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Starting a new project in Logic Pro X? There are three choices that should be made before you record anything: (1) recording file type, (2) I/O buffer size and (3) sample rate. I'll explain what each means and where it is located.
1. Recording File Type
Ccc backup mac. A good place to start with setting the pre-tracking settings is to set the Recording File Type. This can be found by clicking on the following drop-down menu chain: Logic–Preferences– Audio—General. This should take you to a window that looks like this:
If you click on the record file type (shown in the pink box above) you will be given three options. AIFF, WAV BWF, and CAF.
- AIFF is very friendly for Apple, but does not work as well with non-Apple software.
- WAV (sometimes labeled BWF) is the most universal of the file types. Most software will easily read WAV/BWF.
- CAF is only read by Logic and Garage Band.
I choose AIFF if I am working on a project entirely on my Mac-based software. I use WAV if I will be sharing files with people using other software than Apple Logic.
I/O Buffer Size
The next setting is the I/O Buffer Size. To get there, click on the Devices tab near the top left corner (adjacent to the General tab) of the menu. Or if you need to get there from the start-up, follow this menu chain: Logic–Preferences– Audio—Devices.
The I/O Buffer is the storage queue of ones and zeros (10100101) that your computer reads. The higher the buffer size, the longer the storage queue (i.e. the more ones and zeros).
- A high setting (e.g. 1024) is good when your computer's processor is very busy with many plugins, data and routine functions.
- A high setting is not good when it increases the delay of sound between the musician and the computer; thereby creating timing problems with the performance. This delay is called latency and is shown with the arrow in the above example.
When recording with microphones or line-in instruments, I usually use a low I/O buffer size like 64 to reduce the latency (the 6.9ms latency in the example image above won't be a problem for the performer). However, with the low I/O buffer size, can cause problems if I am doing something that uses a lot of computer processing like mixing or playing back the music with many plugins. If this happens, I quickly increase the I/O buffer size (1024 is a good setting).
Logic Pro X does offer an option called 'Low Latency Mode' which helps to overcome these problem if you want to record with a high buffer size. I regularly turn on the Low Latency Mode when recording (then off again when I am mostly ‘playing back'/mixing).
Sample Rate
The Sample Rate is in a different menu area of Logic Pro X and can be found by selecting: File—Project Settings—Audio. (Note that before you can adjust the sample rate, you must first create at least one track).
The sample rate is simply the amount of times per second that your computer samples the voltage coming into it from your microphones and line-ins (e.g. electric guitars plugged into your DAW). So how many samples per second are enough? The highest range of human hearing is 20,000 cycles per second (20khz) so it's tempting to infer that Logic needs to make at least 20,000 times per second to capture the extremely high frequencies. But wait! There's more to it. You actually need to double the 20,000 due due to principles of acoustics associated with The Nyquist Theorem(this concept is beyond the scope of this article, but look them up if you're curious about the physics).
The creators of Logic Pro X have taken the physics into account and given us a minimum sampling rate option of 44.1k (just over double the upper range of human hearing). The other sampling rate options include 48k, which is the standard in the video/television industry, and 88.2k (which is double the 44.1). There are higher sampling rates, but there is no practical need for them.
- So which do you choose? 44.1k is excellent for recording music. The rate of 48k is a common standard when working with video. 88.2 and above is an extremely high setting that gathers harmonics way above the human hearing range. Choose according to your own needs and processing power.
Once you've selected a sample rate for a project, be careful not to change it! If you do, tracks might play back at half or double speed.
You are now ready to start recording…
If this has been helpful, please leave a quick comment below.
Patrick
p.s. Giving credit to where it is due, my knowledge of acoustic concepts like ‘folding back' and the ‘Nyquist Theorem' came from lectures that I attended as a student at the Berklee College of Music. Knowledge of current industry trends such as 48k being the ‘sample rate' standard for video comes from working in the industry, asking my colleagues a lot of questions and trying to learn from my mistakes. I chose to write specifically about the three topics in this article because I had trouble with them when I first started using Logic Pro X. I really believe that ‘file type', ‘buffer size' and ‘sample rate' should be together near the front of the Logic manual or better yet, within a special ‘setting-up' menu of Logic. Lastly, the pink rectangles and arrows in the photos were made using Skitch, a fun but short-lived software. R.I.P Skitch, you will be missed…Update Feb 27th 2016
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