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Apple Inc. 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014-2084 408-996-1010 www.apple.com 1 Contents Preface 9 Introduction to the Logic Express Plug-ins 9 Logic Express Effects and Instruments Chapter 1 13 Amp Modeling 13 Bass Amp 15 Guitar Amp Pro Chapter 2 21 Delay 22 Echo 22 Sample Delay 23 Stereo Delay 24 Tape Delay Chapter 3 27 Distortion 28 Bitcrusher 29 Clip Distortion 30 Distortion 31 Distortion II 32 Overdrive 33 Phase Distortion Chapter 4 35 Dynamics 37 Compressor 41 DeEsser 43 Ducker 45 Enveloper 47 Expander 48 Limiter 49 Noise Gate 52 Preset Multipressor 53 Silver Compressor 54 Silver Gate 3 Chapter 5 55 EQ 57 Channel EQ 60 DJ EQ 61 Fat EQ 62 Single Band EQs 63 Silver EQ 64 Frequency Ranges Used With EQ Chapter 6 65 Filter 66 AutoFilter 70 EVOC 20 Filterbank 75 EVOC 20 TrackOscillator 85 Fuzz-Wah 88 Spectral Gate Chapter 7 91 Imaging 91 Direction Mixer 94 Stereo Spread Chapter 8 95 Metering 96 BPM Counter 97 Correlation Meter 97 Level Meter 98 Tuner Chapter 9 99 Modulation 100 Chorus 100 Ensemble 101 Flanger 102 Microphaser 102 Modulation Delay 103 Phaser 105 Ringshifter 110 Rotor Cabinet 112 Scanner Vibrato 113 Spreader 114 Tremolo Chapter 10 115 Pitch 115 Pitch Correction 119 Pitch Shifter II 121 Vocal Transformer 4 Contents Chapter 11 123 Reverb 124 AVerb 125 EnVerb 126 GoldVerb 129 PlatinumVerb 132 SilverVerb Chapter 12 133 Specialized 134 Denoiser 136 Enhance Timing 137 Exciter 138 Grooveshifter 139 Speech Enhancer 140 SubBass Chapter 13 143 Utility 144 Gain 145 I/O 146 Test Oscillator Chapter 14 149 EVOC 20 PolySynth 150 Vocoder Basics 150 What Is a Vocoder? 150 How Does a Vocoder Work? 151 How Does a Filter Bank Work? 152 Using the EVOC 20 PolySynth 153 EVOC 20 PolySynth Parameters 154 Synthesis Parameters 159 Sidechain Analysis Parameters 161 Formant Filter Parameters 163 Modulation Parameters 165 Unvoiced/Voiced (U/V) Detection 167 Output Parameters 168 Block Diagram 169 Tips for Better Speech Intelligibility 169 Editing the Analysis and Synthesis Signals 170 Avoiding Sonic Artifacts 171 Achieving the Best Analysis and Synthesis Signals 172 Vocoder History Contents 5 Chapter 15 175 EFM1 176 Global Parameters 177 Modulator and Carrier 178 FM Parameters 179 The Output Section 180 MIDI Controller Assignments Chapter 16 181 ES E Chapter 17 183 ES M Chapter 18 185 ES P Chapter 19 187 ES1 187 The ES1 Parameters 195 MIDI Controller List Chapter 20 197 ES2 198 The ES2 Parameters 199 Global Parameters 203 Oscillator Parameters 210 Filters 218 Dynamic Stage (Amplifier) 220 The Router 233 The LFOs 236 The Envelopes (ENV 1 to ENV 3) 241 The Square 242 The Vector Envelope 250 Effect Processor 251 Using Controls and Assigning Controllers 252 Random Sound Variations 255 Tutorials 255 Sound Workshop 268 Templates for the ES2 6 Contents Chapter 21 275 EXS24 mkII 277 Learning About Sampler Instruments 279 Loading Sampler Instruments 281 Working With Sampler Instrument Settings 282 Managing Sampler Instruments 283 Searching for Sampler Instruments 284 Importing Sampler Instruments 294 Parameters Window 312 The Instrument Editor 334 Setting Sampler Preferences 337 Configuring Virtual Memory 338 Using the VSL Performance Tool Chapter 22 339 External Instrument 339 External Instrument Parameters 340 Using the External Instrument Chapter 23 341 Klopfgeist Chapter 24 343 Ultrabeat 344 The Structure of Ultrabeat 345 Overview of Ultrabeat 346 Loading and Saving Sounds 347 The Assignment Section 353 The Synthesizer Section 373 Modulation 382 The Step Sequencer 396 Creating Drum Sounds in Ultrabeat Chapter 25 411 GarageBand Instruments 412 GarageBand Instrument Parameters Appendix 417 Synthesizer Basics 417 Analog and Subtractive 418 What Is Synthesis? 419 Subtractive Synthesis Glossary 425 Index 447 Contents 7 Introduction to the Logic Express Plug-ins Preface The Logic Express music and audio production software features a comprehensive collection of powerful plug-ins. These include innovative synthesizers, high quality effect plug-ins, and a powerful software sampler. This manual will introduce you to the individual effects and instruments—and their parameters. All plug-in parameters are discussed in detail. The instrument chapters include a number of tutorials that will help you to make the most of your new instruments. Using plug-ins is much easier if you are familiar with the basic functions of Logic Express. Information about these can be found in the Logic Express 8 User Manual. Logic Express Effects and Instruments The following tables outline the effects and instruments included with Logic Express. Effect category Included effects Amp Modeling  Bass Amp (p. 13)  Guitar Amp Pro (p. 15) Delay  Echo (p. 22)  Sample Delay (p. 22)  Stereo Delay (p. 23)  Tape Delay (p. 24) Distortion  Bitcrusher (p. 28)  Clip Distortion (p. 29)  Distortion (p. 30)  Distortion II (p. 31)  Overdrive (p. 32)  Phase Distortion (p. 33) 9 Effect category Included effects Dynamic  Compressor (p. 37)  DeEsser (p. 41)  Ducker (p. 43)  Enveloper (p. 45)  Expander (p. 47)  Limiter (p. 48)  Noise Gate (p. 49)  Preset Multipressor (p. 52)  Silver Compressor (p. 53)  Silver Gate (p. 54) EQ  Channel EQ (p. 57)  DJ EQ (p. 60)  Fat EQ (p. 61)  Single Band EQs (p. 62)  Silver EQ (p. 63) Filter  AutoFilter (p. 66)  EVOC 20 Filterbank (p. 70)  EVOC 20 TrackOscillator (p. 75)  Fuzz-Wah (p. 85)  Spectral Gate (p. 88) Imaging  Direction Mixer (p. 91)  Stereo Spread (p. 94) Metering  BPM Counter (p. 96)  Correlation Meter (p. 97)  Level Meter (p. 97)  Tuner (p. 98) Modulation  Chorus (p. 100)  Ensemble (p. 100)  Flanger (p. 101)  Microphaser (p. 102)  Modulation Delay (p. 102)  Phaser (p. 103)  Ringshifter (p. 105)  Rotor Cabinet (p. 110)  Scanner Vibrato (p. 112)  Spreader (p. 113)  Tremolo (p. 114) Pitch  Pitch Correction (p. 115)  Pitch Shifter II (p. 119)  Vocal Transformer (p. 121) Reverb  AVerb (p. 124)  EnVerb (p. 125)  GoldVerb (p. 126)  PlatinumVerb (p. 129)  SilverVerb (p. 132) 10 Preface Introduction to the Logic Express Plug-ins Effect category Included effects Specialized  Denoiser (p. 134)  Enhance Timing (p. 136)  Exciter (p. 137)  Grooveshifter (p. 138)  Speech Enhancer (p. 139)  SubBass (p. 140) Utility  Gain (p. 144)  I/O (p. 145)  Test Oscillator (p. 146) The following table outlines the instruments included with Logic Express. Instrument category Included instruments Synthesizer  EFM1 (p. 175)  ES E (p. 181)  ES M (p. 183)  ES P (p. 185)  ES1 (p. 187)  ES2 (p. 197)  Klopfgeist (p. 341) Drum synthesizer Ultrabeat (p. 343) Software sampler EXS24 mkII (p. 275) Vocoder synthesizer EVOC 20 PolySynth (p. 149) Utility External Instrument (p. 339) GarageBand instruments Analog Basic, Analog Mono, Analog Pad, Analog Swirl, Analog Sync, Bass, Digital Basic, Digital Mono, Digital Stepper, Drum Kits, Electric Clavinet, Electric Piano, Guitar, Horns, Hybrid Basic, Hybrid Morph, Piano, Sound Effects, Strings, Tonewheel Organ, Tuned Percussion, Voice, Woodwind (see “GarageBand Instruments” on page 411) Preface Introduction to the Logic Express Plug-ins 11 1 Amp Modeling 1 You can add the sound of a guitar and bass amplifier to your audio recordings and software instruments. Using a method known as component modeling, both the sound and functionality of musical instrument amplifiers, particularly those used with electric guitar and bass, can be emulated as an effect. These effects recreate the sound of both tube and solid state amplifiers, and feature a full set of controls, including pre-gain and tone controls for bass, midrange, and treble, as well as output level. They allow you to select from a variety of familiar amp models. The following sections describe the individual plug-ins included with Logic Express.  “Bass Amp” on page 13  “Guitar Amp Pro” on page 15 Bass Amp The Bass Amp simulates the sound of several famous bass amplifiers. You can process bass guitar signals directly within Logic Express and reproduce the sound of high- quality bass guitar amplification systems.