Jean-Luc Pickguard

You can now do this with the stem splitter tool inside Logic Pro 11. If you go to file -> Project Settings -> Smart Tempo & set [Project tempo mode] to [Adapt project tempo] when pulling in a recording, then set it to [Keep Project Tempo] any regions subsequently added can be in sync with the imported track. Now it's possible to split the track into stems, you can mute the drums and add drummer regions, and the new drums will automagically be in time. I did this yesterday with a track I originally recorded in the late 80s using my trusty fostex x-15 portastudio. The drums were from a Yamaha RX11 drum machine and I always thought they could be improved upon. Using the technique I outlined above, I muted the drums stem, and set up some drummer regions with Logic's simmons kit with a bit of gated reverb. After some more remixing (Logic's octaver pedal on the bass etc) and mastering I think the track now sounds very much improved, but still of the period. Original version 14 Maniac Hairdye.mp3 2024 Remix hairdye maniac.mp3

Is It Because I'm Black? — Syl Johnson

Phantom Of The Ypres — Iron Maiden

The Govt. Knows — KNOWER

Smash It Up — The Damned

Or a DFA / Producer Knob

Mother In Law — Ernie K Doe

Leave It — Yes

Frankie's Gun — The Felice Brothers

Oh the humanity

Unlike my vintera mustang, the JMJs make it easy to adjust the truss rod as there is a perfectly sized cutout in both the body and the pickguard. The stewmac tele trussrod tool is perfect for this, no need to take the pickguard or neck off.

In a previous band we played O.V. Wright's 'Eight Men and Four Women.' During the break between sets, one punter felt the need to come up to the singer and tell him it made him want to slash his wrists. We dropped it from the setlist for the next gig.

Before shielding there was noise that came & went as I moved the bass about pointing the headstock in different directions, not much, but it was there. After shielding, the noise was no longer present.

You didn't have to take the neck off the original 50s/60s ones either — they didn't have a truss rod so you had to make do with it how it was.

Hooker With A Peñis — TOOL

The Prince (Andrew) — Madness

This band sounds like a bunch of chumps

I have just tried the stem splitter function LP11 on last night's rehearsal recording. My initial impression is that the resultant stems are as good as or possibly a bit cleaner than those from RipX. Certainly the bass has most of its tone rather than being an indistinct rumble and there is very little of the bass left on the guitar track. The drums and vocals are very clean. RipX does a lot more, but I've found that it is quite time consuming and often confusing to use the editing features so I have only been using it as a simple stem splitter lately, so it looks like yhis is going to speed up my workflow as I can do everything I need to right within Logic Pro.

Sausage In a Bottle — The Police

Chipbuilding — Robert Wyatt

Not had a chance to investigate the new features yet, but the revamped drummer looks awesome on this 'Why Logic Pro Rules' video

Installing it now. The Cory Wong producer pack looks like it will be worth investigating

Still waiting for the upgrade. Have to head out to rehearsal shortly so I'll probably get the upgrade when I get back. If you want to upgrade, but retain the option of being able to roll back to the previous version in case of issues, go to applications in finder, right click on the Logic Pro.app and click on [Compress "Logic Pro.app"] to create a zip archive of your current version. I've almost completely managed to wean myself off using third party plugins so I'm not worried about incompatibilites.

Sit Down And Talk This Over — Wilson Pickett