Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 2
Icons Used in This Book 2
Beyond the Book 3
Where to Go from Here 3
Part 1: Leaping into Logic Pro X 5
Chapter 1: Getting Logic Pro Up and Sprinting 7
Embracing Logic Pro 8
Transitioning from Other Software 9
Creating with Logic Pro 10
Thinking like a pro 10
Planning your creative process 10
Getting to the finish line 12
Connecting Your Logic Pro Studio 13
Setting up your computer 14
Connecting your hardware 15
Building common setups 16
Chapter 2: Examining Logic Pro Projects 19
Starting Your Project 20
Opening a project 21
Saving a project 22
Closing a project 23
Naming and renaming a project 23
Augmenting Your Project 24
Saving time with project templates 24
Autosave your hard work 24
Recover from problems with project backups 25
Create options with project alternatives 25
Customizing Your Project Settings 26
Import settings and content from other projects 28
Export your project for collaboration 30
Tidying Up Your Project 32
Chapter 3: Exploring the Main Window and Tracks Area 35
Navigating Logic Pro 35
Getting comfortable in the main window 36
Working in the tracks area 36
Controlling the control bar 39
Polishing in the editors area 42
Investigating the inspector 43
Taking Inventory of Your Track List 44
Make headway with track headers 44
Make it pretty with track colors 46
Zooming Tracks 47
Your Logic Pro Toolbox 48
Keeping It Simple with Smart Controls 51
Opening smart controls 51
Editing smart control layouts 53
Manually mapping smart controls 53
Editing smart control parameters 55
Controlling the controls with your controller 56
Navigating with Key Commands 57
Saving Workspaces with Screensets 60
Chapter 4: Embracing Tracks and Regions 63
Knowing Your Track Types 64
Audio track 64
Software instrument track 65
Drummer track 65
External MIDI track 66
Track stacks 67
Folder track 68
Around the Global Tracks 69
Sorting and Hiding Tracks 71
Creating Options with Track Alternatives 72
Knowing the Region Types 72
Audio region 73
MIDI region 73
Drummer region 74
Editing Regions 74
Dragging, moving, and resizing regions 74
Splitting, joining, and deleting regions 76
Snapping regions to a grid 77
Looping and copying regions 77
Part 2: Digital Recording and Using Prerecorded Media 79
Chapter 5: Introduction to Digital Audio and MIDI 81
Understanding Digital Audio 81
Acoustics 101 82
Set your sample rate 83
Determine your bit depth 84
Choosing audio file types 85
Connecting Your Audio Devices 86
Choosing your input and output device 86
Setting your I/O buffer size and reducing latency 87
Monitoring signals through your hardware or software 88
Exploring audio preferences 89
Understanding MIDI 91
Sending MIDI messages 92
Changing MIDI channels 92
Connecting Your MIDI Devices 93
Connecting MIDI controllers 93
Connecting external instruments 93
Exploring MIDI preferences 93
Chapter 6: Recording Audio 95
Preparing to Record Audio 95
Test your recording levels...
