Logic Pro 9 User Manual - Help Library - Apple

1342 Pages·2010·25.33 MB·English

by  Apple Inc.

Logic Pro 9
User Manual
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Contents
Preface 17 Welcome to Logic Pro
17 About Logic Pro
18 About the Logic Pro Documentation
19 AdditionalResources
Chapter1 21 Introducing Logic Pro
21 Creating Music in Logic Pro
23 UnderstandingtheBasicsofProjectsandRegions
Chapter2 27 SettingUpYourSystem
27 DesigningYourMusicProductionSystem
34 ConnectingYourAudioandMIDIDevices
42 UsingExternalMIDIDevices
43 UsingExternalAudioEffects
43 ConfiguringYourAudioHardware
45 UsingDistributedAudioProcessing
Chapter3 51 Overview of the Logic Pro Interface
52 Opening Logic Pro
52 IntroducingtheArrangeWindow
54 WorkingintheArrangeArea
55 UsingtheToolbar
55 UsingtheTransportBar
56 UsingtheInspector
58 WorkingintheMediaArea
66 WorkingintheNotesArea
68 WorkingintheListsArea
72 WorkingintheEditingArea
76 Understanding Common Elements of Logic Pro Windows
80 UnderstandingHowArrangeWindowAreasInteract
83 Using Logic Pro Interface Elements
85 UsingtheComputerKeyboard
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Chapter4 87 CustomizingYourWindowSetup
88 UnderstandingtheWindowTypes
90 OpeningandClosingWindows
93 MovingandResizingWindows
97 WorkingatDifferentHierarchyLevels
98 SelectingtheWorkingArea
100 ZoomingtheWorkingArea
105 UnderstandingRelationshipsBetweenWindows
108 HidingorShowingtheTransportBar
108 CustomizingtheArrangeToolbar
109 HidingorRevealingtheInspector
110 AdjustingtheBarRulerDisplay
111 DisplayingGlobalTracks
114 UsingScreensets
Chapter5 119 NavigatingYourProject
120 SettingthePlayheadPosition
123 UsingtheTransportButtons
124 UsingTransportKeyCommands
125 UsingTransportShortcutMenus
126 UsingAppleRemote
127 UsingCycleMode
133 UsingtheChaseEventsFunction
135 CustomizingtheTransportBar
Chapter6 143 WorkingwithMarkers
144 OpeningMarkerAreasandWindows
146 CreatingMarkers
149 CopyingMarkers
149 SelectingMarkers
149 DeletingMarkers
150 NamingMarkers
153 ChangingtheAppearanceofMarkerText
154 EditingMarkers
156 NavigatingwithMarkers
158 SwitchingBetweenMarkerAlternatives
158 CustomizingtheMarkerDisplayintheMarkerList
158 Importing,Removing,andExportingMarkerInformation
Chapter7 159 WorkingwithProjects
159 LearningAboutProjects
160 CreatingProjects
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163 OpeningProjects
166 OpeningandCreatingProjectsAutomatically
166 PreviewingProjectswithQuickLook
167 ImportingDataandSettingsfromOtherProjects
174 CheckingandRepairingProjects
175 SettingProjectProperties
183 ManagingProjects
186 SavingProjects
189 ClosingandQuitting
Chapter8 191 BasicOperations
191 UsingtheMouse
192 EnteringNumericalValues
193 EnteringText
194 WorkingwithKeyCommands
202 WorkingwithTools
209 WorkingwithHelpTags
210 UsingtheShortcutMenu
211 UsingSelectionTechniques
216 WorkingwiththeClipboard
217 UndoingandRedoingEditOperations
Chapter9 221 WorkingwithTracks
222 UnderstandingTracksandChannelStrips
224 ConfiguringtheTrackHeader
226 ReclaimingWorkspaceUsedbytheTrackHeader
227 CreatingTracksandChannelStrips
232 CreatingTracksOnly
234 DeletingTracksintheArrangeArea
235 SelectingTracksintheArrangeArea
235 RearrangingTracksintheArrangeArea
236 NamingTracksintheArrangeArea
239 AssigningTracksintheArrangeArea
240 ZoomingTracksintheArrangeArea
242 AssigningTrackIconsintheTrackParameterBox
243 MutingTracksintheArrangeArea
245 SoloingTracksintheArrangeArea
246 Record-EnablingTracksintheArrangeArea
246 FreezingTracksintheArrangeArea
250 HidingTracksintheArrangeArea
251 ProtectingTracksintheArrangeArea
252 UsingTrackButtonSlideActivation
252 DrumReplacementorDoublingintheArrangeArea
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255 BouncingRegionsandTracksinPlace
Chapter10 261 WorkingwithInstrumentsandEffects
261 GettingtoKnowtheArrangeChannelStrips
266 WorkingwithPlug-ins
272 WorkingwithChannelStripConfigurations
277 Opening,Closing,andResizingPlug-inWindows
279 AdjustingPlug-inParameters
281 UsingCommonPlug-inWindowFunctions
288 UsingtheLibrarytoChoosePlug-inSettings
289 UnderstandingtheLibraryFolderandMenuStructure
290 LearningAboutEffectRoutings
295 WorkingwithInstruments
309 WorkingwithReWireApplications
311 WorkingwithExternalAudioEffects
313 UsingPlug-insfromOtherManufacturers
Chapter11 317 AddingPrerecordedMedia
317 Learning About File Formats Supported by Logic Pro
319 AccessingMediaFilesintheBrowser
325 Finding Apple Loops in the Loop Browser
335 AddingandRemovingAudioFiles
343 AddingMIDIandProjectFiles
Chapter12 345 GettingtoKnowRegions
345 WhatAreRegions?
348 MIDIandAudioRegionsCompared
350 HandlingRegionsintheAudioBinandSampleEditor
Chapter13 361 CreatingYourArrangement
362 GettingtoKnowtheArrangeArea
364 SnappingRegionEditstoTimePositions
367 UsingDragModes
369 ScrubbingYourArrangement
370 UsingShortcutMenus
370 MutingRegions
371 SoloingRegions
372 NamingRegions
375 AssigningColorstoRegions
376 SelectingRegions
380 Adding,Recording,andRemovingRegions
381 RestoringRemovedRegions
382 MovingRegions
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387 ResizingRegions
393 Cutting,Copying,andPastingRegions
394 AddingorRemovingArrangementPassages
398 CreatingRegionAliases
401 CreatingRegionClones
402 ConvertingRegionstoaNewSamplerTrack
404 CreatingMultipleCopiesofRegions
404 CreatingRegionLoops
408 DividingRegions
411 DemixingMIDIRegions
412 MergingRegions(GeneralToolsandCommands)
413 MergingMIDIRegions
413 MergingAudioRegions
415 WorkingwithFolders
419 CreatingCrossfadesandFadesonAudioRegions
424 SettingRegionParameters
Chapter14 431 Recording in Logic Pro
432 CheckingHardwareConnectionsandSettingsforRecording
432 SettingtheProjectSampleRate
433 SettingtheProjectBitDepth
435 SettingUptheMetronomeforRecording
437 EnablingSoftwareMonitoringforRecording
439 SettingtheMonitoringLevelforRecording
439 DefiningtheRecordingFolder
440 NamingAudioRecordings
440 ChoosingtheRecordingFileType
442 SettingtheRecordingFormat
443 Record-EnablingTracks
444 GettingtoKnowAudioRecording
445 AudioTakeRecording
451 AudioMultitrackRecording
451 AudioPunchRecording
454 AudioReplaceRecording
455 DeletingAudioRecordings
455 GettingtoKnowMIDIRecording
456 MIDITakeRecording
461 MIDIMultitrackRecording
465 MIDIMergeRecording
466 MIDIReplaceRecording
467 RetrospectiveRecordingofMIDIRegions
468 SwitchingInstrumentstoSoftwareInstrumentLiveMode
468 FilteringMIDIEventsWhenRecording
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469 TurningMIDIThruOffWhenRecording
470 UsingAdvancedRecordingCommands
470 ColoringTakesWhileRecording
472 MarkingaGoodTakeWhileRecording
473 MIDIStepInputRecording
Chapter15 481 EditingAudioTakeRecordings
482 GettingtoKnowTakeFolders
482 PreviewingTakeFolderRecordings
484 TogglingTakeFolderEditingMode
486 CreatingComps
487 EditingComps
492 ResizingTakeRegions
493 CuttingTakeFoldersandTakeRegions
496 MovingTakeFoldersandTakeRegions
498 DuplicatingCompsorCreatingNewComps
500 RenamingTakesorComps
503 DeletingTakesorComps
507 ExportingTakesorCompstoNewTracks
511 MovingTakesorCompstoNewTracks
515 FlatteningandMergingTakeFolders
518 UnpackingTakeFolders
522 PackingRegionsintoaTakeFolder
523 OpeningTakeFoldersintheSampleEditor
Chapter16 525 FlexTimeEditing
526 TurningonFlexView
526 ChoosingFlexModes
529 GettingtoKnowtheFlexModes
531 GettingtoKnowTransient,Flex,andTempoMarkers
532 WorkingwithFlexMarkers
538 TimeStretchingUsingMarqueeSelections
539 TimeStretchingUsingRegionBorders
540 SnappingFlexMarkerstoTransientMarkers
541 SplittingAudioRegionsatTransientMarkerPositions
541 UsingtheFlexTool
545 UsingVarispeedtoAlterPlaybackSpeedandPitch
Chapter17 547 EditingAudiointheSampleEditor
548 OpeningtheSampleEditor
549 GettingtoKnowtheSampleEditor
550 PlayingAudioFilesintheSampleEditor
553 NavigatingAudioFilesintheSampleEditor
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554 MakingSelectionsintheSampleEditor
558 AudioEditingandProcessingintheSampleEditor
569 AdjustingtheProjectTempointheSampleEditor
569 UsingSampleEditorLoopFunctions
570 UndoingEditStepsintheSampleEditor
570 CreatingManualBackupsintheSampleEditor
572 CustomizingWaveformAmplitudeScaleintheSampleEditor
572 CustomizingtheRulerintheSampleEditor
574 CustomizingWaveformDisplayintheSampleEditor
575 GettingtoKnowtheSampleEditor’sDigitalFactory
576 UsingtheSampleEditor’s“TimeandPitchMachine”
581 UsingtheSampleEditor’sGrooveMachine
583 UsingtheSampleEditor’sAudioEnergizer
586 UsingtheSampleEditor’sSilencer
588 UsingtheSampleEditor’s“AudiotoScore”
591 UsingtheSampleEditor’sQuantizeEngine
593 “AudiotoMIDIGrooveTemplate”
593 UsinganExternalSampleEditor
595 UsingAudioSuitePlug-ins
Chapter18 597 WorkingwithTempoandAudioRegions
597 AutomaticTempoMatching
599 SettingtheProjectTempotoMatchanAudioRegion
601 TimeStretchingRegions
603 UsingBeatDetectiontoCreateTempoChanges
605 Importing,Removing,andExportingTempoInformation
Chapter19 607 RemovingSilentPassagesfromAudioRegions
607 OpeningtheStripSilenceWindow
608 GettingtoKnowtheStripSilenceWindow
609 RemovingSilentPassagesfromaSelectedRegion
610 AutomaticAnchorCreation
610 UnderstandingHowYouCanUseStripSilence
Chapter20 613 ManagingAudioFiles
613 Sorting,Grouping,andRenamingFilesintheAudioBin
620 MovingAudioFiles
621 CopyingorConvertingAudioFiles
623 DeletingAudioFiles
623 OptimizingAudioFiles
624 ConvertingRegionsintoIndependentAudioFiles
625 ExportingTracksasAudioFiles
625 ExportingorImportingRegionInformation
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625 FindingandReplacingOrphanedAudioFiles
Chapter21 629 QuantizingAudioandMIDI
630 UnderstandingRegion-andEvent-basedQuantization
630 UnderstandingtheQuantizeGridOptions
631 Fine-TuningtheQuantizeGridOptions
633 QuantizingAudioorMIDIRegions
635 QuantizingPhase-LockedAudioTracks
637 QuantizingMIDIRegionsPermanently
638 QuantizingMIDIEvents
640 WorkingwithGrooveTemplates
Chapter22 647 IntroductiontoMIDIEditing
647 GettingtoKnowtheMIDIEditors
648 OpeningtheMIDIEditors
651 HearingMIDIEventsWhenEditing
651 EditingMIDIEventsintheArrangeArea
653 MonitoringandResettingMIDIEvents
Chapter23 655 EditingMIDIEventsinthePianoRollEditor
655 OpeningthePianoRollEditor
656 GettingtoKnowthePianoRollEditor
659 CreatingandEditingNoteEventsinthePianoRollEditor
674 SplittingChordsinthePianoRollEditor
675 UsingHyperDrawinthePianoRollEditor
677 CustomizingthePianoRollEditor
677 UsingPianoRollEditorShortcuts
Chapter24 679 EditingMIDIintheHyperEditor
679 OpeningtheHyperEditor
681 GettingtoKnowtheHyperEditor
681 CreatingandEditingEventsintheHyperEditor
691 WorkingwithEventDefinitions
696 UsingtheEventDefinitionParameterBox
699 WorkingwithHyperSets
Chapter25 705 EditingMIDIEventsintheEventList
706 GettingtoKnowtheEventList
711 SelectingandCreatingEvents
714 EditingEvents
717 DeletingandMutingEvents
718 SoloingandRenamingRegionsorFolders
718 LearningAboutEventTypes
724 TheEventFloatWindow
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