Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro X: Professional Music Production

Table of contents

1. Title Page
2. Copyright Page
3. Acknowledgments
4. Contents at a Glance
5. Table of Contents
6. Getting Started
   1. The Methodology
   2. System Requirements
   3. Preparing Your Logic Workstation
   4. About the Apple Pro Training Series
   5. Apple Pro Certification Program
   6. Resources
7. Exploring the Interface and Working with Real Instruments
   1. Lesson 1. Make Music with Logic Now!
      1. Creating a Logic Pro X Project
      2. Exploring the Interface
      3. Navigating the Project
      4. Build Up the Arrangement
      5. Mixing the Song
      6. Mixing Down to a Stereo File
      7. Lesson Review
   2. Lesson 2. Recording Audio
      1. Setting Up Digital Audio Recording
      2. Recording a Single Track
      3. Recording Additional Takes
      4. Punching In and Out
      5. Changing Recording Settings
      6. Deleting Unused Audio Files
      7. Lesson Review
   3. Lesson 3. Editing Audio
      1. Assigning Mouse Tools
      2. Editing Regions in the Workspace
      3. Comping Takes
      4. Adding Fades and Crossfades
      5. Editing Regions in the Audio Track Editor
      6. Editing Files in the Audio File Editor
      7. Aligning Audio
      8. Lesson Review
8. Working with Virtual Instruments
   1. Lesson 4. Produce a Virtual Drum Track
      1. Creating a Drummer Track
      2. Arranging the Drum Track
      3. Customizing the Drum Kit
      4. Lesson Review
   2. Lesson 5. Recording MIDI and Using Controllers
      1. Using a Patch from the Library
      2. Recording MIDI
      3. Correcting the Timing of a MIDI Recording
      4. Joining Recordings into a MIDI Region
      5. Recording MIDI Takes
      6. Punching In and Out
      7. Creating a Layered Sound Patch
      8. Creating a Split Keyboard Patch
      9. Mapping Smart Controls to Patch Parameters
      10. Controlling Logic from an iPad Using Logic Remote
      11. Using Step Input Recording
      12. Processing MIDI Notes with MIDI Plug-Ins
      13. Lesson Review
   3. Lesson 6. Creating and Editing MIDI
      1. Creating MIDI Notes in the Piano Roll Editor
      2. Creating MIDI Notes in the Score Editor
      3. Importing a MIDI File
      4. Editing MIDI Data in the Event List
      5. Creating and Editing MIDI Continuous Controllers
      6. Lesson Review
9. Building a Song
   1. Lesson 7. Editing Pitch and Time
      1. Setting a Project Tempo by Detecting the Tempo of a Recording
      2. Using and Creating Apple Loops
      3. Creating Tempo Changes and Tempo Curves
      4. Adding a Turntable or Tape Slow-Down Effect
      5. Making One Track Follow the Groove of Another Track
      6. Change the Playback Pitch and Speed with Varispeed
      7. Editing the Timing of an Audio Region
      8. Tuning Vocal Recordings
      9. Lesson Review
   2. Lesson 8. Editing an Arrangement
      1. Previewing the Song
      2. Copying Material to Fill in Parts
      3. Rendering Multiple Regions
      4. Adding and Deleting Sections
      5. Cutting Regions to Remove Silence or Noise
      6. Lesson Review
10. Mixing and Automating a Song
    1. Lesson 9. Mixing
       1. Organizing Windows and Tracks
       2. Using the Amp Designer
       3. Adjusting Levels and Pan
       4. Submixing Tracks and Processing the Submix
       5. Using an EQ Plug-In
       6. Using Delay and Reverberation
       7. Using Dynamic Processing Plug-ins
       8. Using a Few Tips and Tricks
       9. Lesson Review
    2. Lesson 10. Automating the Mix
       1. Creating and Editing Offline Automation
       2. Recording Live Automation
       3. Using MIDI Controllers
       4. Bouncing the Mix
       5. Lesson Review
11. Appendix A. Using External MIDI Devices
    1. Using the External Instrument Plug-in
    2. Configuring MIDI Hardware
12. Appendix B. Keyboard Shortcuts (Default for U.S. Keyboard)
    1. Panes and Windows
    2. Navigation and Playback
    3. Zooming
    4. Channel Strip, Track, and Region Operations
    5. Project Audio Browser
    6. Piano Roll Editor
    7. Finder
13. Glossary
14. Index
15. Where are the Lesson Files?