Introduction to Logic Pro (Logic 101)

Agenda

1 - Make Music with Logic Now!

• Creating a Logic Pro project
• Exploring the interface
• Navigating the project
• Building up the arrangement
• Mixing the song
• Mixing down to a stereo file

2 - Recording Audio

• Setting up digital audio recording settings
• Recording a single track
• Recording additional takes
• Punching in and out
• Recording without a metronome
• Changing recording settings
• Deleting unused audio files

3 - Editing Audio

• Assigning mouse tools
• Editing regions in the workspace
• Comping takes
• Adding fades and crossfades
• Editing regions in the audio track editor
• Aligning audio

4 - Produce a Virtual Drum Track

• Creating a Drummer Track
• Arranging the Drum Track
• Customizing the Drum Kit

5 - Recording MIDI and Using Controllers

• Using a Patch from the Library
• Recording MIDI
• Correcting the Timing of a MIDI Recording
• Joining Recordings into a MIDI Region
• Recording MIDI Takes
• Punching In and Out
• Creating a Layered Sound Patch
• Mapping Smart Controls to Patch Parameters
• Processing MIDI Notes with MIDI Plug-Ins

6 - Creating and Editing MIDI

• Creating MIDI Notes in the Piano Roll Editor
• Using the brush tool and custom brush patterns
• Using time handles
• Quantizing MIDI regions and notes
• Importing a MIDI File
• Editing MIDI Data in the Event List
• Creating and Editing MIDI Continuous Controller

7 - Editing Pitch and Time

• Setting a Project Tempo by Detecting the Tempo of a Recording
• Using and Creating Apple Loops
• Creating Tempo Changes and Tempo Curves
• Matching an audio file to the project key and Tempo
• Adding a Turntable or Tape Slow-Down Effect
• Making One Track Follow the Groove of Another Track
• Change the Playback Pitch and Speed with Varispeed
• Editing the Timing of an Audio Region
• Tuning Vocal Recordings

8 - Editing an Arrangement

• Looping regions and converting loops to individual regions
• Packing regions into a folder
• Saving alternative arrangements
• Previewing the song
• Copying material to fill in parts
• Rendering multiple regions
• Adding and deleting sections
• Cutting regions to remove silence or noise

9 - Mixing

• Organizing Windows and Tracks
• Using the Amp Designer
• Adjusting Levels and Pan
• Submixing tracks and processing with bus sends and auxiliary channel strips
• Applying effects to a selected section of a track
• Using folder and summing stacks
• Using screen sets
• Filtering frequencies with an EQ plug-in
• Adding depth with delay and reverb plug-ins
• Using Compressor and limiter plug-ins

10 - Automating the Mix

• Creating and editing offline track and region automation
• Recording Live Automation
• Using MIDI Controllers
• Bouncing the Mix