your music to life and is critical in creating a loud professional sound.

Enjoy part 2 on Don’t Master Your Own Music. In this video we look at why it’s good to master your own music and how learning to master can help you to improve your writing and production skills at the production level.

We are currently developing a community based site teaching you how to master in logic. We very appreciate your time helping us to help you. We need to need what are your biggest frustrations and what tutorials you would like us to produce to help you master punchier tracks in Logic Pro.

Would really appreciate a comment below on anything to do with mastering that you need solved!

A professional mastering engineers can bring a unique dimension to your music.  Having a new set of ears listening to your music and then master it can be a real advantage.  Your music can be shaped sculpted and in some cases squashed into in ways you might not have thought of ready to be burnt to CD, uploaded online or sent sent to the labels.

But, are you rich and do you have a bottomless pit of money to send your music to a mastering house?

This video explores why mastering your own music can actually be of benefit to you and explains that it’s good to master your music.

Enjoy!

If you enjoyed this video please leave a comment below telling us other videos we can produce to help you solve any of your mastering problems.

This site is currently developing a host of videos dedicated to teaching you how to master with logic pro.

Please be patient – as they say it will be worth the wait.