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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)

The Project Templates

If you have set your default action for opening Logic to Ask, as I suggested in Chapter 1, Beginning with Logic Pro 10.6. you will see you have the option of New from Template. In Project Templates, you see Hip Hop, Electronic, Songwriter, Orchestral, Multi-Track, and Music for Picture. Each has a description and if you open the Details disclosure triangle, you see even more options to tweak before you open it:

Figure 3.1 – Project Templates

I recommend you eventually take the time to explore all the templates. I think for teaching you about recording audio, Songwriter is the way to go:

Figure 3.2 – The Songwriter project template

As you can see, the template creates a Drummer track with a Drummer region, a sampler software instrument with a Steinway Grand Piano sound, three audio tracks for the task of recording vocals or guitars, and a bunch of plug-ins, with the Library open. The only two I will...