Logic‡ Pro 9 Power!: The Comprehensive Guide Kevin Anker and Orren Merton Course Technology PTR A part of Cengage Learning Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States Logic‡ Pro 9 Power!: † 2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning. The Comprehensive Guide ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein may Kevin Anker and Orren Merton be reproduced, transmitted, stored, or used in any form or by any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including but not limited to photocopying, recording, Publisher and General Manager, scanning, digitizing, taping, Web distribution, information networks, or information Course Technology PTR: storage and retrieval systems, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the Stacy L. Hiquet 1976 United States Copyright Act, without the prior written permission of the Associate Director of Marketing: publisher. 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Indexer: Sharon Hilgenberg Proofreader: Sue Boshers Library of Congress Control Number: 2009942406 ISBN-13: 978-1-4354-5612-9 ISBN-10: 1-4354-5612-2 eISBN-10: 1-4354-5619-x Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston, MA 02210 USA Cengage Learning is a leading provider of customized learning solutions with office locations around the globe, including Singapore, the United Kingdom, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, and Japan. Locate your local office at: international.cengage.com/region Cengage Learning products are represented in Canada by Nelson Education, Ltd. For your lifelong learning solutions, visit courseptr.com Visit our corporate website at cengage.com Printed in the United States of America 1234567121110 Orren Merton wishes to dedicate this book to composers, musicians, and musical hobbyists everywhere who are using Logic to express their creativity. Kevin Anker dedicates this book to the growing Logic community, those who are just getting their feet wet, and those who have been at it for the last 20+ years. I also dedicate this book to Julli, Taylor, Mom, Dad, my late grandparents, and the rest of my family who have supported me from day one. Acknowledgments Orren Merton: Logic Pro 9 is arguably the best and most complete version of Logic ever, which meant we had our work cut out for us! Thank God for co-writer Kevin Anker. He really took this project by the horns, and this revision would not be half of the book that it is without Kevin’s writing and organizing skills! As ever, I couldn’t do anything without the unwavering support of my wife, Michelle, my mother, and in the recent past, my late father, grandfather, and grandmother. I would also like to thank Dr. Gerhard Lengeling, Manfred Knauff, Marion Freudenthaler, Thorsten Adam, Jan Hennerk-Helms, and everyone at Apple GmbH, both for their part in creating and developing software that assists so many of us to realize our musical creativity and for their part in including me in the processes! Further, I would like to thank the entire Logic FirstClass Community (you know who you are!) for their insight and assistance on my own journey into this program. I want to give a special shout out to Jay Asher, who not only serves as a friend and a sounding board, but who, as technical editor for this book, kept both Kevin and me on track! Finally, the Course Technology PTR team, of which I am proud to call myself a member, has been exceptional, supporting me in every way I could have hoped all the way through this process. I would especially like to tip my hat to Mark Garvey for always giving me enough rope to hang myself but making sure I never do, and to Cathleen Small, our project and copy editor who keeps the trains (and the text) running! Kevin Anker: The day I got the email from Orren telling me that Logic Pro 9 had been released, I was out of the country, out of the loop, and (marginally) out of my mind. Long story that involves a lot of really bad meals interspersed with a few of the finest meals I’ve had the pleasure of enjoying, but rest assured the news of Logic Pro 9 snapped me back to reality as we began to discuss the new features and our plans for the revision. You can’t work on a project that covers an application as deep as Logic without expert assistance, and as far as Logic goes, Orren is truly an expert. It seems that over the last two revisions of this book, I’ve learned new ideas about and new approaches to Logic from Orren with each chapter. He’s as much my teacher as he is my co-writer in that regard, and I’m truly grateful for all the knowledge he’s shared. To spend your days writing books and your nights working gigs, you need a very special and incredibly patient support system. I can’t thank my wife, Julli, and daughter, Taylor, enough for all the love and patience they offer me. You guys rock. My parents have always been in my corner, and I simply can’t thank them enough. My sister and my in-laws are the greatest, and who can’t love a mother-in-law who’s okay with her daughter marrying a musician? I am blessed to have such a wonderful family. iv Acknowledgments v I have also been fortunate to have the guidance, friendship, and support of a few experts in Logic and other related applications. My brother, Sean Anker, lent his experience and expertise to my understanding of video with this project, and to my understanding of computers in general since we first started programming in BASIC on an Apple II+ more than 30 years ago. He is the geek I always aspired to be. Eddie Al-Shakarchi has not only helped me check various quirks in Logic on a regular basis, but has also helped me to blow off a lot of steam via Instant Messenger from day one—I hope to return the favor as he finishes his Ph.D. I also have to acknowledge the music community that has been my extended family for more years that I can recall, particularly Marc Schonbrun, Jeff Jones, Harvey Cook, Lester Johnson, Glenn Hopkins, Tad Robinson, Steve Gomes, David Earl and the entire Severn Records crew, Benjie Porecki (that espresso machine got me through the last few chapters!), Robb Stupka, Earmon Hubbard, Adam Jay Southerland, my late mentors Tony Jessup and Claude Sifferlen, and countless others who have worked with me, taught me, mentored me, and have accepted me into the brotherhood. Finally, I have to thank my editors. Cathleen Small, who, through two and a half books, has proven herself to keep stranger hours than this professional musician does. That’s a true testa- ment to your dedication, and I thank you for all your help making this project better! Jay Asher, thanks so much for your insights. This was a particularly strange revision since Logic was updated midway through the revision, and you caught a lot of important changes and made the book much better as a result. About the Authors Orren Merton, co-author of Logic Pro 8 Power! and Logic 7 Ignite!, and author of Logic 6 Power!, GarageBand Ignite!, and Guitar Rig 2 Power! has been a computer musician since his days at U.C. Berkeley in 1988. He has been consulting and writing in the professional audio field for more than 10 years. He has done technical writing and editing for many software and hard- ware pro music–related companies, such as PSPaudioware, Redmatica, THD Electronics, Emagic, and Apple. He writes for numerous pro audio magazines, such as Electronic Musician, Gearwire, Virtual Instruments, and MIX. Orren has a master’s degree in English from California State University, Long Beach. When he isn’t working on his own musical projects, such as Ember After, he helps moderate online Logic users forums, such as the Logic User Group, an online community of more than 23,000 Logic users, as well as Mac OS X Audio, along with co-author Kevin Anker. Orren beta tests for a number of audio software companies. He lives in Orange County, California, and can be reached at [email protected]. Kevin Anker, co-author of Logic Pro 8 Power! and author of Using Logic Pro’s Synthesizers, is a longtime professional musician with more than 15 years of experience in computer-based music production. He has performed, composed, sequenced, engineered, and recorded for a variety of individuals and groups both nationally and internationally. Kevin has been a Logic user since 2002 and is currently an administrator and moderator of www.macosxaudio.com, a large and active online community focused on music production on Mac OS X, which Orren also admin- istrates. Kevin can be reached at [email protected]. vi Contents Introduction . ...........................................................xiii Chapter 1 Introducing Logic Pro 9 1 What Is Logic Pro? .........................................................1 A Brief Overview of MIDI ...................................................5 A Brief Overview of Digital Audio ..........................................