Logic Pro tutorial for aligning multiple drum tracks?

[edurbrow]

Does anyone know of an online step by step tutorial for aligning several drum tracks to beats?
I recorded multiple drum tracks along with a click. I am using a midi drum track in conjunction with these and they are audibly out of sync in places. I want to move all 5 drum tracks together somehow and align them to the beat. I know how easy this is with one track, but how do you do it with several?
So I make a group of the drums tracks, right? Is there any way to a automatically align them to beats? I suppose not, I guess I have to align them beat by beat. So to do that, would I use Flex (slice?), or perhaps Scissors and cut and move 5 tracks together?
What have folks found is the most expedient way to do such a task?
TIA!

 

[CSeye]

Here are a couple sources of information to review
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201943
https://ask.audio/articles/watch-how-to-fix-the-timing-of-multi-track-drums-in-logic-pro-x

Since you recorded to a click, you already know the BPM of the drum tracks.
Group them, select Edit and Phase-locked audio.
Select a Q reference.
Apply quantization or Flex Time (Slicing)

Save As the Project and test possible solutions on a copy of the project.

I work with MIDI and some recorded guitar and have never actually had to perform multitrack drum editing.

 

[edurbrow]

Thank you CSeye. Is that an old Ask Audio link? It wouldn't open in Safari or Chrome. I was following the Apple one until it got to step 4: "In the Track Header of the Tracks area, enable the Q-Reference button for the tracks to be used as timing reference." I don't have a Q button. Is this new? I'm on 10.2.2.
Anyway, I grouped, sample synced, turned on Flex and started editing. Seems to work well. I can move any Flex marker and a line goes between all tracks. I think I'm on my way.
Thank you.

 

[edurbrow]

For some reason, after starting, I got everything too early by half a quarter or so, and moving a marker doesn't adjust the rest of the track. It is like they are all set. So I'll have to do every single beat. Oh well. Also the catch keeps turning itself off.

 

[CSeye]

The link is live.
Here's the direct youtube link.

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Questions
1. Working on a fresh Save As version, what happens if select a quantize value from the Region inspector after selecting Flex Time- Slicing? Does it tighten up the audio in sync with the MIDI?

 

[CSeye]

For some reason, after starting, I got everything too early by half a quarter or so, and moving a marker doesn't adjust the rest of the track. It is like they are all set. So I'll have to do every single beat. Oh well. Also the catch keeps turning itself off.

Just a. couple of notes after rereading your comment.
- I think the catch turning off is normal. It does so here.
- Using the Flex Tool makes local adjustment defined by (limited by) the flex markers. Clicking in the lower half of an audio region with the tool produces 3 lines which contain the adjustment. Transients to the left and right of this adjustment are not moved. That's not how it's designed to work. In your original post you mentioned the audio tracks being out of sync with the MIDI in places. Local adjustments with the Flex Tool can fix the out-of sync notes without altering the notes that are in the correct position.
- Instead of using the the Flex tool, you can apply quantization to the Flex Time Slicing tracks which is like quantizing a MIDI region.

Post back with your results or additional questions.

 

[edurbrow]

Thanks a lot for your help. It worked out. I just had to move every single beat. I might be having a brain fart, but isn't it possible to move all the markers to the right by moving just one marker in a certain mode? I might be confusing it with Digital Performer, which I hardly use anymore. This is a nice feature and is sometimes enough to get the whole track pretty much in sync.