A GUIDE

TO LOGIC EXPRESS 9
Brief Guide to Logic Express

MAIN USEFUL POINTS OF LOGIC

How to firstly Open a new project, save said project and then bounce the file
to an openly useable extension such as MP3.

Starting with explanations of the tools on Logic which can be very helpful for
quickly editing your tracks.

Explaining the arrangement area on Logic so you know how it works

Using the Library to find the MIDI instruments you want/need

OPENING A NEW PROJECT

1. Click New

2. Click Empty Project

Click Audio to record Audio,

Software Instrument for Midi recording
And External Midi is for using real synthesizers
With Logic.
Standard settings for Format, Input and Output will be correct.

HOW TO SAVE YOUR TRACK

Type a name for your project

Select where to save it on your HDD

Make sure to check Include Assets and Copy External audio files to project folder
Also, checking the other boxes may be helpful but will increase the project file size.

BOUNCE YOUR LOGIC FILE

To Bounce your file first select Bounce from the drop down menu and then select
Which destination youd like your file to be, I chose MP3 in this example.
Logic should already have the default settings which should be fine.

TOOLS OF LOGIC
Pointer Tool The mouse what allows you to click
and drag like a normal cursor.

Pencil Tool Allows you to draw in notes into the Piano roll
without using a Midi keyboard to play them in.
Eraser Tool Easily delete the notes in the Piano roll
you dont want.
Text Tool Easily change the names on the DAW.
Scissor Tool Zoom in and cut apart audio tracks
what youve either recorded with Microphones
or just cut apart the loops what youve placed onto a track.

Glue Tool Glue back together two separate

parts of audio on a track.

Solo Tool Solo an individual track so you can hear it playing solo.
Mute Tool Mute an individual note on Piano Roll or mute a full track so you
cant hear it being played with everything else.
Zoom Tool Use this to zoom in on a particular part of the track you wish to edit.
Fade Tool The fade tool allows you to add fade to the beginning or end of an
audio track such as recorded vocals or loops.
Automation Select Tool Allows you to easily select a certain node of
Automation (Volume fading, Panning, write controls etc.)
Automation Curve Tool If youve wrote in some automation data such as
Volume fading it is easier to make it sound natural with the Automation Curve
tool.
Marquee Tool The Marquee tool allows you to do multiple things a lot easier.
For example you can click and drag to select regions of multiple tracks and mute
them all at once or play only that part instead of adding a loop.
Flex Tool The flex tool is used to flex the timing on recorded audio and change
the rhythm easily, also easy to re-time a real recorded instrument to the tempo
which you would like.

Inspector Button

Automation Button

Media Button

Arrangement Area
(White Frame is whats selected)

Library button to get onto

Logic Instruments

Clicking the Inspector button opens this

Transport Bar

Tempo Display

Editor Buttons

LOGIC INSTRUMENT LIBRARY

1. Click on Media (Top Right)

2. Select Library
3. Choose which class of instruments
you want to use
4. Plug in your MIDI instrument or use
an on screen keyboard

COLOURING REGIONS

By selecting Colours you can change the colour of your

recorded regions allowing for easier acknowledgement of
tracks

Tracks and Regions on the Logic Arrangement Area

The Audio track is a strip on the logic arrangement area where
You can playback, record and edit your audio regions.
An Audio region is a rectangular shape box which sits on the Audio track strip, it
can be edited on the fly and its start and stop points coincide with
The actual file it is associated with.
Software Instrument tracks are lanes in the arrangement area where you can
playback, recording and edit the MIDI sections which are from the built-in
Software instruments.
MIDI regions are rectangular shaped blocks which sit on the software instrument
track lanes. These contain MIDI events which are individual notes or MIDI
commands. MIDI Keyboards are most of the time the easiest way to make these.

LOGIC ARRANGEMENT AREA DETAILS

Starting from bottom left is:

Go to beginning button
Play from selection button
Rewind button
Fast forward button
Stop button
Play button
Pause button
Lastly is the Record button

This is the Tempo bar which tells you everything you need to know about the
Tempo and position of the play head.
Starting from bottom left:
Play head indicator, depends where your play head is which alters this
Left and Right indicator
Tempo dictator, which you can change on the fly to speed up or slow down
your recorded MIDI information
Denominator and Division
Input & Output indicator
CPU & HDD usage bar

From left to right:

Low Latency mode
Cycle button which lets you turn on/off the Loop cycle
Autopunch which allows you to overwrite part of a recording
Replace Button
Solo Button allows you to solo a highlighted region
Click/Metronome

Bar Ruler

Play Head

Audio Region
Effects
MIDI Region

Instrument

Click the greyed out area to

turn the cycle on/off

The loop cycle will be between these regions

Which you can elongate to fine tune where
You want your cycle to start and finish

LOOPING
Loop
Pointer

Click and drag the Loop Pointer to repeat the MIDI region you have played in.

Having Loop checked in the Region Parameter Box

will Loop an audio track until the project end
Which by default is set at 130.

INSPECTOR EXPLAINED

Channel EQ
Effects Insert slot

The controls on the right side

which are greyed out are for the
Master Mix

Instrument Slot
Panning and Balance
Volume Fader
Mute & Solo Control