Logic Pro 101 - Learn to produce in a matter of hours!

Explore the Logic Pro interface with a beginner-friendly, high level overview of essential areas and defaults. Future videos will cover recording, editing, and mixing.

Explore the Logic Pro control bar and workspace to access track library, inspector, smart controls, mixer, and editor for recording, editing, and mixing.

Explore editing and mouse tools in Logic Pro 101, switch to live loops view for beat work, and use pointer and marquee tools with zoom sliders for detail control.

Explore how tracks in your project function, featuring mute and solo controls, plus record arm and output monitoring; add tracks with the Track Wizard or duplicate them, preserving settings.

Discover the Logic Pro interface with a practical overview, learn to use Quick Help for feature hints, and understand that the software serves diverse producers while focusing on essential tools.

Master recording in Logic Pro by configuring basic settings, recording one or multiple tracks, and managing multiple takes to streamline your audio production.

Learn to set up your recording interface in Logic Pro, troubleshoot connectivity, and configure core audio and input/output devices for low latency.

Explore condenser and dynamic microphones and their uses for vocals, drums, and guitars in Logic Pro, and note large vs small diaphragm condensers and phantom power.

Set up the correct inputs in your interface and Logic Pro, enable record on the desired tracks, and choose between direct and software monitoring for real-time playback.

Set up input monitoring in Logic Pro, start recording with the record button or R, and stop with the spacebar, while learning to record multiple tracks with separate inputs.

Use punch in and out to record a section in Logic Pro, then replace or keep a second take to edit, with auto punch controlling start and stop.

Record multiple takes in Logic Pro using the punch feature with replace disabled, creating a take folder to store all takes and showing how Logic switches takes with on-track lines.

Record in Logic Pro with the essential tools to run an efficient and professional recording session, complete with good monitoring.

Record and edit midi in Logic Pro with intuitive tools that capture performance data. Discover midi basics and how software instruments in Logic Pro let you explore different sounds.

Connect a MIDI controller to Logic Pro by USB or MIDI interface, verify recognition in control surface setup and MIDI settings, and use Audio MIDI Setup to rescan devices.

Choose and tailor software instruments in Logic Pro after setting up MIDI. Explore e piano, alchemy, vintage electric piano, and drum kit designer to craft a quick beat.

Learn how to record MIDI in Logic Pro using external MIDI devices, musical typing, and software instruments, including enabling tracks, using replace vs add, and programming MIDI patterns.

Learn to use the piano roll editor in Logic Pro to create and edit Midi notes, adjust grid divisions, and apply smart snapping for precise drum patterns and hats.

Quantizing midi snaps notes to a grid to correct timing, using time quantize for the beat, 16th notes, and scale quantizing to stay in key, with tweaks when needed.

Edit midi velocity and continuous controller data to shape dynamics with MIDI automation, pitch bending, and sustain range 0-127, enhancing chord progressions from soft to loud.

Explore Logic Pro's score editor, a piano-roll-like tool on a musical staff accessed via the score button to manually add notes aligned with your key signature, though it cannot quantize.

Learn how to use Logic Pro to send MIDI to an external device, program MIDI, and route audio back into Logic via an external instrument plugin and track.

Master the step sequencer in Logic Pro to program MIDI drum parts quickly, adjust step values and velocity, and loop across multi-measure beats with drum designer tools.

Explore the step sequencer in Logic Pro, experiment with its tools, and get comfortable using midi features for frequent production.

Learn to edit audio with fading, looping, and drum replacement, and edit MIDI with the piano roll to prepare your project for mixing.

Organize your Logic Pro session for editing by adding markers to delineate sections like intro and outro, and apply track organization and color coding to streamline workflow.

Master comping by selecting sections from multiple takes to create a perfect pass, applying fades for smooth transitions, saving and switching between comps, and grouping tracks for simultaneous editing.

Open edit view to refine base loops track, use marquee or scissor tools for splits and crossfades, learn looping, and remove silence with threshold and pre and post times.

Explore flex time and flex pitch in Logic Pro to stretch audio and tune notes, select algorithms, edit bars, quantize to scale, and refine pitch, formants, vibrato, and gain.

Learn to replace drums or add samples by selecting the drum track, setting a trigger threshold, and browsing samples to fine-tune a sampler for added punch on kicks.

Explore basic midi editing in Logic Pro 101 by using scissor tool on midi tracks, moving notes, splicing, and adjusting velocity and sustain values (0–127) via the automation panel.

Review the essential editing tools in Logic Pro to get started, and revisit the video to acquaint yourself with the basics. In the next video, focus on mixing a project.

Explore the essentials of mixing in Logic Pro, building on recording and editing, and learn how built-in effects and tools help you complete a professional, polished mix.

Explore the Logic Pro mix window and channel strips, use presets and views to visualize effects, monitor gain reduction and EQ, and route inputs, sends, and buses for flexible mixing.

Create sub mixes for drums, percussion, vocals, and guitars to manage large sessions. Route tracks to buses and an aux/ox track for control, then adjust faders to balance the groups.

Set levels and panning to craft a rough mix, then use the channel EQ with eight bands and high/low pass filters, plus compressor, limiter, and de-esser to balance the track.

Route signals via buses to shared ox tracks to apply reverb and delay, choosing post pan, post fader, or pre fader send points, and control effects centrally for multiple tracks.

Learn to add reverb and delay to a drum bus in Logic Pro 101, using chrome reverb to shape room, decay, attack, and dry/wet balance.

Learn parallel processing in Logic Pro by sending tracks to an aux track and applying compressors or other effects to blend presence with the original mix while preserving dynamics.

Explore the basics of mixing in Logic Pro and experiment with mixing tools to find what fits your workflow. Look forward to the automation discussion in the next session.

Explore automation in Logic Pro, learning how to automatically change track volume during playback, with methods to write or record automation for easy repetition.

Discover the difference between track automation and region automation, enable automation by pressing the a key, and add points to edit tracks or specific regions.

Explore the different automation types in Logic Pro, including read, touch, latch, write, trim, and relative modes. Learn to write automation during playback and switch modes for precise control.

Draw automation in Logic using the pencil tool, switch between volume and ratio compressor without erasing data, and edit multiple points with the marquee tool on one track.

Automate MIDI in Logic Pro by selecting a metric on a software instrument or external MIDI track, automating volume, panning, modulation, sustain, and other controllable parameters.

Explore the basics of automation in Logic Pro and consider revisiting the opening segments for clarity, then look forward to the basics of mastering in the next video.

Master a finished mix in Logic Pro by importing the bounce, using match EQ and multi-band compression, and monitoring loudness around -14 LUFS to preserve dynamics.

Export a final mix as a bounce, import the wav into a mastering session, trim silence, apply fades, and use reference tracks to guide loudness and EQ.

Master Logic Pro mastering tools, including match EQ with reference curves, and a multi-band compressor. Use the loudness meter toward -14 LUFS and apply a limiter without crushing dynamics.

Deliver a concise rundown of mastering tools in Logic Pro to boost your music production skills.

Export your Logic Pro project and prepare it for mixing or mastering. Save the track, open the mix file, and close the current project.

Learn to bounce a Logic Pro project by routing audio to stereo outputs one and two, then export a WAV file using real-time or offline bounce.

Create an alternate project to prep stems for a mixing engineer. Bounce a reference mix offline with normalization off, then export all tracks as 24-bit wav stems with proper naming.

Select the bounce time in Logic Pro, then export a lossless WAV at 24-bit, project sample rate, interleaved stereo, with dithering off, to prep for mastering.

Bounce your Logic Pro project for a mixing or mastering engineer, or for yourself, and learn how to prepare it.