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Originally Posted by no drama  Just in passing the compressor is the only plugg-in that i am still using the presets on |
I hope I didn't come off as discouraging or negative! I certainly didn't mean to be. When I got my first copy of Logic (a few years back), I would try putting the channel strip presets on stuff that I had tracked. I also tried some of the mastering presets on the mix bus. I got nowhere though, because I could never really understand what kind of source sound those presets had been created for, and what kind of effect they were aiming for.
It's actually much easier to insert an individual plug-in, like an EQ or a comp, with a very clear idea in your mind of what you want to do to the sound, and to dial in the controls of the plug-in from scratch to get that effect, than it is to modify someone else's preset, at least in my opinion. And the huge advantage is that as you do it, you will learn more and more about the plug-ins, so that you'll get faster and faster.
Start simple: use only EQ and comp in your channel strips (that's all there is in most hardware channel strips anyway). EQ first, then comp. Practice setting just those two. When you get the hang of those, add some reverbs and delays on aux channels or on individual tracks. Nothing on your master bus. You could mix entire CDs with just this simple arrangement of three or four plug-ins.
-synthoid