
Discover how Logic Pro X empowers music creation across performance capture, library loops, audio extraction, and virtual instruments triggered by MIDI, guiding you from writing melodies to assigning orchestral parts.
Introduce the topic of logic pro x, show what's available, and ignite exploration through a project-based approach with templates and working files.
Explore the Logic Pro X interface redesign, mini plugins, drummer grooves, bass amp simulator, track stacks, retro synth, in-project alternatives, and remote control via Logic Remote for streamlined production.
Learn how Logic Pro X differs from Logic 9 in window layouts and navigation. Master screen sets to customize and move libraries, inspectors, mixers, and piano roll across sessions.
Explore the core Logic Pro X interface, including the inspector, library, mixer, transport, and customizable toolbars, plus cycle, replace, and keystroke customization for efficient editing.
Explore global versus project settings in Logic Pro X, including general preferences and startup actions. Adjust editing options, undo limits, piano roll versus event list, and input/output devices.
Set up and route external synths in Logic Pro X using the MIDI environment, configure ports, channels, and patches, and manage banks for devices like the 2080.
Explore how to set sample rates and bit depth in Logic Pro X, from 44.1k to 48k and 24-bit vs 16-bit, guided by Nyquist and dynamic range.
Start a new Logic Pro X project from a template, set tempo and key, choose hip hop templates, and organize tracks to lay down drum and instrument parts.
Lay down drum parts in a four-bar phrase, quantize notes, add kick and snare, swap to hi-hats, clone parts with option-drag, transpose, and explore loops in Logic Pro X.
Learn how to use Logic Pro X loops to quickly build beats: audition audio and MIDI loops, understand tempo conformity, and manage favorites.
Create a new track and switch the plug-in to Ultrabeat drums. Edit kicks and snares with editable patterns and drag the arr window to the main window.
Explore customizing bass parts in Logic Pro X with the ESM monophonic synth, using subtractive synthesis, sawtooth and square waves, and filters to shape bass tones.
Learn practical MIDI editing in Logic Pro X, including region splitting, looping, duplicating tracks, muting, velocity adjustments, and quantization across the piano roll and event list.
Explore the MIDI transform window in Logic Pro X to quantize notes, set fixed note length, adjust velocities, and apply operations to selected events for detailed editing.
Explore the built-in arpeggiator in Logic Pro X with arpeggiated patches and tempo-synced playback. Adjust patterns, rate, octaves, velocities, and swing, and learn chords and chord triggers for rich voicings.
Explore MIDI effects and mini processors in Logic Pro X, including modifier and modulator, pitched vibrato with envelope and attack, randomiser, scripter with script editor, and transposition for performance.
Learn to use groove track in Logic Pro X to synchronize tracks to groove, manage track headers and loops, and convert midi to audio with one groove track per project.
Arrange the song by crafting a four-bar intro, inserting silence, and cloning sections with arrangement tools. Map verse, chorus, and outro using global tracks and color-coding for clarity.
Discover how to mix in Logic Pro X using the mix window, manage track and master volumes, and set up groups, automation, and reverb to achieve a cohesive final bounce.
Explore Logic Pro X bounce options: destination and file types (PCM, A.F. wave, CHF), resolution, sample rate, interleaved vs. split, dithering, normalization, real time or offline, and archiving.
Learn to archive Logic Pro X projects with clean-up and consolidation, saving only used audio files and media, managing backups, and choosing between package and folder formats.
Explore the EXS sampler in Logic Pro X to map audio samples across a MIDI keyboard, with velocity, transpose, pitch bends, and patching controls.
Build a custom exs patch by mapping cymbal crash samples to keyboard zones and loading samples. Adjust native pitch and transpose to achieve real-time keyboard mapping.
Create a custom exs patch by mapping sounds to pitch ranges and velocity layers, using 0–63 and 64–127 zones. Save the instrument and manage samples for reuse.
Explore the vintage synth collection in Logic Pro X, including organ, clarinet, and electric piano sounds; learn patch navigation, engine controls, and expressive effects like vibrato, chorus, and damper.
Explore retro synth techniques in Apple Logic Pro X, using the retro synth engine and analog poly synth to edit patches and save custom presets.
Identify track stacks in Logic Pro X, differentiate folder and summing stacks, and control two layer patches with volume, mute, solo, and automation, while exploring arpeggiated synths and simulators.
Discover Logic Remote, a free iPad app that connects over the same wireless network to control Logic Pro X with transport, library, mixer, and keyboards, guitar, and drum pads.
Learn to use Space Designer in Logic Pro X to place sounds in a space using large hall and small booth reverbs, adjust onset, decay, filters, and impulse responses.
Explore Delay Designer in Logic Pro X to craft rhythms with simple delays on your timeline and complex filtered pitch shifted echoes that drive creative parts.
Set up the songwriter template in Logic Pro X, configure the session grid and key to D major, 4/4, and 44.1 kHz, and organize five tracks.
Explore amp designer in Logic Pro X to sculpt guitar and bass tones with legacy channel strips, mic choices, and tweed amps.
Explore Logic Pro X's pedalboard to craft guitar tones with a wide pedal selection, stacking chorus, spin box, and wah-wah effects, adjusting volume, and saving presets for future tracks.
Master swipe comping with audio by layering multiple takes into a single master take, then merge to craft vocal or guitar performances from the best takes.
Master MIDI swype comping in Logic Pro X by using cycle recording to create tracks on the fly, layer parts without overwriting, and join regions for a complete arrangement.
Learn to use the alternatives feature in Logic Pro X to create and switch between multiple versions, swap instruments, and apply tempo adjustments and mapping for tighter creative options.
Explore mixing and freezing in Logic Pro X to refine drums, bass, guitars, and chorus while using six buses, minimal plugins, and real-time freezing to save processing power.
Master bass amp designer in logic pro x by selecting head, cabinet, and mic, tuning with graphic or parametric equalizer, and saving presets or alternate versions for different song sections.
Explore logic pro x's drummer with Kyle, a software instrument delivering varied patterns and swing. Adjust hihat, kick and snare choices, fills, and ghost notes.
Explore switching between virtual drummers in Logic Pro X, customizing their drum kits and patterns, saving presets, exporting as audio files, and integrating multiple genres into a track.
Tune drums in Logic Pro X by adjusting kick, snare, toms, and cymbals with dampening and gain; map inputs with General MIDI and save kits. Automate tuning and tempo changes.
Explore sound design in Logic Pro X by using the built-in 25,000+ sounds, metadata-powered search, and the free music and jingles library, then customize tracks with percussion, crossfades, and edits.
Learn to use EXS to trigger sound effects in post-production, mapping car interior and exterior sounds across velocity ranges and precise frames, and control ambience with a MIDI keyboard.
Learn to use flex time in Logic Pro X to adjust internal timing of audio by pinning and stretching regions, with monophonic mode for rhythm and spoken word.
Record a blues harmonica in Logic Pro X and use flex pitch to analyze and adjust notes, applying selective pitch corrections and experimenting with alternative versions feature for blues nuance.
Learn to synchronize game music with siren sound effects in Logic Pro X by aligning downbeats, looping two-bar sections, and adjusting tempo to match beats in time.
Explore the sculpture plug-in in Logic Pro X by comparing four regions, tweaking three objects with a wave shaper, and shaping sounds from authentic effects to starting from scratch.
Learn to write music for picture in Logic Pro X by using a template, setting 48 k sample rate, and matching frame rate with the video.
Open the movie in logic pro x, resize the window, set it to start at 52 frames for academy leader, and import Final Cut Pro SML data for audio sweetening.
Set precise, frame-accurate SMPTE markers on a timeline using control option apostrophe, then refine with time view and named markers for clear navigation.
Set SMPTE markers as addresses in frames, hours, minutes, and seconds to reference precise frames rather than bars and beats, and lock them to tempo using the marker list.
Determine tempo by aligning markers to bars and beats, balancing tempo math with the music’s feel, and exploring multiple tempos or meters and rhythm loops in Logic Pro X.
Align markers to beats by testing tempo from 110 to 150 bpm, using rhythm loops and possibly multiple tempos or meters to keep markers on bar lines.
Build the sound palette using cinematic strings, brass, woodwinds, arpeggio synths, and tuned tonality in key A to craft a cinematic movie score.
Master the mixing workflow in Logic Pro X and export audio to movie by balancing tracks, applying envelope modulation and auto filter, and selecting 48 kHz linear PCM for video.
Wrap up the course by reflecting on the evolution from analog to digital audio, contrast Pro Tools and Logic, and highlight Apple's Logic certification levels and creative use of Logic.
This Logic Pro X training course from Infinite Skills teaches you the tools and techniques available to you in Apple's premiere sound and music app. This training course is designed for the absolute beginner, no previous experience with Logic is necessary.
You will start the course by learning about the new features in Logic Pro X and how to navigate through the new user interface. You will then learn how to set up a new project, including customizing bass parts, assigning a groove track and mixing and bouncing the track. Joe will introduce you to the EXS sampler and show you how to build a custom EXS patch, use the Logic remote, and use the space and delay designer. This video tutorial also covers new features like Drummer, the Bass Amp simulator, Vintage Synths, and MIDI plugins. Finally, you will learn how to add finishing touches and mix and export the movie.
By the completion of this computer based training course, you will be fully capable of using the tools available in Logic Pro X for your own music and sound projects. Working files are included, allowing you to follow along with the author throughout the lessons.