Logic Pro X For Dummies

Spend less time learning and more time recording

Logic Pro X offers Mac users the tools and power they need to create recordings ready to share with the world. This book provides the know-how for navigating the interface, tweaking the settings, picking the sounds, and all the other tech tasks that get in the way of capturing the perfect take.

Written by a Logic Pro X trainer who's used the software to further his own music career, Logic Pro X For Dummies cuts back on the time needed to learn the software and allows for more time making amazing recordings.

• Record live sound sources or built-in virtual instruments

• Arrange your tracks to edit, mix, and master

• Discover tips to speed the process and record on an iPad

• Make sense of the latest software updates

A favorite among Logic Pro X beginners, this book is updated to reflect the ongoing changes added to enhance Logic Pro X's recording power.

Autorentext

Graham English is a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, jazz-trained keyboard player, and audio expert. When he's not sharing the stage with rock and jazz greats, he trains and coaches creative professionals at Logic Studio Training and creates online training materials for aspiring songwriters at speedsongwriting.com.

Klappentext

• Record your tracks then edit, mix, and master them
• Record live sound sources or built-in virtual instruments

• Discover tips to record tracks on an iPad® Logic Pro® X Dive into recording with Logic Pro X Think of all the hours you've spent learning to play a musical instrument or honing your songwriting skills. This book lets you fast-forward past hours of recording lessons and get right to sharing your sounds with the world. Logic Pro X For Dummies offers simple instructions and shortcuts you can use to put this popular recording software to work. Need to record podcasts, voice-overs, or narration? Logic Pro makes that easy too! Learn to navigate the interface, adjust settings, choose sounds, and manage all your other technical tasks. Inside

• Set up and navigate Logic Pro
• Work with project templates
• Find your way around tracks
• Explore digital audio and MIDI
• Establish a workflow
• Play with virtual instruments
• Arrange and edit your music
• Mix, master, and share sounds

Zusammenfassung
Spend less time learning and more time recording

Logic Pro X offers Mac users the tools and power they need to create recordings ready to share with the world. This book provides the know-how for navigating the interface, tweaking the settings, picking the sounds, and all the other tech tasks that get in the way of capturing the perfect take.

Written by a Logic Pro X trainer who's used the software to further his own music career, Logic Pro X For Dummies cuts back on the time needed to learn the software and allows for more time making amazing recordings.

• Record live sound sources or built-in virtual instruments
• Arrange your tracks to edit, mix, and master
• Discover tips to speed the process and record on an iPad
• Make sense of the latest software updates
  A favorite among Logic Pro X beginners, this book is updated to reflect the ongoing changes added to enhance Logic Pro X's recording power.

Inhalt

Introduction 1

About This Book 1

Foolish Assumptions 2

Icons Used in This Book 2

Beyond the Book 3

Where to Go from Here 3

Part 1: Leaping into Logic Pro X 5

Chapter 1: Getting Logic Pro Up and Sprinting 7

Embracing Logic Pro 8

Transitioning from Other Software 9

Creating with Logic Pro 10

Thinking like a pro 10

Planning your creative process 10

Getting to the finish line 12

Connecting Your Logic Pro Studio 13

Setting up your computer 14

Connecting your hardware 15

Building common setups 16

Chapter 2: Examining Logic Pro Projects 19

Starting Your Project 20

Opening a project 21

Saving a project 22

Closing a project 23

Naming and renaming a project 23

Augmenting Your Project 24

Saving time with project templates 24

Autosave your hard work 24

Recover from problems with project backups 25

Create options with project alternatives 25

Customizing Your Project Settings 26

Import settings and content from other projects 28

Export your project for collaboration 30

Tidying Up Your Project 32

Chapter 3: Exploring the Main Window and Tracks Area 35

Navigating Logic Pro 35

Getting comfortable in the main window 36

Working in the tracks area 36

Controlling the control bar 39

Polishing in the editors area 42

Investigating the inspector 43

Taking Inventory of Your Track List 44

Make headway with track headers 44

Make it pretty with track colors 46

Zooming Tracks 47

Your Logic Pro Toolbox 48

Keeping It Simple with Smart Controls 51

Opening smart controls 51

Editing smart control layouts 53

Manually mapping smart controls 53

Editing smart control parameters 55

Controlling the controls with your controller 56

Navigating with Key Commands 57

Saving Workspaces with Screensets 60

Chapter 4: Embracing Tracks and Regions 63

Knowing Your Track Types 64

Audio track 64

Software instrument track 65

Drummer track 65

External MIDI track 66

Track stacks 67

Folder track 68

Around the Global Tracks 69

Sorting and Hiding Tracks 71

Creating Options with Track Alternatives 72

Knowing the Region Types 72

Audio region 73

MIDI region 73

Drummer region 74

Editing Regions 74

Dragging, moving, and resizing regions 74

Splitting, joining, and deleting regions 76

Snapping regions to a grid 77

Looping and copying regions 77

Part 2: Digital Recording and Using Prerecorded Media 79

Chapter 5: Introduction to Digital Audio and MIDI 81

Understanding Digital Audio 81

Acoustics 101 82

Set your sample rate 83

Determine your bit depth 84

Choosing audio file types 85

Connecting Your Audio Devices 86

Choosing your input and output device 86

Setting your I/O buffer size and reducing latency 87

Monitoring signals through your hardware or software 88

Exploring audio preferences 89

Understanding MIDI 91

Sending MIDI messages 92

Changing MIDI channels 92

Connecting Your MIDI Devices 93

Connecting MIDI controllers 93

Connecting external instruments 93

Exploring MIDI preferences 93 Chapter 6: Recording Audio **95</b&...