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Logic Express 9:

- A Beginning Guide

Creating A Track

1. sound!

First boot up Logic Express 9 and you will be


met with this option instantly of what the first
audio track will be. Audio is used for
recording incoming sound from
Microphones, Amps ect External Midi is
used to register incoming MIDI from Midi
instruments that do not have drivers installed
on the machine or are chained through the
installed midi instrument connected.
Software instrument uses an installed midi
device and allows it to interact and control
aspects of a plugin (Audio Units for Logic).
Select Software Instrument and make sure
the output is set to Output 1-2 for stereo
1. What you are now granted with is the
equivalent of a home screen but for Logic. From here you can access the large
majority of effects, instruments, AUs, Mixer and settings to name a few. The list

A
B
C
D

below and the picture above will iterate what the different tabs, icons and areas
of the Logic Home.
A. Track List and Track Channels. Also Supports the Mixer, Sample Editor, Piano
Roll, Score and Hyper Editor
B. MIDI Thru Tab and Volume Control
C. The Bin, Library, Loops and Browser tabs
D. General Function Bar
E. Tools

A. The Track list: Here the list of tracks being used whether they are audio, software
instruments or MIDI input, this keeps track of how many you have, which is
selected and what states they are in or what properties that are currently being
tweaked via the Track List such as Automation.
B. The Track Channel: The track channel is responsible for representing a sound
channel where a certain input has been linked to a certain output containing (x)
of sound. You can Record easily using this channel strip, as well as mute the

channel and solo the sound that is coming from the channel. It is also used in the
creation and manipulation of Automation.
C. The Mixer: Here the mixer is able to see a simplified setup of the Input/Output,
volume levels, panning and effects that are put on audio channels, you can add
effects to channels from here in the Mixer and access them quickly across many
channels also. You can also create audio channels and change pretty much
everything regarding the channel strip. Effective use of the Mixer is crucial in any
sound production work.
D. The Sampler: In the Sampler, bounced audio or external audio that is recorded,
can be edited in a multitude of ways, pitch, depth, length to name a few. Effective
use of the Sampler allows people to use the sampler as a way to create effect
sounds, sample sounds for use elsewhere in the form of a small file.
TBC!

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