0 dBFS, 184
A/D (analog-to-digital) converter, 172
Adaptive Limiter plug-in, 481–482
AKAI MPC60 sampler, 237
Alpha Matrix Bass loop, 270, 303, 310–311
Amp Designer, 184
Amp Designer plug-in, 148–149, 162–166
Apple Loops.
See also saving
button, 32
pitch and tempo, 174
Applications folder, opening, 2
Arp Layers track, 160.
See also Layered Arp track
Arrangement track, markers, 97
arrow keys.
attenuating frequencies, 455–460
audio
audio cells, recording, 228–231.
See also cells; MIDI cells
audio effect plug-ins.
See also digital audio recording
audio files.
See also stereo audio files
finding, 176
matching to project key and tempo, 399–402
audio interface and monitoring, 176–178
audio regions.
See also Flex Time tool; regions
deleting, 190
joining and repeating, 367–369
time-stretching notes, 419–423
time-stretching waveforms, 414–419
audio tracks, creating, 28, 492
Auto Gain buttons, 463.
See also Gain values; preamp gain
Auto-Input Monitoring, 205.
See also monitoring; Software Monitoring
automation area, toggling, 376
automation curves, drawing offline, 474–478
automation lanes, showing and hiding, 492
automation view, goggling, 487
bars
beats in, 41
fast-forwarding, 35
beats in bars, 41
Bollywood Vocal Chop track, 475, 477–478
Bounce dialog, opening, 75
Bounce in Place dialog, opening, 376
Browser pane, opening and closing, 235
Browsers area, showing and hiding, 489
C#1, playing, 289
C2 note, playing, 271
cells, recording and playing, 235.
See also audio cells; MIDI cells
Channel EQ plug-in, 108
channel strips
choosing names and icons, 68–71
configuring in Mixer, 493
Lead Synth, 142
removing plug-ins, 141
soloing, 492
Classic mode, Quick Sampler, 254–255
Classic VCA button, 462
clock tick, measurement, 41
closing projects, 221
Color Bars, Track Header Components, 181
Color palette, toggling, 235, 493
Command key. See keyboard shortcuts
compressor, quick mastering, 478–483
Compressor plug-in
turning off, 147
control surfaces, 299
Controller Assignments window, opening, 333, 490
copying
scenes in Tracks view, 387–390
count-in, MIDI cells, 224, 227
crash cymbal
on downbeat, 105
Drummer region, 84
echoing, 65
in fill, 102
playing, 95
removing, 117
ringing, 106
starting, 83
stopping, 76
crossfade, Quick Sampler, 258
Cycle button, 34
Cycle mode
Drummer region, 84
cycling through applications, 79
decibels full scale, 184
delay and reverb, adding depth and distance, 450–453
deleting
audio files, 208
audio regions, 190
loops, 22
notes, 118
patches, 168
regions, 100
selected row, 377
tracks, 8
depth and distance, adding, 450–453
depth and reverb, adding, 465–468
Deselect All, 295
deselecting all, 295
Desktop
keyboard shortcut, 32
selecting, 79
digital audio recording.
See also audio effect plug-ins
audio interface and monitoring, 176–178
project and sample rate, 173–176
DMD (Drum Machine Designer)
opening, 121
Dock, adding Logic Pro X to, 3
dragged area, expanding, 78
drumbeats, programming, 342–346
drum levels, adjusting using Smart Controls, 106–108
drum performance.
See also electronic drummer
drum slices, resequencing, 268–270
drum track
editing outro section, 104–106
markers in arrangement track, 95–100
drummer and style, choosing, 85–89
Drummer Editor
Complexity Range sliders, 120
shaker, 120
undoing adjustments, 90
Drummer region, converting to MIDI, 376, 493
drummer track, creating, 82–85
drums, sampling and slicing, 263–270.
See also intro drum performance
Echo plug-in, 452
editing. See also nondestructive editing
outro section of drum track, 104–106
patches with Smart Controls, 147–149
editing regions.
See also audio regions; regions
creating song selections, 56–60
cutting to edit bass line, 60–65
Editors area
opening, 127
showing and hiding, 489
effects, monitoring during recording, 182–184
Electric Piano track header, selecting, 8.
See also piano
electro-house track, creating, 118–121
electronic drummer.
See also drum performance
EQ display, drum levels, 108
ES2 instrument plug-in, 363
events and regions, repeating, 493
F#1, playing, 290
fades, adding to audio regions, 369–372, 492
feedback
raising, 162
file size, displaying, 207
Finder, selecting, 76
finding audio files, 176
Flanger, accessing, 164
Flex editing tools, showing and hiding, 492
Flex Pitch, 423–429. See also pitch
Flex Time tool. See also audio regions
time-stretching notes, 419–423
Follow checkbox, multitrack projects, 91
G#1, playing, 290
Gain values, 72.
See also Auto Gain buttons; preamp gain
Genre button, 10
global tracks
button, 96
opening, 127
showing and hiding, 489
Grid Stop button, 225
guitar
effect of Microphaser, 135
hardware controllers, assigning, 297–298
See also Smart Help
hidden functions, accessing, 203
hiding applications, 79
importing
audio into DMD (Drum Machine Designer), 380–383
audio into Quick Sampler, 238–241
Inara loop, accessing, 252
Input Device menu, 176–177, 180
inspector
instruments. See also software instruments
mapping plug-in parameters, 306–309
intro drum performance, editing, 100–103.
See also drums
Intro Gtr channel strip, 161
I/O Buffer Size, choosing, 183
iPad control. See Logic Remote
key commands
key focus, cycling, 11, 78, 489
keyboard shortcuts
applications, 2
audio tracks, 492
Automation lanes, 492
automation view, 487
Autopunch mode, 491
Browsers area, 489
Controller Assignments window, 333, 490
converting regions to MIDI, 493
cycling forward and backward, 79
cycling through applications, 495
Deselect All, 295
fades for audio regions, 492
Flex editing tools, 492
inspector, 77
Key Commands window, 235, 333, 490
key focus, 78
Library, 85, 127, 169, 489, 494
loops to regions, 492
main window, 127
MIDI Out button, 495
Musical Typing window, 490
Mute, 492
muting and unmuting regions, 492
naming regions, 493
navigation and playback, 45, 77–78, 490–491
panels, 77
Piano Roll, 295, 489–490, 494–495
playhead, 491
plug-in windows, 489
previewing selections, 490
project audio browser, 235
recording, 235
repeating regions and events, 493
repeating selections, 78
reverting parameters, 492
screensets, 490
selecting notes, 490
Selection-Based Processing window, 493
setting locators, 491
software instruments, 492
solo operations, 130, 140, 487, 492
starting recording, 491
step sequencing, 494
Tool menu, 489
track headers, 493
track solo buttons, 429
tracks, 179, 210, 235, 492–493
trimming regions, 490
unused audio files and regions, 494
windows, 77
keyword area, resizing, 9
keyword buttons, resetting, 13
kick
Drummer Editor, 94
Drummer region, 84
keyword button, 10
loop, 16
Kick & Snare slider, 91
knobs
assigning to Smart Controls, 303–306
default values, 152
displaying, 93
entering values, 156
locking, 92
Latch mode, 477
latency, 183
Layered Arp track, 168.
See also Arp Layers track
Lead Synth channel strip, 142, 150–152
lead vocals. See also vocal recordings
shaping frequency spectrum, 454–460
Learn mode, toggling, 377
Legacy plug-ins, accessing, 164
LFO (low-frequency oscillator), 245–248
Library
Drum Kit Designer, 110
keyboard shortcuts, 494
loading presets, 138
opening, 127
showing and hiding, 489
Linn, Roger, 237
Live Loop cells
recording audio cells, 228–231
Live Loops
keyboard shortcuts, 493
populating scenes in grid, 383–387
Live Loops grid
displaying with Tracks view, 391
locating, 4
showing and hiding, 30
toggling between Tracks view, 387, 391
and Tracks view, 489
Live mode, 215
locators, setting, 491
locked screenset, customizing, 439–441.
See also screensets
locking
knobs, 92
Logic Pro X
adding to Dock, 3
Logic Remote
controlling parameters, 476
installing and connecting, 312–314
key command cells, 322
playing software instruments, 315–318
Synths track, 326
triggering Live Loops, 324–327
Loop Browser
showing and hiding, 489
Loop parameters, toggling, 78, 492
Loop tool, accessing, 44
loops
chopping in take folder, 273
converting to regions, 492
deleting, 22
macOS, keyboard shortcuts, 79, 495
Make Up knob, 464
metronome
settings, 189
Microphaser plug-in, effect on guitar, 135–136
microphone
adjusting input gain, 250
preamp gain, 185
using, 177
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface), recording, 209–215
MIDI cells. See also audio cells; cells
MIDI in Piano Roll. See also Piano Roll
note length and velocity, 356–358
pattern region to MIDI region, 352–353
pitch bend automation, 360–364
programming, 351
MIDI keyboard
using, 297
MIDI Out button, toggling, 376
MIDI recording, correcting timing, 215–218
MIDI regions
converting to audio, 364
recording to trigger samples, 243–245
Mixer
automating parameters, 468–469
controlling parameters, 476
opening, 31
recording live automation, 474–478
resizing, 72
shortcut menu, 487
showing and hiding, 489
switching between tracks area, 435–438
toggling, 77
Wide Channel Strips button, 440
mixer parameters
drawing offline automation, 469–474
recording live automation, 474–478
mixes, exporting to stereo audio files, 483–485
mixing. See also submixes
overview, 431
tips and tricks, 487
Modern R&B keyword button, 14
monitoring.
See also Auto-Input Monitoring; Software Monitoring
effects during recording, 182–184
mouse tools, editing with, 53–56
Musical Typing window, opening and closing, 211, 490
Mute, toggling, 492
naming projects, 6
navigation commands, 45
New Tracks dialog, opening, 27, 235, 295, 492.
See also tracks
No Overlap mode, 63
nondestructive editing, 207.
See also editing
notes.
See also Quick Sampler; sampling single notes
creating in Piano Roll, 358–360
deleting, 118
numerical values, changing, 18
“One More Night” (by Maroon 5), 178
Option key. See keyboard shortcuts
Option-dragging, 46
Output Device menu, 176–177, 180
Outro marker, resizing, 99
pads, assigning to Live Loops, 298–301
pan knob, 72
panes, giving key focus, 11
panning in stereo field, 444–447
parallel processing
parameter values
reverting to defaults, 492
patches
deleting, 168
editing with Smart Controls, 147–149
layering with summing track stacks, 157–161
selecting and setting, 169
Pattern Browser, opening and closing, 377
Pattern region
adding to audio track, 346–348
converting to audio, 364
converting to MIDI, 352–353, 376, 493
patterns, clearing, 377
PCM (pulse-code modulation) files, 483
Pedal Browser, 138
Pedalboard plug-in window, 139
Pencil tool, using to create notes, 358–360
percussion, Drummer Editor, 94
phaser plug-in, inserting, 133–137
Piano, choosing, 211.
See also Electric Piano track header
Piano Roll. See also MIDI in Piano Roll
cycling through MIDI region, 245–248
resequencing drum slices, 268–270
showing and hiding, 489
transposing notes, 269
pitch, modulating for sample, 245–248.
See also Flex Pitch
Play button, 34
playback
starting and stopping, 19, 35, 37, 101, 490
playhead, locating, 491
playing
selected cells, 235
plug-ins
accessing, 164
audio effects, 133–140, 281–286
Channel EQ, 108
choosing formats, 135
Compressor, 147
controlling parameters, 476
hiding and showing windows, 169
inserting, 129
inserting on channel strips, 166
Legacy, 164
mapping Smart Controls, 306–312
opening, 124
Pedalboard, 139
Q-Sampler, 124
removing from channel strips, 141
Retro Synth instrument, 155
showing and hiding, 489
undoing parameter changes, 455
preamp gain, controlling, 185.
See also Auto Gain buttons; Gain values
Prelisten button, 208
presets
choosing for drums, 88
finding, 183
loading from Library, 138
Project Audio Browser, 206–208, 494
Project Chooser, opening, 3
Project Settings window, 174–175
projects
bouncing, 78
naming, 6
navigating and building, 33–34, 78
returning to beginning, 490
Q-Sampler Plug-in pane, 124
quantizing
recordings, 224
Quick Sampler. See also notes; Piano Roll; sampling single notes
creating tracks with drag and drop, 252–254
crossfade, 258
disabling snapping, 279
editing markers, 241–243, 288–292
Flex button, 271
Glide knob, 272
looping sample playback, 254–258
Pitch section, 272
sampling and slicing drums, 263–270
Ratio knob, 464
Record button, 34
recording
audio in Quick Sampler, 248–252
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface), 209–215
MIDI region to trigger samples, 243–245
and playing cells, 235
scenes in Tracks view, 387–390
in selected cell, 235
into selected cells, 235
sources onto tracks, 180
recording audio
rectangle, drawing around regions, 61
Region inspector, 57
regions.
See also audio regions; editing regions
cutting to edit bass line, 60–65
deleting, 100
dividing, 102
muting and unmuting, 492
naming by track name, 295, 493
packing into take folder, 273–278
previewing, 208
rendering with fades, 493
repeating, 493
selecting and deselecting, 36–40, 490
soloing, 491
Remix FX, live DJ effects, 327–332
Resize
button, 72
pointer, 105
Retro Synth instrument plug-in, 155
reverb
Reverb knob, snare, 126
rounded locators, setting, 78, 491
rows, deleting, 377
sample rate
displaying, 207
explained, 172
samples, transposing and keeping synced, 270–273
sampling single notes.
See also notes; Quick Sampler
editing markers in waveform display, 241–243
recording in Quick Sampler, 248–252
recording MIDI regions, 243–245
sampling and slicing drums, 263–270
saving. See also Apple Loops
user settings and patches, 166–169
Scaling option, Parameter Mapping area, 309
scenes
copying and recording, 387–390
duplicating and editing, 20–23
populating in Live Loops grid, 383–387
screensets. See also locked screenset
recalling, 490
Selection-Based Processing window, 295, 493
selections
audio effect plug-ins, 281–286
joining into regions, 376
previewing, 490
repeating, 78
transposing, 295
Send Level knob, 452
Shift key. See keyboard shortcuts
Shuffle mode, 62
slice markers, editing, 288–292
slicing audio regions, 365–366
sliders
default values, 152
entering values, 156
Smart Controls
adjusting drum levels, 106–108
Coarse Tune knob, 307
External Assignment area, 304
opening, 127
Parameter Mapping area, 304–308
Q-Sampler Main button, 124
showing and hiding, 489
Smart Help, 323.
See also help tags
snapping
disabling in Quick Sampler, 279
toggling, 493
snare
Drum Kit Designer, 109
Drummer Editor, 94
Drummer region, 84
snare hit, reverberating, 26
software instruments. See also instruments
Software Monitoring, 177.
See also Auto-Input Monitoring; monitoring
Solo buttons, clearing or recalling, 487
Solo mode
playing instruments in, 130–133
software instruments, 140
toggling, 492
soloing regions, 491
songs. See also mixing songs
sound. See audio
Sounds section, padlock icon, 88
sources, recording onto tracks, 180
Space Designer window, 466
step automation, creating, 349–351
Step Sequencer
adding pattern regions, 346–348
loading and saving patterns, 339–342
programming drumbeats, 342–346
steps
turning on or off, 377
stereo audio files, exporting mixes, 483–485. See also audio files
stereo file, mixing down to, 75–77
Stereo Out channel strip, 153, 481
stereo position, adjusting, 71–74
stopping playback, 19
submixes, creating from track stacks, 432–435. See also mixing
take folder, packing regions, 273–278
takes
Tape Delay plug-in, 162–165, 451
tempo changes and curves, creating, 88, 405–407
tempo curve, 232
Threshold knob, 463
Throwback Funk Beat, 238, 263, 267, 271
timing of audio regions. See Flex Time tool
toms, Drummer Editor, 94
Tone Knob, shaker, 123
Tool menu, opening, 376
Touch mode, 477
track headers, configuring in Tracks view, 493
track solo buttons, clearing or recalling, 429
track stacks
accessing, 158
tracks. See also New Tracks dialog
creating, 376
deleting, 8
following grooves of tracks, 407–410
naming and choosing icons, 68–71
preparing for recording, 178–182
processing with plug-ins, 161–166
soloing, 492
tracks area, switching between Mixer, 435–438
Tracks view
copying and recording scenes, 387–390
and Live Loops grid, 489
toggling between Live Loops grid, 391
transport buttons, using, 34–36
transport controls, assigning, 301–303
transposing
selections, 295
Trippy Hat Topper, 15
“Umbrella” (by Rihanna), 178
unused audio files
selecting, 235
Varispeed, changing playback pitch and speed, 410–413
Verse Guitar track, 131, 146–147
Verse marker, selecting, 98–99
vocal chops
editing slice markers, 288–292
triggering and recording, 292–294
vocal recordings. See also lead vocals
slicing in Quick Sampler, 286–288
volume
fader, 72
Wet slider, 452
zooming
horizontally, 98
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