by alienpops » Wed Dec 23, 2020 12:19 am
Unless someone has a better method, what I do to get a recording of a midi controlled instrument track is:
1. Create an instrument track in Logic.
2. Add the AT5 as a midi-controlled plugin.
3. Within the AT5 plugin, set the input to whatever your guitar/bass is on.
4. Then use a bus send on that track (eg. Bus 1) and set the send output to be 0 db.
5. Then in Logic, create another audio track and assign the same bus (Eg. Bus 1).
6. When recording, record the bus audio track. That way, it will capture your performance just as you play it.
Now keep in mind, that method is “destructive” in the sense that it records it as an audio file with all the effects and everything applied (no editing effects, amps, etc. after-the-fact). You can also just add another track and record the clean signal of the guitar, mute it, and apply AT5 as an effect to that clean track and then tweak settings after recording. I wind up using both methods depending on the situation (live band vs. studio recording).
I have always meant to look and see if there is a more elegant solution to that problem (seems to be a Logic limitation?), but have gotten used to that method I described above. Seems like there should be an easier way. Let me know if you find one!
