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Logic 101: An Introduction to Logic Express 8 and Logic Pro 8
Everything you need to create, record, and perform your music

This three-day course delivers hard-to-find advanced editing and finishing techniques. Learn how to create polished transitions, fix screen direction errors, edit multi-camera projects, work with nested sequences, create fantastic effects, use filters creatively, color-correct your video, and composite like a pro. This course also covers Soundtrack Pro, managing clips and media, and working with film.

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Courses Available: Logic 101 | Logic 301
Course Outline – Day 1


Making Music with Logic

  1. Launching Logic
  2. Exploring the Interface
  3. Navigating the Song
  4. Zooming
  5. Previewing and Using Loops
  6. Building an Arrangement
  7. Mixing, and Exporting the Mix

Recording Audio

  1. Digital Audio Recording Settings
  2. Recording a Single Instrument
  3. Recording Additional Takes
  4. Recording Takes in Cycle Mode
  5. Recording Multiple Tracks
  6. Recording Additional Takes on Multiple Tracks
  7. Punching In and Out (Auto and On the Fly)
  8. Adjusting Recording Settings
  9. Adjusting Metronome Settings

Editing Audio

  1. Deleting Unused Audio Files
  2. Importing Audio Files with the Browser
  3. Comping Takes
  4. Flatten Take Folder
  5. Using Fades and Crossfades
  6. Resizing an Audio Region
  7. Moving an Edit Point
  8. Cleaning a Noisy Take
  9. Using the Sample Editor

Recording MIDI

  1. Using Software Instruments
  2. Quantizing a Recording
  3. Using External MIDI Hardware
  4. Merging New Recordings
  5. Recording Additional Takes
  6. Layering Instruments
  7. Splitting a Keyboard to Control Two Instruments

Editing and Programming MIDI

  1. Importing MIDI Files
  2. Editing in the Piano Roll Editor
  3. Editing in the Score Editor
  4. Editing in the Hyper Editor
  5. Editing MIDI Continuous Controller Events
  6. Cleaning a MIDI Recording



Course Outline – Day 2


Programming Drums
  1. Programming a Drum Beat
  2. Editing Velocity and Accents
  3. Humanizing a Pattern
  4. Creating a Snare Roll

Manipulating Tempo and Time Stretching

  1. Adjusting a Song’s Tempo to a Loop
  2. Adjusting a Loop’s Tempo to a Song
  3. Tempo Changes and Curves
  4. Time-stretching Audio
  5. Time-stretching MIDI
  6. Using Apple Loops
  7. Creating Blue and Green Apple Loops
  8. Adding Apple Loops to a Lop Browser
  9. Using the Follow Tempo Function

Arranging the Song

  1. Using the Grid
  2. Inserting Time Signature Changes
  3. Using the Catch Function
  4. Using the Skip Cycle Mode
  5. Cutting Region
  6. Repeating Sections
  7. Using Aliases to Build an Arrangement

Mixing

  1. Preparing for Mixing
  2. Using the Mixer
  3. Individual Channel Strips for Ultrabeat
  4. Using the Library
  5. Using Plug-ins
  6. Using Buses
  7. Reading the Meters
  8. Exporting Your Mix
  9. Burning a CD
  10. Exporting Individual Tracks

Automating the Mix and Using Control Surfaces

  1. Region- vs. Track-based Automation
  2. Writing and Editing Offline Automation
  3. Recording Online Automation
  4. Using External Controllers



Course Outline – Day 3


Scoring Movies
  1. Basic Settings
  2. Importing a Movie File
  3. Detecting Scene Cuts
  4. Manipulating the Grid
  5. Exporting your Movie Soundtrack

Troubleshooting Logic

  1. Getting Sound Out and In
  2. Getting MIDI Out and In
  3. Recovering Deleted Audio or MIDI Regions
  4. Reading the System Performance Meter
  5. Basic Computer Maintenance Steps
  6. Adding Third Party Plug-ins


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