From the course: Logic Pro X: Making Beats
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Tightening the kick and snare with Follow Rhythm - Logic Pro Tutorial
From the course: Logic Pro X: Making Beats
Tightening the kick and snare with Follow Rhythm
Follow rhythm is another very cool feature of Drummer. This allows you to select which track in your song or project drummer will follow intelligently, and make musical decisions on how to follow it from region to region. If the track you select to have drummer follow is very syncopated, you'll really hear a cool, tight, musical result. I have this Four on the Floor performance from the alternative genre, with the drummer, Nikki. By default it's pretty steady, with a straight ahead feel. I did make a few adjustments in the X Y pad. So the complexity of the parts change every 2 bars. Against the drummer track I have this alpa loop I like, runway synth base. So let's listen to the drummer track when we check the follow track check box in the drummer editor next to the variations, to follow the runway synth base. I'm checking the check box. Let me select this first region and check it right here. I'm going to zoom in, so you can see the update to the performance in the tracks area, and…
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