The Studio

Making a record by yourself, in the order you actually do it. Each step has the tools you use here, the files you take home, and the posts that explain them.

Write

You have ideas and a guitar, and nothing recorded yet.

Getting songs finished, desk amps for writing, and keeping the idea moving.

Use it here

  • The Writers Room

    A songwriting workspace for finishing lyrics without theory. In progress.

    Coming soon

How to

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Record

You are ready to get the song out of your head and into Logic.

Interfaces, templates, tracking guitars, bass, drums, and vocals by yourself.

Use it here

  • HeadRush Core FX Browser

    Search all 378 HeadRush Core 5.0 amp, cab, mic, and effect models, with the real-world gear each one is based on. The manual doesn't tell you; this does.

    Open it

Take it home

Logic Pro template · Logic Pro 11.2 or later

Full Band Routing Template

My standard setup. Every song on the album starts from this project.

Thirty-seven tracks of summing stacks, aux buses, and a full-mix bus, wired so you can solo any instrument group with one option-click and A/B against reference tracks without a third-party plugin. Stock Logic plugins only.

What's inside
  • Acoustic (mic + pickup), verse, chorus, and accent guitar stacks, each guitar as a DI and a wet track, all into an All Guitars bus
  • Bass (DI + wet) and drums into a Rhythm Section bus
  • Extra Instruments folder stack for banjo, synth pad, and anything else
  • Lead vocal (verse, chorus, bridge), lead harmonies, and backing vocal stacks into an All Vox bus
  • Music bus and All Vox feed a Full Mix bus; three reference tracks go straight to the stereo out
  • Inputs pre-mapped for a four-input interface: 1 and 2 modeller dry/wet, 3 microphone, 4 guitar DI
Version 1.0 · 369 KB · Updated November 3, 2025

Built for: Apple Logic Pro, Headrush Core 5.0, Slate Digital ML-1, Fender Highway Series, Ibanez SR400 EQM

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Logic Pro template · Logic Pro 11.2 or later

Singer-Songwriter Template

Acoustic guitar and a vocal. The same routing idea, cut down to what you need.

A lighter version of the full band template for one guitar and one voice: acoustic mic and pickup, lead vocal, harmonies, a scratch track, and a reference track, with stock plugin starting points already on each channel.

What's inside
  • Acoustic guitar stack (mic + pickup) with Channel EQ and Compressor starting points
  • Lead vocal and harmony stacks into an All Vox bus with DeEsser and compression ready to go
  • Shared vocal plate and slap delay aux sends
  • Music and Full Mix buses plus one reference track for A/B listening
  • Inputs pre-mapped: 1 microphone, 2 guitar pickup
Not uploaded yet. It will appear here as soon as the file is ready.

Built for: Apple Logic Pro, Slate Digital ML-1, Fender Highway Series

How it worksComing soon

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Mix

It is recorded, and it does not sound like a record yet.

Headphones, compressors, routing, and what I actually reach for.

How to

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Release

The song is done. Now what?

Mastering, art, metadata, distribution, and the order to do it in.

How to

The Lab

Experiments, builds, and things that might not work.

AI-built plugins, pedal builds, and anything that does not fit a phase yet.

From the Lab

  • I Built an LA-2A Plugin with AI (Twice)

    With Claude doing the coding, I built two working LA-2A-style compressor plugins for Logic with one prompt. Claude took 8 minutes to create and register the plugin. I then compared it to Softube's Opto, and UAD's LA/2A

How to install a Logic template

  1. Unzip the download and open the .logicx file in Logic Pro.
  2. Choose File → Save as Template, give it a name, and it shows up under My Templates every time you start a new project.
  3. Open the mixer and set the inputs to match your interface. Everything else is already routed.

Free for your own songs. Please don't re-upload or sell the files.