Logic Pro X: Producing Electronic Music
Logic Pro X wiz Larry Holcombe presents in-depth Logic Pro X 10.5 production video tutorials! Watch how to produce an entire electronic music track from scratch using Logic Pro X 10.5, and its newly added features. These videos are for those who already know Logic Pro X 10.5, but want to see it in use when making an electronic music production. The extra samples used in the videos are also included via the course extras link.
Videos
• Introduction & Vocal Playthrough (03:16) - Larry welcomes you and gives an introduction to the series and an overview of the content that will be covered, as well as a play-through of the vocal, so you know what the track will be based around.
• Channel Strip Settings to Process the Vocals (08:27) - See how to take a vocal channel strip preset from Logic Pro X and adjust it so you have a solid vocal sound to start from. Also see how the Bounce Tracks In Place feature is used to print these effects while maintaining your track structure.
• The Kick (06:18) - Next up, Larry designs a kick drum in the brand new Logic Pro X Drum Synth. Discover how to tweak the tone, saturation, sweep and decay parameters, tailoring the kick drum sound to the track. He then demonstrates how to create a basic EQ curve to focus the kick better sonically.
• Sequencing the Groove (10:22) - In this video, dive into Logic's new Sequencer, starting with an electronic drum kit preset, creating a pattern, and then replacing some of the sounds to tailor them to the track. Larry then shows you how to alter some of the pattern attributes, making the groove more interesting, including adding a snare roll using the note repeat option.
• 90's Organ Patch Sound Design (05:56) - Watch as a 90s style organ patch is created with Logic's ES2 using a perfect fifth tuning, and layering oscillators and saturation effects. A drop melody is then recorded, to use later in the track's development.
• Quick Sampling the Organ Patch (13:21) - Discover how to create old school vibes by sampling the organ patch and playing it with the brand new Quick Sampler virtual instrument in Logic Pro X. The ES2 organ patch is resampled and replayed using the melody from the previous video. This sound is then processed through the Channel EQ, Bitcrusher and Overdrive. Finally, rhythmic reverb is added with Chromaverb.
• Adding Chords to the Track (10:14) - It's now time to add chords to the arrangement, which is achieved by using a combination of the Chord Trigger and Transposer from Logic's MIDI FX, which control a basic piano patch from the Sampler. Finally, Larry re-samples one chord from the lick and again triggers this through the Quick Sampler.
• Adding Bass to the Track (07:46) - See how a bassline is added to the track using the Sequencer's Learn option, which adds a baseline using Logic channel strip bass presets.
• Adding a Vintage Break (07:23) - In this video, Larry takes an amazing vintage break Apple Loop and chops it up using the Quick Sampler?s optimized option. This allows you to make a drum edit alternative and also shorten the envelope to create a choppy variation.
• Live Loops Pt. 1 (07:59) - The brand new Live Loops workflow is demonstrated, and Larry populates the Live Loops view with sounds he already created in Tracks view, which are ready for scene generation and your Live Loops jam.
• Live Loops Pt. 2 (10:21) - Discover how to move cells around, record directly into a cell, and also add Apple Loops. Larry also tweaks some cell settings on the vocal parts to make sure they loop correctly.
• Live Loops Pt. 3 (11:40) - In this video, Larry demonstrates how to move and duplicate scenes, and generally tweak your Live Loops configuration to be ready to jam out a live arrangement.
• Live Loops Pt. 4 (07:09) - Larry performs a live arrangement jam with Live Loops, triggering scenes to create an outline which will then appear back in tracks view, so you can further tweak things and add arrangement FX.
• Final Arrangement Tweaks (14:48) - Wrapping it up, Larry adds some arrangement FX presets from Logic?s library, to better punctuate the track and arrange the vocals. He also adds some basic effects to the vocals to give them more space.