logic pro x

[alin0101]

Hey everyone, my friend bought logic pro x. He put it on a flash drive and i downloaded it onto my mac just to test it out. Whenever I try to make a beat and put any hard 808s like lex luger kits or others in they're always way too loud and I have to turn them down so low that its pretty much pointless. Do you think its because it isn't the original logic bought off the website? definitely looking to purchase a daw just wanted to get some opinions on this first. Thanks hope to hear from you all soon

 

[thedreampolice]

That's not enough info at all. Not no it's not because it's an un licensed copy. How are putting in those drums? What's is your monitoring situation?

 

[alin0101]

putting in the drums using ultrabeat.. I have 2 studio monitors

 

[thedreampolice]

What kind of studio monitors? And are you working on your levels inside of ultra beat as well? What other things are in the low end of your mix?

 

[alin0101]

the studio monitors are samson, they aren't that good.. not doing anything inside the ultra beat and nothing else really in the low end except bass but even before the bass it still clips loud. I sent an example to someone I know and they said the kicks are distorted but I know of plenty other people that use the kicks thats why I thought it might be bc my logic isn't original

 

[thedreampolice]

Can you post the origal sample here so we can take a look?

But no it has nothing to do with logic not being legal.

 

[alin0101]

do you mean the original drum sample or a sample or something i made thats clipping?

 

[thedreampolice]

Both would be great.

 

[alin0101]

alright I'm gunna post a tiny sample. what I'm posting is literally 3 minutes of messing around solely to show an example of the kicks clipping.

for some reason media fire is queuing at the moment, is there an easier way i could share the samples here?

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/omyhnykp0dhmoa2/piece.m4a

nevermind heres one

heres a screen shot of the channel strip for that one

screenshot of it clipping

 

[thedreampolice]

Cool, can you send me a screenshot of the ultra beat setup?

 

[alin0101]

heres the kick

heres the bass. thanks for replying so quickly, i really appreciate it

 

[thedreampolice]

It looks to me like you have distort turned up in ultra beat. Its kind hard to tell for sure. Can you confirm?

 

[alin0101]

well i don't have the distort button turned on.. and if i do turn it on and turn it all the way down its still clipping

 

[thedreampolice]

try unclicking the sustain at the lower right.

 

[alin0101]

i think that mightve helped a little.. still clipping a little though. its just weird bc i have my kick at -16db and bass at -28.5 and still clipping

 

[thedreampolice]

Try turning the ultrabeat instrument itself down.

 

[alin0101]

i think i figured it out, thanks for all your help. my last question is, what are the drawbacks of not having the "legal" version of logic? like what won't i have that i would have if i bought it?

 

[thedreampolice]

Well what was the issue?

As far as not having the legal version, everything should work fine. But come on its $200, are you going to try and sells beats? Then you should pay for your tools. If you are just learning and not making money then I think it's a wash.