Recording 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

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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

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Most people agree that since Apple took over development of Logic from Emagic the GUI interface has become more pleasant on the eye. Apple have done a lot more than add eye candy to Logic 8 and 9 of course, but this is naturally the most apparent change at a glance. There’s no pleasing everyone though when it comes to matters of color and design. And if spending hours staring at Logic’s hundred shades of gray brings you down, you may wish to … Continue Reading

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Ultrabeat is a drum synth and sample player that comes bundled with Logic Express and Logic Pro 9. It comes with it’s very own Step Sequencer which enables you to create patterns for each and every one of it’s 25 sounds (known as voices). Each Voice can be a sample or a synthetic sound tweaked by yourself (or, of course based on one of the many presets included).

One often asked question is how to add an effect plug-in to one voice only…. For … Continue Reading

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Logic 9’s Speed Fades can bring an analogue turn-table or tape style effect to your tracks. Speed Fades are essentially the same as using the Fade parameters on audio regions, but with one important distinction… The Fades can be changed to speed up or slow down depending on whether you are selecting a fade in or a fade out respectively. Used subtly, the speed up/slow down effect can enhance the sounds within your song. Used in excess they can be great way … Continue Reading

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Creating your own sampler instruments from rhythmic loops can be a great way to add variety and realism to the loop. For example, if you have an audio file of a drum loop and you want to rearrange the beat, in previous versions of Logic, this would be a very manual and time consuming process. It required accuracy and time to zoom in and cut at each transient, convert each region to a new audio file and then load them into a new … Continue Reading

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Logic Takes Over the Music World

When Apple bought Logic from Emagic in July of 2002, the audio world took a big breath and wondered what would happen next. Until that time, Apple’s line of Pro Creative Software included only Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro … two amazing applications indeed. But little did we know back then that Apple had plans to turn the Mac into every artists dream platform.

Before Apple purchased Logic, Emagic was nothing more than a bit player in the audio production world. … Continue Reading

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