Balancing The Levels On Drum Parts. Options

[sus4]

I just got Logic 8 and it looks very cool.
I imported a SMF and Demixed By Pitch the drum parts because I want to adust the levels on all the parts.
Now all the parts are one channel 10 as you know. So, do I put all the parts on separate midi channels? That doesn't seen right because if I have many drum parts I would run out of midi channels.
So, how do I do this?
If anyone knows PLEASE, PLEASE, explain it to me as if you were speaking to a child. I'm serious. You really have to explain each step clearly. I've been looking thru the manual and I cannot see anything related to this.
Yes, it tells you you can do it, but doesn't really tell you how.
I'm very frustrated and I know many of you have been there too.
Thanks

sus4

[dixiechicken]

DC here!

You'll have to separate out the various parts and put them on different midi tracks - (NOT different midi-channels)
Since the the various instruments are mapped out on the keyboard on different keys - you dont need to
to use several midi channels for this.

You will have several miditracks on midichannel 10, but Track1 will have the bassdrum (BD) key C3 or C4.
Track two midichannel 10 will have the SD snare-drum mapped to key E3 or E4 etc etc.
( my example is taken from my own E-MU Proteus-2000 - other sound modules may have different mappings)
This may entail quite a bit of manual work.

The actual mapping will depend on - partly on if C3 or C4 is the middle C-key on your midi keyboard.
(common standard or Yamaha standard)
and partly on wich kind of drum/percussion set you're actually using.
(this last mapping is up to the various makers of the drumparts - I don't think there is a common standard for this)

Cheers: Dixiechicken!

[sus4]

DC here!

You'll have to separate out the various parts and put them on different midi tracks - (NOT different midi-channels)
Since the the various instruments are mapped out on the keyboard on different keys - you dont need to
to use several midi channels for this.

You will have several miditracks on midichannel 10, but Track1 will have the bassdrum (BD) key C3 or C4.
Track two midichannel 10 will have the SD snare-drum mapped to key E3 or E4 etc etc.
( my example is taken from my own E-MU Proteus-2000 - other sound modules may have different mappings)
This may entail quite a bit of manual work.

The actual mapping will depend on - partly on if C3 or C4 is the middle C-key on your midi keyboard.
(common standard or Yamaha standard)
and partly on wich kind of drum/percussion set you're actually using.
(this last mapping is up to the various makers of the drumparts - I don't think there is a common standard for this)

Cheers: Dixiechicken!

DC

I have all the drum parts on separate tracks (all on channel 10) but, how do I make one track louder than the other without making the other ones louder?

Thanks, sus4

Hi sus4:

As far as I know, best way to do that is making those midi files, brand new audio files...
How ?, Well if you have an interface, you could make the sound of the midi device go to your computer, one channel at a time (by muting others in the process) then you will have a bounch of audio tracks that could be
mix in any way you like.... Good Luck

emgcarra

emgcarra

I don't quite follow you. I'm using the "sounds" in Logic not an external module. I didn't record anything, I imported a SMF that I had in my computer and just separated the drum parts using "Demix By Pitch".

Thanks sus4