Logic Pro: Quick Start for Songwriters
If you’re a songwriter ready to start recording your songs in Logic Pro, this Logic Pro video course is designed to get you up and running quickly with all the essentials you need. In Logic Pro: Quick Start for Songwriters, Logic Pro guru Stephen O’Connell takes you step by step through the most important tools and workflows, ensuring you can focus on writing and producing music right away instead of getting bogged down in technical details. These Logic Pro videos are designed for new Logic Pro users.
Videos
• Introduction to the Course (06:40) - Welcome to this quick start guide to Logic Pro for songwriters! In this first video, we'll cover what you need to know about the course as well as a few basic settings to turn on in Logic Pro so you're set up for the rest of the course.
• Tour of the User Interface (14:33) - In this first dive into Logic Pro, you'll get the opportunity to see Logic Pro in action and discover how it's laid out. Firstly, you'll tour the interface and discover how the different left, bottom, and right panels integrate into the main window to give you further options. You'll then see the track workspace in action, using loops from the Apple Loops panel to start building a mini song. Finally, you'll check out the top tool bar and see how to set it to your liking.
• Exploring the Different Mouse Modes (09:14) - Now that you know how Logic Pro is laid out, it's time to see how the tools you can use in Logic Pro are mapped to powerful mouse and keyboard combinations. Find out how the primary and secondary tools work, how they change depending on the panel, and how to even add a third tool option.
• Recording an Audio Track (14:10) - It's time to record your first track in Logic Pro! In this video, you'll discover how to monitor, arm, and record your audio tracks as well as record multiple takes for the best compilation and add effects to make your audio sound even better.
• Recording a Software Instrument Track (12:00) - With audio tracks under the belt, now it's time to check out software instrument tracks. In this video, you'll see how MIDI is utilized to play back software instruments of all kinds in Logic Pro. With the incredibly versatility of MIDI, you'll even be able to change your tracks after you've recorded them - a huge time saver.
• Quantizing Your Audio & Software Instrument Tracks (12:23) - Getting everything locked in and in time is important. In this video, you'll see some powerful tools Logic Pro has to tighten the groove in your tracks. Quantization for both audio and MIDI is possible, so check out just how quickly you can fix up those timing issues.
• Using the Session Players (14:35) - Not every studio session needs the full band together. With Logic Pro's Session Players, you can add in drums, bass, and keys automatically, generating awesome riffs and grooves with just a few clicks. Session Players gives you loads of styles and sounds to experiment with as well as full control over how your tracks sound, with detailed fine tuning available to really make it your own.
• Audio Signal Flow in Logic Pro (12:25) - Knowing how your audio travels through Logic Pro can really unlock some helpful processing options, such as applying reverb to all tracks with just one reverb plugin. In this video, we explore how to create buses, aux tracks, and track stacks for convenient and powerful mixing and organizational options.
• Tweaking the Controls with Automation (08:09) - Providing the final magic, automation allows you to create variation over time, adjusting all kinds of controls in a hands-free way. In this video, we explore some basic examples that'll allow you to follow your creativity wherever it may lead.
• Bouncing Your Track (08:33) - You've reached the end, and you need to export your track to send to friends, mix/master engineers, or straight to Spotify. In this final video, you'll see how quick and easy it is to bounce your track to an audio file and share it with others.