Test Video: A Bus Trick I Use in Logic Pro (works with other DAWs too)
4The way you do this is by having one track for the base to avoid losing data, leave the base track muted or without an instrument (Logic lets you have tracks without instruments), and make at least two separate tracks that'll be heard in the mix. Those separate tracks that are not the base track can be called the bus tracks. Copy the MIDI data from the base track, paste the data in all the bus tracks, put them all to one single bus, and put some effects on the bus to make it into an ensemble.
This works best when the libraries bus tracks sound different enough and when the notes are humanized differently. For example, have different-sounding string libraries if you're doing this trick with strings. Also, to avoid muddy sounds, don't go too heavy on the reverb, and reduce as much envelope/ASDR release as possible in all the plugins that go through the bus. In fact, turn as many filters in the plugins as possible off.
This is something that can absolutely work with free or stock libraries. In fact, these examples I'm playing in the video are all stock libraries. However, I recommend using libraries that have similar or even the same articulations, like if the plugins all have a staccato, tremolo, and sustain. Spiccato can blend with staccato, but be careful with drastically different articulations. The trick can also work in other DAWs, as long as you know how to properly use bus tracks and whatnot.
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