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Preface
Logic Reference
Recent years have seen a revolution in the use of
personal computers for creating music.
Music projects that until recently would have required an array of professional studio
equipment can now be completed in a home or project studio, using a personal
computer and readily available resources. A personal computer with a fast processor
and enough RAM can now serve as a workstation for recording, arranging, mixing, and
producing complete music projects, which can be played back on the computer,
burned on a CD or DVD, or distributed over the Internet.
What Is Logic?
Logic is an integrated system for composing, producing, and scoring music, built
specifically for Mac OS X. Musicians can create professional sounding original music
compositions, royalty-free soundtracks for Final Cut Pro video projects, and more.
Logic allows you to build musical arrangements using MIDI and software instruments
alongside audio recordings of acoustic instruments, vocal performances and
prerecorded audio files.
You can freely combine and arrange loops plus MIDI and software instrument parts in
Logic’s Arrange window, add professional-quality effects, mix your music in stereo, and
export the final mix to a standard audio file or an audio CD that can be played on any
multimedia-equipped computer, home stereo or imported into Final Cut Pro or other
applications.
Logic includes the following features, amongst many others:
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Record MIDI information via connected MIDI input devices, such as keyboards, and
play back this information via any connected MIDI device or Logic’s integrated
software instruments.
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Create, arrange, and edit MIDI projects, and print out musical notation via a printer
connected to your computer.
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Digitally record acoustic and electric instruments or vocal performances into your
projects, and process these audio recordings with Logic’s in-built real-time effects.