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Table Of Contents
- Logic Pro 8 User Manual
- Contents
- Logic Pro 8: Documentation and Resources
- An Introduction to Logic Pro
- Overview of the Logic Pro Interface
- Customizing Your Window Setup
- Window Types
- Opening and Closing Windows
- Moving and Resizing Windows
- Working at Different Hierarchy Levels
- Selecting the Working Area
- Zooming
- Relationships Between Windows
- Customizing the Transport Bar
- Customizing the Arrange Window Toolbar
- Hiding or Revealing the Inspector
- Adjusting the Bar Ruler Display
- Displaying Global Tracks
- Using Screensets
- Setting Up Your System
- Navigating Your Project
- Working With Markers
- Working With Projects
- Basic Operations
- Working With Tracks
- Configuring the Track Header
- Reclaiming Workspace Used by the Track Header
- Creating Tracks and Channels
- Deleting Tracks
- Selecting a Track
- Rearranging Tracks
- Naming Tracks
- Assigning Tracks to Channels
- Zooming Individual Tracks
- Assigning Track Icons
- Muting Tracks
- Soloing Tracks
- Record-Enabling Tracks
- Freezing Tracks
- Hiding Tracks
- Protecting Tracks
- Using Track Button Slide Activation
- Working With Instruments and Effects
- A Quick Mixer and Channel Strip Primer
- Inserting, Moving, and Removing Plug-ins
- Loading and Removing Entire Channel Strip Configurations
- Using the Plug-in Window
- Common Plug-in Window Functions
- Using the Library to Choose Plug-in Settings
- Learning About Effect Routings
- Working With Instruments
- Working With ReWire Applications
- Working With External Audio Effects
- Using Plug-ins From Other Manufacturers
- Adding Pre-Recorded Media
- Getting to Know Regions
- Creating Your Arrangement
- Making Region Edits Faster and Easier
- Selecting Regions
- Selecting Parts of a Region
- Adding and Recording Regions
- Removing and Restoring Regions
- Moving Regions
- Resizing Regions
- Adjusting the Start Point of Audio Regions
- Adjusting the Start or End Point of MIDI Regions
- Making Multiple Regions the Same Length
- Setting Region Start and End Points to the Playhead Position
- Adjusting Region Lengths to Fit Other Regions
- Time Stretching the Contents of a Region When Changing Length
- MIDI Region-Specific Length Change Operations
- Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Regions
- Adding or Removing Song Passages
- Repeating Regions
- Dividing, Demixing, and Merging Regions
- Using Folders
- Creating Crossfades and Fades on Audio Regions
- Setting Region Parameters
- Recording in Logic Pro
- Introduction to MIDI Editing
- Editing MIDI Events in the Piano Roll Editor
- Editing MIDI in the Hyper Editor
- Editing MIDI Events in the Event List
- Quantizing MIDI Events
- Editing MIDI Events in the Transform Window
- Editing Audio in the Sample Editor
- Playing Audio Files
- Navigating Audio Files
- Changing the X and Y Axis Scales
- Displaying the Waveform as Sample Bits
- Making Selections
- Copying, Pasting, Deleting, and Cutting
- Destructive Audio Editing and Processing
- Adjusting the Project Tempo
- Sample Loop Functions
- Undoing Editing Steps in the Sample Editor
- Creating Manual Backups
- Working With the Digital Factory
- Using an External Sample Editor
- Using AudioSuite Plug-ins
- Removing Silent Passages From Audio Regions
- Adjusting the Tempo of Audio Regions
- Managing Audio Files
- Mixing
- Basic Mixing Steps
- Channel Strip Elements
- Setting Channel Strip Levels
- Setting the Pan, Balance, or Surround Position
- Soloing and Muting Channels
- Adding Effects: Using Inserts
- Working With Sends
- Working With Channel Strip Settings
- Monitoring With Effect Plug-ins
- Arming Channel Strips
- Changing the Channel Input Format
- Setting the Automation Mode
- Handling Mixer Inputs and Outputs
- Adjusting Elements of Multiple Channel Strips
- Adjusting Channel Strips in Record or Playback Mode
- Working With Groups
- Channel Strip Types
- Customizing the Mixer
- Using the I/O Labels Window
- Working With Automation
- Bouncing Your Project
- Creating Apple Loops
- Project and File Interchange
- Sharing Logic Pro Data Over a Network
- Backing Up Audio Files
- Backing Up and Sharing Projects
- Working With Standard MIDI Files
- Importing GarageBand Projects
- Working With OMF Files
- Working With OpenTL Files
- Opening, Importing, and Exporting AAF Files
- Importing and Exporting Final Cut Pro XML Files
- Exporting Regions
- Exporting Tracks as Audio Files
- Advanced Tempo Operations
- Beat Mapping Regions
- Editing Transposition With the Chord and Transposition Track
- Working With Notation
- Learning About the Score Editor
- Entering Notes and Symbols in the Score Editor
- Real Time MIDI Recording
- Step Input
- Mouse Input (Using the Part Box)
- Using Hyper Draw in the Score Editor
- Working With the Part Box
- Learning About Part Box Groups
- Notes
- Sustain Pedal Symbols
- Clefs
- Dynamic Symbols
- Note Heads
- Symbols Attached to Notes
- Slurs, Crescendi
- Key Signatures
- Time Signatures
- Repeat Signs and Bar Lines
- Trills, Tremolo, and so on
- Rests, Bar Repeat Signs
- Text Objects, Chord Symbols
- D.S., D.C., Segno, Coda Signs
- Tempo and Swing Symbols
- Jazz Symbols
- Page Break and Line Break Symbols
- Editing Notes and Symbols: Basic Operations
- Editing Notes and Symbols: Advanced Operations
- Working With Text
- Working With Time and Key Signatures
- Transcribing MIDI Recordings
- Default Settings for New MIDI Regions
- Selecting Multiple Regions in the Score Editor
- Display Parameters
- Hidden MIDI Regions
- Using Note Attributes to Change Individual Notes
- Changing Note Head
- Changing Note Sizes
- Changing the Horizontal Position of Notes
- Changing the Position of Accidentals
- Changing the Display of Accidentals
- Changing the Stem Direction and Length
- Changing the Beaming of Notes
- Changing the Voice or Staff Assignment
- Changing the Tie Direction
- Changing the Syncopation of Notes
- Changing the Interpretation of Notes
- Changing the Independent Status of a Note
- Changing the Color of a Note
- Resetting Note Attributes
- Working With Staff Styles
- Assigning Staff Styles to MIDI Regions
- Automatic Staff Style Assignment
- Predefined Staff Styles
- Creating Your Own Staff Styles
- Adding Staffs to a Staff Style
- Adding Voices to a Staff Style
- Copying Voices or Staffs Into Other Staff Styles
- Copying Staff Styles Between Projects
- Deleting Voices or Staffs From a Staff Style
- Deleting Staff Styles
- Changing Staff Style Parameters
- Assigning Notes to Voices and Staffs
- Staff Style Examples
- Advanced Staff Style Usage
- Using Score Sets to Create Scores and Parts
- Printing the Score
- Exporting the Score as a Graphic File
- Customizing the Score Editor’s Appearance
- Project Settings for Score Display
- Score Preferences
- Working With Video
- Working With Surround
- Surround Formats Supported by Logic Pro
- Configuring Logic Pro for Surround
- Setting the Project Surround Format
- Setting the Channel Input Format
- Changing the Appearance of Surround Level Meters
- Setting the Output Format of a Channel Strip
- Working With the Surround Panner
- Inserting Surround Plug-ins
- Working With Multi-Channel Effects
- Working With the Surround Master
- Bouncing Surround Audio Files
- Synchronizing Logic Pro
- Working With Plug-in Latencies
- Working With Split Channel Audio File Formats
- Working in the Environment
- Using the Environment
- The Environment Objects
- Standard Instruments
- Multi Instruments
- Mapped Instruments
- GM Mixer
- MMC Record Buttons
- Keyboard
- Monitor Object
- Channel Splitter Object
- Arpeggiator
- Transformer Object
- Delay Line Object
- Voice Limiter Object
- Chord Memorizer Object
- Touch Tracks Object
- Physical Input and Sequencer Input Objects
- MIDI Click Object
- Internal Objects
- Alias
- Ornament
- Macros
- Faders
- Fader Operation
- Working With Object Groups
- Special Functions
- Recording and Playback of Fader Movements
- Fader Styles
- Fader Functions: MIDI Events
- Fader Functions: Range, Val As
- Fader Functions: Filter
- Vector Fader
- Special Faders Overview
- Cable Switchers
- Meta Event Faders
- SysEx Faders
- Creating a SysEx Message
- Setting the SysEx Data Format
- Channel Strip Objects
- Project Settings and Preferences
- Saving Project Settings and Preferences
- Project Settings
- Preferences
- Glossary
- Index
1014 Index
Key Commands window 159
Learn by Key Label button 162
Learn by Key Position button 162
Learn New Assignment button 164
opening 159
key signature 723
alternative 727
copying 726
creating 725
deleting 727
editing 727
in Part box 685
selecting 725
KlopfGeist. See metronome
L
Late-Breaking News 17
latency 847, 985
Low Latency mode 848
plug-in delay compensation 849
Layer recording 382
Layout tool 696
LCRS 808
left locator 106, 112
See also locators
legato 985
chord handling 410
forcing for notes 409
forcing in region 349
level
setting for channel strip 546
switching between two values 547
Level fader 212
level meter (channel strip) 547
display scale 548
LFE (Low Frequency Enhancement) 821
Library
assigning MIDI channel 240
loading channel strip setting 219
loading plug-in setting 232
overview 35
refreshing 630
Revert button 220
linear view (Score Editor) 672, 769
line break symbol (notation) 690
Lines to Channels function 414
Line tool 422
Link button 49, 71
described 985
plug-in window 225
Staff Style window 744
Surround Panner 819
Lists area, overview 37
live mode (instrument plug-in) 247, 383
Live mode (ReWire) 251
local menu bar 48
Local Off function 94
Locator display 112
locators 106, 112
setting by events/regions 113
setting by marker 114
swapping 115
Logic, opening 27
Logic interface 28
Logic website 17
Loop Browser
Acid Loops 620
adding loops 620
blue sound wave icon 264
category buttons 266
customizing 268
resetting 268
Column view 267
Fav column 269
green note icon
limiting display
to particular Jam Pack 265
to particular scale 265
to particular time signature 266
Music view 266
opening
as independent window 263
in Arrange window 263
overview 33
previewing Apple Loops 268
Reset button 268
sorting loops 269
Sound Effects view 266
view buttons 266
Low Latency mode 848
LTC (Longitudinal Time Code) 841
lyrics. See notation
M
mapped instrument object 888
note display in Event List 448
Mapped Instrument window 889
marker 123
assigning to beat 660
coloring 133
converting into scene marker 801
copying 127
creating 125
during playback 126
from cycle 127
from regions 126
deleting 128
editing 131
length 126
adjusting to cycle 132