Synopses & Reviews
Logic Pro is arguably the number-one digital audio workstation among professional musicians and composers, at home in both professional and project studios worldwide. Going Pro with Logic Pro 9 is an expert levelbook that addresses the needs of the professional Logic user. This book picks up where the manual leaves off, guiding you from customizing setups of Logic Pro 9 for workflow enhancement, through the recording and editing processes, to preparing final delivery media, dropping power-user tips and tricks throughout the process. Topics covered include building custom mixers; designing templates; organizing your sound palette; dealing with third-party software, applications, and hardware, such as UAD cards and the Akai MPC3000; mixing tips; mastering tips; and much more.
Synopsis
"Going Pro with Logic Pro 9" is an expert level book that addresses the needs of the professional Logic user. The book picks up where the manual leaves off, guiding users from customizing setups of Logic Pro 9 for workflow enhancement, through the recording and editing processes, to preparing final delivery media, dropping power-user tips and tricks throughout the process. Topics covered include building custom mixers; designing templates; organizing your sound palette; dealing with third-party software, applications, and hardware, such as UAD cards and the Akai MPC3000; mixing tips; mastering tips; and much more.
About the Author
Jay Asher is a composer, songwriter, arranger, orchestrator, conductor, pianist/synthesist, and entertainer. He is a graduate from the Boston Conservatory of Music with a B.M. in Music Composition. He did post-graduate orchestration study with renowned Los Angeles orchestrator Dr. Albert Harris. As a composer, he has written music scores and songs for many TV series, TV Movies of the Week, and films, most notably New World Television's Zorro. He has written songs that have been recorded by Julio Iglesias, Whitney Houston, and Donna Summer, among others. Among the films and TV movies he has arranged, orchestrated, and/or conducted for are Paramount Pictures' Blame It On Rio and NBC's TV mini-series JFK: Reckless Youth. He has served as a musical director and/or accompanist for such artists as Neil Diamond, Bobby Gentry, Carol Burnett, Minnie Riperton, Donald O' Connor, and Roslyn Kind, as well as playing piano/keyboards for various TV and film projects, and commercials, and has been featured as the lead vocalist on songs for several TV movies and films, including Disney's Under Wraps.
Table of Contents
Setup/template tips/methods. Building custom mixers that represent your entire set-up and complement your way of working. Designing templates that let you start making music right away. Custom screensets to support your workflow. Organizing your sound pallet so it's ready to play. Recording/composing tips/methods. Dealing with multi-computer set-ups. Accessing lots of memory to load large templates (even with older software instruments). The ins and outs of working with reference video and scoring inside Logic; Editing tips/methods. Creative ways of programming expressive parts. Mixing tips/methods. Finishing/bouncing/mastering tips/methods.