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Course Outline | Logic Pro 101 — Introduction

Description

This three-day hands-on course introduces students to the primary features and basic user interface of Logic Pro. Students learn how to generate a customized audio and midi configuration that will seamlessly integrate with their own personal production studio. Students also create their own song using Logic Pro's comprehensive array of software instruments, Apple Loops and DSP effects. In-depth lessons will cover MIDI and audio recording, streamlined editing and arrangement techniques, user defined key commands, automation, scoring to picture and surround mixing.

Who Should Attend

This class is designed for those who want to learn music production and composition using Logic Pro or Logic Express.

What You Will Learn
  • Working with Plug-ins
  • Using Audio Instruments
  • Understanding Workflow Techniques
  • Editing Audio Regions
  • Using the Sample Editor
  • Working with Apple Loops
Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:

  • Basic knowledge of Mac OS X
  • Basic knowledge of audio terminology is recommended

Course Outline - Day 1

Making Music with Logic

  • Launching Logic
  • Exploring the interface
  • Navigating the Song
  • Zooming
  • Previewing and using Loops
  • Building an arrangement
  • Mixing
  • Exporting the mix

Recording Audio

  • Digital Audio Recording Settings
  • Recording a Single Instrument
  • Recording Additional Takes
  • Recording Takes in Cycle Mode
  • Recording Multiple Tracks
  • Recording Additional Takes on Multiple Tracks
  • Punching in and out (Auto and On the Fly)
  • Adjusting Recording settings and Adjusting Metronome Settings

Editing Audio

  • Deleting Unused Audio Files
  • Importing Audio Files with the Browser
  • Comping Takes
  • Flatten Take Folder
  • Using Fades and Crossfades
  • Resizing an Audio Region
  • Moving an Edit Point
  • Cleaning a Noisy take
  • Using the Sample Editor

Recording MIDI

  • Using Software Instruments
  • Quantizing a Recording
  • Using External MIDI Hardware
  • Merging New Recordings
  • Recording Additional Takes
  • Layering Instruments
  • Splitting a Keyboard to Control Two Instruments

Editing and Programming MIDI

  • Importing MIDI Files
  • Editing in the Piano Roll Editor
  • Editing in the Score Editor
  • Editing in the Hyper Editor
  • Editing MIDI Continuous Controller Events
  • Cleaning a MIDI Recording

Course Outline - Day 2

Programming Drums

  • Programming a Drum Beat
  • Editing Velocity and Accents
  • Humanizing a Pattern and Creating a Snare Roll

Manipulating Tempo and Time Stretching

  • Adjusting a Song's Tempo to a Loop
  • Adjusting a Loop's Tempo to a Song
  • Tempo Changes and Curves
  • Time-stretching Audio
  • Time-stretching MIDI
  • Using Apple Loops
  • Creating Blue and Green Apple Loops
  • Adding Apple Loops to a Lop Browser
  • Using the Follow Tempo Function

Arranging the Song

  • Using the Grid
  • Inserting Time Signature Changes
  • Using the Catch Function
  • Using the Skip Cycle Mode
  • Cutting Regions
  • Repeating Sections
  • Using Aliases to Build an Arrangement

Mixing

  • Preparing for Mixing
  • Using the Mixer
  • Individual Channel Strips for Ultrabeat
  • Using the Library
  • Using Plug-ins
  • Using Buses
  • Reading the Meters
  • Exporting your Mix
  • Burning a CD
  • Exporting Individual Tracks

Course Outline - Day 3

Automating the Mix and Using Control Surfaces

  • Region- vs. Track-based Automation
  • Writing and Editing Offline Automation
  • Recording Online Automation
  • Using External Controllers

Scoring Movies

  • Basic Settings
  • Importing a Movie File
  • Detecting Scene Cuts
  • Manipulating the Grid
  • Exploring your Movie Soundtrack

Troubleshooting Logic

  • Getting Sound Out and In
  • Getting MIDI Out and In
  • Recovering Deleted Audio or MIDI Regions
  • Reading the System Performance Meter
  • Basic Computer Maintenance Steps
  • Adding Third Party Plug-ins

Certification Exam

The end exam is administered online

  • Exam Review
  • Evaluation and Wrap Up

Course Outline | Logic Pro 301 — Advanced

Description

This three-day course takes you through Logic's powerful advanced features, covering everything from production, editing, and mixing, to notation and scoring to picture. Throughout the class professional secrets are revealed regarding how to streamline production workflow, accelerate editing tasks, effectively manage takes, and construct a mix that will meet the most exacting standards. You'll discover powerful techniques for multi-track recording and explore the limitless potential of Logic's audio instruments, including the revolutionary Sculpture.

Who Should Attend

This class is designed for those who want to learn music production and composition using Logic Pro or Logic Express. The course is best suited for those who prefer hands-on and interactive instruction to explore the full functionality of Logic Pro.

What You Will Learn

  • Customizing the Interface and using Key Commands
  • Managing I/O Setups and creating and Managing Takes
  • Working with Software Instruments
  • Creating and Using Markers
  • Scoring to Picture
  • Working with Notation

Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:

  • Basic knowledge of Mac OS X
  • Level One Logic Pro End User certification is required
  • Ideally, students will have attended a Logic 101 course

Course Outline - Day 1

Speeding Up Workflow

  • Using Project Templates
  • Creating Your Own Template
  • Customizing the Interface
  • Using Key Commands
  • Accessing the Tool Menu
  • Saving a project template
  • Opening and Creating Projects Automatically
  • Backing Up and Transporting Your Projects

Managing Projects and Takes

  • Using Project Folders
  • Working with Assets
  • Quickly Accessing Additional Tracks
  • Recording Multiple Tracks Simultaneously
  • Deleting Unused Tracks

Matching Tempo and Pitch

  • Working with Apple Loops
  • Using the Time and Pitch Machine
  • Performing Time Stretching and Compression in the Arrange Area
  • Working with Rubato Passages

Working with Software Instruments

  • Getting Familiar with the Instruments
  • Understanding the User Interface
  • Using Ultrabeat
  • Using the EXS24 mkII Software Sampler
  • Using the EVP88 Vintage Electric Piano
  • Using the EVD6 Vintage Clavinet
  • Using the EFM 1 FM Synthesizer
  • Using the ES1 Virtual Anaolog Synthesizer
  • Using the ES2 Synthesizer
  • Using Global Tracks to Create a Quick Arrangement
  • Sound Design with Sculpture
  • Treating Your MIDI Hardware as Software

Course Outline - Day 2

Working with the Arrangement

  • Creating and Using Markers
  • Navigating the Arrangement
  • Navigating with Markers
  • Isolating Material with Cycle Mode
  • Using Zooming
  • Editing the Arrangement

Advanced Audio Editing

  • Using Edits to Create Parts
  • Comping Tracks
  • Fixing Problems Using the Sample Editor

Advanced Midi Editing

  • Using Loops, Copies and Aliases
  • Demixing MIDI Regions
  • Working with Region Parameters
  • Working with MIDI Note Events
  • Using Transform Functions

Working with Mixer Channels

  • Using the Mixer
  • Using Insert Effects
  • Using Send Effects
  • Panning Stereo Tracks
  • Switching the Contents of the Plug-in Window
  • Changing Plug-in Locations
  • Using Channel Strip Settings

Controlling Signal Flow

  • Using Aux Channels as Submixes
  • Applying Send Effects to Submixes
  • Using Mixer Groups
  • Incorporating External Effects Processors

Course Outline - Day 3

Automating the Mix

  • Automating the Mix Working with Offline Automation
  • Performing Real-Time Automation

MIDI Processing in the Environment

  • Navigating Within the Environment
  • Creating Environment Objects
  • Creating Signal Chains
  • Using Touch Tracks Objects

Working with Notation

  • Creating Notation
  • Entering Notes Using Graphic Input
  • Entering Notes Using Step Input
  • Using Staff Styles
  • Working with Text
  • Transcribing a Performance
  • Working with Drum Notation
  • Creating Scores and Parts

Working with Surround

  • Configuring Logic for Surround
  • Mixing in Surround
  • Using Surround Effects
  • Checking the Surround Mix
  • Down Mixing
  • Encoding Surround Projects

Scoring to Picture

  • Setting Up Synchronization
  • Importing Media
  • Spotting the Movie
  • Positioning Events in the Timeline

Certification Exam

The end user exam is administered online

  • Exam review
  • Evaluations and wrap up

Course Details

What's Included?

Included In The Cost Of The Course: Customized training from an Apple Certified Trainer, Course Book, Parking Vouchers and Certification Test Voucher.

Instructor

Rich Baim

An Adobe Certified Instructor for Adobe Premiere Pro with over twenty years of video editing experience. Rich has a Master of Science degree in Instructional Media and was one of the beta testers for Premiere Pro 1.5. He currently works in the eLearning department at a technology center and specializes in streaming media for health education. Rich emphasizes real-world problem solving and provides "hands-on" experiences for students.

Margaret A. Gaeddert

Margaret "Margee" Gaeddert, is a certified professional designer and owner of G Art & Design in Oklahoma City. A 30 year career in design as an art director, graphic designer, illustrator, and web designer has awarded her regional, national and international awards. She has worked with Fortune 500 and 1000 corporations such as AOL, Avon, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, Sony Music, CNBC.com and Gucci. Local corporations include American Fidelity, KOCO Television, Metropolitan Library Association and Sperry Van Ness. She teaches design at the University of Central Oklahoma. Gaeddert enjoys serving on the board of the Oklahoma Watercolor Association, and two design advisory boards supporting education in Oklahoma. She holds a bachelor's of fine arts degree and is an accomplished award winning fine artist in watercolor media, calligraphy and caricature art.

Jason Gaines

Mr. Gaines is a certified professional in both Logic Pro 8 and Soundtrack 2. He is currently in demand as an instructor of both applications. Current projects include independent film work and collaboration on the television series, LA Ink. Jason Gaines is a New York City based trumpeter, composer and arranger. He has performed and recorded with some of the most influential performers in the jazz idiom including Arturo Sandoval, Roy Hargrove, Joshua Redman, Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, Gerald Wilson and others. He holds degrees from Manhattan School of Music, New York University and Teachers College, Columbia University.

Foster Johnson

Foster Johnson is one of only a handful of instructors with multiple Adobe Creative Suite Master Designations. He currently holds one each for Web, Video and Design. An Adobe Certified Instructor since 2006, he provides relevant instruction due to real world work experience with the entire Adobe Creative Suite. He maintains application development and interactive concentrations in HTML 5, CSS, PHP, SQL, AJAX, XML and JavaScript. Mr. Johnson is the Owner and lead Pre Visualization Producer for Clarendon Cr Design in Southern California. He has 16 years of professional creative development and management experience in interactive, entertainment, advertising and print. He is an architect of numerous web based commerce and database connectivity solutions, as well as a developer of e-commerce systems for telecoms and Southern California entertainment studios. He is a specialist in digital photography and video for broadband.

Rick Allen Lippert

Rick Allen Lippert is president of Lippert Media in Oklahoma City with 30 years experience on both sides of the camera. Specializing in industrial production, he has won numerous awards for his writing, producing, and directing for clients such as the Oklahoma Arts Institute, Oklahoma City University, the City of Oklahoma City, the University of Central Oklahoma, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration.His commercial clients include CompSource Oklahoma and Dane Design. Rick has been using Final Cut Pro since version 1.25. As an adjunct instructor, he teaches video production at Oklahoma City Community College and media writing at the University of Oklahoma.

Kiri Roberts

Kiri Christopher Roberts is the creative director of One Media USA, a media production house located in Albany, NY. Born in Zimbabwe, Kiri migrated to the UK where he received a Masters in Audio Production from the University of Westminster in London. With a diverse international experience he has worked on music production, TV commercials, documentary films, music videos and currently ‘Frozen River’ the movie. Kiri is also a contributing writer for the Edit-Well magazine whose editor is Larry Jordan of LA. Kiri balances his time between his business and as a trainer for Apple Pro Apps. He is an Apple Certified end user and trainer for Motion, FCP, STP & Logic.

Adam Karneboge

Adam Karneboge, an avid road warrior and trainer for Metro Technology Centers, is a partner, and Director of Services & Technology, for MacSpecialist, a full-service Apple shop with locations in Villa Park and Chicago, IL. Adam is an Apple Certified Macintosh Technician, Apple Certified Technical Coordinator and Apple Certified System Administrator, teaching all of Apple's IT courses. including Xsan. Over the past five years, Adam has taught more than 160 classes for Apple, MacSpecialist, AATC's, and various companies and school districts, to outstanding reviews. He is also an avid fan who wholeheartedly stands with the Chicago Cubs. He wants you to know that he has a brick in the pavement outside Wrigley Field reading, "The Karneboge's, If It Takes Forever.”

Rob Daniels

Rob Daniels is President and Owner of Tech Wyze, Inc., in Kansas City, a computer consulting and training company. Rob began his career in professional digital photography in the early 1990s and found himself supporting his employer's computer imaging systems. After making a transition into the IT world, he became network manager of a publishing company and spent four years training graphics professionals across North America. Later, Rob established his own IT company to support such clients as Hallmark Cards, Kansas City Power & Light, and many more. Rob is a CompTia Certified Technical Trainer +, Apple Certified Trainer, and Adobe Certified Instructor. He holds numerous other IT certifications.

Cameron L. Fadjo

Cameron L. Fadjo is an instructor of iPhone/Objective-C 2.0 and Java development at Columbia University's Teachers College. A former Business Specialist with Apple and product specialist for Native Instruments, GmBH, Mr. Fadjo has over seven years of experience as a corporate trainer and leader. He holds a certification as a teacher in the state of New Hampshire and as a certified professional in Logic Pro 8. In addition, he holds a Bachelor of Music (B.M) in Music Synthesis from Berklee College of Music and an M.A. (Instructional Technology and Media) and Ed.M. (Cognitive Studies in Education) both from Teachers College, Columbia University. While he is pursuing his PhD from Columbia University, Mr. Fadjo is the lead researcher on a 4-year project using innovative and experimental ways to teach computer science and is concurrently the Director of the iPhone Development Group at Teachers College.

Jessica Thornhille-Skeete

Jessica Thornhille-Skeete is a recent Masters graduate from Columbia University in the area of Instructional Technology and Media, with a focus on mobile learning management system design. Ms. Skeete teaches iOS app development across the US, and enjoys introducing students of varying programming backgrounds to the wonderful world that is app development. Working in technical support for a top telecommunications company enriched Ms. Skeete's understanding of mobile devices and their capabilities ensuring her classroom a technilogically advanced environment. Ms. Skeete caters the hands-on-lab courseware to the level and interest of her students so they learn information relevant to their industry. Additionly, she is working on multiple apps, two of which will be available in the app store by September 2012.

Shelley Weiner

President of Business Rules, Inc., was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, and graduated from Colby College and Columbia University. She started her career in graphic arts production management and spent eight years in commercial printing sales before turning her hand to technology. Shelley moved to rural Columbia County, NY in 2002, and opened her own Apple authorized training center in Rhinecliff, NY in 2006. Jazzing jaded technicians and opening PC minds to the joys of Apple hardware and software are two of her biggest highs, along with cooking with, and for, friends, listening to everything from fado to opera to samba, and reading non-fiction of all types.

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