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 X, 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 X'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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