Working with FX plugins

There are lots of great FX plugins on the marketplace that either emulate hardware or are unique to software. Logic Pro, however, comes with a really good suite of them, and Ocean Eyes is proof of this, in my opinion. So, before you reach for your credit card, spend time with Logic Pro's plugins.

Note

I own many third-party plugins, so the screenshots you see in this chapter will not be exactly what you see if you only have the Logic Pro-included FX plug-ins.

Plugin categories

The Dynamics processor plugins control level. Compressor, Limiter, and Noise Gate are three examples of these that we will discuss:

Figure 14.9 – Dynamics plugins

EQ plugins, short for Equalizers, adjust frequencies throughout the frequency range. They are primarily a problem-solving tool, meant to either boost or attenuate (lower) certain frequencies that either cause problems within the track or between tracks:

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