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My latest song, Grizzly Warbeast, is now available! It is available at many online music stores.

Check out this awesome Grizzly Warbeast art by Tim. Thanks Tim!

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Here’s another new sample song for you. This one is called Grizzly Warbeast. The full version will be available soon. RedSGShredder

You can check out the sample here:

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I’ve just uploaded a new song. This one is called Juggling Chainsaws and you can get the mp3 free.

Thanks for checking it out! Sorry for the lack of updates!

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Here’s my latest original song, called Shotgun Surgery:

You can get the mp3 by visiting the mp3 page or many online mp3 stores.

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I’ve made another recording article. This one is about impulses. Be sure to read about this technique that can make your digitally modeled guitar tone sound more realistic.

I hope you like it!

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I’ve just uploaded a sample of my latest song. This one is called Shotgun Surgery! Here’s the link.

The full version is coming soon, and of course along with more recording articles.

Thanks for the continued support!

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Here’s the first in a series of articles about using reamping in your recording setup. The next two articles will be about impulses and a comparison of amp models.

The article is here.

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Here’s my latest song, which you can download for free. It’s called Molten Shrapnel Storm. Get the mp3 for free here.

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I’ve finally completed my recording setup! I had a lot of stuff in storage for a while but now it’s all set. I’ve put some pictures on my FaceBook page, so be sure to go check it out:

Here’s my FaceBook page if you haven’t seen it yet:

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Also, new music is definitely on the way.

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When I first started recording, I used GarageBand. It is a DAW that comes with Mac OS X. However, GarageBand doesn’t allow for multi-out. This means that you can’t mix each drum instrument separately, which is a major limitation. So the first thing I wanted to do when I decided to switch over to Logic was to set up EZD/DFH. Here’s what I had to do to get EZD/DFH set to multi-out in Logic.

Setup

When I first tried out Logic, I noticed that I was only able to set EZD/DFH to have Stereo Output, not Multi Output.

Apparently, Logic caches information about installed software instruments. This can be an issue after applying an update. To fix it, I had to delete the cache file at:

This is what Logic should let you select after deleting the cache file.

/Users/<username>/Library/Caches/com.apple.LogicAudioUnits.plist

and then restart Logic. After that, I was able to select Multi Output.

Creating a EZD/DFH track

Create a new software instrument track and hold down on I/O in the mixer. Select A/U Instruments > Toontrack > EZDrummer > Multi Output. In the mixer within EZD/DFH itself, choose Multichannel. You should see each mixer channel set to different tracks.

This is what the mixer in EZD should look like.

This is what the mixer should look like after clicking on the "+" to create the outs.

Next, in Logic’s mixer, click on the “+” button to add those outs. Just keep clicking until it can’t create any more outs.

Now you can add EQ, compression, or whatever effects you want to specific EZD/DFH outs, which correspond to the outs in the EZD/DFH mixer. These outs correspond to the kick, snare top, snare bottom, etc.

Making Individual Tracks (Optional)

The last step is to create separate tracks for each drum instrument. You can do that my selecting each of the instruments in the mixer, and then right-click or control-click and select “Create/Select Arrange Track”.

Creating individual drum tracks.

Even though it’s optional, in my opinion it is helpful.

The finished product.

I hope this helps someone!

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