Logic Pro x TutorialS
POdcast #1 - Recording a track
POdcast 1A - GETTING STARTED
Before you Begin
Setting Up your File and Microphone
Podcast 1a - 1:33
Choose a Track Type - This screen is very important. It pops up whenever you create a new track and right after you open a new project you'll be asked what kind of track you would like to create. You have many options but for recording, you will want to select the Microphone underneath the Audio heading. You will also want to check that your Audio Input is in the bottom right. Usually you will record with an external microphone that is connected to an Audio Interface like Seycove's Steinberg UR44. That audio interface is then connected to the desktop computer through a USB cord. If the input device says "Built-in Microphone", click on the arrow to change it. |
Podcast 1a - 2:47
Device Preferences - This will show you what input device you are using. If it says "Built-in Microphone" you can change it to the audio device that your microphone is connected to. You will want to leave your Output device on "Built-in Output" so you can plug your headphones into the computer. |
Podcast 1a - 3:50
Inputs - Back on the Choose a Track Type screen, you can now select which input you want to use. If the microphone you're using is plugged into input 1 on your Audio input device, select Input 1. If you are using more than 1 microphone, you can select the other inputs when you create those audio tracks. You can change this later if you select the wrong one |
That's it! Click "Create" from this menu and head into recording your own track.
PODCAST 1B - Recording some audio
Podcast 1b - 0:12
Default Logic Screen - This is the screen you should see after all of your setup. This is the regular logic screen you will do most of your work on. It looks very similar to the Garageband recording setup. If you don't want a count in, click off the purple 1234 before you do anything else. |
Podcast 1b - 1:35
Recording - When you click the red record button at the top of the screen, your track will begin recording. All audio inputs that have record clicked on beside the volume slider will record. The track will look red to indicate which tracks are recording. It will show you audio waves so you can see if something is too loud or to quiet |
Podcast #2 - Button Layout Tutorial
Podcast 2 - 2:44
Recording Tools Tuner uses the microphone to tell you what note you're playing Replace replaces an existing recording or section Count-in toggles if you have a count-in before recording Metronome provides a metronome for multitrack recording Master Fader controls playback volume for the whole project |
POdcast #3 - Loop library
Loop Types There are three types of loops in the loops library. Audio Loops, Midi Loops, and Drummer Loops. Audio Loops are prerecorded tracks that logic has to use. You can loop them in logic but you can't edit the notes that are used in them. They're basically audio samples that Logic has for you to use. Midi Loops are sounds that are made through midi files. These can be edited using the keyboard piano and you can use the different sounds that logic provides to create your own loop. Drummer Loops are loops created using the drummer tool in Logic. They can be edited through the drummer tool, and can be mixed to play a wide variety of sounds. |
Loop Library In the loop library you can see all the loops that logic has. Any that are grey you can download right in that menu. There are also lots of different loops you can download from the logic pro x support forums that other people have made. In the library, there are many different sorting options. You can sort by type of loop you want (Audio, Midi, or Drummer), by the instrument, time signature, scale, genre, or any number of other descriptors. If you click on any of the loops they will play for you right in that menu without having to drag them into your project. You can also favorite them using the little heart column if you want to use them later. If you want to use one of these loops, simply drag it into your project from this menu. All of the loops can be edited in a basic way, meaning you can cut them, change the volume, mix them or whatever else you can do to a regular file. If you've picked a Midi or a Drummer file, you can edit them through the menu that will pop up at the bottom of the screen when they are selected. |