For example, you might record a song with a band straight into Pro Tools, which you then decide to import into Logic for further production or mixing.
One significant introduction in version 10.4.2 was the ability for Smart Tempo calculations to be applied across groups of tracks. If you’re trying to establish an initial ‘human’ tempo grid, pick a simple strumming guitar part, for example, rather than anything too complicated or syncopated. Your playing style needs to be clear, therefore, and, within reason, ‘rhythmic’. The technology is based on establishing downbeats and then using the time between these two points to establish the tempo. The breakthrough with Smart Tempo is that Logic can interpret what you’ve played and adjust the project tempo to your performance.Īt first, Smart Tempo can seem little more than a cheap gimmick, but for ‘looser’, more naturalistic musical styles the ability to play a part without the constant ‘tick tock’ of a metronome is liberating! Add drums, loops and so on, and everything fits perfectly with your performance, retaining the all-important expression that tempo fluctuations can bring.Īs with all automated ‘intelligent’ processes, there are limits to what Smart Tempo can interpret. Working inside a DAW has traditionally meant being slaved to the click at all points. One of the headline features of Smart Tempo is the freedom to record both MIDI and Audio information into Logic without the need of a click. Much of what can be achieved with Smart Tempo could have been achieved prior to 10.4.1, although it required more human input and, more importantly, time to achieve. Technically speaking, Smart Tempo is an ‘intelligent’ front-end to Flex Time technology – clever enough to extract precise tempo information from a range of audio material, and also flexible and intuitive enough to let you work with the information in a variety of ways. Rather than being built from scratch, Smart Tempo is bolt-on to the Flex Time technology first introduced in Logic Pro 9.
0 kommentar(er)
