Logic Pro – Apple Pro Training: Professional Music Production

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The Apple-Certified Way to Learn

Record, arrange, produce, mix, and master music with this bestselling, Apple-certified guide to Logic Pro. Veteran producer and composer David Nahmani uses real-world professional Logic Pro projects to guide you through step-by-step instructions and straightforward explanations, ranging from basic music creation to sophisticated production techniques.

Using a project-based approach, this book shows you how to record audio and software instruments, create musical content, and build arrangements. You’ll explore Session Players to create professional drum, bass, and keyboard performances, and use the Chord track to edit your song’s chord progressions. You’ll use Sample Alchemy, Beat Breaker, and Quick Sampler to create stutter effects and vocal chops, and learn ear-candy production techniques, such as parallel processing and turntable start and stop effects. You’ll use Flex Time to stretch audio and correct the timing of recordings, and you’ll tune vocals with Flex Pitch. You’ll add the warmth and coloration of analog audio equipment with the mix, and automate the song with ChromaGlow, mix a song using EQ, compression, delay, reverb, and other plug-ins to achieve a professional sound. Finally, you’ll automate the mix and prepare the song for distribution on streaming services with Mastering Assistant.

Downloadable real-world, professional Logic Pro files to follow along with the projectsAI-driven tools in Logic Pro 11Step-by-step hands-on exercisesAccessible writing style that puts an expert mentor at your sideAmple illustrations that help you quickly master techniquesLists of keyboard shortcuts used in each lessonTips to improve your workflowOnline personal support on the author’s website

The Apple Pro Training Series is Apple’s official self-paced learning resource. Books in this series offer downloadable lesson files and an online version of the book. Additional information on this and other books in this series can be found at www.peachpit.com/apple. For more on certification, visit training.apple.com.

From the Publisher

The official Apple Pro Training Series course for Logic Pro 11.

This book is a comprehensive introduction to professional music production with Logic Pro 11. It uses real-world music and hands-on exercises to teach you how to record, edit, create, arrange, produce, mix, and master music in a professional workflow.

The book is organized as 13 lessons that are designed to guide you through the music production process as it teaches Logic Pro.

Lesson 1 establishes a solid foundation of key skills: navigation and zooming. You’ll become familiar with the interface and the various ways to navigate a project.

Lesson 2 walks you through creating a project from the ground up, using Apple Loops and editing regions in the Tracks area to create an arrangement.

In Lesson 3, you’ll 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 keyboards.

Lessons 5 through 8 explore the new Session Players to create virtual drum, bass, and keyboard tracks. You’ll then create your own custom chord progressions in the Chord track to make them play in harmony.

Lesson 9 sets you up to create content by programming MIDI in the Piano Roll, creating drum beats and step automation in Logic’s new Step Sequencer, editing Audio regions; and adding fades and turntable start and stop effects.

In Lesson 10, after separating instruments from a fully mixed audio file, you’ll sample vocals and drums from the separated tracks and import them into Quick Sampler and Sample Alchemy to create a variety of sampler instruments. You’ll play with Beat Breaker to reshuffle and manipulate slices from a guitar arpeggio.

Lesson 11 explores various ways to edit the pitch and timing 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.

In Lessons 12 and 13, you’ll study the end processes of music production: mixing, and automating using track stacks and EQ, compressor, limiter, delay, and reverb plug-ins. You’ll export your final mix as a stereo audio file after optimizing it with Mastering Assistant.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Peachpit Press; 2nd edition (November 23, 2024)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0135402883
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0135402887
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.83 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.38 x 0.9 x 9.13 inches