audioMIDI.com presentsLOGIC 8 BASIC TRAINING
Recognizing a need for user training above and beyond the hefty user manual, audioMIDI.com is proud to offer its Los Angeles-area customers Logic Pro 8 training for beginning-to-intermediate users in a live-clinic environment. Participants will master the skills to optimally configure Logic for creation of audio and MIDI tracks, as well as learning to use Apple’s awesome array of virtual instruments and plug-ins. Attendees will be shown how to use Apple Loops for lightning-fast song creation, and learn basic mixing and mastering techniques, simplifying the task of assembling tracks into a cohesive whole. Students will receive a “take-home” written copy of the course curriculum for reference.
audioMIDI.com’s Logic 8 Basic Training course will be taught by Mitchell Sigman, Logic user since 1996. In addition to being a Keyboard Magazine columnist, Mitchell has created and mixed many album projects in Logic, including CD projects for the seminal synthpop band Berlin.
The first class will be held Saturday, June 21st, from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM with a lunch break and will take place at Mitchell’s studio facility adjacent to the Los Angeles Universal City area. Cost is $300. Register soon as classes are filling up quickly!
Class date scheduling subject to change dependent upon registration.
audioMIDI.com LOGIC TRAINING OUTLINE v1.2
LESSON 1/ Introduction
- basic file hierarchy, file types/formats and compatibility.
- overview of sample rates and bit depths.
- tools Logic replaces in the analog world.
LESSON 2/ Logic Windows and Screensets Overview
- explain primary functions of windows including the arrange, media pop-out window, piano roll, bin, score editors and audio mixer.
- explain use of windows in conjunction with screensets.
LESSON 3/ The Audio Mixer
- explain channel strip features, basic mixer functionality, channel strip presets, channel audio I/O.
- explain difference between mixer object types.
- differences between insert effects and bus-type effects.
- how to insert instruments and effects into mixer channels.
LESSON 4/ The Transport Bar
- basic functions.
- explanation of displays.
- master volume.
LESSON 5/ The Arrange Window
- basic navigation: setting playhead position, zoom in/out, scrolling, the catch function.
- the cycle mode.
- global tracks usage and functionality: markers, time signture, tempo maps.
LESSON 6/ Recording Your First MIDI Tracks
- creating a MIDI tracks and selecting internal and external MIDI instruments.
- clicks and count-ins.
- quantization and basic playback.
- basic piano roll and event list editing.
- the inspector window and playback parameters.
LESSON 7/ Recording Your First Audio Tracks
- initial folder organization on the desktop.
- creating an audio track.
- preparing to record audio.
- setting input routing, levels, file destination.
- clicks and count-ins.
- “take recording”, navigating and flattening take folders, creating comps.
- basic audio file editing.
- file handling in the bin window.
LESSON 8/ Adding Apple Loops
- explain audio vs. MIDI Apple Loops.
- the Apple Loops browser.
- how to add and which type of audio track to use in the arrange window.
LESSON 9/ Basic Track Mixing
- setting up a basic mix.
- insert effects and when to use.
- bus/Aux object send and return effects and when to use.
- bussing multiple tracks to subgroups and why.
- overview of track automation.
- bouncing mixes down to a stereo mix and formats.
- pro and cons of in-the-bouncing vs. external mixing/summing.
