Index
Numerics
5.1 (ITU 775) surround format, 63
6.1 (ES/EX) surround format, 63
7.1 (3/4.1) surround format, 63
7.1 (SDDS) surround format, 63
A
ACID loops, 275
Action menu (Drummer editor), 222–223
Add Selected Files to Arrange dialog box, 244
Additional Name Column options (Track Header Configuration dialog box), 51–52
advanced region parameters, 163–164
Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA), 11
Advanced Tools preferences, 72–73
aftertouch, 5
All Files Browser, 22–23, 423–425
amplitude, 7
analog recording, 8
analog sound versus digital sound, 7–8
Anker, Kevin
Using Logic Pro Synthesizers, 206
Append Track to Track List command, 161
Apple Loops
auditioning loops, 273
browsing loops, 272
converting ReCycle files to, 276
creating, 273–275
description of, 13
functions, 270
importing Recycle files, 275
software instrument, 270
arrangement markers
copying, 84–85
deleting, 84–85
moving, 84–85
renaming, 84
resizing, 84–85
arrangement track
global events, 83–84
markers, 84–85
Asher, Jay
Going Pro with Logic Pro 9, 314
ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment), 11
Atari, 2
audio channel strips, 227. See also channel strips
audio channels, 13. See also channels
audio device, 59–62
audio fades, 268–269
Audio File editor
Audio File menu, 256–257
description, 17
Edit menu, 257–262
mode buttons, 263–264
Normalize feature, 260
region locators display, 264
Time and Pitch machine, 266–267
Tool menu, 262–263
transient markers, editing, 265–266
undo preferences, 267–268
View menu, 262
Volume slider, 264
waveform display, 264–265
Audio File menu
Audio File editor, 256–257
Project Audio Browser, 233–235
audio files
adding to Project Audio Browser, 240
description of, 13
Audio FX, 389
audio hardware buffers, 60–62
Audio Mixer, 367–368
Audio Preferences window
Devices tab options, 59–60
I/O Assignments tab, 63–64
Audio Region Inspector, 164–165
creating flex markers from transients, 195
description of, 13
editing in Audio Track editor, 248
matching tempo to, 445–446
slicing at transient markers, 206
stretching or compressing, 192
Audio Region Inspector, 164–165
Audio tab (Project Settings window), 63
audio takes
disengaging, 126
folder, 124
folder behaviors, 126
recording, 124
Audio Track editor
buttons, 246–247
Edit menu, 245–246
editing audio regions in, 248
Flex Pitch editing, 249–255
Flex Time editing, 248
functions, 244
Time Quantize controls, 254–255
Tool menu, 247–248
View menu, –247
zoom controls, 248
audio tracks
adding to project, 37–39
configuration options, 37–38
description, 158
track header configuration, 167
Track Inspector, 38–39
Audio Units effects, 387–389
Audio Units Manager, 388
auditioning
Flex Pitch notes, 251
loops, 273
Auto Set Locators submenu, 156
Auto Track Zoom, 180
automatic zoom, 53
automation
advanced editing, 359
Automation Event list, 360
Automation tool, 358
converting, 362–363
deleting, 362–363
MIDI Draw, 353
moving between parameters, 360
moving with regions, 360–361
with Pointer tool, 358
Quick Access, 363
snapping, 361–362
types, 353
Automation Preferences window, 360–361
aux channel strips, 377
with buses, 379–380
description, 227
with live inputs, 378–379
send to feed, 380
auxiliary channel strips, 48
auxiliary tracks
adding to main menu, 48–49
adding to project, 48–49
reassigning tracks to, 49
B
backups, 419
bass tracks, 39
Beat Detection dialog box, 447–448
beat mapping track
Beat Mapping from Audio Regions function, 98–99
Beat Mapping from MIDI Regions function, 97–98
beat mapping process, 97–100
Beat Mapping to Markers function, 99
Beat Mapping to Scene Markers function, 100
Beats from Regions function, 99–100
description, 80
versus Flex Time, 97
in main window, 96
protecting MIDI event positions, 100
Beats & Project display mode (LCD), 108
Beats & Time display mode (LCD), 108–109
Beats display mode (LCD), 109
Binaural Planner, 375–377
bit depth, 8–9
Bookmark buttons, 424
bounce
Bounce dialog box, 399–400
bounce mode options, 400
bouncing regions, 202–203
Burn destination parameters, 404
CD/DVD, 404
floating-point, 401
goals, 398–399
M4A: AAA destination parameters, 403–404
MIDI tracks in, 405
MP3 destination parameters, 402–403
normalize options, 400–401
PCM destination parameters, 401–402
surround, 411
Bounce Regions in Place command, 202
Bounce Replace All Tracks dialog box, 203
Bounce Track in Place command, 200–201
browser
All Files Browser, 22–23, 423–425
Loop Browser, 21–22, 271–272, 275, 283
Project Audio Browser
adding audio files to, 240
Audio File menu, 233–235
buttons, 238
cursor modes, 238–239
cycling in, 242
Edit menu, 236
exporting audio from, 240
groups, 243
Options menu, 238
protecting regions in, 239
View menu, 237–238
Browsers area, 137
browsing loops, 272
buffers, 60–62
Burn bounce destination parameters, 404
busing tracks
aux channel strips, 377–381
output channel strips, 381–382
buttons
Audio Track editor, 246–247
Event list, 296
Marker list, 88
MIDI Transform window, 335–336
Mixer, 372
Piano Roll editor, 288
plug-in window, 341–342
Project Audio Browser, 238
Score editor, 320
Step editor, 301
Track Header Configuration dialog box, 168
Transport, 103–104
C
Catch Playhead mode, 263
CD/DVD bounce, 404
Channel EQ, 385
Channel Strip Components submenu, 371
channel strips
assigning to group, 184
components, 228–231
Inspector, 166
prelisten, 239–240
settings, loading and saving, 390–391
Strip Silence function, 240–242
types, 227–228
channels
assigning to groups, 396–397
muting, 393
soloing, 393–396
Chord Grid Editor tab (Chord Grid Library), 327–328
Chord Grid Library
Chord Grid Editor tab, 327–328
Chord Grid Selector tab, 326–327
Instrument Editor tab, 324–325
Chord Grid Selector tab (Chord Grid Library), 326–327
Chords & Grids tab (Score Project Settings window), 310
C-LAB software company, 2
Clean Up Project: Options dialog box, 420–421
Clefs & Signatures tab (Score Project Settings window), 311
Click Zones checkbox (Marquee tool), 179
color
markers, 91
takes, 128
tracks, 52
Color palette, 52
Colors tab (Score Project Settings window), 313
command-click secondary tool, 179
commands
Audio File editor
Audio File menu, 257
Edit menu, 258
View menu, 262
Audio Track editor
Audio File menu, 233–235
Edit menu, 246
Control Surfaces submenu, 73
Delete MIDI Events submenu, 281
Edit menu, 76–77
Event list View menu, 295
File menu, 73–75
Folder submenu, 150–151
Go To submenu, 259
Logic Pro X menu, 70–71
Marker list
Marker Set menu, 88
Options menu, 87
View menu, 87–88
Mixer
Edit menu, 369
Options menu, 369
View menu, 370–372
Move submenu, 145–146
Navigate menu, 155–156
Navigate menu marker, 88–90
Piano Roll editor
Edit menu, 279–281
Functions menu, 283–284
Preferences submenu, 71–72
Project Audio Browser
Edit menu, 236
View menu, 237–238
Project Settings submenu, 75–76
Recording menu, 120
Region Alias submenu, 150
region-based edit, 183
Score editor
Functions menu, 316–317
View menu, 317–318
Select submenu, 144–145, 282–283
selecting regions using, 177
Set submenu, 259–260
Snap menu, 189
Step editor
Edit menu, 300
Lanes menu, 299
View menu, 301
Take Folder menu, 125–126
Time Stretching Algorithm submenu, 147–148
Tool menu, 151–153
Toolbar, 161
Track menu, 153–154
Tracks area Edit menu, 140–142, 144
Trim submenu, 146–147, 280–281
View menu, 157–158
Window menu, 78–79
Compensation menu, 392
compressing audio regions, 192
comps
creating, 184–185
Crossfades for Merge and Take Comping feature, 186
editing, 184–185
exporting, 188
flattening and merging, 187
length, 185
Quick Swipe Comping button, 185
saving, 187
Slice at Comp Selection Borders command, 187
takes as regions, 186–187
unpacking, 188
computer, minimum requirements, 10
connections, MIDI, 5–7
Consolidate Project: Options dialog box, 421–422
control bar
configuration, 160
description, 132
hiding, 159
Toolbar, 160–161
uses, 159–160
Control Bar and Display window, 160
control surface
automatic scanning, 65
devices, 64
MIDI device as, 65–66
mixing with, 412–413
setting up, 63–66
Control Surface Setup window, 65
Controller Assignments window, 66
Control+Option+Command-click, 95
Control Surfaces submenu, 73
Convert Regions to New Sampler Track dialog box, 205–206
converting automation data, 362–363
Copy MIDI Events dialog box, 143
Copy/Convert File As dialog box, 235
copying
arrangement markers, 84–85
global events, 82–83
markers, 90
regions, 183
signatures, 93
tempo changes, 95–96
transposition events, 94
Count In mode button (Transport), 105–106
Create Constant Tempo function, 441–442
Create Library dialog box, 325–326
Create Tempo Curve function, 440–441
Creator program, 2
Crossfade Time parameter, 186
crossfades, 268–269
Crossfades for Merge and Take Comping feature, 186
cursor modes, Project Audio Browser, 238–239
curve, tempo, 440–441
Custom display mode (LCD), 109
customization, Transport, 114–116
Customize Control Bar and Display menu
Sample Rate or Punch Locators display, 115–116
Sync button, 114–115
Customize Toolbar dialog box, 161
Cycle button, 238
Cycle mode, 264
combining with recording, 173
cycle region, defining, 173–174
MIDI recording, 173
Skip Cycle mode, 174
turning on, 173
Cycle mode button (Transport), 105
cycles
analog versus digital sound, 7
Project Audio Browser, 242
D
DAW (digital audio workstation), 7
Delete MIDI Events submenu, 281
arrangement markers, 84–85
automation data, 362–363
events in Score editor, 328–329
Flex markers, 196–197
global events, 82–83
markers, 90
MIDI messages in Event list, 296–297
notes in Piano Roll editor, 290, 292
patches, 212
screensets, 54
signatures, 93
tempo changes, 95–96
transposition events, 94
Detect Tempo of Selected Region command, 449
Devices tab options (Audio Preferences window), 59–60
digital audio workstation (DAW), 7
digital sound
versus analog sound, 7–8
bit depth, 8–9
sampling rate, 8–9
Direction Mixer plug-in, 375
display modes, LCD, 108–110
doubling drum tracks, 203–205
Down Mixer plug-in, 411
Drag menu, 189–190
drivers, 58
Drum Replacement/Doubling command, 203–205
drum tracks, 203–205
Drummer
basic description, 26–27
Pattern Variation controls, 221–222
regions
creating, 216–217
editing, 220–222
joining, 218
looping, 218
resizing, 218
splitting, 218
styles, 219
tracks
adding to project, 46–47
description, 158
Drummer Kit Designer software instrument, 216
XY pad, 220
Drummer editor, 218
Action menu, 222–223
Step editor as, 303–304
Drummer Track Inspector, 46–47
drums (MIDI notes), 303–304
duplicating screensets, 54
E
Edit menu
Audio File editor, 257–262
Audio Track editor, 245–246
Event list, 294
Marker list, 86
Mixer, 368–369
Move submenu, 145–146
Piano Roll editor, 279–283
Project Audio Browser, 236
Score editor, 315
Select submenu, 144–145
Step editor, 300
Time Stretching Algorithm submenu, 147–148
Tracks area, 140–148
Trim submenu, 146–147
editing
Audio Track editor audio regions, 248
comps, 184–185
Drummer regions, 220–222
events in transposition track, 94
Flex Time editing basics, 192–194
hotspots, 251
MIDI control messages, 303
MIDI notes (drums), 303–304
regions, 184–185
Smart Controls, 213
in Tracks area, 176–190
transient markers, 265–266
Editor area, 138
editors
Audio File
Audio File menu, 256–257
description, 17
Edit menu, 257–262
mode buttons, 263–264
Normalize feature, 260
region locators display, 264
Time and Pitch machine, 266–267
Tool menu, 262–263
transient markers, editing, 265–266
undo preferences, 267–268
View menu, 262
Volume slider, 264
waveform display, 264–265
Audio Track
buttons, 246–247
Edit menu, 245–246
editing audio regions in, 248
Flex Pitch editing, 249–255
Flex Time editing, 248
functions, 244
Time Quantize controls, 254–255
Tool menu, 247–248
View menu, 246–247
zoom controls, 248
configuring Logic to use, 268
Drummer, 218
Action menu, 222–223
Step editor as, 303–304
features, 17
Piano Roll
buttons, 288
deleting notes in, 292
description of, 18–19
Edit menu, 279–283
editing multiple regions in, 292
entering MIDI notes, 291–292
Functions menu, 283–284
inserting and deleting notes in, 290
Inspector, 288–290
marker track, 85
MIDI Step Input, 290–291
moving notes in, 292
resizing notes in, 292
Tool menu, 286–288
View menu, 284–286
Score
buttons, 320
Chord Grid Library, 324–328
description of, 20–21, 305–306
Edit menu, 315
Functions menu, 315–317
inserting and deleting events in, 328–329
Inspector, 321–323
methodology, 330
moving and adjusting events in, 329
part box, 323
staff styles, 323–324
text styles, 324
Tool menu, 319–320
View menu, 317–318
Step
buttons, 301
as Drum editor, 303–304
Edit menu, 300
editing MIDI control messages, 303
editing MIDI notes (drums), 303–304
Functions menu, 300
Lane Inspector, 301
lane sets, 303
Lanes menu, 299
versus MIDI Draw, 298
as MIDI drum or controller editor, 298
Tool menu, 301
View menu, 301
effects
Audio FX, 389
Audio Units, 387–389
Channel EQ, 385
with channel strip components, 385–386
functions, 383
gain reduction meters, 385–386
Linear EQ, 385
Logic, 384–385
plug-in delay compensation, 392
processor, 382
reverb, 383
send, 392
side chains, 386–387
Emagic Logic Tips and Tricks (Sasso), 158, 176
Environment
description, 27
layers, 27–28
Mixer layer, 28–29
software instruments and, 343
Event editor (Notator), 2
Event Inspector, 322
Event list
Automation, 360
buttons, 296
Edit menu, 294
Functions menu, 294–295
inserting and deleting MIDI messages in, 296–297
moving and adjusting MIDI message values in, 297
View menu, 295
events
description of, 14
inserting and deleting in Score editor, 328–329
layout, 329
length, 329
moving and adjusting in Score editor, 329
pitch, 329
exporting
audio from Project Audio Browser, 240
audio from QuickTime movie, 455–456
comps, 188
files from Logic, 428–430
takes, 188
Express 7 release, 3
extended parameters, plug-in window, 342
external MIDI channel strips, 228
adding to project, 41–46
description, 158
GM device, 42–44
parameters, 41–43
F
Fade tool, 179
Fade Tool Click Zones checkbox (Marquee tool), 179
fade-ins, 268
fade-outs, 268
fader, tempo, 438
fades
adjusting, 269
creating, 269
crossfades, 268–269
files, 269
types, 268
Fast Forward button (Transport), 104
feedback loop, MIDI, 6
File menu
commands, 73–75
Project Settings submenu, 75–76
files
adding to Tracks area, 200
exporting, 428–430
fade, 269
importing, 423–427
Filter menu, 321
Flatten and Merge command, 187–188
flattening
comps, 187
Track Stacks, 208
Flex button, 191
Flex markers
creating, 194–196
deleting, 196–197
moving, 196
versus transient markers, 194
Flex mode parameters, 198–199
Flex Pitch editing, 191, 197–198
in Audio Track editor, 249–255
auditioning notes, 251
hotspots, selecting and editing, 251
moving and resizing notes, 254–255
note characteristics, 249–250
note gain, 251–252
note pitch, 252–254
note timing, quantizing, 255
splitting and joining notes, 254
Vibrato tool, 251
Flex Pitch mode, 199
Flex Time editing
in Audio Track editor, 248
versus beat mapping track, 97
editing basics, 192–194
stretching or compressing, 192
Flex tool, 199–200
Flex view, 190–191
floating-point bounce, 401
Folder submenu, 150–151
folder tracks, 158–159
folders
audio takes, 124
MIDI takes, 128
Formant Shift parameter, 199
Formant Track parameter, 199
format preferences, Positions display, 110–111
formats, surround, 63
freezing tracks, 171–172
frequency, 7
Function Settings dialog box, 261
Functions menu
Audio File editor Edit menu, 260–262
commands, 149
Event list, 294–295
Folder submenu, 150–151
Piano Roll editor, 283–284
Region Alias submenu, 150
Score editor, 315–317
Step editor, 300
Tracks area, 148–151
G
gain, 251–252
gain reduction meters, 385–386
General Preferences window, 31–32
Getting Great Sounds: The Microphone Book (Lubin), 375
global events
arrangement, 83–84
copying, 82–83
creating, 82
deleting, 82–83
global track, 82–83
inserting in tempo track, 82
key signature, 92–93
moving, 82
selecting, 82
signature, 92–93
time signature, 92–93
global menus
Edit menu, 76–77
File menu, 73–76
Help menu, 80
Logic Pro X menu, 70–73
Mix menu, 78
Navigate menu, 78
Record menu, 78
Screenshot menu, 80
Track menu, 77
View menu, 78
Window menu, 78–79
Global tab (Score Project Settings window), 307
global tracks
arrangement tracks, 83–85
beta mapping tracks, 96–100
common features of, 82–83
configuration, 81
marker tracks, 85–92
movie tracks, 100–101
rearranging, 81
resizing, 81
showing/hiding, 80–81
signature tracks, 92–94
tempo tracks, 95–96
toggling, 81
transposition tracks, 94
types, 80
Global Tracks Configuration sliding window, 81
GM device
Multi Instrument window, 44–45
parameters, 42–44
GM Device Inspector, 42–44
GM drum notes, 304
Go To Position dialog box, 156
Going Pro with Logic Pro 9 (Asher), 314
grid, Tracks area, 180
Group Settings window, 184, 397–398
groups
assigning channel strips to, 184–185
Mixer, 396–398
Project Audio Browser, 243
temporary, 398
Guerin, Robert
MIDI Power! Second Edition: The Comprehensive Guide, 5
guitar tracks, 39
Guitars file group, 243
H
Hand tool, 254–255
hard drives, 10–11
hardware
audio buffer adjustment, 60–62
audio device setup, 59–60
audio interfaces, 12
computer minimum requirements, 10
control surface setup, 63–66
surround material, 62–63
hardware monitoring, 122
HDD (hard drive), 10
Help menu, 80
help tags, 250
Hertz, Henry, 7
hiding
control bar, 159
global tracks, 80–81
tracks, 170–171
Transport, 116
horizontal zoom, 53
hotspots, 251
Hz (Hertz), 7
I
icons, track, 170
Import Project Settings dialog box, 427
importing
audio from QuickTime movie, 455
files, 423–427
projects, 422–427
ReCycle files, 275–276
track settings from other projects, 425–427
input channel strips
description, 227
Mixer layer, 367
input, surround, 63
Inspector
advanced region parameters, 163–164
channel strips, 166
description, 132–133
Logic Pro main window, 162–166
Piano Roll editor, 288–290
region playback parameters, 163
Score editor, 321–323
Smart Controls, 213–216
installing non-Logic software instruments, 340
Instrument Editor tab (Chord Grid Library), 324–325
instrument slot buttons, 339
instruments, ReWire 2, 349–351. See also software instruments
interfaces
hardware setup, 58
interfaces and drivers, 58
I/O Assignments tab (Audio Preferences window), 63–64
I/O Buffer Size
setting, 60–61
and software monitoring, 123
I/O Labels window, 370
iTunes, sharing to, 431
J
joining
Drummer regions, 218
notes, 254
K
key commands
assigning to control surfaces, 57–58
assigning to Duplicate Screenset command, 55–56
Auto Track Zoom, 180
cheatsheet, 57
defining, 54–57
features, 30
recording using, 120
Tool menu, 153
Transport functions, 104
Key Commands window
automation-related commands, 359
defining key commands, 54–57
description, 30
key signature, 92–93
keyboard
Musical Typing, 224–225
Step Input, 291
Keyboards file group, 243
Kick & Snare slider, 221
Klopfgeist, 107
“knocking ghost,” 107
L
Lane Inspector, 301
Lanes menu, 299
Latch automation mode, 356
latency, 61
Low Latency mode, 122–123
recording, 121–122
layers
basic description, 27–28
Environment, 27–28
Layout tab (Score Project Settings window), 312
LCD
display modes, 108–110
load meters, 113–114
Locators display, 111
MIDI Activity display, 113
Positions display, 110–111
Signature/Division display, 112–113
Tempo/Project End display, 112
Verispeed display and button, 116
LCRS surround format, 63
Learn Assignment command, 66
Library
loading and saving patches, 209
loading instruments and settings, 339–340
Linear EQ, 385
Lists area, 136
load meters, 113
loading
channel strip settings, 390–391
patches, 210
software instruments, 339–340
local menus
Edit menu, 140–148
Tracks area Tool menu, 151–153
View menu, 151
Location and Name of New Movie dialog box, 456
locators, Audio File editor region display, 264
Locators display, 111
locking
regions, 239
screensets, 54
Logic
history of, 2–3
terminology, 13–14
Logic 6 release, 3
Logic Audio Gold, 3
Logic Audio Platinum, 2–3
Logic Audio Silver, 3
Logic effects, 384–385
Logic Express, 3
Logic Express 8 release, 3
Logic Express 9 release, 3
Logic Notation Guide (Prischl), 330
Logic Pro 5.5, 3–4
Logic Pro 7 release, 3
Logic Pro 9 release, 3
Logic Pro features, 1
Logic Pro main window
accessing, 14
Browsers area, 137
Editor area, 139
in full-screen mode, 14
Inspector pane, 132–133, 162–164
Library, 134
Lists area, 136
Loops Browser, 138
Navigate menu, 155–156
Note Pad area, 135
Track menu, 153–154
Tracks area, 132
transient-related functions, 203–206
View menu, 157–158
Logic Pro X features, 4
Logic Pro X menu
commands and submenus, 70–71
Control Surfaces submenu, 73
Preferences submenu, 72–73
Logic Studio, 3
adding ACID loops to, 275
description, 21–22
Loop tool, 174–176
looping. See also Apple Loops
Drummer regions, 218
regions, 174–176
loops. See also Apple Loops
Loops Browser, 138
Low Latency mode, 122–123
Lubin, Tom
Getting Great Sounds: The Microphone Book, 375
M
M4A: AAC bounce destination parameters, 403–404
Mac OS X directories, 24
main window. See also Logic Pro main window
adding auxiliary tracks to, 48–49
track setup, 50–53
zoom and automation configuration, 53
Marker list
buttons, 88
description, 24–25
displaying, 85
Edit menu, 86
Marker Set menu, 88
Options menu, 87
View menu, 87–88
Marker Set menu, 88
Marker Text area, 91
markers
arrangement, 84–85
color, 91
copying, 90
creating, 90
deleting, 90
Flex, 194–196
importing from other projects, 92
moving, 90
resizing, 90
uses for, 91
Marquee tool
Click Zones checkbox, 179
Fade Tool Click Zones checkbox, 179
Flex marker creation, 195
marquee borders by transient, 179–180
region-based edit commands, 183
ruler, 178
selections with, 177–179
splitting and resizing regions, 183
master channel strips, 228
Master Level slider, 114
master tracks, 158
Matrix editor (Notator), 2
measures, cutting in signature track, 94
Media Browser
description of, 22–23
sharing to, 431–432
merging
comps, 187
patches, 211–212
Metronome mode button (Transport), 105–106
metronome settings, 106–107
Metronome Settings window, 106–107
MicroLogic, 3
microphone, 375
MIDI
channels, 14
connections and signal flow, 5–7
control messages, 303
data, 5
feedback loop, 6
hardware setup, 62
messages, 296–297
notes
editing, 303–304
entering, 291–292
overview, 3–4
port, 62
takes, 127–128
tracks, 405
view filter templates, 18
MIDI Activity display, 113
MIDI device, 65–66
MIDI editors, 277
MIDI FX feature, 347–349
MIDI IN, 5–6
MIDI Meaning tab (Score Project Settings window), 312
MIDI OUT, 5–6
MIDI Power! Second Edition: The Comprehensive Guide (Guerin), 5
MIDI protocol, 5
MIDI recording, 173
MIDI Step Input, 290–291
MIDI THRU, 6
MIDI Transform submenu, 284
transform conditions, 332–333
transform modes, 332
transform operations, 334–335
MIDI Transform window
buttons, 335–336
transform sets, 336
Mix menu, 78
Mixer
buttons, 372
configuration, 366
Edit menu, 368–369
groups, 396–398
input channel strips, adding, 367
Options menu, 369
recording audio from, 373
View menu, 370–372
mixing
Binaural Planner, 375–377
bouncing, 398–404
busing tracks, 377–382
with control surfaces, 412–413
Direction Mixer plug-in, 375
Down Mixer plug-in, 411
muting channels, 393
panning, 374–375
surround, 405–411
volume summing, 373–374
mode buttons
Audio File editor, 263–264
Drag menu, 189–190
Transport, 105–107
Monophonic mode, 198
mouse preferences, 30–33
Move submenu, 145–146
movie track
description, 80
Open Movie dialog box options, 100–101
QuickTime movie, 100
movies
exporting audio from, 455–456
importing audio from, 455
Movie Options menu, 452–453
Movie Preferences window, 455
Movie Project Settings dialog box, 454
opening, 451–452
QuickTime, 455–456
scene markers, 453–454
moving
arrangement markers, 84–85
automation data between parameters, 360
automation with regions, 360–361
events in Score editor, 329
Flex markers, 196
global events, 82
markers, 90
notes, 254–255
notes in Piano Roll editor, 292
regions, 183
signatures, 93
tempo changes, 95–96
transportation events, 94
MP3 bounce destination parameters, 402–403
Multi Instrument window, 44–45
multichannel Ultrabeat, 345
multi-output software instruments, 343–346
multitimbral software instruments, 347
Musical Typing, 224–225
muting channels, 393
N
naming
screensets, 54
tracks, 51–52
Navigate menu
Auto Set Locators submenu, 156
commands, 155–156
description, 78
Go To Position dialog box, 156
Go To submenu, 156
Logic Pro main window, 155–156
marker commands, 88–90
New command, 415–416
New Tracks dialog box
Audio button, 37
Drummer button, 46
External MIDI button, 41–42
Guitar or Bass button, 39
Software Instruments button, 39–40
Normalize feature, 260
normalize options, bounce, 400–401
Notator program, 2
Note Pad area, 135
notes
deleting in Piano Roll editor, 290, 292
Flex Pitch, 249–251
gain, 251–252
inserting in Piano Roll editor, 290
joining, 254
moving, 254–255
pitch, 252–254
resizing, 254–255
splitting, 254
timing, 255
Notes Attributes submenu, 316
Numbers & Names tab (Score Project Settings window), 308
O
objects, 14
offset, recording, 121–122
Open Giant Beats display mode (LCD), 109–110
Open Giant Time display mode (LCD), 109–110
Open Movie dialog box, 100–101, 451–452
opening
movies, 451–452
projects, 422–423
option-drag Zoom tool, 179
Options menu
Marker list, 87
Mixer, 369
Project Audio Browser, 238
organizational change, 69
output channel strips
description, 228
mixing, 381–382
output, multi-output software instruments, 343–346
overlapping, 189
Overlapping Recordings window, 127
P
panning, 374–375
Parameter Mapping window, 213–214
Parameter White setting, 356
parameters
advance region, 163–164
Audio Region Inspector, 164–165
Flex mode, 198–199
Lane Inspector, 302
Multi Instrument window, 44–45
Pattern Variation Details, 222
Recording Settings window, 119
region playback, 163
software instrument track, 41
part box, Score editor, 323
patches
creating, 209
deleting, 212
loading, 210
merging, 211–212
reverting, 212
saving, 209–210
Pattern Variation controls, Drummer, 221–222
PCM bounce destination parameters, 401–402
Pencil tool
creating global events, 82
entering MIDI notes with, 291–292
Piano Roll editor
buttons, 288
deleting notes in, 292
description of, 18–19
Edit menu, 279–283
editing multiple regions in, 292
entering MIDI notes, 291–292
Functions menu, 283–284
inserting and deleting notes in, 290
Inspector, 288–290
marker track, 85
MIDI Step Input, 290–291
moving notes in, 292
resizing notes in, 292
Tool menu, 286–288
View menu, 284–286
pitch
events, 329
Flex Pitch editing, 252–254
Play button
shortcut menu, 128
Transport, 104
Playback Action menu, 327
Playback button, 238
playback, region playback parameters, 163
playhead, 111
plug-in delay compensation, 392
plug-in window
buttons, 341–342
extended parameters, 342
Settings field, 342
Side Chain menu, 342
View menu, 342
Pointer tool, 179
automation data manipulation, 358
selecting regions, 177
Polyphonic mode, 199
Positions display
format preferences, 110–111
to move playhead, 111
Pre Fader freeze mode, 172
preferences
Positions display format, 110–111
right-mouse button, 30–33
Preferences submenu
Advanced Tools, 72–73
commands, 71–72
prelisten channel strip, 239–240
Prelisten mode, 263–264
presets, Drummer, 219–220, 222–223
Prischl, Johannes
Logic Notation Guide, 330
Process Buffer Range setting, 61–62
Project Audio Browser
adding audio files to, 240
Audio File menu, 233–235
buttons, 238
cursor modes, 238–239
cycling in, 242
Edit menu, 236
exporting audio from, 240
groups, 243
Options menu, 238
protecting regions in, 239
View menu, 237–238
Project Management menu
Clean Up Project: Options, 420–421
Consolidate Project: Options dialog box, 421–422
Rename Project dialog box, 422
Show in Finder command, 422
Project Settings menu, 422
Project Settings submenu, 75–76
Project Settings window
Audio tab, 63
changing project assets, 418–419
projects. See also template project
audio tracks, 37–39
auxiliary tracks, 48–49
creating new, 415–416
description of, 13
Drummer tracks, 46–47
external MIDI tracks, 41–42, 44–46
hardware setup, 58–66
importing, 422–427
key commands, defining, 54–58
main window setup, 50–53
screensets setup, 53–54
software instrument tracks, 39–41
surround format, 63
Protect MIDI option, 100
protocol, MIDI, 5
punch-in recording, 118
Q
Quadraphonic surround format, 63
Quantization submenu, 316
Quick Access, automation, 363
Quick Swipe Comping button, 185
R
Randomize Tempo settings, 444–445
Read automation mode, 355
rearranging global tracks, 81
Record button
shortcut menu, 117
Transport, 104
Record menu, 78
recording. See also Transport
combining Cycle mode with, 173
hardware monitoring versus software monitoring, 122
latency, 121–122
Low Latency mode, 122–123
from Mixer, 373
offset, 121–122
punch-in, 118
and software monitoring, 121
tempo changes, 436
using key commands, 120
Recording Delay parameter, 122
Recording menu, 120
Recording Settings window, 119, 127
ReCycle File Import dialog box, 275
Recycle files
converting to Apple Loops, 276
importing, 275–276
Region Alias submenu, 150
Region as Audio File dialog box, 428
Region Inspector, 162
advanced region parameters, 163–164
Audio Region Inspector, 164–165
region playback parameters, 163
Score editor Inspector, 321–322
region parameters, advanced, 163–164
region playback parameters, 163
region-based automation, 224, 353
region-based edit commands, 183
regions
bouncing, 202–203
converting to sampler tracks, 205–206
copying, 183
creating, 176
Drummer, 216–217
editing multiple, 184–185
locking, 239
looping, 174–176
moving, 183
moving automation with, 360–361
resizing, 181–183
selecting, 177–180
takes as, 186–187
Rename Project dialog box, 422
renaming
arrangement markers, 84
saved comps, 187
Replace mode button (Transport), 105
Resize cursor, 238
resizing
arrangement markers, 84–85
Drummer regions, 218
global tracks, 81
markers, 90
notes, 254–255
notes in Piano Roll editor, 292
regions, 182–183
signatures, 93
track headers, 170
Transport, 117
reverb effect, 383
reverting patches, 212
Rewind button (Transport), 103
ReWire 2 instruments, 349–351
Rhythmic mode, 198
right mouse button preferences, 30–33
ruler, Marquee tool, 178
S
Sample Rate or Punch Locators display, 115–116
sampling rate, 8–9
Sasso, Len
Emagic Logic Tips and Tricks, 158, 176
Save AAF File As dialog box, 430
Save Channel Strip Setting As dialog box, 390–391
Save dialog box, 416–418
saving
backup of projects, 419
channel strip settings, 390–391
comps, 187
patches, 209–210
projects, 416–418
template project, 66
Scale Existing Tempo Changes function, 442
Scale Quantize controls, 253, 289
Scaling window, 214–215
scene markers, 453–454
Scissors tool, 181
Score editor
buttons, 320
Chord Grid Library, 324–328
description of, 20–21, 305–306
Edit menu, 315
Functions menu, 315–317
inserting and deleting events in, 328–329
Inspector, 321–323
methodology, 330
moving and adjusting events in, 329
part box, 323
staff styles, 323–324
text styles, 324
Tool menu, 319–320
View menu, 317–318
Score Project Settings window
Chords & Grids tab, 310
Clefs & Signatures tab, 311
Colors tab, 313
Global tab, 307
Layout tab, 312
MIDI Meaning tab, 312
Numbers & Names tab, 308
Tablature tab, 309
Screenset menu, 80
screensets
deleting, 54
description, 33
duplicating, 54
locking, 54
naming, 54
reverting to saved, 54
setting up, 53–54
SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface), 11
Select submenu
Piano Roll editor Edit menu, 282–283
Tracks area Edit menu, 144–145
selecting global events, 82
selections
with Marquee tool, 177–179
with Pointer tool, 177
using commands, 177
send effects, 392
sends, 380
serial protocol, 5
Set submenu, 259–260
Settings field, plug-in window, 342
Settings menu, 390–391
Share submenu, 430
sharing
to iTunes, 431
to Media Browser, 431–432
to SoundCloud, 432–433
shortcut menu
Play button, 128
Record button, 117
Stop button, 129
Show in Finder command (Project Management menu), 422
Show/Hide Automation button, 354
showing global tracks, 80–81
shuffle modes, 190
Side Chain menu, 342
side chains, effects, 386–387
signal flow, MIDI, 5–7
signature track
cutting measures in, 94
description, 80
global events, 92–93
importing from other projects, 94
time and key signature, 92
Signature/Division display, 112–113
signatures, 93
sine wave, 8
Skip Cycle mode, 174
Slice at Comp Selection Borders command, 187
Slice at Transient Markers commands, 206
Slicing mode, 198
Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI), 11
Smart Controls
accessing, 212
description, 24–25
editing, 213
parameter settings, 213
Smart Controls Inspector options, 213–216
SmartLoop, 182
SMF (Standard MIDI File), 200
SMPTE, 110
Snap menu, 188–189
snapping automation, 361–362
Snip/Insert Time commands, 171
software instrument channel strips, 227
software instrument tracks
adding to project, 39–41
description, 158
parameters, 41
software instruments
Apple Loops, 270
description of, 13
and Environment, 343
installing, 340
instrument slot buttons, 339
loading, 339–340
Logic and, 337–338
MIDI FX feature, 347–349
MIDI synth connection, 341
multi-output, 343–346
multitimbral, 347
non-Logic, 340
plug-in window controls, 341
ReWire 2 instruments, 349–351
software monitoring
versus hardware monitoring, 122
and I/O Buffer Size, 123
and recording, 121
solid-state drives (SSDs), 10–11
Solo mode button (Transport), 105–106
Solo Safe mode, 396
soloing channels, 393–396
sound wave, 7–8
SoundCloud, sharing to, 432–433
Source Only freeze mode, 172
splitting
Drummer regions, 218
notes, 254
SSDs (solid-state drives), 10–11
staff styles, 323–324
Standard MIDI File (SMF), 200
Startup Action menu, 419–420
Step editor
buttons, 301
as Drum editor, 303–304
Edit menu, 300
editing MIDI control messages, 303
editing MIDI notes (drums), 303–304
Functions menu, 300
Lane Inspector, 301
lane sets, 303
Lanes menu, 299
versus MIDI Draw, 298
as MIDI drum or controller editor, 298
Tool menu, 301
View menu, 301
step input, MIDI, 290–291
Stop button, 129
Stop button (Transport), 104
storage drives, 10
Stretch Existing Tempo Curve function, 442
stretching audio regions, 192
Strip Silence function, 240–242
summing volume, 373–374
Supertrack program, 2
surround
formats, 63
input, 63
project surround format, 63
surround mixing
audio strips as surround object, 405–406
surround channels, assigning to audio outputs, 407–408
Surround Compressor, 411
surround effects, 408–411
Surround Panner window, 406–407
Sync button (Customize Control Bar and Display menu), 114–115
synthesizer, 340
System Performance window, 113
T
TA (track-based automation), 223, 353
Automation Parameter menu, 355
Automation Parameter versus Parameter White, 356
Latch mode, 356
Read mode, 355
in real time, 356
Show/Hide Automation button, 354
Touch mode, 355
viewing multiple animation lanes, 357
Write mode, 356
Tablature tab (Score Project Settings window), 309
Take Folder menu, 125–126
takes
exporting, 188
recording, 123
audio take folders, 124
audio take folders, behaviors, 126
audio takes, 124
auto-colorizing takes, 128
MIDI, 127–128
Take Folder menu commands, 125–126
treating as regions, 186–187
unpacking, 188
Tap Tempo, 436
template project
audio tracks, 37–39
auxiliary tracks, 48–49
choosing templates, 36
Drummer tracks, 46–47
external MIDI tracks, 41–46
new project creation, 415
opening, 35–36
ReWire tracks, 47–48
saving, 66
software instrument tracks, 39–41
workspace visualization, 36
templates, MIDI view filter, 18
tempo
audio file information, 450
Beat Detection to adjust, 447–448
Create Constant Tempo function, 441–442
Create Tempo Curve function, 440–441
curve, 440–441
detecting, 449
fader, 438
matching to audio region, 445–446
programming changes on tempo track, 436
Randomize Tempo settings, 444–445
recording changes, 436
Scale Existing Tempo Changes function, 442
Stretch Existing Tempo Curve function, 442
Tap Tempo, 436
Tempo Interpreter, 436–437
Thin Out Existing Tempo Changes function, 443–444
Tempo display, 435
Tempo Interpreter, 436–437
Tempo list, 24–25
Tempo List editor, 438–439
Tempo Operations window, 439–440
tempo sets, 96
tempo track
advanced tempo functions, 96
description, 80
importing from other projects, 96
tempo changes, 95–96
Tempophone mode, 199
Tempo/Project End display, 112
temporary groups, 398
text
marker, 91
styles, 324
Text Attributes submenu, 317
Thin Out Existing Tempo Changes function, 443–444
Time and Pitch machine, 266–267
Time display mode (LCD), 109
Time Quantize controls, 254–255, 289
time signature, 92–93
Time Stretching Algorithm submenu, 147–148
timing, note, 255
Toggle Loop command, 174
Tool menu
Audio File editor, 262–263
Audio Track editor, 247–248
key commands, 153
Piano Roll editor, 286–288
Score editor, 319–320
Step editor, 301
Tracks area, 151–153
Toolbar
accessing, 160
commands, 161
configuration, 161
control bar, 160–161
customization, 161
Touch automation mode, 355
Track Header Configuration dialog box, 51–52, 167
track headers
configuration, 167–170
resizing, 170
Track Import view, 425–426
Track list, 161
Track menu
commands, 153–154
description, 77
Logic Pro main window, 153–154
Track Stacks
creating, 207–208
flattening, 208
track-based automation (TA), 223, 353
Automation Parameter menu, 355
Automation Parameter versus Parameter White, 356
Latch mode, 356
Read mode, 355
in real time, 356
Show/Hide Automation button, 354
Touch mode, 355
viewing multiple animation lanes, 357
Write mode, 356
tracks
adding to Track list, 161
audio, 158
color, 52
description of, 13
Drummer, 158
external MIDI, 158
folder, 158
freezing, 171–172
hiding, 170–171
icons, 170
master, 158
metronome, 159
naming, 51–52
no output, 159
reassigning to auxiliary track, 49
setting up, 50–53
software instrument, 158
types, 158
Tracks area
adding audio to, 243–244
adding files to, 200
description, 132
Edit menu, 140–148
editing in, 176–190
Functions menu, 148–151
global tracks, 80
grid, 180
looping regions in, 174–176
Tool menu, 151–153
Tracks Area Tool menu, 151–153
View menu, 151
zooming in, 180
Transform window
buttons, 335–336
transform sets, 336
transformations, 330–335
Transient Editing mode, 263
Transient Editing tool, 266
transient markers
editing, 265–266
versus Flex markers, 194
slicing audio regions at, 206
transient-related functions, 203–206
transients
adjusting marquee borders by, 179–180
creating Flex markers from, 195
Transport. See also recording
buttons, 103–104
Count In mode button, 106
customization, 114–116
Customize Control Bar and Display menu, 114–115
hiding, 116
key commands, 104
LCD menu, 108–114
Master Level slider, 114
Metronome mode button, 106
mode buttons, 105–107
opening, 116
resizing, 117
Rewind commands, 104
Solo mode button, 105–106
Varispeed, 129–130
transposition track
description, 80
editing events in, 94
entering values, 94
Trim submenu
Piano Roll editor Edit menu, 280–281
Tracks area Edit menu, 146–147
Tuner mode button (Transport), 105
U
Ultrabeat, 345
Undo History window, 141
undo preferences, 267–268
unpacking takes and comps, 188
Using Logic Pro Synthesizers (Anker), 206
V
Velocity slider, 289
Verispeed display and button, 116, 129–130
vertical zoom, 53
Vibrato tool, 251
video. See movie track; movies
View menu
Audio File editor, 262
Audio Track editor, 246–247
commands, 157–158
description, 78
Event list, 295
Logic Pro main window, 157–158
Marker list, 87–88
Mixer, 370–372
Piano Roll editor, 284–286
plug-in window, 342
Project Audio Browser, 237–238
Score editor, 317–318
Step editor, 301
Tracks area, 151
Vintage Clav soft synth, 338
Volume slider, 264
volume summing, 373–374
W
Window menu, 78–79
Windows XP, 4–5
workspace, 36
Write animation mode, 356
X
XY pad, Drummer, 220
Z
Zebra2 synthesizer, 340
zoom
Audio Track editor controls, 248
automatic, 53
option-drag Zoom tool, 179
in Tracks area, 180
vertical and horizontal, 53