Apple Logic Pro Basics: Expert Advice, Made Easy

by Rusty Cutchin, Ronan Macdonald (Foreword by)

Overview

Apple Logic Pro Basics is the essential guide fir those who want to learn the basics of Logic Pro. With clear, practical tips on arranging, mixing and recording you'll be enhancing your music in no time. You'll learn how to make the most of Logic Pro with inside tips and tricks from an expert and clear and practical step-by-step guides. This handy book will give any beginner everything they need to know to get started with making the very most of their music.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783614004
Publisher:	Flame Tree Publishing
Publication date:	05/04/2015
Series:	Everyday Guides Made Easy
Edition description:	New
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.75(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Rusty Cutchin is a musician, recording engineer, producer and journalist. As a journalist he has been technical editor of Guitar One, associate editor of Electronic Musician and editor-in-chief of Home Recording Magazine. As a recording engineer he has worked on records by artists including Mariah Carey, Richie Sambora and Yoko Ono. He has been a consulting editor and contributor to several Flame Tree books.

Ronan Macdonald has worked as a technical music journalist since 1989. He has written features and reviews as a freelance contributor to a plethora of magazines, including Future Music, The Mix, Hip-Hop Connection and Guitarist. He has also occupied the editor’s chair on Rhythm, the UK’s leading drummer magazine, and currently edits Computer Music, the world’s only dedicated music software magazine.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword 5

Introduction 6

All about Logic Pro: Get started with a guide through the process of setting up Logic Pro on your Mac 8

Recording with Logic pro: Explore the many ways of getting music into Logic Pro, including recording your own audio and MIDI tracks with external hardware and using the internal instruments and loops that come with the program 30

Arranging and Editing with Logic Pro: Learn about the wide range of tools available for processing and shaping your sound, editing your MIDI and audio tracks, adding video, and preparing the tracks for mixing 62

<$$$> Add the right effects and adjust the levels with Logic Pro's tools, using Logic's extensive tools to make your final mix the best it can be 88

Finishing and Sharing your Logic Pro Work: Finalize your mix with the essential touches and get your track out to the world 118

Useful Websites and Further Reading 126

Index 127