In this second part I’ll show you how to sum it up in Logic. This is really straight forward and no rocket-science whatsoever. I have thought out a good flow from VE Pro to Logic but that’s about it.

As you can see from the screenshots below (and from the first part) I have all the processing for the different audio channels in Logic. I could just as well have loaded the plugins directly inside the VE Pro hosts but this way has one big advantage. I can easily sculpt the sound the way I want for different songs/projects without messing with the VE Pro setups. Seems more “Logic” to me (pun intended) since the “sound” is saved with the different songs, not in the VE Pro templates.

VE Pro 64-bit

Since this is mainly strings, orchestral, chamber, solo and a little soprano choir there is simply one channel for each section.

VE Pro 32-bit, first instance

Also pretty basic. The only summing taking part here is for the two harps and the four different tracks of the choir.

VE Pro 32-bit, second instance

This is where it gets a bit more “creative”. As you can see there are two audio tracks for toms (Toms and Epic Toms). The second one is actually for a few more instruments as well. All the instruments coming through this channel has some “wetness” or “ambience” already in the samples. That’s why I don’t add any reverb in Logic.

Also, I could have used a single channel for the timpanis and the bass drums but since the generate quite a lot of low frequency I like to have them separate, just for controlling the different lows.

VE Pro 32-bit, third instance

Very straightforward. Simply two channels. One for cymbals and one for other “metallic” instruments.

VE Pro 32-bit, fourth and final instance

Also a simple approach. The first track is a “dry” one just for the Epic Dohl. Drums of War has it’s own channel, again for controlling the lows. Finally there is one for “big” drums and one for “small” drums.

PLAY – SATB Choirs

The only audio-interface-input in my setup is from the digital input. this is where my Symphonic Choirs from play gets routed into Logic. It simply has one channel because I think it’s enough. The reverb on the choir is from the built-in in PLAY.

Done!

So there you have it! All in all there are 31 stereo channels virtually wired into Logic! Who could have dreamed about this 3-4 years ago? In part 3 I’ll show you a bit of how I’ve setup the MIDI-tracks in Logic and how I use Logic’s Environment to take control over them.

If you missed the first part you can read it here:
Setup Part I: Outside the DAW »

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