Logic Pro Jump Start
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3:33 Welcome to Logic Pro
Learn how to set up your audio and MIDI hardware, and dial in a few basic but important Logic Pro preferences.
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5:49 Understanding the Interface
See how new tracks are created, how to call up a sound on a software instrument track, and discover some of the basic areas of the interface that are opened and closed from the Main Window.
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4:31 Control Bar & Playhead Basics
The Control Bar is where we set the project's tempo, time, and key signature, and the Playhead indicates the current playback position. Learn how Logic Pro's Ruler works, and a few different ways to move the Playhead around.
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5:36 Getting Started with Apple Loops
Explore these pre-recorded regions and see how to sort, search, and import them into your project.
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4:58 Introduction to Drummer
Discover Logic Pro's virtual Drummer, and watch how to edit Drummer patterns, change drum kits, switch drummers and more.
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4:25 The Step Sequencer
Now explore the Step Sequencer, and see how patterns are created based on a grid of cells, and played back in a Pattern Region.
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4:01 Recording MIDI
Learn how to use the metronome click and set up a bar of count in before recording, as well as how quantizing corrects the timing of MIDI performances by moving notes to the nearest grid subdivision.
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4:21 MIDI Editing
Discover how the Piano Roll & Score editors are used to edit the position, length, timing, velocity, and pitch of MIDI notes.
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5:09 Editing the Arrangement
Learn how to loop, mute, split, resize, transpose, and copy regions in the Tracks Area.
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5:03 Recording Audio
Watch how to record live audio through a microphone, and how to loop recorded multiple takes over the same area.
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2:05 Introduction to the Marquee Tool
See how this alternate tool is used to copy, separate, play, or mute a specific range within a region.
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3:37 Mixing Your Music
Learn how to process the sound of your tracks by using plug-ins, and routing through bus sends.
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3:12 Using Automation
Discover how automation is used to change the value of a plug-in or track parameter over time, by drawing in automation control points.
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3:51 Sharing Your Music
Watch how to mix all of your tracks down to a single stereo file by using the Bounce To Disc option, as well as other ways of sharing your music directly from within Logic Pro.
Product Overview
Logic Pro expert Eli Krantzberg delivers a potent set of video tutorials designed for those who are new to Logic Pro, but want to get up and running in an hour! Learn everything you need to know to start using Logic Pro to record, edit and mix your music with these in-depth Logic Pro video tutorials. You also get Eli's Logic Pro sessions used in the videos (Logic Pro 10.6 or higher required to open) so you can follow along on your system.
•NOTE: These videos are designed to get you get going quickly with Logic Pro. If something you want to learn is not covered, please watch Logic Pro Explained® here. It is a far more comprehensive tutorial series covering many more Logic Pro features, functions and topics.
Eli greets you and starts with how to set up your audio and MIDI hardware, and then dial in a few basic but important Logic Pro preferences. Next you'll see how new tracks are created, how to call up a sound on a software instrument track, and discover some of the basic areas of the interface that are opened and closed from within the Main Window.
Control Bar & Playhead basics are next, and you'll see where you can set the project’s tempo, time, and key signature, as well as how the Playhead indicates the current playback position of your song. You'll also see how Logic Pro’s Ruler works, a few different ways to move the Playhead around, and how to start using Logic Pro's powerful Apple Loops feature to easily start making beats and productions.
Throughout the rest of the videos Eli teaches you important topics like how to use Logic Pro’s virtual Drummer, the Step Sequencer, record and edit both MIDI and audio, edit your arrangement, use the powerful Marquee Tool, automate and mix your music, and even how to export it to share with the world. To see what these comprehensive Logic Pro video tutorials show you, and how they'll get you up and running with Logic Pro fast, see the individual Logic Pro tutorial descriptions on this page. Learn Logic Pro from who our customers say is the "best Logic instructor out there" and start using and making music with Logic Pro in an hour today... Watch "Logic Pro Jump Start" now.
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Reviews
Submitted 2 weeks ago
Horrible instructor and may as well be a GarageBand tutorial
...and his voice bugs too
I am a: Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Pro Tools
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Submitted 2 weeks ago
Well done Quick guide to Logic X
This is a well done Quick guide to Logic X. I'm impressed with how much was covered in concise vids. One of my pet peeves are vids that go on forever blabbing and not getting to the point. HE gets to the point, and goes over it at the end, makes course material available. Bravo.
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Submitted 1 month ago
Very concise and jam packed full of the essentials
Really got me up to speed quickly
I am a: Semi-Pro
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Submitted 1 month ago
My personal guru
I have been using Logic Pro since version 9. I found some pretty good tutorials for Logic 9 on Lynda,com. But when I got into LPX I needed better. Eli and Groove 3 came through for me. I have listened to nearly every one of his tutorials and learned something every time. I didn't really think this would hold much for me since it is a starter, but I viewed it during lunch and wouldn't you know it! I got a couple of tips that will be fun to explore. Thanks again Eli. I feel like I have hired you to personally tutor me. Here is a tip for other students like me. Get the yearly all access pass if you enjoy learning. It is my Christmas present to myself every year and one of the best gifts ever.
I am a: Professional, Musician, Audio Engineer, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Studio One
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Submitted 1 month ago
Excellent series
A great intro to the basics of Logic.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Logic Pro, Reaper
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Submitted 1 month ago
Very helpful !
Good way to easily learn how to navigate the Logic interface and tools.
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Logic Pro
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Submitted 1 month ago
Very Helpful ,a great way to start
If you have two computers is best , listen watch and do each Idea ,
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Submitted 1 month ago
nice video
helpful for a beginner
I am a: Semi-Pro, Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Mastering Facility, Logic Pro, Pro Tools
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 1 month ago
No fluff!
The presenter is very clear, and the pacing is great. Although I’m an advanced user, I picked up quite a few new items, or alternate ways of doing things. This short series is truly a jump start.
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Submitted 1 month ago
A Good Refresher
I've been using Logic Pro for quite a well. This series was a good refresher to learn a couple tips I'd probably forgotten about. I'll probably go back and watch some of the more advanced series on Logic Pro.
I am a: Semi-Pro
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Reviews
Submitted 2 weeks ago
Horrible instructor and may as well be a GarageBand tutorial
...and his voice bugs too
I am a: Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Pro Tools
Response from :
Submitted 2 weeks ago
Well done Quick guide to Logic X
This is a well done Quick guide to Logic X. I'm impressed with how much was covered in concise vids. One of my pet peeves are vids that go on forever blabbing and not getting to the point. HE gets to the point, and goes over it at the end, makes course material available. Bravo.
Submitted 1 month ago
Very concise and jam packed full of the essentials
Really got me up to speed quickly
I am a: Semi-Pro
Submitted 1 month ago
My personal guru
I have been using Logic Pro since version 9. I found some pretty good tutorials for Logic 9 on Lynda,com. But when I got into LPX I needed better. Eli and Groove 3 came through for me. I have listened to nearly every one of his tutorials and learned something every time. I didn't really think this would hold much for me since it is a starter, but I viewed it during lunch and wouldn't you know it! I got a couple of tips that will be fun to explore. Thanks again Eli. I feel like I have hired you to personally tutor me. Here is a tip for other students like me. Get the yearly all access pass if you enjoy learning. It is my Christmas present to myself every year and one of the best gifts ever.
I am a: Professional, Musician, Audio Engineer, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Studio One
Submitted 1 month ago
Excellent series
A great intro to the basics of Logic.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Logic Pro, Reaper
Submitted 1 month ago
Very helpful !
Good way to easily learn how to navigate the Logic interface and tools.
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Logic Pro
Submitted 1 month ago
Very Helpful ,a great way to start
If you have two computers is best , listen watch and do each Idea ,
Submitted 1 month ago
nice video
helpful for a beginner
I am a: Semi-Pro, Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Mastering Facility, Logic Pro, Pro Tools
Submitted 1 month ago
No fluff!
The presenter is very clear, and the pacing is great. Although I’m an advanced user, I picked up quite a few new items, or alternate ways of doing things. This short series is truly a jump start.
Submitted 1 month ago
A Good Refresher
I've been using Logic Pro for quite a well. This series was a good refresher to learn a couple tips I'd probably forgotten about. I'll probably go back and watch some of the more advanced series on Logic Pro.
I am a: Semi-Pro
1. When did you start dabbling in music?
I started playing drums in high school at age fourteen. Like most kids my age around then, I was into progressive rock. Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Yes. They rocked my world. A few short years later though, my musical life changed. While studying music in college I discovered Charlie Parker, Milt Jackson, Sonny Stitt, and John Coltrane. Milt Jackson spoke to me in such a profound way that it left me no choice but to take up vibraphone.
These great players, along with drummers like Philly Joe Jones, Max Roach, Art Blakey, and Elvin Jones changed not only the way I thought about drumming, but also music - and by extension, life - as a whole. I realized life was meant to be a creative endeavor. The idea of improvising based on a loose set of guidelines and rules permeated into my psyche even when I wasn't holding a pair of drumsticks or mallets. But if I am going to be perfectly truthful, I have to hold Henry Miller and Woody Allen equally responsible for shaping the way I view and experience the world around me.
2. What training have you had?
I am currently an Apple certified Logic Pro. Young and cocky, and armed with only a partial University degree, I dropped out of school and began playing steady commercial hotel engagements and jazz gigs when I could. This went on for many years until I decided it was time to complete my degree - which I ultimately did with a major in Political Science and a minor in music.
It was at this point that I formed my current band Nightshift. We are going in to our twenty third year now - playing commercial one nighters like weddings, corporate events, etc. Don't turn your nose up at it though - it has allowed me a wonderful quality of life. It gave me the freedom to go back to school and complete a post graduate degree in Communications Studies - all the while supporting myself by playing weddings.
3. When did you get into recording?
It was in this graduate program - in the early nineties - that I found myself drawn to the fledgling emerging universe of hard disc recording and midi sequencing. Based on nothing more than the recommendation of one of my band mates who had an old Atari, I jumped in head first and bought a Mac LC ll, along with a version 1.1 of what was then Notator Logic. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. But, in hindsight, it was a decision of epic importance in my life - shaping my future as much as the music of Milt Jackson and Charlie Parker did fifteen years prior.
I opened up my own commercial home studio in 1998 and began doing a variety of projects, working on radio jingles, artist CD projects, and whatever came my way. A couple of years later a colleague called me up - desperate. He was working at a post production house and one of the editors had just quit. They were doing audio post for a weekly TV series and needed a Pro Tools editor - and fast! And so, once again, I jumped in head first into what would ultimately open up my world even more - the world of Pro Tools.
4. People you have worked with/for?
Focusing on Logic, I built up a small but loyal client base and my phone kept ringing for Logic tech support and instruction. Film composers and studio owners all over the city were calling me. Even the music stores were giving out my phone number at this point! This kind of stuff becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. The more of it you do, the more calls you get to keep doing it. At least that's the way it should be!
As my Logic chops kept growing, I was hired by an old buddy of mine, Len Sasso, who was then an associate editor at Electronic Musician magazine, and began writing some columns for them. I had a blast doing them - and really learned to focus and express my thoughts in a concise and clear manner. This lead to a collaboration with LA based composer Terry Michael Huud on the 2006 film called Civic Duty - which was certainly one of the highlights of my professional life as a composer.
5. Why are you so good at training people?
I wake up every day excited to boot up, and create. Whether it's instructional videos, creating music, working with a studio client, performing with my band, or teaching at the schools - my days are filled with what I love doing. Enriched by the stimulation and creative freedom this modern music making software brings to my life. I bring that excitement and passion to each and every training product I create. My years of experience both using and teaching these programs has taught me the best way to make the user comfortable with these complex programs.
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