Course Content
Make Music with Logic
- Opening Logic
- Exploring the Interface
- Starting a Project with Apple Loops
- Navigating the Project
- Building an Arrangement
- Mixing the Song
- Exporting the Mix
Recording Audio
- Setting Up Digital Audio Recording Settings
- Recording a Single Track
- Recording Additional Takes
- Recording Multiple Tracks
- Punching In and Out (On the Fly and Automatic)
- Changing Recording and Metronome Settings
Editing Audio
- Comping Takes
- Assigning Mouse Tools
- Editing Audio Regions in the Arrange Area
- Deleting Unused Audio Files
- Manipulating the Waveform with the Flex Tool
- Editing Audio Destructively in the Sample Editor
Recording MIDI
- Quantizing MIDI Recordings
- Merging Recordings into a MIDI Region,
- Recording MIDI Takes
- Using Punch Recording
- Using Step Input Recording
- Filtering Incoming MIDI Events
Programming and Editing MIDI
- Programming in the Piano Roll Editor
- Editing a MIDI Recording
- Using the Score Editor
- Editing Notes with a MIDI Keyboard
- Editing Note Velocity Using Hyper Draw
- Editing MIDI Continuous Controller Events
- Editing in the Event List
Programming Drums
- Programming a Drum Pattern in Ultrabeat
- Changing the Groove in the MIDI Editors
- Creating a Snare Roll Using the Hyper Editor
- Converting a MIDI Sequence into an Audio Region
- Converting an Audio Region into a Sampler Instrument Track
Manipulating Tempo and Time Stretching
- Matching the Project Tempo to an Audio Region's Tempo
- Inserting Tempo Changes and Curves
- Creating Apple Loops
- Changing the Playback Pitch and Speed with Varispeed
- Time Stretching and Tempo Matching with Flex Time Editing
- Creating a Turntable or Tape Slowdown Effect
Arranging and Preparing for the Mix
- Previewing the Song
- Using Existing Material to Fill in Parts
- Adding and Deleting Sections
- Muting Elements
- Cleaning Up Noisy Recordings
Mixing
- Previewing the Final Mix
- Using the Amp Designer
- Using the Pedalboard
- Choosing Pan Positions
- Choosing EQ Settings
- Using Delay and Reverberation
- Using Dynamic Processing Plug-Ins
- Tips and Tricks
Automating the Mix and Using Control Surfaces
- Creating and Editing Offline Automation
- Recording Live Automation
- Using Control Surfaces
- Exporting the Mix
Troubleshooting and Optimization
- Making Backups
- Solving Audio and MIDI Routing Problems
- Optimizing Hardware Performance
- Addressing Unexpected Behaviors