Folders and Logic, underrated. I’m not talking about take folders, those are fabulous. And I’m not talking about track stacks either.
Also really useful. Nope. I’m just talking about regular old folders.
The kind that function like a box. You can put anything in them and they’re incredibly handy. I like to tell my students you can use them horizontally or vertically.
Vertically they can function kind of like a stack. But horizontally you can use them as an arrangement tool. Think song structure.
It allows you to move song sections around easily. This circumvents some of the shortfalls of Logic’s arrangement tool, which I’m not a huge fan of. But I also really like using them for organizing assets.
For example, when I’m doing an elaborate sound design, even when I end up with a bounce in place, I often want the ability to go back and make a tweak. Folders allow you to keep all the original assets in place so you can go back to them if you need them. And I think in almost every song I’ve ever produced, I’ve created a folder called Scraps.
What goes in there are the things that I don’t think I want to use in my song, but I’m not quite comfortable getting rid of. I also place safety copies of tracks when I’m going to do a complicated edit. It’s like my own little undo box.
I keep it muted and hidden and anything that I drag in there just goes away. But it’s there if I need it. Folders also become uniquely powerful when you content link a second arrange window because then you can poke around and see what’s inside them without actually going in.
And that’s why I’m kicking off our underrated series with Logic Folders. If you found this post helpful, we’d appreciate a share and a like. and alike.
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