Composition and Creativity in Logic Pro, Part 1
with Dov Waterman
Intermediate
38 lessons (2h 58m)
Mobile, Tablet + Desktop
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Course Trailer
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Sample Lesson
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- Workflow & Efficiency
- Welcome to the course & Dov's take on creativity
- Intro to Workflow & Efficiency
- Workflow and Efficiency
- Key Commands
- Creating a sound pallette
- Setting up and saving a template
- Overview of library and channel strips
- The Toolbar
- Screen-sets
- Assignment: Create your template
- Alchemy and synthesis in Logic Pro
- Intro to Synthesis in Logic Pro
- Intro to Alchemy
- Alchemy signal flow and Effects
- Modulation in Alchemy
- Importing audio for sampling
- Alchemy performance mode
- CHALLENGE #1: CREATE A GRANULAR SYNTH
- Rhythm and beat programming
- Intro to Rhythm and beat programming
- Intro to Ultrabeat
- Ultrabeat as a multi-output instrument
- Intro to Virtual Drummer
- Virtual Drummer - advanced effects and layering
- Intro to Apple Loops
- ASSIGNMENT: Drum machine designer
- Programming & Arrangement, MIDI Effects
- Intro to Programming & Arrangement
- Programming an arrangement
- The Chord Trigger
- The Modulator
- The Repeater
- The Randomizer
- The Transposer
- ASSIGNMENT: Use the chord trigger
- Smart controls and automation
- Intro to smart controls & automation
- Smart controls & automation
- Mapping smart controls
- Creating Apple Loops
- Recap of smart controls and automation
- CHALLENGE #2: CREATE A RISER WITH SMART CONTROLS
Lesson plan (2h 58m)
In this course, Dov Waterman guides students through strategies and techniques to develop composition and production workflow efficiency.
By the end of this course, you'll be able to use Logic Pro features effectively:
- setting up templates of custom sounds and fully customizing your own Logic interface
- using synthesis in Logic, including Alchemy, the swiss army knife of synths
- programming Logic rhythm generators like Ultrabeat, Virtual Drummer and Apple Loops
- using arrangement techniques and MIDI effects to their full potential
- using smart controls, automation and mapping controls to internal/external controllers
- creating and saving Apple Loops for future recall
Please note that these courses no longer include personal feedback on the assignments, which has been reflected in the pricing.
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, this course is for you.
Look out for Composition and Creativity in Logic, part 2, available here. It focuses on the writing process and the final production steps of mixing and exporting your work.
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