Getting Started

Welcome to the official Apple Pro Training Series course for Logic Pro X 10.5. This book is a comprehensive introduction to professional music production with Logic Pro X 10.5. It uses real-world music and hands-on exercises to teach you how to record, edit, arrange, mix, produce, and polish audio and MIDI files in a professional workflow. So let’s get started!

The Methodology

This book takes a hands-on approach to learning the software, so you’ll be working through the project files and media you download after registering the book at www.peachpit.com/apts.logicprox10.5. It’s divided into lessons that introduce the interface elements and ways of working with them, building progressively until you can comfortably grasp the entire application and its standard workflows.

Each lesson in this book is designed to support the concepts learned in the preceding lesson, and first-time readers should go through the book from start to finish. However, each lesson is self-contained, so when you need to review a topic, you can quickly jump to any lesson.

The book is designed to guide you through the music production process as it teaches Logic, and it is organized in 10 lessons.

Lesson 1 starts you with an overview of the entire process. You’ll become familiar with the interface and the various ways to navigate a project; use Apple Loops to build a song from scratch; and then arrange, mix, and export the song to an MP3 file.

Lesson 2 focuses on drum tracks, the foundation of your song. You’ll use Drummer to generate virtual drumbeat performances triggering acoustic and electronic drum instruments.

In Lesson 3 you will explore effect and instrument plug-ins, use the Library to load patches and presets, and save your own plug-in settings.

Lesson 4 dives deeper into typical situations that you may encounter when recording audio sources, such as microphones, guitars, and MIDI controllers. You’ll record both in the linear Tracks view editor and in the Live Loops grid.

You will use the new Quick Sampler instrument plug-in in Lesson 5 to turn a voice into a synthesizer pad, record your own handclap sample, create vocal chop effects, and sample a bass sound from a loop to create your own bass line.

Lesson 6 shows you how to connect MIDI controllers to Logic to trigger loops, navigate the project, or adjust plug-in parameters. You will explore the free Logic Remote app (for iPad and iPhone) to control Logic from your multi-touch screen and use the iPad’s built-in gyroscope to modulate effects.

To create content in Lesson 7, you’ll program MIDI in the Piano Roll, create drumbeats and step automation in Logic’s new Step Sequencer, edit Audio regions, and add fades and turntable start and stop effects.

Lesson 8 is a brief overview of workflow that integrates multiple features—learned in the previous lessons—into a complete music production process. You’ll start by building your own drum instrument with samples, program a drumbeat in Step Sequencer, combine it with recordings and Apple Loops in the Live Loops grid, and record your Live Loops performance into the Tracks view to build an arrangement.

Lesson 9 explores various ways to edit the pitch and time of your recordings, using Smart Tempo to ensure that all your audio files play at the same tempo; creating custom tempo curves; using groove tracks and Varispeed; time-stretching audio; and tuning vocals.

You’ll study the end processes of music production in Lesson 10: mixing, automating, and mastering using track stacks, EQ, compressor, limiter, and delay and reverb plug-ins. You will export your final mix as a stereo audio file.

Appendix A lists a wealth of useful keyboard shortcuts to help speed up your workflow.

System Requirements

Before using Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro X 10.5, you should have a working knowledge of your Mac and the macOS operating system. Make sure that you know how to use the mouse or trackpad and standard menus and commands, and how to open, save, and close files. If you need to review these techniques, see the printed or online documentation included with your system.

Logic Pro X and the lessons in this book require the following system resources:

  • macOS 10.14.6 or later

  • Minimum 6 GB of disk space (up to 72 GB of disk space for the full Sound Library installation)

  • High-speed internet connection for installation

  • MIDI keyboard (optional but recommended to play and record software instruments) connected via USB or via a compatible MIDI interface

  • (optional) iPhone or iPad with iOS 13.1 or later for controlling Logic using the Logic Remote iPad app as shown in Lesson 6

Preparing Your Logic Workstation

The exercises in this book require that you install Logic Pro X along with the entire Apple Sound Library (including the Legacy and Compatibility content). If you have not yet installed Logic, you may purchase it from the App Store. When your purchase is completed, Logic Pro X will automatically be installed on your hard drive, and you will be prompted to install the Apple Sound Library.

Some of the instructions and descriptions in this book may vary slightly, depending on the sounds you have installed.

When you first open Logic Pro X, the app will automatically download and install the essential content. If you get an alert offering to download more sounds, continue to download and install all the sounds.

To make sure the complete Apple Sound Library is installed on your Mac, choose Logic Pro X > Sound Library > Open Sound Library Manager, and click Select All Uninstalled. Make sure the Legacy and Compatibility content is selected. Then, click Install.

Note ▶

If you choose not to download the entire Logic sound library, you may be unable to find some of the media needed in the exercises. Missing media will appear dimmed with a down arrow icon. Click the down arrow icon to download that media.

Online Content

Your purchase of Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro X 10.5 includes online materials provided by way of your Account page at www.peachpit.com. These include the following.

Lesson files

The downloadable content for Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro X 10.5 includes the project files you will use for each lesson, as well as media files that contain the audio and MIDI content you will need for each exercise. After you save the files to your hard disk, each lesson will instruct you in their use. To download the lesson files, you will need to follow the instructions below.

Free Web Edition

The Web Edition is a free online version of the book that is included with your purchase. Your Web Edition can be accessed on our site from any device with a connection to the Internet.

Accessing the lesson files and Web Edition from www.peachpit.com

  1. Go to www.peachpit.com/apts.logicprox10.5.

  2. Sign in or create a new account.

  3. Click Register.

  4. Answer the question as proof of purchase.

    The lesson files can be accessed from the Registered Products tab on your Account page.

  5. Click the Access Bonus Content link below the title of your product to proceed to the download page.

  6. Click the lesson file link(s) to download them to your computer.

    The Web Edition can be accessed from the Digital Purchases tab on your Account page.

  7. Click the Launch link to access the product.

    Note ▶

    If you’ve enabled the Desktop and your Document folder to sync to iCloud, you are strongly advised not to copy your lesson files to your Desktop. Choose another location, such as the Logic folder within your Music folder.

  8. After downloading the file to your Mac desktop, you’ll need to unzip the file or mount the disk image to access a folder titled Logic Book Projects, which you will save or move to your Mac desktop. Each lesson explains which files to open for that lesson’s exercises.

    Note ▶

    If you purchased a digital product directly from www.peachpit.com, your product will already be registered. However, you still need to follow the registration steps and answer the proof-of-purchase question before the Access Bonus Content link will appear under the product on your Registered Products tab.

Using Default Preferences and Key Commands, and Selecting the Advanced Tools

All the instructions and descriptions in this book assume that you are using the default preferences (unless instructed to change them). At the beginning of Lesson 1, you will be instructed how to show advanced tools and select all additional options.

If you have changed some of your Logic Pro X preferences, you may not see the same results as described in the exercises. To make sure that you can follow along with this book, it’s best to revert to the initial set of Logic preferences before you start the lessons. Keep in mind, however, that when you initialize preferences, you lose your custom settings, and later you may want to reset your favorite preferences manually.

  1. Choose Logic Pro X > Preferences > Advanced Tools.

  2. Select Show Advanced Tools.

  3. Click the Enable All button to select all additional options, and then close the preferences window.

  4. Choose Logic Pro X > Preferences > Reset All Preferences Except Key Commands.

    A confirmation message appears.

  5. Click Initialize.

    Your preferences are initialized to their default states.

    Note ▶

    After initializing Preferences, you may need to re-select the desired audio interface: choose Logic Pro X > Preferences > Audio, choose your audio interface from the Output Device and Input Device pop-up menus, and make sure Core Audio is enabled. The first time you create a new audio track, in the New Track dialog, make sure Output is set to Output 1 + 2.

Using the U.S. Key Command Preset

This book assumes that you are using the default initialized key command preset for a U.S. keyboard. If you have customized your key commands, you may find that some of the key commands in your Logic installation do not function as they are described in this book.

If at any point you find that the key commands don’t respond as described in this book, make sure the U.S. key command preset is selected on your Mac by choosing Logic Pro X > Key Commands > Presets > U.S.

Screen Resolution

Depending on your display resolution, some of the project files may appear different on your screen than they do in the book. When you open a project, if you can’t see the whole main window, move the window until you can see the three window controls at the left of the title bar and Option-click the Zoom button (the green button, third from the left) to fit the window to the screen.

When using a small display, you may also have to zoom or scroll more often than instructed in the book when performing some of the exercise steps. In some cases, you may have to temporarily resize or close an area of the main window to complete an action in another area.

About the Apple Pro Training Series

Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro X 10.5 is a self-paced learning tool and Apple’s official guide for Logic Pro X. Books in this series also include downloadable lesson files and an online version of the book. The lessons are designed to let you learn at your own pace.

For a complete list of Apple Pro Training Series books, visit www.peachpit.com/apple.

Resources

Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro X 10.5 is not intended as a comprehensive reference manual, nor does it replace the documentation that comes with the application. For comprehensive information about program features, refer to the following resources:

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