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October 9, 2018

Finally! Create the Perfect Headphone Mix in Logic Pro X

 

Oh man! I’m sooo thrilled with this latest Logic update of 10.4.2. I mean, let me count the ways:

  • You can now drag and drop samples into Alchemy
  • Smart Tempo now works with multiple tracks at the same time
  • Smart Tempo now works with MIDI
  • Sound libraries can now be relocated to external hard drives

But for me, the best thing about 10.4.2 comes down to one feature:

Sends on Faders.

Aside from being able to adjust levels (and panning!) of your Logic Sends, how about creating the perfect headphone mix?

No longer do us Logic users need to avoid the conversation about separate headphone mixes.

You know what I used to say when musicians asked?

“Uh, sorry. Unfortunately Logic isn’t able to create separate headphone mixes. We’ll just have to do the best we can.”

Well not anymore!

I’m so thankful to the Logic team for all the advancements with Sends on Faders. So in today’s video, I break down:

  • What Sends on Faders is, and how to enable it
  • How to enable Independent Panning for Sends
  • How to Send Your tracks to a specific Output (such as a headphone output)
  • How to copy your Fader and Pan levels to your Sends in one shot for the perfect Headphone Mix

Enjoy!

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  1. Shawn says

    October 12, 2018 at 9:23 pm

    hey, which was the tutorial where you mentioned how to duck with compression?

    Reply
    • chris.vandeviver says

      October 13, 2018 at 8:41 pm

      Hey Shawn, I’m not sure if I did mention how to duck with compression, but this post should help: https://whylogicprorules.com/sidechain-logic-pro-x/

      Thanks!

      Reply
      • s says

        October 19, 2018 at 9:02 pm

        yes i didnt word that correct that is the effect i was looking for thx!

        Reply
  2. Steve Notice says

    November 24, 2018 at 9:37 pm

    Can’t download the template – Hangs up at 50% downloaded. Tried on both Firefox and Google Chrome.

    Reply
    • chris.vandeviver says

      November 25, 2018 at 1:08 pm

      Hey Steve, email me at [email protected] and Iโ€™ll get that template to you.

      Reply
  3. Me says

    March 7, 2019 at 3:25 pm

    Now my 2-in 2-out is a 3-out audio interface.. very useful for me. re-amping three amps simultaneously .instead of two like before the update..

    Reply
  4. Jens says

    April 1, 2020 at 3:23 pm

    Iยดm just starting to watch the videos on mixing from your template. Lot of good stuff on this website Chris, thanks a lot. Look forward to navigate further.

    Reply
  5. Michael Strand says

    May 3, 2020 at 4:14 pm

    Hi Chris!
    I have a numberer of tracks I’d like to turn down while recording electric guitar and next I need to turn down another batch of tracks when I’ll be recording acoustic guitar. So I tried to set up a headphone mix with sends on faders, but my Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 does not have the option to send to headphones – only to stereo out.
    I cannot seem to get the headphone mix to work. Even with all track faders down I hear the tracks I want to control.
    I wonder what I do wrong?

    Reply
  6. Cooper says

    June 22, 2020 at 11:04 pm

    Hi Chris, great video and agree in principle this is an amazing upgrade.

    However, for me this method of creating a headphone mix seems to still be susceptible to being oranged out when you click “low latency mode” just like the old bus/send etc. method. So then it doesn’t actually send. Of course I can click “low latency safe” on all the tracks and outputs I am using, but that is basically as good as not clicking “low latency mode” since it inevitably introduces noticeable latency.

    As such, unless I am okay with latency (I am not, in this application), I’m stuck with only a single mix/output. Would love to hear that I may be missing something?

    Thanks in advance!

    -Cooper

    Reply
    • chris.vandeviver says

      June 23, 2020 at 9:21 am

      Hi Cooper, thanks for your comment! For a long time I also thought that the orange/greyed out Send fields in Low Latency Mode implied that audio was not being sent to Auxiliary Channel Strips. But it turns out the audio does pass through! My assumption is Logic optimizes the Send path for minimal latency. Thus, the greyed out Send fields.

      I suggest plugging in some headphones to your headphone output, route some audio to your headphone output, turn on Low Latency Mode, and giving it a check ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
      • Cooper says

        June 24, 2020 at 10:13 pm

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