joe pearce ~ guide to logic

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Brief Guide to Logic Express

A GUIDE

TO LOGIC EXPRESS 9


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MAIN USEFUL POINTS OF LOGIC

How to firstly Open a new project, save said project and then bounce the file

to an openly useable extension such as MP3.

Starting with explanations of the tools on Logic which can be very helpful forquickly editing your tracks.

Explaining the arrangement area on Logic so you know how it works

Using the Library to find the MIDI instruments you want/need


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OPENING A NEW PROJECT

2. Click Empty Project1. Click New


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Click Audio to record Audio,

Software Instrument for Midi recording

And External Midi is for using real synthesizers

With Logic.

Standard settings for Format, Input and Output will be correct.


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HOW TO SAVE YOUR TRACK


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Make sure to check Include Assets and Copy External audio files to project folder

Also, checking the other boxes may be helpful but will increase the project file size.

Type a name for your project

Select where to save it on your HDD


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BOUNCE YOUR LOGIC FILE

To Bounce your file first select Bounce from the drop down menu and then select

Which destination youd like your file to be, I chose MP3 in this example.

Logic should already have the default settings which should be fine.


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TOOLS OF LOGICPointer Tool The mouse what allows you to click

and drag like a normal cursor.

Pencil Tool Allows you to draw in notes into the Piano roll

without using a Midi keyboard to play them in.

Eraser Tool Easily delete the notes in the Piano roll

you dont want.

Text Tool Easily change the names on the DAW.

Scissor Tool Zoom in and cut apart audio tracks

what youve either recorded with Microphones

or just cut apart the loops what youve placed onto a track.

Glue Tool Glue back together two separate

parts of audio on a track.


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Solo Tool Solo an individual track so you can hear it playing solo.

Mute Tool Mute an individual note on Piano Roll or mute a full track so you

cant hear it being played with everything else.

Zoom Tool Use this to zoom in on a particular part of the track you wish to edit.

Fade Tool The fade tool allows you to add fade to the beginning or end of an

audio track such as recorded vocals or loops.

Automation Select Tool Allows you to easily select a certain node of

Automation (Volume fading, Panning, write controls etc.)

Automation Curve Tool If youve wrote in some automation data such as

Volume fading it is easier to make it sound natural with the Automation Curve

tool.

Marquee Tool The Marquee tool allows you to do multiple things a lot easier.

For example you can click and drag to select regions of multiple tracks and mute

them all at once or play only that part instead of adding a loop.

Flex Tool The flex tool is used to flex the timing on recorded audio and change

the rhythm easily, also easy to re-time a real recorded instrument to the tempo

which you would like.


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Logic Instruments

Media ButtonInspector Button Automation Button

Clicking the Inspector button opens this

Library button to get onto

Arrangement Area

(White Frame is whats selected)

Transport Bar Editor Buttons

Tempo Display


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LOGIC INSTRUMENT LIBRARY

1. Click on Media (Top Right)

2. Select Library

3. Choose which class of instruments

you want to use

4.

Plug in your MIDI instrument or use

an on screen keyboard


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COLOURING REGIONS

By selecting Colours you can change the colour of your

recorded regions allowing for easier acknowledgement of

tracks


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Tracks and Regions on the Logic Arrangement Area

The Audio track is a strip on the logic arrangement area where

You can playback, record and edit your audio regions.

An Audio region is a rectangular shape box which sits on the Audio track strip, itcan be edited on the fly and its start and stop points coincide with

The actual file it is associated with.

Software Instrument tracks are lanes in the arrangement area where you canplayback, recording and edit the MIDI sections which are from the built-in

Software instruments.

MIDI regions are rectangular shaped blocks which sit on the software instrument

track lanes. These contain MIDI events which are individual notes or MIDIcommands. MIDI Keyboards are most of the time the easiest way to make these.


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LOGIC ARRANGEMENT AREA DETAILS

Starting from bottom left is:

Go to beginning button

Play from selection button

Rewind button

Fast forward button

Stop button

Play button

Pause button Lastly is the Record button


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This is the Tempo bar which tells you everything you need to know about the

Tempo and position of the play head.

Starting from bottom left:

Play head indicator, depends where your play head is which alters this Left and Right indicator

Tempo dictator, which you can change on the fly to speed up or slow down

your recorded MIDI information

Denominator and Division

Input & Output indicator

CPU & HDD usage bar


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From left to right:

Low Latency mode Cycle button which lets you turn on/off the Loop cycle

Autopunch which allows you to overwrite part of a recording

Replace Button

Solo Button allows you to solo a highlighted region

Click/Metronome


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Instrument

Effects

Audio Region

MIDI Region

Play HeadBar Ruler


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Click the greyed out area to

turn the cycle on/off

The loop cycle will be between these regions

Which you can elongate to fine tune where

You want your cycle to start and finish


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LOOPING

LoopPointer

Click and drag the Loop Pointer to repeat the MIDI region you have played in.


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Having Loop checked in the Region Parameter Box

will Loop an audio track until the project end

Which by default is set at 130.


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INSPECTOR EXPLAINED

Effects Insert slot

Channel EQ

Instrument Slot

Panning and Balance

Volume Fader

Mute & Solo Control

The controls on the right side

which are greyed out are for the

Master Mix

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