Logic Pro X Jump Start (Legacy)
Apple Logic Certified Pro Eli Krantzberg is back and this time his Logic motor is revving! Eli takes you from never using Logic Pro X, to recording tracks, all the way to mixing and sharing your first project in 60 minutes. This is great for those who want the "crash course" in Logic Pro X or have other DAW knowledge and just want to see how it's done in Logic Pro X.
Videos
• Introduction (01:23) - Welcome to Logic! The goal of these videos is to focus on the basics, and get you up and running with Logic quickly and easily. Be sure to download the accompanying support files. Use the projects that accompany each video to experiment and practice on your own.
• Main Window Overview (07:22) - Get a bird's eye view of how Logic is laid out as you learn about the different areas of the main workspace, how to access them, and what they are used for.
• Controlling Playback (05:15) - Learn how to position the playhead, start and stop playback, and loop an area over and over repeatedly.
• Starting a Project (04:28) - Learn how to use the Project Chooser to start a new project based either on a template or an empty project, and how to set the project's tempo, time signature, key, and basic audio routing.
• Recording MIDI (03:33) - Watch as the metronome and countoff are enabled and a MIDI region is recorded using Logic's Musical Typing feature that allows the computer's own keyboard to be used to enter notes.
• The Piano Roll Editor (06:49) - Watch as the Piano Roll Editor is used to correct the timing of the performance, as well as create, move, copy, resize, and transpose MIDI notes.
• The Drummer (04:08) - See how Logic's Drummer Track is used to automatically generate a drum part, and how to control the part's complexity and intensity.
• Smart Controls (03:22) - Discover how easy, and fun, it is to tweak the sound of a track using the Smart Controls panel while the project is playing.
• Audio Recording (05:04) - Learn to create and set up a new track to record live audio.
• The Audio Track Editor (04:56) - See how the Audio Track Editor is used to audition, trim, split, and join audio regions, and how to get started using Flex Editing to edit the audio's timing.
• Using Apple Loops (03:24) - Learn how to search, sort, audition, and add Apple Loops to your project.
• Building an Arrangement (05:09) - Discover various ways of selecting, copying, looping, splitting, and muting regions in the Tracks Areas.
• Mixing the Project (06:05) - Learn how to balance the volume and pan positions between the various channel strips in your projects, how to mute, change, and add effects processing plug-ins to alter the sound of your tracks, and how to boost the level of your entire mix with one plug-in.
• Sharing Your Music (02:59) - Learn how to render your tracks down to a single file that can be accessed and shared with your other devices via iTunes.