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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
Index 1025
importing/exporting 539
searching
alias 326
Apple Loops 270
audio file used in project 539
key command 161
Logic-related file 259
peak in audio file 490
zero crossings 289, 315
sectional dB-linear level meter scale 548
selecting 172
all following objects 174
all objects 173
all objects on a track 173
empty regions 175
events with the same MIDI channel 176
identical objects 175
individual objects 172
inside the locator positions 175
muted regions/events 175
next/previous track 190
note event
highest/lowest in chord 414
of certain pitch 173
objects with equal subpositions 176
overlapping regions/events 175
regions/events of certain color 175
rubber band 174
several objects 173
similar objects 175
toggling selection status 174
Select Previous Section for Realtime Comping key
command 368
Send Discrete Note Offs message 396
send effect 233
bypassing 235
creating 234
determining position in signal flow 235
normalizing send level 235
post/pre fader 235
Post Pan setting 236
removing 235
setting send level 234
Send to MIDI functions 396
separation controls 821
sequencer, described 995
Sequencer Input object 912
serial effect routing 236
service and support 18
setting (plug-in). See plug-in setting
setup 81
amplifier 85
audio cables and connectors 89
audio interface 83
configuring 96
components 81
computer 82
CPU 82
hard drive 83
connecting devices 88
audio interface 91
expansions 88
MIDI devices 91
control surface 84
external MIDI instrument 237
headphones 86
microphone 87
MIDI cabling 91
MIDI interface 84
MIDI keyboard 84
USB 94
MIDI Thru port 92
mixing console 86
speakers 85
sharing 625
accessing shared data 627
connecting to .Mac account 629
key commands 630
preferences 626
refreshing settings 630
your settings 627
shortcut menu 56, 171
in Event List 440
Piano Roll Editor 402
Score Editor 690
Tempo List 648
Show Channel Strip menu (plug-in window) 229
Show Help Tags preference 170
Show Insert menu (plug-in window) 229
shuttling 110
SIAL. See Apple Loops
Side Chain function 230
described 996
using instrument signals 230
Signature List 723–727
opening 723
overview 41
Signature track 723–728
cutting bars 727
displaying 723
silence
applying to audio file selection 498
inserting between locators 321
removing from audio region 519
searching in audio file 490
Single Trigger mode 996
Single view (Mixer) 574
Skip Cycle function 114
Slide Activation function 206
slur (notation). See notation
SMPTE
described 996