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• Recording MIDI in Logic Pro's Cycle Mode
• by Darren Burgos
• There's hope if your keyboard skills can't keep pace with your musical ideas! Darren Burgos explores how recording MIDI in Logic Pro's cycle mode can alleviate stress and make you more creative.

• Logic Pro's Balancing Act
• by Peter Schwartz
• Panpots in Logic don't behave the same for mono and stereo channel strips. Peter Schwartz gets to the heart of the mix in Logic Pro and demystifies pan and balance in this excellent article.

• Setting Up Logic for Scoring to Video
• by David Earl
• Never used Logic for scoring to video, or have found your projects grinding to halt? This article by experienced composer, David Earl, explains how to set up all the basics and optimize performance!

• Using Ringshifter For Pitch Effects in Logic Pro
• by Toby Pitman
• Check out this excellent tip on how to use Logic Pro's Ringshifter plug-in to create a variety of guitar effects like the Boss Octaver and the Octafuzz. Toby Pitman gets creative.

• Logic Pro: Get Creative with Region Parameters
• by Darren Burgos
• Once you've recorded MIDI notes into Logic Pro there's a host of ways to alter the performance. Darren Burgos examines how to make use of the Region parameters area. + download Logic Project.

• Logic 409
• Dubstep Essentials
• MPV trainer Nigel Broad is back with another great electronic dance music exploration, Dubstep Essentials . Join Nigel in this 25-video collection as he takes you under his wing and creates a full-blown Dubstep track from Drum and Bass to final mix…

• Logic 209
• EVD6 and EFM1: User Guide
• The EFM1 and the EVD6 are two of the coolest Software Instruments in the Logic collection. Get beyond the presets in this awesome 2-for-1 tutorial by Logic master and SFLogicNinja David Earl...

• Motion 5 105
• Animating Effects
• Got a behavior problem? Motion 5‘s got a solution. Learn how to animate using Behaviors, Keyframing and Tracking with the always animated Motion expert, Michael Wohl...

• Logic 210
• Vocoding With EVOC
• Logic’s EVOC 20 PolySynth is one of the coolest Software Instruments in Logic's EV series of vintage synths. Let David Earl (a.k.a. SFLogicNinja) show you how he uses it and why you need to master this awesome, sonically rich plugin...

• Motion 5 104
• Effects, Particles and Replicators
• Motion comes jam-packed with a huge variety of very hot motion graphic effects. This tutorial shows you how to ignite these awesome Filters, Particle Systems and Replicators to fill your frames with kinetic energy and action...

• Photoshop CS5 404
• Lighting & Light Effects
• Join Film Industry Pro Mark Stope as he shows you how to light scenes and create dramatic lighting effects using Photoshop CS5.

• After Effects CS5 303
• More Cartoon Animation Basics
• Learn to use Adobe After Effects' Puppet Pin tool to animate characters in the "squash-and-stretch" style seen in the classic cartoons of the 30s & 50s in More Cartoon Animation Basics by After Effects expert Richard Lainhart...

• Logic 208
• Exploring the EVP88 and the EVB3
• In this exclusive, full length, “made-for-macProVideo” tutorial by sflogicninja David Earl, you’ll uncover the inner workings of Logic’s physically modeled soft synths: the EVP88 and EVB3. Learn how, with a little tweaking, these synths will rock your productions...

• Final Cut Pro X 106
• Titles, Effects and Compositing
• Final Cut Pro X incorporates very powerful tools for creating titles, visual effects and complex composite shots. Join star trainer and video editor Michael Wohl, as he explores each of these techniques and shows you how they are created, customized and edited to perfection. So if you're wondering how create stunning effects in FCP X, this tutorial will get you going down the right path!

• After Effects CS5 302
• Cartoon Animation Basics
• Learn how to animate photos and create basic characters in the style of “South Park”, “Monty Python” and “Jib Jab” in this tutorial, Cartoon Animation Basics, by After Effects expert Richard Lainhart.

• Live 8 202
• Live's Effects: Plugged In!
• Join Mo Volans as he takes you on an overview of Live’s amazing bundled plug-ins! This tutorial, filled with tons of audio examples, is a treasure-trove of information on how to use and master all of Live's included effects!

• Logic 407
• Producing With Folders
• Did you know that you can record into Logic’s folders, edit with folders, mix with folders and even rearrange your tune with folders? You can! ... and David Earl (a.k.a. sflogicninja) shows you all of this and more in his maiden tutorial for macProVideo.com!

• Logic 207
• Logic's Latency Toolbox
• Timing Is Everything! In this amazing tutorial Tom Rice shows you the secret to making your tracks “dead-on-the-beat” accurate with absolutely zero latency!

• After Effects CS5 203
• Secrets of Particle Playground
• Learn the little-known secrets of After Effects' Particle Playground plugin with special effects expert & Star macProVideo.com Trainer Richard Lainhart.

• After Effects CS5 201
• Motion Tracking and Stabilization
• Learn the ins-and-outs of After Effects’ Motion Tracking and Stabilization techniques with special effects expert, Richard Lainhart.

Preview these Logic Pro Tutorial-Videos

I had a project I was working on recently that required a particularly 80s drum sound and if there’s one thing that sums up the 80s, it's gated reverb!

Now it’s not everyone's cup of tea but gated reverb is actually a good way to give drums a lot of space without swamping the sound in long reverb. Here’s how I go about it in Logic Pro.

Step 1

First off I’ve got a Superior Drummer set up in multi-output mode: 

I’ve got a very simple beat that I’ve played in. Here are the drums on their own with no reverb:

Step 2

I’m going to bus the KICK and SNR TOP channels over to an Audio Damage Eos reverb on Bus 1:

Step 3

I’ve loaded a Plate reverb (EMT Style Plate). Ideally you want a very short (if not nonexistent) pre-delay on the reverb with a medium to long reverb time.

Here’s the kit with the full Plate. As you can hear, it’s totally swamped in reverb!

Step 4

Now I’m going to load in a Noise Gate after the reverb on Bus 1. The one that comes with Logic Pro is fine. You could leave it at that and just set the gate up to respond to the reverb channel but, it’s a bit unreliable as a trigger for the gate being a mushy reverb sound. So I’m going to set this up another way.

Step 5

I’ll set up another couple of sends to Bus 2 on the kick and snare channels. On Bus 2 I’ve disabled the output; we don’t need to hear it. We’re only using it to trigger the gate.

Step 6

Now I’ll select Bus 2 as the Sidechain input on my gate.

With the default setting you're not going to hear much as the settings are to short so we’ll need to tweak the gate.

Step 7

By setting the threshold at a higher level we can control the accuracy of the trigger. Setting it at a higher level will tighten the gate up as only the transients will hit it. Adjusting the Hold parameter will lengthen the gate out. I’ve used this as I want to use the Release to cut the reverb off quite abruptly.

Here’s the result. Gated Reverb!

Step 8

Now here’s an alternative way to do this in Logic. Set up sends to Bus 1 like before but this time load a Space Designer on the bus.

Step 9

Choose a nice plate reverb. In the volume envelope section grab the control point for release on the far right of the envelope and drag it in to the left.

Step 10

You should see something like this. What you get is a result very similar to before. It’s actually a bit of a cheat as you're just shortening the Reverb...but it's very quick to set up.

For a more traditional result I’d go with the first example, but the Space Designer way is cool for more effect-based sounds.

The effect is great on toms, too (think Phil Collins!) but I’d avoid it on things like cymbals and hats unless you're after that effect.

Must run: the phone is ringing! I think it’s the 80s and they want their Reverb back!

Preview these Logic Pro Tutorial-Videos

Toby Pitman

Toby composes, records, performs and produces music in every possible style all over the world for TV shows, advertising and for recordings. Over his 18 year professional career Toby has worked with many major recording artists including George Michael, David Arnold, Yussif Islam (Cat Stevens), Giles Martin and Shirley Bassey. Toby is also a Logic Pro master, expert synthesist and sound designer. Toby's passion for music education has led him to teach for The International Guitar Foundation and the Brighton Institute of Modern Music.

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