Pedalboard is an array of effects designed to process audio signals. Eight macro controls enable you to automate pedal parameters using a MIDI controller.
Pedalboard features an extensive array of pedal effects, from classic guitar stompboxes like the bipolar transistor-like Grinder and Happy Face Fuzz (Hendrix used these) to pitch effects such as Poly Harmonic Octave Generators and more.
Amp Designer
If you’re recording distorted guitars with Logic Pro, its built-in Amp Designer can provide an ideal starting point. This plug-in can produce anything from classic rock riffs and blistering metal solos to gritty blues licks; plus its user-friendly interface allows for endless tweaking options until achieving the sound you’re after.
Before using Amp Designer, however, it’s essential that your guitar and audio interface are correctly connected. To do this, select Track-New Tracks (Option+Command+N), create one new track by pressing Option+Command+N and choose Guitar or Bass from the drop down list – several effects specific for those instruments will automatically appear on the channel strip when creating new track(s).
Amp Designer is an impressive guitar amplifier simulator included with Logic Pro X for free. It boasts twenty-something amp models that can be combined with various cabinets and positionable virtual mics, making this plugin one of the most comprehensive guitar amp modeling tools available. However, some users may feel that they lack some of the detailed functionality offered by third-party plugins; nonetheless with a bit of experimentation you may achieve high-quality results.
Once you’ve selected an amplifier model, it is crucial that you experiment with its various controls to find the ideal tone for your project. A great place to begin would be by adjusting gain until you achieve desired saturation level before fiddling with tone and presence knobs to alter frequency response curve. Finally, add compression before passing signal through amp model.
Logic Pro’s Amp Designer can be very beneficial when it comes to customizing amps for different situations by offering different EQ types. This feature can be especially helpful when the original EQ doesn’t quite suit your needs; for instance if an amplifier sounds muffled or boxy try selecting another curve/type instead.
Guitarists often suffer from GAS (gear acquisition syndrome). But with Amp Designer and Pedalboard plug-ins for Logic Pro X, creating unique distorted guitar tones is now easier than ever! Pyramind instructor Dave Earl — known by his username of SFLogicNinja — shows in this two-part series how these versatile plug-ins work together seamlessly so that you can craft exactly the sound needed for music production projects.
Part 1 of the series highlights Amp Designer by creating a strummed guitar apple loop and then processing it through various amps and pedals. He also shows how to use the Pedalboard plugin to build a guitar pedal board featuring overdrive, distortion, fuzz chorus octave phaser and tremolo effects.
Ben goes on to demonstrate how the Pedalboard plugin combined with Amp Designer can produce more complex distorted guitar tones. Furthermore, he details using a Dual Mono version of Pitch Shifter plug-in set with +4 cents on one side and -4 cents on the other side to achieve wider double-tracked effects.