Composition and Creativity in Logic Pro, Part 2
with Dov Waterman
- Sample Lesson Free
- The Writing Process
- Welcome to the course & Dov's take on creativity
- Intro to the writing process
- Case study - Dov's track Witches' Whisper
- Creativity starts with a good template
- Creative automation
- Creative sound design and more automation
- Working with orchestral sounds
- Working with synth elements
- CHALLENGE #1: SMART CONTROLS & AUTOMATION
- The Editing Process
- Intro to the editing process
- Comping in Logic Pro
- How to use Flex-time
- Creative use of compression, stereo delay, EQ, reverb
- Track building techniques
- Working with raw material
- Coming up with creative ideas
- Arranging a track
- ASSIGNMENT: Creative Editing
- Mixing and automation
- Intro to mixing and automation
- Finessing your track
- Approaching the mix - housekeeping and leveling
- Widening the drum sound
- Side-chaining
- Pre-fade vs Post-fade metering
- Quantizing & flex-timing
- Checking levels, adding compression
- Creative processing & effects
- ASSIGNMENT: Track Alternatives
- Finalizing & bouncing
- Intro to finalizing and bouncing
- Bouncing and exporting stems
- Collaborating with others
- CHALLENGE #2: FINAL CREATIVITY CHALLENGE
Lesson plan (2h 19m)
In this course, Dov Waterman guides students through strategies and techniques to develop composition and production workflow efficiency.
In this part (part 2) of the course, Dov demonstrates how to use Logic Pro features effectively:
- setting up his own personal compositional processes
- explaining how he approach sessions from start to finish, featuring several case studies of projects he's worked on
- teaching creative techniques in Logic Pro that can be ported into ANY musical creative environment
- explaining the mixing, finalizing and boucing processes
If you have some knowledge of Logic Pro, and want to significantly up your game as a composer and realise your musical ideas as they were intended, then this course is for you.
Please note that these courses no longer include personal feedback on the assignments, which has been reflected in the pricing.