Logic Pro Masterclass: The only course you need

Master editing basics in Logic Pro section two, learning how to create and edit any region and convert between region types, with a downloadable PDF overview.

Master the tool menu, snap, drag, auto zoom, and toolbar to edit and arrange regions in Logic Pro, using pointer, pencil, fade, slip, rotate, and automation workflows.

Open a new Logic Pro project to compare four track types—MIDI, pattern, drummer, and audio—then explore channel strip settings, insert effects, bus routing, mixer views, and basic mastering.

Learn to create and edit MIDI regions and tracks in Logic Pro using methods like right-click, pencil tool, drag-and-drop, loops, and recording, piano roll editing of velocity, pitch, and length.

Explore MIDI transformer presets to reverse positions, transpose notes, and experiment with region MIDI transforms inside the piano roll; learn to edit velocity, color, and automation.

Discover pattern regions and pattern tracks in Logic Pro, learn the step sequencer workflow, and explore editing steps and rows, pattern length, swing, and playback modes.

Explore pattern regions and tracks in a step sequencer, using MIDI in/out, mono mode, and live pattern recording; edit notes, gates, octaves, and automation.

Learn to work with drummer regions and tracks and master the drum machine designer to create, customize drum kits, patterns, and bus routing for expressive, editable drums.

Master how to import audio regions and tracks in Logic Pro from wav files and Apple Loops library. Compare flex time modes and flex pitch for precise editing.

Master Logic Pro's audio file editor and region tools: back up files, snap edits to zero crossings, apply fades and normalization, remove DC offset, and explore time and pitch machine.

learn to convert monophonic dry audio to midi in Logic Pro using flex pitch, by enabling flex and creating a midi track from flex pitch data; polyphonic data isn’t supported.

Explore smart tempo in Logic Pro, analyzing audio and MIDI regions to detect variable tempo, set downbeats, adjust tempo curves, and flexibly align recordings to a project tempo.

Learn how Logic Pro smart tempo detects BPM in MIDI and audio, and how to keep project tempo, adjust flex settings, and export files with tempo information embedded.

Master the beat mapping features in the Logic Pro masterclass to align guitar recordings with the project tempo and beat grid using global tracks and transient detection.

Use alt/option-command-t to detect tempo in audio regions, choose from detection result, half-time, double-time, two-thirds, or three halves, and apply region tempo to the project; export with tempo metadata.

Learn how track stacks group multiple tracks into a bus for unified processing, compare folder stacks versus summing stacks, and master their signal flow from bus to stereo output.

Explore track alternatives in Logic Pro by creating and swapping between different sets of MIDI regions on the same track, instead of muting or soloing regions.

Explore take folders in Logic Pro, pack and unpack folders, convert to track alternatives, and use quick swipe for comping takes in MIDI and audio recordings.

Learn to use groove tracks in Logic Pro to make multiple tracks follow a single groove by setting a groove track, matching groove track, and quantizing to it.

Master varispeed techniques, including speed only, speed and pitch, and speed and midi, to alter playback and pitch in old school hip hop loops.

Group tracks in Logic Pro to synchronize mute, pan, solo, and bus sends; control automation mode, track alternatives, editing, color, track zoom, height, and hide.

Explore midi fx in logic pro, from arpeggiator and chord trigger to modifier, modulator, LFOs, and envelopes, plus note repeater and velocity processor, including third-party audio units.

Learn track automation in Logic Pro to add movement by drawing and editing parameter automations with read, touch, latch, and write modes, using pencil tools and bus routing.

Explore region-specific automation in Logic Pro, including MIDI region parameters like velocity, sustain, pitch bend, and modulation, and learn how region automation outranks track automation.

Download and open the logic template for drum and bass, apply editing, automation, and mixing techniques from earlier sections, and customize with two track alternatives (minimal jump up, liquid).

Explore audio effect plugins and post-processing of sound across Midi patterns, session players, and audio tracks. Learn about 15 plugin slots, built-in and kilohertz third-party plugins, plus a PDF overview.

Discover how audio effects modulate input signals to produce new outputs, build versatile effect chains in Logic Pro’s mixer, and creatively or conservatively shape sound with up to 15 plugins.

Explore how equalizers sculpt sound spectrally using the channel EQ, high and low cut filters, and boosting highs and mids for clearer, tailored voice and tone.

Explore compression in logic pro masterclass, mastering dynamic range, threshold, ratio, attack, release, knee, and make-up gain to shape loud and quiet parts, plus multi-band options.

Explore Logic Pro's reverb plugins, comparing algorithmic and convolution reverbs, with practical guidance on impulse responses, space modeling, and creative uses of Space Designer and Quantec models.

Explore delay effects in Logic Pro, from simple echo to advanced delay designer, showing feedback, color filters, dry/wet balance, tempo syncing, stereo, tape, and sample delays.

Explore how distortion reshapes sound by turning a sine wave into square-like waves, amplifying harmonics with drive, overdrive, bitcrusher, and multiple algorithms, plus guitar amp and stomp box options.

Explore modulation in Logic Pro by using low frequency oscillators to drive parameters over time with tremolo, chorus, flanger, and phaser.

Explore Logic Pro imaging tools to shape the stereo image and 3d placement using direction mixer, mid-side processing, stereo spread, and binaural post-processing with panner and Doppler effects.

Logic Pro's amp designer and bass amp designer guide you through tuning, selecting presets, cabinets, and microphones, and building pedalboard chains with stompboxes to shape guitar and bass tones.

Explore the Logic Pro utility category, master gain control, understand phase inversion, and manage panning with input/output options, latency detection, and a built-in test oscillator and autosampler.

Explore Logic Pro dynamics: use the compressor and multiband compressor with threshold, ratio, attack, release, and makeup gain; master with limiters, true peak detection, look ahead, envelope, expander, and de-esser.

Explore Logic Pro multi effects, including beat breaker, fat effects, remix effects, and step effects, with stereo mode, tempo setup, and creative retiming demonstrations.

Learn to sculpt vocals with pitch correction, pitch shifter, and vocal transformer in Logic Pro, adjusting scale, tuning, and formants for precise, creative results.

Master metering in Logic Pro by using a BPM counter and tuner. Evaluate correlations, level, loudness, and multimeter readings to manage RMS, peak, true peak, and LUFS for EDM masters.

Discover Kilohertz Essentials, a free Logic Pro audio plugins pack that expands your palette with three-band equalizer, delays, distortion, phaser, formant filter, pitch shifter, reverb, and more.

Explore a lo-fi hip hop template in Logic Pro, featuring a drum machine kit, two samples at 106 bpm, forest ambience, and vinyl crackle, with demo file you can customize.

Explore buses in this quick fourth section of Logic Pro Masterclass to learn how you can process sound from multiple tracks together.

Explain buses as virtual signal paths in Logic Pro that route multiple tracks to a single channel for collective processing, including mix and auxiliary buses for parallel compression.

Explore sidechain compression buses and how to route via a bus to reduce cpu load, using a kick as sidechain input and volume automation for precise control.

Explore reverb and effect buses in Logic Pro, using bus sends and auxiliary buses to route dry and wet signals, apply Space Designer, delays, and dynamics, and build parallel compression.

Learn how to apply parallel compression to drums by sending a compressed signal to a bus, then blend it with the dry signal to boost perceived power without increasing loudness.

Learn how to avoid creating circular bus signal paths in Logic Pro to prevent feedback loops that can produce dangerously loud audio and potentially damage ears.

Explore a 3-in-1 Logic Pro demo project with garage and house templates. Download the file, try three alternatives, and craft an underground garage track.

Explore the basics of sound and music in this conceptual section, clarifying music terminology with formant pitch, minor seven chord, zero crossings, and why an octave has 12 semitones.

Define sound as a vibration traveling through a medium, show how music organizes sound in time, and state that all sounds are built from sine waves.

Explore how fixed root frequency and formants shape harmonic amplitudes within the harmonic series, using sine and square waves, and how the brain perceives a fundamental frequency that isn't present.

Explore how the harmonic series shapes tuning and chords, from fundamentals to the dominant seventh with an added nine, and contrast piano tuning with natural overtones.

Explore musical and acoustic parameters through a sine wave, linking amplitude to volume and frequency to pitch, and examine wave speed, impedance, and attenuation shaping sound.

Explore sample rate and bit depth in Logic Pro, MP3 compression and bitrate, plus DC offset, zero crossings, fades, and phase.

Understand phase and phasing in audio by examining destructive interference when two sine waves are offset by pi, and learn why bass with a single fundamental makes phase control crucial.

Examine notes, octaves, and tone sets, including semitone and whole-tone steps, chromatic and major scales, sharps and flats, and how major, natural minor, and church modes emerge.

Explore advanced music theory with the circle of fifths, negative harmony, and chromatic melody, and learn how major and minor sides influence brightness and chord progressions.

Explore how rhythm shapes music in time, from 4/4 bars at 120 bpm to subdivisions, swing, polyrhythms, and metric modulation.

Explore a dubstep demo template with a sidechain bus, bass sound design, and automated high frequency and chorus mix effects, using a space designer wet chain and Logic stock plugins.

Learn sound design by setting up the vital synthesizer and installing free materials, then compare it to Logic Pro’s es2 and complete a three-sound homework with PDFs.

Explore sound design in Logic Pro by using software synthesizers, oscillators, lfos, envelopes, macros, and automation to craft and recreate three popular song sounds, and share in the comment section.

Download and install the free vital audio synth on macOS, then load it in Logic Pro as a software instrument and organize sound packs, presets, and wavetables.

Unpack the vital zip, replace the factory presets and samples in your vital folder, and organize wavetables, samples, and presets for advanced sound design in Logic Pro.

Learn to save and organize Vital presets and channel strip settings, creating a structured folder system for quick access to track stacks and bass presets.

Explore Vital's oscillator architecture, comparing sine, triangle, square, saw waves across multiple oscillators, with unison, detune, and harmonics; and preview the sample oscillator for richer textures.

Explore the sample oscillator in Vital as a mini sampler that maps audio to MIDI notes, with looping, transposition, and keyboard mapping, and compare it to Logic's quick sampler.

Explore filters in Vital, routing oscillator one through filter one, filter two, or both in parallel, and learn shaping with cutoff, resonance, drive, key track, and analog and digital filters.

Explore envelope modifiers in vital, learning how delay, attack, hold, decay, sustain, and release shape volume and filter modulation, with drag‑and‑drop routing to any parameter and tips to avoid clicks.

Explore four LFOs in Vital, applying tempo-synced or envelope-shaped modulation to any parameter, such as level or filter cutoff, and sculpt custom waveforms to create dynamic bass and groove.

Discover how to use macros in Vital to control multiple parameters—filter cutoff, envelope settings, unison, voices, and effects—and create moving, automated patches with easy one-slider control.

Explore how to navigate the matrix for a 12-modulation synth patch, assign sources and destinations, and create bipolar LFO modulation with macro controls, speed, and modulation matrix amounts.

Explore midi and performance modulators in vital, including note, velocity, lift, octave, pressure, slide, stereo, and random, plus mod matrix mapping, morph curves, and glide for expressive sound design.

Explore spectral and wave morphing for precise sound design, dive into FM and RM with two oscillators, and unleash text-to-wavetable synthesis to sculpt vocal-like bass and evolving textures.

Explore the Vital audio effects rack, review the nine basic effects—flanger, chorus, compressor, distortion, phaser, equalizer, delay, reverb, and filters—and learn routing methods with oscillators and direct outs.

Compare es2 and vital as logic stock synths, highlighting oscillators, fm, matrix routing, envelopes, lfo, filters, velocity, and effects such as distortion and chorus.

Explore Logic Pro stock instruments—from the flagship alchemy and sample alchemy to the FM synth, ensemble synth, ES2, vocoder synths, drum kit designer, quick sampler, multisample, and vintage keyboards.

Explore the multi-sample sampler in Logic Pro, mapping multiple audio files to keyboard zones, adjusting root keys, velocity mapping, and modulating with envelopes and LFOs for rich sound design.

Explore alchemy’s virtual analog synthesis, 3500 presets, additive, spectral, granular, and sampler modes, and sculpt complex sounds with filters, effects, and rich modulation.

Design and recreate iconic synth sounds in a hands-on sound design homework, analyzing tempos, generating MIDI parts, and building Vital presets for Daft Punk, Don Diablo, and Trampoline Jauz tracks.

Recreate robot rock and Jaws trampoline sounds in Vital using square waves, formant options, LFOs, FM, and envelopes. Apply stereo, reverb, and EQ tweaks, then share results for peer voting.

Explore hidden features in Logic Pro, including the live loops grid, voltage controlled amplifiers, video work, and notation, plus the Midi environment and backbone structure.

Master Logic Pro workflows: the track area and the live loops grid. Learn to organize regions into cells, manage scenes, and use alt L and alt B shortcuts.

Explore live loops with a hands-on demo project in Logic Pro, adjusting midi notes, applying space designer effects, and arranging eight scenes to tell a vibe-driven story.

Create and manage screen sets in Logic Pro to save customized layouts as presets. Duplicate and switch between sets to tailor views, including environment windows and control bars.

Learn to create custom macros with Logic Pro smart controls, mapping a single knob to multiple parameters across plugins on the same track, for dynamic, studio-ready sound design.

Explore custom MIDI track assignments in Logic Pro, learning how to reassign tracks to different MIDI tracks, use the mixer and MIDI environment, and manage assignable objects for flexible routing.

Explore the Logic Pro MIDI environment by navigating mixer layers and global objects, and learn to add, connect, and manage cables between faders, instruments, and monitors.

Explore the MIDI environment objects in Logic Pro, from faders and cables to transformer and monitor, and learn 7-bit vs 15-bit data, output types, and practical routing.

Build a macro in the MIDI environment to couple a fader with the retro synth cutoff and space designer wet, using a transformer to copy MIDI CC data.

Create a vector pad in Logic Pro MIDI environment to drive x and y outputs, route CC values to synth parameters, and use a unidimensional fader workaround for CC limits.

Create a negative harmony transformer in Logic Pro's MIDI environment using the Chord Memorizer, connect it between the input and sequencer, and map notes such as C3 to G3.

Explore how to replace or double a drum track in Logic Pro using the track menu and the control d shortcut, converting audio transients into MIDI notes with velocity mapping.

Discover how to script your own MIDI effects in Logic Pro using the scripter MIDI effect, with per-note and global transposition, velocity handling, and even negative harmony.

Access the binaural panner in Logic Pro via the pan knob, applying binaural post-processing with headphone df, then switch between planar, spherical, or surround panner modes for spatial sounds.

Learn to import videos into Logic Pro, extract audio, and design sound frame-by-frame using frame-rate and SMPTE lock, then export a movie with your added sound.

Select drum tracks, create a voltage controlled amplifier (VCA), rename it drums, and use the VCA fader to dial in the drums' level in Logic Pro.

Access the MIDI region to write sheet music with notes in various clefs, tablature, chords, and lyrics, covering choir, drum, and guitar notation.

In this Logic Pro masterclass, learn to create a MIDI region, build a four-part choir in short score with treble and bass clefs, and export a PDF.

master drum notation in Logic Pro by using a drum kit and notation editor, adjust drums clef, and apply interpretation to quantize notes, then export to PDF.

Learn to use Logic Pro’s notation editor to write guitar tabs with a clean electric guitar, including a riff such as Day Tripper, and read tab notation.

Select multiple midi regions, open the score editor to display all tracks on one page, adjust time signatures and clefs, and print the combined score or individual pieces.

Create and arrange melody, lyrics, and guitar chords in Logic Pro. Use a custom open D tuning, chord grids, and a chord grid library to build and display guitar-friendly arrangements.

Explore a recreation of the Matrix soundtrack clubbed to death using provided samples, Matrix samples folder, vocal samples, strings, alto sax, and orchestral woodwinds presets.

Explore vocal production in Logic Pro, covering microphone choice, mic distance, acoustic setup, voice post-processing, and the technical workflow for recording and processing.

Record clean, professional vocals by choosing a budget-friendly mic, optimizing distance and environment, using a pop filter, and dialing optimal input volume to avoid clipping and maximize signal-to-noise ratio.

Explore vocal equalization in Logic Pro, addressing plosives and clipping, and shaping warmth, nasal tone, presence, and sibilance with multi-band eqs, de-essing, and sparkle.

Explore vocal compression in Logic Pro, comparing studio VCA and vintage VCA, setting threshold to achieve about 4–5 dB gain reduction, tweaking attack, and rebalancing EQ after compression.

Master vocal pitch correction with flex pitch in Logic Pro, selecting the monophonic algorithm, editing notes, and adjusting drift, fine tune, gain, vibrato, and formant for a polished vocal.

Master vocal pitch correction in Logic Pro with audio fx plug-ins, using scale selection, tuning, tolerance, visual pitch detection, and note bypass and automation for precise C minor control.

Build a vocoder track in Logic Pro using the evoke 20 ps synth, analyzing a flex pitch input across 5–20 bands for robotic vocal textures and saving presets.

master vocal mixing by placing lead in mono at center, balancing loudness, and applying compression, equalization, and de-essing; pan backing vocals to sides and add reverb and echo to lead.

Explore dystopian sound design in Logic Pro using a granular synthesizer on a vocal sample to craft eerie textures, then record, automate, and bounce to create a haunting demo sound.

Master the final steps in Logic Pro with mixing, mastering, and exporting songs and stems, while understanding loudness and Spotify penalties.

Master mixing in Logic Pro by balancing solo tracks and full projects, applying gain staging, EQ shaping, dynamics, sidechain, stereo imaging, and distance mixing for a clear, musical blend.

Master the Logic Pro mastering workflow by building a manual chain (compressor first, EQ, imaging, saturation, limiting) or using the Logic mastering assistant, then compare with ozone for industry-standard results.

Master loudness in Logic Pro with LUFS and RMS metering, covering momentary, short-term, and integrated measurements, and align your track with Spotify’s -14 LUFS targets for EDM.

Check the master fader in the mixer to zero before bouncing. Choose wav or mp3, set sample rate and bit depth, consider dithering, ID3 tags, offline or real-time bounce.

Export stems in Logic Pro, choosing grouped stems or individual tracks with cycle range via the Export Stems window, saving as WAV 24-bit with tails, automation, and normalization options.

Create mashups in Logic Pro using three acapellas and stems, adjust bpm and keys, apply sidechain and automation, and explore project alternatives with a hands-on demo.

Logic Pro 11.1 introduces session players and a chord global track with downloadable sound packs, adds a universal plugin search, and debuts Chroma Glow and Quantec room simulator.

Master Logic Pro by navigating windows and shortcuts, managing tracks, regions, automation, and sound design with Vital, then learn mixing, mastering, and exporting for polished songs.