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Complete Beginners Guide to Apple Logic 9 : Part 2

step 0 Complete Beginners Guide to Apple Logic 9 : Part 2Recording audio. Whether you are a seasoned guitarist, a hobby vocalist or even an electronic musician, at some stage you’ll want to record audio into Logic. In the second part of this series that’s exactly what we’re going to do – explore the basics of setting up and recording audio into Logic. Before we get started, I’d recommend checking out the first in this Complete Beginners Guide to Logic here.

Recording audio in Logic 8 or 9 is quicker and easier than previous … Continue Reading

What is the box from Apogee?

new standard teaser What is the box from Apogee?

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Every computer musician or video editor I know has a soft spot for the latest and greatest hardware. It’s called gear lust. For most of us that often means hankering after the latest shiny and “all-new-most-powerful-ever” Mac or… PC. For others (especially us Digital Audio Workstation users) it will include salivating (ok – maybe that’s just me) over the next hardware compressor, software plugin or audio interface… and top of my list of amazing audio interface manufacturers is Apogee.

As a very satisfied Apogee … Continue Reading

Complete Beginners Guide to Apple Logic 9 : Part 1

Logic Pro Tutorial

How To Use Apple Logic Pro

So you’ve just opened that shiny new Logic Pro or Logic Express box and spent the last 4 hours or so installing it on your Mac… what next? If you’re completely new to Logic and/or the world of DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations) then this beginners guide series is designed are for you!  How to use Logic Pro.

At a glance you may find Logic’s interface to be a bit intimidating. Even if you … Continue Reading

My 5 favourite Logic 9 shortcuts

kc0 My 5 favourite Logic 9 shortcutsAahhh!.. The beauty of Logic… don’t worry I’m not about to break into a sonnet or something! Rather today I want to share my 5 favourite key commands (new Logic users may prefer the term ‘shortcuts’). Yes, so back to the beauty of Logic… Well, I make no secret that being highly user customizable is without doubt one of the reasons I love using Logic so much. A large part of this is being able to customize and alter practically every menu function … Continue Reading

Video shot and edited entirely in iMovie for iPhone 4

step 02 Video shot and edited entirely in iMovie for iPhone 4Serious video recording and editing on a phone? Surely this is a joke? Nope. The iPhone 4 is a game changer, make no mistake about that. iMovie for iPhone is a game changer and this is only the beginning!

It might well be time to unpack your dedicated camcorder in favor for the new iPhone 4. One of it’s many touted features is HD 720p video recording. If you couple that with iMovie for iPhone (link to app) not to be confused with … Continue Reading