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