Now I will show you how to edit guitar and bass DI’s without Flex Time in Logic Pro X. However, I developed a workflow in Logic Pro X that resembles slip editing in other DAWs, and I believe it’s comparable to slip editing with a slip tool. Unfortunately, Logic Pro X doesn’t have a slip tool (I know it has two slip key commands, but relying on keyboard shortcuts is nowhere near as fast as having a slip tool for the mouse). There have been cases where I received lifeless sounding DI’s from clients, and the culprit was stretch editing.Īs an audio engineer, I believe slip editing is the best way to edit guitar DI’s. Many people edit the DI’s via audio stretching, or Flex Time in Logic’s terms, but I’m a big opponent of that way of editing because I find stretching the audio to always leave artifacts in the DI’s, which will then become much more audible after going through an amp sim or a real amp. With the rise of amp sims and high-quality yet affordable recording equipment, more and more guitarists, bassists and audio engineers are recording the DI signal instead of miking a real cabinet.
