Logic Pro For Dummies

This one-stop source for Logic Pro insight helps you spend more time creating music Every minute you spend trying to figure out how to set up a new track or build a drum loop is a minute you don t spend creating and recording your music. This guide to the recording software favored by Mac users helps you bypass the time needed to search for tech answers and spend more time capturing sounds. Discover the full recording power of Logic Pro, starting with launching a project and recording your audio. Explore the built-in digital instruments and beat makers, augment your recording power with plug-ins, and finalize your song by editing, adding effects, mixing, mastering, and sharing. The final step is music stardom! Learn your way around the Logic Pro interface and understand the workflow Set up your project and add tracks and regions Record acoustic audio or conduct your orchestra of MIDI instruments Edit, mix, automate, export, and feel proud of your audio filesFor beginning music creators and producers, this Dummies guide makes it simple to get started with Logic Pro.

This one-stop source for Logic Pro insight helps you spend more time creating musicEvery minute you spend trying to figure out how to set up a new track or build a drum loop is a minute you don't spend creating and recording your music. This guide to the recording software favored by Mac users helps you bypass the time needed to search for tech answers and spend more time capturing sounds. Discover the full recording power of Logic Pro, starting with launching a project and recording your audio. Explore the built-in digital instruments and beat makers, augment your recording power with plug-ins, and finalize your song by editing, adding effects, mixing, mastering, and sharing. The final step is music stardom!* Learn your way around the Logic Pro interface and understand the workflow* Set up your project and add tracks and regions* Record acoustic audio or conduct your orchestra of MIDI instruments* Edit, mix, automate, export, and feel proud of your audio filesFor beginning music creators and producers, this Dummies guide makes it simple to get started with Logic Pro.

Introduction 1Part 1: Leaping into Logic Pro 5Chapter 1: Getting Logic Pro Up and Sprinting 7Chapter 2: Examining Logic Pro Projects 21Chapter 3: Exploring the Main Window and Tracks Area 37Chapter 4: Embracing Tracks and Regions 65Part 2: Digital Recording and Using Prerecorded Media 81Chapter 5: Introducing Digital Audio and MIDI 83Chapter 6: Recording Audio 97Chapter 7: Recording MIDI 111Chapter 8: Adding Media to Your Project 123Part 3: Making Music with Virtual Instruments 135Chapter 9: Making Beats with Drum and Percussion Software Instruments 137Chapter 10: Playing Virtual Vintage Instruments 163Chapter 11: Sound Design with Synths and Samplers 185Chapter 12: Conducting a Virtual Orchestra 213Part 4: Arranging and Editing Your Project 225Chapter 13: Arranging Your Music 227Chapter 14: Editing Audio Tracks 255Chapter 15: Editing MIDI Tracks 277Part 5: Mixing, Mastering, and Sharing Your Music 297Chapter 16: Mixing Your Project 299Chapter 17: Shaping Your Mix with Effects 321Chapter 18: Automating Your Mix 341Chapter 19: Mastering Your Final Track 347Chapter 20: Bouncing and Sharing Your Music 355Part 6: The Part of Tens 363Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Use an iPad with Logic Pro 365Chapter 22: Ten Tips to Speed Your Workflow 377Index 383