Logic Pro Vintage Keyboards Explained®

FANTASTiC | 30 December 2023 | 297 MB

If you use Logic Pro, you may know you already have a formidable collection of vintage keyboard emulations at your disposal. With this Logic Pro video course from Logic expert Eli Krantzberg, you’ll go on a deep dive into each, the Vintage B3 Organ, Vintage Electric Piano, Vintage Clav, and Vintage Mellotron, learning the ins and outs of all their tone-shaping parameters, effects, and more. By the end, you’ll know exactly how to get the sounds you want from each, along with several useful tips for MIDI hardware control and more. These Logic Pro vintage keyboard videos are designed for new users of these virtual instruments.

Making Old School Samples: Logic Pro

HiDERA | 21 January 2024 | 553 MB

If you like using samples to create your productions but are getting frustrated searching for just the right one, why not learn how to make your own? In this sound design video course, production guru Larry Holcombe teaches you how to do just that using nothing but Logic Pro. From old school sounding vocals, drums, and bass to all the ear candy like strings, horns, percussion, and more, it’s all here! By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to create your own custom samples that sound like you searched through crates of records. These sound design videos are great for anyone interested in making old school sounding samples, but they will be best for users of Logic Pro, since all the tools used and shown are found in Logic Pro. Larry begins with a quick playthrough of the finished track, showcasing all the samples that are created throughout the video course. Then, he gets down to business, getting started with a vocal idea from Apple Loops to use as the basis for the sample, with the remainder to be built around it.

Mastering Assistant In Action

Team DECiBEL | 19 January 2024 | 245.0MB

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Enhance your mastering skills with Logic Pro’s new Mastering Assistant plugin, designed to add that final professional polish on your music projects. Learn to optimize this powerful Apple plugin and ensure your projects sound their absolute best, in this course with mastering engineer Olav Basoski. While Mastering Assistant greatly simplifies the mastering process, it’s vital to understand the nuances of effective mastering techniques. That’s where Olav Basoski’s comprehensive course comes in. It delves deep into the workings of the Mastering Assistant, equipping you with the knowledge and skills to fully harness its capabilities. Olav begins the course by unraveling the essence of mastering, its historical evolution, and how the innovative Mastering Assistant in Logic Pro revolutionizes this process. You’ll gain insights into how it skillfully integrates EQ, compressors, limiters, exciters, a widening tool, and metering into an intuitive interface, and ways how Mastering Assistant expertly analyzes your tracks. Olav guides you through its user-friendly GUI, demystifying each component’s functionality. The course culminates with Olav sharing his exclusive tips and tricks, empowering you to make the Mastering Assistant truly sparkle in your projects.

Logic Pro Dynamics Plug-Ins Explained®

HiDERA | 14 April 2024 | 205 MB

Join Logic Pro guru Eli Krantzberg for a deep dive into the incredible built-in dynamics plug-ins that you already have at your disposal as a Logic Pro user. From compression and limiting to expanding, gating, and more, you’ll learn how to transform your tracks for the better quickly and easily with this in-depth Logic Pro video course. A number of techniques, from practical and problem-solving to creative and unorthodox, are covered. These Logic Pro videos are for first-time users of Logic Pro’s dynamics plug-ins. Eli kicks off the course with Logic Pro’s Compressor, teaching you all about the basic set of controls that are common to many other compressors, such as attack, decay, ratio, threshold, etc. You’ll also learn the difference between the various compressor circuits available as well as how to properly gain stage when going in and out of the compressor, use the Output control to blend the amount of compressor effect desired, and use an external signal to control the compressor via the sidechain circuit. Next, explore how the Limiter differs from the compressor and how it can be used to help instruments stand out in a dense, crowded mix. Then watch as Eli demonstrates the Expander, which, unlike a compressor, increases the dynamic range rather than reducing it.

Logic Pro EQ Plugins Explained®

HiDERA | 07 April 2024 | 226 MB

If you’re a Logic Pro user, you may want to think again before dropping big bucks on that shiny new EQ plugin, because you likely don’t need it! In this Logic Pro video course, Logic Pro expert Eli Krantzberg teaches you all the features and functions of the built-in EQ plugins found in Logic Pro, plus how to use them to achieve awesome results on your mixes! You’ll also learn plenty about how EQs work in general, along with plenty of tips that will help your mixes shine like never before. From the basic Channel EQ to the vintage models, mid-side processing, and more, it’s all here. These Logic Pro videos are designed for new users of Logic Pro EQ plugins. After welcoming you, Eli starts with an overall look at single-band EQs, demonstrating the differences between low cut, low shelf, parametric, and the other types of configurations you’re likely to see on most EQ plug-ins. Then he shows how these relate to Logic Pro’s basic, workhorse plug-in, Channel EQ, which combines eight color-coded bands, and demonstrates how it sounds on numerous sources. You’ll also discover how the mid and side modes of Channel EQ can also help enhance your stereo image.

Mastering Assistant Explained®

HiDERA | 25 March 2024 | 373 MB

If you’re having trouble getting your Logic Pro mixes to translate well to other playback systems, you’re not alone. In this Logic Pro tutorial, Logic Pro expert Larry Holcombe will teach you how to overcome this issue with the new Mastering Assistant plugin for Logic Pro. From Auto EQ to stereo spread, dynamics, and more, it’s all here, and your mixes will seriously thank you! These Logic Pro videos are designed for new Logic Pro Mastering Assistant users. Larry starts by introducing the plugin, guiding you through the interface’s layout, and briefly explaining its use in practical mastering applications. Then it’s down to business, starting with the Character control, which gives you access to different audio colors and vibes. This is followed by the Auto and Custom EQ controls and a demonstration on how they can balance your frequency content properly.

Logic Pro Flipping a Sample Explained®

HiDERA | 03 February 2024 | 297 MB

Think you need a fancy sampling program to flip your samples? Think again! In this Logic Pro video course, production wiz Larry Holcombe shows you how to do it using nothing but Logic Pro’s Quick Sampler and Sampler. You’ll learn how to pitch, chop, edit, and more in this Logic Pro course, which takes you through the whole process of making a beat in Logic Pro. By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to employ these techniques on your very next track. These videos are designed for intermediate Logic Pro users. Larry begins by briefly discussing what’s going to be covered in the lesson before moving on to prepare the chosen sample by pitching it and speeding it up a bit. Then it’s brought into Quick Sampler, where you’ll see how to chop it up using beat divisions and make it monophonic. Larry also demonstrates how to remove velocity sensitivity and make use of the Gate Mode, which lets us control the length of each slide.