Logic Course

Logic Course materials include:

20+ Quicktime Logic Pro 8 tutorials (video)

300 pages of course notes

Audio samples and song files

Weekly personalised video feedback on your music

Weekly webchat with a pro producer

24/7 access to student / tutor discussion forums

Logic Course contents

Week 1: What is MIDI Sequencing?

• Structure: beats, bars, tempo & time signature
• Using software instruments in Logic
• Your first MIDI recording using Logic Pro 8

Week 2: Basic Drum Programming

• Types of drum sound (kick, snare, hi-hat etc.)
• How to make a basic beat in Logic Pro 8
• MIDI editing: quantize, velocity and note length

Week 3: Drum programming, live feel & groove

• Record 'live' MIDI drums in Logic using EXS24
• How to quantize settings
• How to add groove to your beats in Logic Pro 8

Week 4: Percussion & using Apple loops

• Introducing percussion instruments & their roles
• Create a basic arrangement for the rhythm track
• Drums & music styles

Week 5: Basic Music Theory - Chords

• The basics: notes, octaves, tone & semi tone
• Scale and chord construction and inversion
• How to use EVP88 & EB3 in Logic 8

Week 6: The Bassline

• The role of the bassline in popular music
• Which notes to play & why
• Recording & editing techniques

Week 7: Basic Analog Synthesis (part 1)

• How does a synthesizer make a sound?
• The oscillator: filter & volume envelope sections
• Producing a 'fatter' sound & a look at classic synths

Week 8: Basic Analog Synthesis (part 2)

• Using modulation to give expression to a sound
• Modulate the filter using envelope & velocity
• How to use LFO & portamento / glide

Week 9: Structure & Arrangement

• Basic structure & shapes for songs
• How to structure a club track
• Adding breaks, cuts and fills to add interest

Week 10: Additional Production Techniques

• How to use the environment & arpeggiator
• Assigning MIDI control to parameters
• Using Hyperdraw and Piano Roll

Week 11: Basic Mixing

• Levels & panning
• Inserts: basic EQ
• Bus channels: basic reverb & delay

Week 12: Finish Project

• Final audio mixdown for audio CD & Mp3
• Final Test
• Submit final project

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Tutor profile

JC Concato
JC's previous projects include production, engineering and remix work for the likes of Bjork, Portishead, The Cure, Erasure, Allister Whitehead, Galliano, Pressure Drop, Raggatwins and Renegade Soundwave.

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