Making Music with Emagic Logic Audio

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Making Music with Emagic Logic Audio Updated to Logic Audio version 5 Stephen Bennett 344 pp * 244 x 172 mm ISBN 1870775 78 3 Ł19.95 Out now
* Updated to version 5 * For PC and Mac * Installation and setting up * Using the editors * MIDI recording * Audio recording * Audio editing * Plug-ins * User tips and tricks This new edition has been updated to incorporate changes introduced in the recent version 5 release of Logic Audio. This book introduces all the features of Emagic Logic Audio, but never loses sight of your objective, using the program to make great music. Emagic Logic Audio is considered to be a 'complicated' program, but, by taking a step by step 'logical' approach, the book makes it easy to use the program's features to the full. It describes the installation of the program on Macs and PCs, gives a practical introduction to setting up and using Logic Audio, and it leads you through your first recording. It describes how to use the Arrange page, the Event list editor, the Matrix, Audio and Hyper editors, and how to use the Score editor to print out your music. There are sections on audio and MIDI recording and editing, mixing, virtual instruments, mastering, plug-ins and audio processing. There is an invaluable overview of all the the menus in Logic Audio, choosing and using a computer and audio interface for Logic Audio, as well as lists of key commands and shortcuts. In short it's all you need to get up and running with Emagic Logic Audio!	Contents 1. Introduction The Environment. Screensets. A note on appearance. What's next? Some good advice. 2. Installing Emagic Logic Audio Version 5 installation. Macintosh and Windows. Version 4 or earlier installation. Mac installation. Windows 98 installations. 3. Getting started with Logic Audio Booting Logic Audio for the first time. The Autoload song. Connecting the bits - the Environment. Multi-timbral synthesiser set-up. Mono timbral instrument set up (single sound at once). Drum module. Getting a click to play along with. Hang on just a minute. Using Logic Audio with a more complex set up. Key commands. Setting up Logic audio as a MIDI mixer to control your MIDI devices. Setting up Logic Audio to adjust parameters on your MIDI devices via SysEx. Logic Audio and GM devices. Using modifiers in Logic Audio. Touch tracks (MIDI data only). Direct output of instruments. MIDI and audio together. Phew! 4. Using Logic Audio Introduction. Some Logic Audio terminology. Useful Logic Audio stuff. Some basic functions. Future music. Setting up your first screenset. Saving songs. Opening a song. Your first recording. Recording modes. Playing back the recording. Working with tracks. Working with sequences. More detailed editing. Editing with the Event list editor. Other features you may find useful while recording and editing. Markers. Folders. Working with songs. Graphically mixing your MIDI data - Hyperdraw. Mixing using faders (see also Chapter 16). Logic Audio and synchronisation. Groove. Quantization in Logic Audio. Transforming MIDI events. Recording audio. More useful audio tricks. Audio file housekeeping. Finally. 5. The Score editor Introduction. The problem with computer based scoring. Getting around the Score editor. Score styles. Display quantization. Interpretation. Inserting other items into the score. Inserting graphics into a score. Inserting text into the score. Inserting text at any point on the score. Inserting lyrics. Other automatic text objects. Global text objects. Margins and general page layout. Printing the score. Exporting the score as a graphics file. Producing some typical scores. Other score editor functions. 6. The Environment Overview. The Environment toolbox. Arpegglo. Output devices - MIDI OUT ports. Working with cables and objects. Other Environment lovelies. Audio objects in more detail. 7. The Arrange page Overview. 8. The Event list editor Overview. Using the Event list editor. 9. The Matrix editor Overview. Using the Matrix editor. Moving notes and changing their lengths. Other Matrix editor functions. 10. The Transport bar Overview. The Transport bar controls in more detail. 11. The Hyper editor Overview. Editing the controller data. Parameter box. Other Hyper editor data. 12. Key commands Overview. The Key commands window. Quick reference. 13. The Sample editor and Audio window Overview. The Audio window. The Cycle, Speaker, Cha, Dev and toolbox icons. Other useful Audio file menu items. The Sample editor. The Cycle, Speaker, Cha and Dev icons and the toolbox. Using the Sample editor. Conclusion and some advice. 14. Plug-ins and virtual instruments. What are plug-ins? Real time plug-ins. Non real time destructive plug-ins. Virtual Instruments. Built in synthesisers. Aux inputs and Multiple output (Multi channel VST Instruments (VSTi). Live inputs. 15. Choosing and installing an audio interface Drivers. Windows MME sound drivers. Installation of audio hardware. Installation of audio software. Inputs and outputs. 16. Mixing, mastering and automation Mixing. Mastering. Some mixing tips. The Track Mixer. The Making Music guide to mixing. Making Music guide to mastering. Surround sound. 17. Other useful Logic Audio information Using computer video files in Logic Audio. OMF import/export. Open TL Import/export. Logic help. Recycle file import. Logic Control. Appendix 1 Logic Audio menus Main Menus. File. Edit. Audio. Options. Window(s). Arrange page. Audio. View. Matrix edit. Event list editor. Score editor. Environment. Hyper editor. Key commands. Transport window. The Sample Editor menus. Appendix 2 Preferences and song settings Synchronisation settings. Metronome settings. MIDI options. Import settings (early Logic versions only). Score: Global format, Numbers and names, Guitar tablature, Clefs and signature, Extended layout parameters, MIDI meaning, colors. Midi Interface Communication. Global preferences. Display preferences. Score. Reset messages. OMS output map modem, output map (printer), input connections. Audio. Appendix 3 Glossary Appendix 4 Logic Audio and the internet Appendix 5 About Audio files Appendix 6 Choosing a computer for Logic Audio Index

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Updated 15 Sept 2002