Logic Pro 9 User Manual - Help Library - Apple PDF
Preview Logic Pro 9 User Manual - Help Library - Apple
Logic Pro 9 User Manual Copyright©2009AppleInc.Allrightsreserved. Apple 1InfiniteLoop Your rights to the software are governed by the Cupertino,CA95014 accompanying software license agreement. The owner or 408-996-1010 authorized user of a valid copy of Logic Studio software www.apple.com may reproduce this publication for the purpose of learning to use such software. No part of this publication may be Apple, the Apple logo, Bonjour, Final Cut, FireWire, reproduced or transmitted for commercial purposes, such GarageBand, iMovie, iPod, iTunes, iTunes Store, Jam Pack, as selling copies of this publication or for providing paid Logic, Logic Studio, Mac, Mac.com, MacBook, Macintosh, for support services. MainStage, QuickTime, Soundtrack, Ultrabeat, and WaveBurner are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in The Apple logo is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. the U.S. and other countries. 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Contents Preface 17 Welcome to Logic Pro 17 About Logic Pro 18 About the Logic Pro Documentation 19 AdditionalResources Chapter1 21 Introducing Logic Pro 21 Creating Music in Logic Pro 23 UnderstandingtheBasicsofProjectsandRegions Chapter2 27 SettingUpYourSystem 27 DesigningYourMusicProductionSystem 34 ConnectingYourAudioandMIDIDevices 42 UsingExternalMIDIDevices 43 UsingExternalAudioEffects 43 ConfiguringYourAudioHardware 45 UsingDistributedAudioProcessing Chapter3 51 Overview of the Logic Pro Interface 52 Opening Logic Pro 52 IntroducingtheArrangeWindow 54 WorkingintheArrangeArea 55 UsingtheToolbar 55 UsingtheTransportBar 56 UsingtheInspector 58 WorkingintheMediaArea 66 WorkingintheNotesArea 68 WorkingintheListsArea 72 WorkingintheEditingArea 76 Understanding Common Elements of Logic Pro Windows 80 UnderstandingHowArrangeWindowAreasInteract 83 Using Logic Pro Interface Elements 85 UsingtheComputerKeyboard 3 Chapter4 87 CustomizingYourWindowSetup 88 UnderstandingtheWindowTypes 90 OpeningandClosingWindows 93 MovingandResizingWindows 97 WorkingatDifferentHierarchyLevels 98 SelectingtheWorkingArea 100 ZoomingtheWorkingArea 105 UnderstandingRelationshipsBetweenWindows 108 HidingorShowingtheTransportBar 108 CustomizingtheArrangeToolbar 109 HidingorRevealingtheInspector 110 AdjustingtheBarRulerDisplay 111 DisplayingGlobalTracks 114 UsingScreensets Chapter5 119 NavigatingYourProject 120 SettingthePlayheadPosition 123 UsingtheTransportButtons 124 UsingTransportKeyCommands 125 UsingTransportShortcutMenus 126 UsingAppleRemote 127 UsingCycleMode 133 UsingtheChaseEventsFunction 135 CustomizingtheTransportBar Chapter6 143 WorkingwithMarkers 144 OpeningMarkerAreasandWindows 146 CreatingMarkers 149 CopyingMarkers 149 SelectingMarkers 149 DeletingMarkers 150 NamingMarkers 153 ChangingtheAppearanceofMarkerText 154 EditingMarkers 156 NavigatingwithMarkers 158 SwitchingBetweenMarkerAlternatives 158 CustomizingtheMarkerDisplayintheMarkerList 158 Importing,Removing,andExportingMarkerInformation Chapter7 159 WorkingwithProjects 159 LearningAboutProjects 160 CreatingProjects 4 Contents 163 OpeningProjects 166 OpeningandCreatingProjectsAutomatically 166 PreviewingProjectswithQuickLook 167 ImportingDataandSettingsfromOtherProjects 174 CheckingandRepairingProjects 175 SettingProjectProperties 183 ManagingProjects 186 SavingProjects 189 ClosingandQuitting Chapter8 191 BasicOperations 191 UsingtheMouse 192 EnteringNumericalValues 193 EnteringText 194 WorkingwithKeyCommands 202 WorkingwithTools 209 WorkingwithHelpTags 210 UsingtheShortcutMenu 211 UsingSelectionTechniques 216 WorkingwiththeClipboard 217 UndoingandRedoingEditOperations Chapter9 221 WorkingwithTracks 222 UnderstandingTracksandChannelStrips 224 ConfiguringtheTrackHeader 226 ReclaimingWorkspaceUsedbytheTrackHeader 227 CreatingTracksandChannelStrips 232 CreatingTracksOnly 234 DeletingTracksintheArrangeArea 235 SelectingTracksintheArrangeArea 235 RearrangingTracksintheArrangeArea 236 NamingTracksintheArrangeArea 239 AssigningTracksintheArrangeArea 240 ZoomingTracksintheArrangeArea 242 AssigningTrackIconsintheTrackParameterBox 243 MutingTracksintheArrangeArea 245 SoloingTracksintheArrangeArea 246 Record-EnablingTracksintheArrangeArea 246 FreezingTracksintheArrangeArea 250 HidingTracksintheArrangeArea 251 ProtectingTracksintheArrangeArea 252 UsingTrackButtonSlideActivation 252 DrumReplacementorDoublingintheArrangeArea Contents 5 255 BouncingRegionsandTracksinPlace Chapter10 261 WorkingwithInstrumentsandEffects 261 GettingtoKnowtheArrangeChannelStrips 266 WorkingwithPlug-ins 272 WorkingwithChannelStripConfigurations 277 Opening,Closing,andResizingPlug-inWindows 279 AdjustingPlug-inParameters 281 UsingCommonPlug-inWindowFunctions 288 UsingtheLibrarytoChoosePlug-inSettings 289 UnderstandingtheLibraryFolderandMenuStructure 290 LearningAboutEffectRoutings 295 WorkingwithInstruments 309 WorkingwithReWireApplications 311 WorkingwithExternalAudioEffects 313 UsingPlug-insfromOtherManufacturers Chapter11 317 AddingPrerecordedMedia 317 Learning About File Formats Supported by Logic Pro 319 AccessingMediaFilesintheBrowser 325 Finding Apple Loops in the Loop Browser 335 AddingandRemovingAudioFiles 343 AddingMIDIandProjectFiles Chapter12 345 GettingtoKnowRegions 345 WhatAreRegions? 348 MIDIandAudioRegionsCompared 350 HandlingRegionsintheAudioBinandSampleEditor Chapter13 361 CreatingYourArrangement 362 GettingtoKnowtheArrangeArea 364 SnappingRegionEditstoTimePositions 367 UsingDragModes 369 ScrubbingYourArrangement 370 UsingShortcutMenus 370 MutingRegions 371 SoloingRegions 372 NamingRegions 375 AssigningColorstoRegions 376 SelectingRegions 380 Adding,Recording,andRemovingRegions 381 RestoringRemovedRegions 382 MovingRegions 6 Contents 387 ResizingRegions 393 Cutting,Copying,andPastingRegions 394 AddingorRemovingArrangementPassages 398 CreatingRegionAliases 401 CreatingRegionClones 402 ConvertingRegionstoaNewSamplerTrack 404 CreatingMultipleCopiesofRegions 404 CreatingRegionLoops 408 DividingRegions 411 DemixingMIDIRegions 412 MergingRegions(GeneralToolsandCommands) 413 MergingMIDIRegions 413 MergingAudioRegions 415 WorkingwithFolders 419 CreatingCrossfadesandFadesonAudioRegions 424 SettingRegionParameters Chapter14 431 Recording in Logic Pro 432 CheckingHardwareConnectionsandSettingsforRecording 432 SettingtheProjectSampleRate 433 SettingtheProjectBitDepth 435 SettingUptheMetronomeforRecording 437 EnablingSoftwareMonitoringforRecording 439 SettingtheMonitoringLevelforRecording 439 DefiningtheRecordingFolder 440 NamingAudioRecordings 440 ChoosingtheRecordingFileType 442 SettingtheRecordingFormat 443 Record-EnablingTracks 444 GettingtoKnowAudioRecording 445 AudioTakeRecording 451 AudioMultitrackRecording 451 AudioPunchRecording 454 AudioReplaceRecording 455 DeletingAudioRecordings 455 GettingtoKnowMIDIRecording 456 MIDITakeRecording 461 MIDIMultitrackRecording 465 MIDIMergeRecording 466 MIDIReplaceRecording 467 RetrospectiveRecordingofMIDIRegions 468 SwitchingInstrumentstoSoftwareInstrumentLiveMode 468 FilteringMIDIEventsWhenRecording Contents 7 469 TurningMIDIThruOffWhenRecording 470 UsingAdvancedRecordingCommands 470 ColoringTakesWhileRecording 472 MarkingaGoodTakeWhileRecording 473 MIDIStepInputRecording Chapter15 481 EditingAudioTakeRecordings 482 GettingtoKnowTakeFolders 482 PreviewingTakeFolderRecordings 484 TogglingTakeFolderEditingMode 486 CreatingComps 487 EditingComps 492 ResizingTakeRegions 493 CuttingTakeFoldersandTakeRegions 496 MovingTakeFoldersandTakeRegions 498 DuplicatingCompsorCreatingNewComps 500 RenamingTakesorComps 503 DeletingTakesorComps 507 ExportingTakesorCompstoNewTracks 511 MovingTakesorCompstoNewTracks 515 FlatteningandMergingTakeFolders 518 UnpackingTakeFolders 522 PackingRegionsintoaTakeFolder 523 OpeningTakeFoldersintheSampleEditor Chapter16 525 FlexTimeEditing 526 TurningonFlexView 526 ChoosingFlexModes 529 GettingtoKnowtheFlexModes 531 GettingtoKnowTransient,Flex,andTempoMarkers 532 WorkingwithFlexMarkers 538 TimeStretchingUsingMarqueeSelections 539 TimeStretchingUsingRegionBorders 540 SnappingFlexMarkerstoTransientMarkers 541 SplittingAudioRegionsatTransientMarkerPositions 541 UsingtheFlexTool 545 UsingVarispeedtoAlterPlaybackSpeedandPitch Chapter17 547 EditingAudiointheSampleEditor 548 OpeningtheSampleEditor 549 GettingtoKnowtheSampleEditor 550 PlayingAudioFilesintheSampleEditor 553 NavigatingAudioFilesintheSampleEditor 8 Contents 554 MakingSelectionsintheSampleEditor 558 AudioEditingandProcessingintheSampleEditor 569 AdjustingtheProjectTempointheSampleEditor 569 UsingSampleEditorLoopFunctions 570 UndoingEditStepsintheSampleEditor 570 CreatingManualBackupsintheSampleEditor 572 CustomizingWaveformAmplitudeScaleintheSampleEditor 572 CustomizingtheRulerintheSampleEditor 574 CustomizingWaveformDisplayintheSampleEditor 575 GettingtoKnowtheSampleEditor’sDigitalFactory 576 UsingtheSampleEditor’s“TimeandPitchMachine” 581 UsingtheSampleEditor’sGrooveMachine 583 UsingtheSampleEditor’sAudioEnergizer 586 UsingtheSampleEditor’sSilencer 588 UsingtheSampleEditor’s“AudiotoScore” 591 UsingtheSampleEditor’sQuantizeEngine 593 “AudiotoMIDIGrooveTemplate” 593 UsinganExternalSampleEditor 595 UsingAudioSuitePlug-ins Chapter18 597 WorkingwithTempoandAudioRegions 597 AutomaticTempoMatching 599 SettingtheProjectTempotoMatchanAudioRegion 601 TimeStretchingRegions 603 UsingBeatDetectiontoCreateTempoChanges 605 Importing,Removing,andExportingTempoInformation Chapter19 607 RemovingSilentPassagesfromAudioRegions 607 OpeningtheStripSilenceWindow 608 GettingtoKnowtheStripSilenceWindow 609 RemovingSilentPassagesfromaSelectedRegion 610 AutomaticAnchorCreation 610 UnderstandingHowYouCanUseStripSilence Chapter20 613 ManagingAudioFiles 613 Sorting,Grouping,andRenamingFilesintheAudioBin 620 MovingAudioFiles 621 CopyingorConvertingAudioFiles 623 DeletingAudioFiles 623 OptimizingAudioFiles 624 ConvertingRegionsintoIndependentAudioFiles 625 ExportingTracksasAudioFiles 625 ExportingorImportingRegionInformation Contents 9 625 FindingandReplacingOrphanedAudioFiles Chapter21 629 QuantizingAudioandMIDI 630 UnderstandingRegion-andEvent-basedQuantization 630 UnderstandingtheQuantizeGridOptions 631 Fine-TuningtheQuantizeGridOptions 633 QuantizingAudioorMIDIRegions 635 QuantizingPhase-LockedAudioTracks 637 QuantizingMIDIRegionsPermanently 638 QuantizingMIDIEvents 640 WorkingwithGrooveTemplates Chapter22 647 IntroductiontoMIDIEditing 647 GettingtoKnowtheMIDIEditors 648 OpeningtheMIDIEditors 651 HearingMIDIEventsWhenEditing 651 EditingMIDIEventsintheArrangeArea 653 MonitoringandResettingMIDIEvents Chapter23 655 EditingMIDIEventsinthePianoRollEditor 655 OpeningthePianoRollEditor 656 GettingtoKnowthePianoRollEditor 659 CreatingandEditingNoteEventsinthePianoRollEditor 674 SplittingChordsinthePianoRollEditor 675 UsingHyperDrawinthePianoRollEditor 677 CustomizingthePianoRollEditor 677 UsingPianoRollEditorShortcuts Chapter24 679 EditingMIDIintheHyperEditor 679 OpeningtheHyperEditor 681 GettingtoKnowtheHyperEditor 681 CreatingandEditingEventsintheHyperEditor 691 WorkingwithEventDefinitions 696 UsingtheEventDefinitionParameterBox 699 WorkingwithHyperSets Chapter25 705 EditingMIDIEventsintheEventList 706 GettingtoKnowtheEventList 711 SelectingandCreatingEvents 714 EditingEvents 717 DeletingandMutingEvents 718 SoloingandRenamingRegionsorFolders 718 LearningAboutEventTypes 724 TheEventFloatWindow 10 Contents
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