Logic Pro X for Songwriters & Producers, Level 2

Logic Pro X is a songwriter’s dream! More than any other software recording application, LPX comes complete with everything you need to write, arrange, and mix to achieve a great song production in any genre.

The user interface in this newest release will feel less intimidating and more familiar to anyone who has played with Garageband.  And there are many intuitive features including the remarkable virtual "drummer" and its various kits that can sense the groove of YOUR song and play realistically.  Logic's native version of autotune allows for much more sophisticated and immediate pitch correction.  And that is just the tip of the X iceberg.

You can record real singers and players, use a wide array of software instruments, utilize a large library of Apple Loops, and mix with an excellent palette of EQs, compressors, reverbs, delays, guitar amp and stomp box simulations, etc. Not to mention LPX’s fantastic and further updated Flex audio that allows you to change the tempos of recorded audio in real time.

If you have not, here is what I think you need to ask yourself if you are comfortable with:

1. The interface. Do you know where to find everything, know what everything is named, and navigate efficiently through it?

2. Do you know how to access and utilize the tools in each window?

3. Do you know the different ways to record audio and MIDI that Logic Pro gives you?

4. Are you comfortable using Logic’s many tools and editors to edit audio and MIDI?

5. Do you understand the basics of altering your arrangements and mixing?

6. Do you have a working understanding of what compressors and limiters, modulation, delay, EQ, and reverb plug-ins do?

If the answer to all the above is “yes”, then you are ready. If not, you may want get a handle on those first by taking Logic Level 1, either in-person or online.

The great thing about a non-Apple Certified class like we are offering here is that it is customizable for our students, so please let us know what you hope to learn.

In Level 2, some topics for exploration:

1. Show you the terrific new features added in Logic Pro X 10.4 like Track Alternatives, Selection Based Processing, etc..
2. 2. Advanced workflow and mixing techniques.
3. 3. Creating a usable click to aid in adding parts to songs that were played freely with Adaptive Tempo
4. 4. Learning about the Logic synths, including Alchemy.
5. 5. Create a chord chart in the Score Editor.
6. 6. Working in the class to share ideas on a current project you are working on to make it better.

Bring your own equipment.Use School equipment, add $50 (and be sure to let us know in advance to reserve a work station). 

Materials:

• Macintosh Intel computer running Logic Pro X software, installed and licensed and updated (note: you must have LPX installed and updated with content downloaded if you are bringing your own computer!). This is a lengthy and large download--get started!
• portable MIDI control surface/keyboard (instructor will let you know when you need to bring your keyboard--not required the first class meeting). Note: If you prefer not to purchase a MIDI keyboard, your laptop QWERTY keyboard can serve as one by pressing the CAPS LOCK.
• headphones/earbuds
• the instructor strongly requests and encourages students to secure this text as a supplement.