What about how to achieve a balanced EQ during final mixdown or using the proper EQ setting for a given microphone? Not necessarily logic specific, but I would find them helpful. Shaun McArthur

Was the final verdict, Steve? Beat mapping probably?

I _just_ joined Peter and it's all really good stuff. Mr. Horelick covers very useful topics in an interesting way. There's almost 20 minutes on arpeggiators alone that I wish I had seen a long time ago. Shaun

Do you mean that you are doing something like recording the choir live?

Well, there's a whole lot of ways to work this..simply put : - you'll need an appropriate rehearsal/recording space (critical, don't just settle for anywhere) - you'll need a variety of good mics, mic stands/booms, a console, playback systems (both headphones and monitors), cables, distro boxes, duct tape, tampons, electronic tuners, blankets... - a mic'ing strategy - all of the instruments (especially the drums) need to be checked for rattles etc. - drums/percussion need to be tuned - piano needs to be tuned (about a week ahead of time) - recording space needs to be checked for noises, trains, floor squeaks, janitors, birds, etc etc. - make sure the guitar and bass players have changed their strings a day or two ahead of time - double check the rhythm sections' cabling for hums and have a hard listen to their amps too. - make sure you have extra reeds, sticks, strings, mutes, picks, etc. - bullhorn, beer and bar-b-q :) - determine if there any additional players you'll need to bring in to fill out the sound - are there players that might need to be replaced (hard call) This is just a little tiny list..there are an awful lot of considerations under each of these bullets too. Have you done this before? BTW - if the choir is straight a capella, I would start there and see how things go. Just my .02 Regards, Shaun

Well, let's start with mics. How many and what type of microphones do you think you need?

Well, no kidding, start with the list of considerations in my previous post :) As far as outboard gear goes, one could go wild with myriad optional electronic goo. If this is your first time, keep it simple with your compressor and maybe a limiter for the stereo out to logic. You may want to gate your ambient drum mics. Everyone will have an opinion on doing this their own special way, in the end you'll have to give it a go and see what happens. Get some baffles for in-place isolation of the drums and for the mic'd amps to somewhat control leakage. You'll need a couple of amps & some (good) headphones for playback if people will be dubbing. You may want some monitors to playback takes to the band, so people aren't fighting over the headsets. Find a gopher too. It's always great to have someone on the other end of the cable to help debug things. You may even be able to convince a dude from your local sound reinforcement shop to come down and lend a hand. Experience is invaluable. Just my .02 Shaun

Glad to help. I hope you can post your efforts when you're done! Shaun

I, for one, would love to hear how you approach things like song structure and mixdown Mr. Basoski. Anyone with their own page on Wikipedia must have something to share? :)

Hi Guys. I tried to add some [non-apple] loops by dragging and dropping my loop directory onto the loops browser, but the index/copy dialog did not come up and Logic [express] only installed a shortcut to the loops' original directory and non of them appeared in the browser. Did I do something wrong or is this yet another shortcoming of logic express? Thanks, Shaun