How do you arrange instruments in logic express?

Question

Hi,
I am new to Logic Express 9. I have created an 8 bar song and I want to make it longer and arrange my track so I can remove and add sounds as the song goes along. For example Remove a piano at bar 4 and have a guitar playing at bar 8. How can I do this?
Thanks

Answer 1

Did you assign the delay on the vocal track's "Insert" button? If so, this could be the reason your vocals sound jumbled. You can always lower the "wet" signal in the delay itself, but I find that the following method works best when using reverb and/or delay:
1. From the Arrange window, select/click the vocal track you want to use delay on.
2. Looking at your track on the left hand side of the screen, right below "Sends," hold-click on the button and select Bus>Bus 1(or whichever one you want)
3. An "Aux" track will appear right next to your vocal track.
4. Load either delay or reverb on the inserts and choose the appropriate setting. I prefer using either Stereo or Tape delay since they have better options to work with.
5. On your vocal track, on your "Sends," you can turn up the volume right next to it, which controls how much of your vocal track you want to send to the aux to get that reverb/delay. Start with -10 db and work your way from there. You should notice a difference by then. You can also control the fader from the Aux as well.
As far as fadeouts are concerned, I haven't really figured that out. I normally fade out when I use a separate mastering suite, but you can also fade out manually using the Automation method on the Master fader.
Hope that helps.