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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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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:

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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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I’ve posted a new article about Digital Audio Workstations, which you can read here. In the future, I will be adding articles dealing with digital recording techniques and my experiences with them. I am planning on writing articles about the following topics, in no particular order:

• Drums, and a comparison between Acoustica Beatcraft and EZDrummer/Drumkit From Hell, as well as modifying the sound of your kick, snare, and toms.
• Reamping and Impulses.
• A comparison of some popular guitar amp sounds.
• Compression and EQ.

Let me know if there are any specific topics you’d like to read about.

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