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Jumpstart Logic Pro 10.6

By : Jay Asher
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Jumpstart Logic Pro 10.6

By: Jay Asher

Overview of this book

Logic Pro is Apple’s flagship application for music creation, found in many professional music studios across the globe. It is a powerful digital audio workstation that comes with all the software tools that you need to create music that sounds great. In the previous version, Logic Pro 10.5, Apple had added impressive features to what was already a full package of tools, loops, FX plug-ins, and software instruments. Providing a comprehensive introduction if you’re new to Mac computer music creation, this practical guide will show you how to use Logic Pro and have you up to speed in no time. You’ll not only understand what Apple’s Logic Pro software can do but also get hands-on with using it to accomplish various musical tasks. The book starts by getting you up and running with the basic terminologies. As you progress, you’ll explore how to create audio and MIDI musical parts. To build on your knowledge further, the book will guide you through developing an automated mix. In addition to this, you’ll learn how to bounce mixes and audio files for distribution. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-versed with Logic Pro and have the skills you need to create professional-quality music.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

Chapter 13: Organizing for the Mix

Organization is essential because an ounce of preparation is worth a pound of cure. Mixing is difficult, so we want to do anything we can to get our project ready to go.

We will discuss the following topics in this chapter:

  • Folder Stacks in the Track List
  • The Mixer's three views – Single, Tracks, and All
  • Advantageous use of Screensets
  • Creating Markers and using them for navigation
  • Giant Beats and Bar display

If you like, you can either use the project from Chapter 12, Getting the Arrangement Right, for this or use your own.

As you can see, I have already made a good start to getting organized. There are not that many tracks and my track and region names match, and they are colored so that they are easily identifiable, as we discussed in Chapter 4, Editing Audio:

Figure 13.1 – A project with tracks and regions name- and color-matched

But since I am mostly now going to...