I've been playing around with Logic over the lockdown period and your videos have been an enormous help. Now my free trial is due to expire, I'm working up the courage to fork out the £200 to buy the full version...!
Have used Protools since it was called 'Digidesign' and had to be installed from a floppy disk. so.. I'm old but am open to learn Logic and your way of explaining helps my brain not blow a fuse. In fact yours is the first channel I've subscribed to... am enjoying the videos. Thanks for coming back to basics for beginners like me.
A superb tutorial, excellent narration. SOOO many TH-cam tutorials are by folks with skills, but little bedside manner. They often need to polish their teaching game. Lacking in this tutorial: "Uh...." "whatever..." "guys...guys...guys" every 10 seconds. "you know..." (no I don't). Nathan, as any great teacher, is well prepared, he moves the narrative along, and leaves you wanting more. So far the best tutorial I've seen about Logic Pro X.
I've just finished my second LP project as a Garageband graduate. About 3 weeks in I said, I gotta watch some basic instructional vids, I muddled through but learning on the fly its limitations. So now project over, I'm in learning mode and this was great. I saw different ways to do things. NOW...onto the Ultimate Guide to Busses because that stuff was driving me crazy and I now see the usefulness. Thank you
Thank you Nathan. Your support to the community along all this years is priceless. Incredibly useful to me. I miss your Finale tutos. Keep safe and healthy man ;)
Great introduction! Well organized and gave a really good high level overview of an introduction to the features. Covered some really important topics like busses and comps. That's not as common in many "intro" videos.
Thanks a lot! i just switched to logic after decades of other DAWs - and feeling like an absolute newbee. That was very very helpful!!! Especially comping and what to click for it and loop area! Great work :)
Great video! The best beginner video I have come across. Touches on all the important things to know with just the right amount of relevant information. Coming from a semi-professional ProTools background many years ago, trying to learn a new interface is a bit of a challenge. I know what is possible but I have no idea how to get started with it. Thank you so much for making this. I'll definitely be checking out more of your videos.
"i dont do music using loops" I knew then that i clicked the right video....in all seriousness though you have a cool channel my guy...excellent content especially for a guy like me that plays music but never thought about recording and producing something somewhat seriously....liked and subscribed...
you sir have done what i set out for. i opened and used logic, and i have a good understanding of the basics. liked and subscribed. you got a great pace, nice interesting voice and cover your subject well. Kudos buddy
Hey Nathan, I’m new to Logic, so glad I found your channel. You’re tutorial is on point, excellent pace and explanations. Subscribed and looking forward in look through all your other videos. Keep up the great work! 😎👍🏼
just watched this tutorial and I can honestly say after watching at least 10 beginners that this has been the best, covered everything I need to know and not just the real billy basic stuff which was easy to figure out myself Thank you.
at 19:25, let's open an empty channel strip track, go to the library and pick out a drum sound. how about "after party"? good. suddenly the sound starts playing. well how the hell did the sound start playing?
Not sure how I missed this one, but solid video here. I’ve only been producing and using Logic for a few months. The tips in this video are a game changer for me. Thanks again Nathan!
Thanks Nate, you saved me. This software is SOOO complex and hard to get around in unless you really know what you're doing. I spend too much time screaming at my screen.
Thanks Nathan. Great overview. Liked and subscribed. I like the interface of Logic better than Ableton, but I’m not sure why. Anyways, I just switched.
I've been a Pro Tools guy for many years and I'm not happy with the way they went to the perpetual license. Just started tracking with LPX. I want to learn to be as savvy with Logic.
I’ll be getting logic in a few months so I figured I’d check this out first then revisit when I have the software in front of me and wow it feels like I already know so much
How can I slow down the speed of the audio - aka. To hear the instructions at slower tempo ? I don’t see the button that can do that Was this question too basic to respond to??
I have a behringer midi fader controller and when I use it the faders are not in the same order as the tracks on the screen. How can I make them line up to where track one is track one on the controller etc. it’s so annoying the way it is.
I’m a respected multi instrumentalist - senior age - never used a daw- I have an old still working 2009 MBP Can you give me a sense of the differences in performance between my 2009 ( 8 gig ram - SSD HD 512) El Capitan !! A used 2012 MBP w Catalina that I can trick out And maybe even another level above the 2012 ? Money is an issue - if it weren’t I would just presumably buy newest Can you help me choosing computer to compose music with ? Can we work together to solve this , a personal zoom lesson?
Nathan: Great explanations. Do you have a short tutorial on how to use Smart Tempo? I've got a problem with having the downbeat on 1 . . a track I have keeps putting the downbeat on 4 when Smart Tempo analyzes the track . . . and the help feature inside LP doesn't explain things well at all. Thanks for any help you can suggest.
Glad this helped you, Edward. No I don't have a video on that - sorry. That's not a feature I ever use, personally, because I always am starting in Logic and locking tempos in at the beginning with my material. So I'd have to dig into that specific feature.
@@NathanJamesLarsen Thanks. most of the time things sync up really well . . but I've got one track that is so syncopated that no matter what I try to do, LP keeps putting the downbeat on 4 instead of 1. I wish I could just drag the grid over one beat. I've tried using beat mapping and that helps, but it seems there aught to be an easier way.
I like your demo, if you could get to your points quicker that would be awesome, elsewise your demo is great, not sure how else to mention it, thanks for your time.
How to make layers. and how to copy ,tracks say number 1 to track 3 , if i would a midi tracks been played from a audio track. how do i do that in logic x? want to build layers who is interesting'
Can you share how you connect the Native instrument keyboard and MKIII TO the system to use both midi controllers. Also, when trying to transfer beats from NI Machine, I see the tracks but no sound comes out...? Appreciate some guidance brother...thanks!
You just plug it in and Logic automatically finds them - the native instruments controller required installing specific software. You can look at controller settings in Logic to configure. And I don't use Machine so I can't really help ya there sorry!
Brilliant Nathan, certainly gonna keep this one for future reference, yet again, things within logic that I was just not aware off, I am now! Thanks to you. I do have a question? I have created a track using Spitfire Core and I don't know if there is some kind of 'lock' facility, but when I created another software instrument track and open the point roll for some midi editing, all it shows in that window is the midi for the Spitfire Core midi? And I just can't get it to change? Sorry about the long reply, but hey! Great tutorial as always.
Wow 🤩 loved this 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 really excellent content and so much covered in a short time! Definitely one of the best I have seen. I have been using logic for 2 months now and this is really helpful. I am producing hip hop currently so if you have any tips for rap ad libs or making a mix more base heavy that would be really helpful for me anyways. Going to watch your bus video next 👍🏼 many thanks 😊
Nathan, quick question... I have been recording 20 track sessions every week for about 6 months now without really any issues until about three weeks ago. These recording sessions are usually about an hour and a half of continuous recording. Problem I have encountered is this: I noticed my recording stops now randomly. I will have about 4-5 songs we are doing and when I go to stop recording at the end of the session, I notice the recording already stopped (no error messages), failing to record the last song or two. Any ideas why?
Too advanced. Most beginners want to record their voice speaking or a short snippet of guitar music to test the software. It's mainly advanced pros who want to jump into pre-recorded music and do fancy editing such as how strong the note is. Should make a proper beginner's tutorial that starts with the basics such as turning on the computer, hooking up an audio interface, opening the Logic Pro X window and setting preferences and closing and opening windows not needed and then recording the sound (such as pressing the R button and record button). And then saving the sound and bouncing it. Most of the stuff you have in this video is *NOT* for beginners. Try and put yourself in a beginner's shoes.
Who here is new to Logic and ready to crush it??
I use FL and ableton I like to learn logic pro x too since it’s industry standard
I've been playing around with Logic over the lockdown period and your videos have been an enormous help. Now my free trial is due to expire, I'm working up the courage to fork out the £200 to buy the full version...!
I'm so green..I bought a macbook pro in march and just figured out how to get my audio interface to connect to it yesterday..
does the flex pitch work without clicking in autotune pro?
Have used Protools since it was called 'Digidesign' and had to be installed from a floppy disk. so.. I'm old but am open to learn Logic and your way of explaining helps my brain not blow a fuse. In fact yours is the first channel I've subscribed to... am enjoying the videos. Thanks for coming back to basics for beginners like me.
I made some stamps regarding the biggest topics and tips shared :)
00:00 Intro
01:49 Advanced Tools (enabled)
02:22 Hide Tracks
Navigation
03:05 Cycle, Record, Play, Skip (+Shortcuts)
03:49 individual Display for Beat, Tempo etc.
04:45 Tuner, Metronome
05:40 Library (Audiopresets)
06:43 Inspector (Overview and Access to Plug-ins)
08:28 Quick Help Guide
08:40 Markerbar
08:59 Smart Controle
09:23 Mixing Window
10:00 Editor Window (Example: Audio Adjusting)
11:44 Use of different Tools
13:10 Flex (-time, -pitch)
13:46 List menue
14:13 Notes menue
14:32 Apple Loops
14:59 Files menue
15:25 Master volume
Specifics
15:46 Creating tracks
16:12 Drummer
16:53 Audio track (choosing the right Input)
18: 40 Midi track
(19:16 Chord Analyzer)
20:10 Drums - Mixing different kits
21:48 Creating from scratch
22:49 Piano Roll
23:37 Quantize
24:12 Changing Volume and Duration
24:46 Velocity
26:40 Looping regions
26:42 Copy& paste with option+click
27:00 adding & adjusting Third party Plug-ins
28:19 Renaming Tracks
29:38 Manipulating in the Piano Roll
30:34 Score-Inspector (just shown where to find it)
Track Controls
30:55 Panning
31:15 Solo, Mute, Color
32:08 Effects
32:33 Sends and Busses (Example: Reverb)
34:43 Live-Loops Feature
Audio
37:40 Recording Audio
38:50 Multiple Takes
39:38 Modes (Comp-, Cutting-)
40:39 Recording on multiple Tracks
41:33 Locking Tracks together (Group)
42:38 Additional uses of Comp (flatten, export)
43:51 Outro
So useful thank you.
man, thats dedication right there. very much appreciate the work youve put in
what a GOAT
You're the best, thanks a lot
Thank you so much!!!
A superb tutorial, excellent narration.
SOOO many TH-cam tutorials are by folks with skills, but little bedside manner. They often need to polish their teaching game.
Lacking in this tutorial: "Uh...."
"whatever..."
"guys...guys...guys" every 10 seconds.
"you know..." (no I don't).
Nathan, as any great teacher, is well prepared, he moves the narrative along, and leaves you wanting more. So far the best tutorial I've seen about Logic Pro X.
Time stamps of topics would be super helpful
I agree. I would watch this over and over but in smaller chunks.
Word
Absolutely!
Y’all ask for too much lol
@@jayjayrecordz You just have low standards.
Thank you! Logic makes so much more sense to me now!
I've just finished my second LP project as a Garageband graduate. About 3 weeks in I said, I gotta watch some basic instructional vids, I muddled through but learning on the fly its limitations. So now project over, I'm in learning mode and this was great. I saw different ways to do things. NOW...onto the Ultimate Guide to Busses because that stuff was driving me crazy and I now see the usefulness. Thank you
This video is the best explanatory video I have viewed so far for beginners using logic pro x
Thank you Nathan. Your support to the community along all this years is priceless. Incredibly useful to me. I miss your Finale tutos. Keep safe and healthy man ;)
Thank you!! Appreciate that! Wow that's a blast from the past!!
Great introduction! Well organized and gave a really good high level overview of an introduction to the features. Covered some really important topics like busses and comps. That's not as common in many "intro" videos.
Hey thank you so much Jenn! Really appreciate that!
What a great way to start 2021! Feels like this channel will be a great influence for the coming year! ;)
Thanks a lot! i just switched to logic after decades of other DAWs - and feeling like an absolute newbee. That was very very helpful!!! Especially comping and what to click for it and loop area! Great work :)
Great video! The best beginner video I have come across. Touches on all the important things to know with just the right amount of relevant information. Coming from a semi-professional ProTools background many years ago, trying to learn a new interface is a bit of a challenge. I know what is possible but I have no idea how to get started with it. Thank you so much for making this. I'll definitely be checking out more of your videos.
"i dont do music using loops" I knew then that i clicked the right video....in all seriousness though you have a cool channel my guy...excellent content especially for a guy like me that plays music but never thought about recording and producing something somewhat seriously....liked and subscribed...
This video answered so many of my questions! Thank you so much!!
Hi Nathan really loved your video. Can you please point me to the video where you show the advanced comp techniques you were talking about?
you sir have done what i set out for. i opened and used logic, and i have a good understanding of the basics. liked and subscribed. you got a great pace, nice interesting voice and cover your subject well. Kudos buddy
Hey Nathan, I’m new to Logic, so glad I found your channel. You’re tutorial is on point, excellent pace and explanations. Subscribed and looking forward in look through all your other videos. Keep up the great work! 😎👍🏼
Wow this blows my mind! So much to learn!
This video is exactly what I needed!! Thank you SO much!! I especially love how you're straight and to the point! Very Helpful!
Thanks Maria! Appreciate it! 🙏🙏😎😎
Bravo Zulu!
I appreciate the help getting started with Logic.
Great stuff, and I like the speed, makes it easy to stay hooked.
Was JUST trying to figure out how to insert a random measure of 2/4, before watching this video! Love all these things I’m learning about the program.
are you using plug ins on your vocals right now? how? can you make a video about it?
Nathan what great video i use it as a refresher ! really well put together and easy to follow.. great job !!
just watched this tutorial and I can honestly say after watching at least 10 beginners that this has been the best, covered everything I need to know and not just the real billy basic stuff which was easy to figure out myself
Thank you.
Even if i´ve been working with logic for sometime I found this video real informative and great. Im defenitely be watching your other videos
That's awesome! Thank you! 🙏😎
I have watched a few other tutorials, you answered questions that others did not. Thank you!
Perfect timing! Just bought Logic and keen to learn!
I'm not new to Logic but knowing the quality of your content I am *sure* I will find something new in this video. Keep up the great work! 😄
Thanks a bunch!
at 19:25, let's open an empty channel strip track, go to the library and pick out a drum sound. how about "after party"? good. suddenly the sound starts playing. well how the hell did the sound start playing?
Finallyyy i found a helpful tutorial thank you so muchhh
Really appreciate you making this tutorial, very easy to understand, I watched the entire video and was 100% attentive.
Not sure how I missed this one, but solid video here. I’ve only been producing and using Logic for a few months. The tips in this video are a game changer for me. Thanks again Nathan!
Awesome man! Glad this helped ya Phil! 😎😎🙏🙏
Thanks Nate, you saved me. This software is SOOO complex and hard to get around in unless you really know what you're doing. I spend too much time screaming at my screen.
GREAT video Nathan. I really appreciate it. It goes FAST but seems thorough.
Happy to hear you liked it! Thanks a ton!! 🙏🙏 happy music making!
Great job! Just getting back into Logic and this was very helpful. Going to check out your other videos!
it‘s really helpful ,thank you Larsen
Anyone knows how I can sync arturia minilab to logic, the knobs are not working properly
Thanks Nathan. Great overview. Liked and subscribed. I like the interface of Logic better than Ableton, but I’m not sure why. Anyways, I just switched.
Thanks a bunch! Happy to hear that!
This is what I needed. Thanks.
Thank you Nathan. it's perfect for starting :)
I've been a Pro Tools guy for many years and I'm not happy with the way they went to the perpetual license. Just started tracking with LPX. I want to learn to be as savvy with Logic.
I’ll be getting logic in a few months so I figured I’d check this out first then revisit when I have the software in front of me and wow it feels like I already know so much
How can I slow down the speed of the audio - aka. To hear the instructions at slower tempo ?
I don’t see the button that can do that
Was this question too basic to respond to??
Excellent advice!
Very good teaching and demonstration videos.
dude you are seriously legit
thank you!
Thanks a bunch! Love it! 😎🙏
Most excellent. Thank you.
Thanks Nathan this is great!
I have a behringer midi fader controller and when I use it the faders are not in the same order as the tracks on the screen. How can I make them line up to where track one is track one on the controller etc. it’s so annoying the way it is.
👍🏻👏🏻👍🏻 great tutorial. Now, where can I get those Microphone presets for e. g. the Sennheiser MK4, which I use? They are not part of Logic.
I created my own preset - I just named it my mic so I knew which preset it was made for.
Great video Nathan
Thanks James appreciate it 🙏🙏😎
Outstanding! Subscribe and looking forward to soaking up more of your excellent teaching. Thank you!
Thanks legend!!!
Great content as always. 🤙🤙🤙
Thanks so much!
Great! This is really what I wanted to watch!
I do have a question. how can you synchronize a juno 6 with logic?
Freaking wonderful, thank you so much
Hi I’m from Garageband. I produced 6 orchestral music just for fun. I’ll be using this to i prove, i guess?
Nathan, after this one, which would you recommend next in terms of a slightly more advanced tutorial?
I’m a respected multi instrumentalist - senior age - never used a daw-
I have an old still working 2009 MBP
Can you give me a sense of the differences in performance between my 2009 ( 8 gig ram - SSD HD 512) El Capitan !!
A used 2012 MBP w Catalina that I can trick out
And maybe even another level above the 2012 ?
Money is an issue - if it weren’t I would just presumably buy newest
Can you help me choosing computer to compose music with ?
Can we work together to solve this , a personal zoom lesson?
awwwwwwsmmmmmmm!!! hopefully I can arrange an appointment for more tutoring. I am sooooo not savvy. :-) GOD BLESS.
I've got a course launching in a month. You can get a free module from it here: theproduceraccelerator.com/i-will-rise
Good overview!
Thanks for this it's been VERY useful :)
If you are using a camera to record this video it appears out of focus, but very good vid, thanks. Skeeter
i wanna make music but I cant sing - do you think it is harder to make music without lyrics? I am interested in making instrumentals
Great tutorial, keep going!
Nathan: Great explanations. Do you have a short tutorial on how to use Smart Tempo? I've got a problem with having the downbeat on 1 . . a track I have keeps putting the downbeat on 4 when Smart Tempo analyzes the track . . . and the help feature inside LP doesn't explain things well at all. Thanks for any help you can suggest.
Glad this helped you, Edward. No I don't have a video on that - sorry. That's not a feature I ever use, personally, because I always am starting in Logic and locking tempos in at the beginning with my material. So I'd have to dig into that specific feature.
@@NathanJamesLarsen Thanks. most of the time things sync up really well . . but I've got one track that is so syncopated that no matter what I try to do, LP keeps putting the downbeat on 4 instead of 1. I wish I could just drag the grid over one beat. I've tried using beat mapping and that helps, but it seems there aught to be an easier way.
I like your demo, if you could get to your points quicker that would be awesome, elsewise your demo is great, not sure how else to mention it, thanks for your time.
that was great thank's man!
How to make layers. and how to copy ,tracks say number 1 to track 3 , if i would a midi tracks been played from a audio track. how do i do that in logic x? want to build layers who is interesting'
Can you share how you connect the Native instrument keyboard and MKIII TO the system to use both midi controllers. Also, when trying to transfer beats from NI Machine, I see the tracks but no sound comes out...? Appreciate some guidance brother...thanks!
You just plug it in and Logic automatically finds them - the native instruments controller required installing specific software. You can look at controller settings in Logic to configure. And I don't use Machine so I can't really help ya there sorry!
Thanks for replying brother... is it possible to link both the keyboard and MKIII or just one controller at a time? Appreciate your support...
This video is super helpful.
Brilliant Nathan, certainly gonna keep this one for future reference, yet again, things within logic that I was just not aware off, I am now! Thanks to you. I do have a question? I have created a track using Spitfire Core and I don't know if there is some kind of 'lock' facility, but when I created another software instrument track and open the point roll for some midi editing, all it shows in that window is the midi for the Spitfire Core midi? And I just can't get it to change? Sorry about the long reply, but hey! Great tutorial as always.
And it was at this moment 31:00 when I discovered that my iPad has stereo output! 😂
Thank You!
Thanks, Nathan!
Absolutely!
You are a great man.
very good
It’s in my watch list for tomorrow man 😁😁😁
Lemme know what ya think!
Nathan Larsen hey 👋🏼 I will definitely, I have just been so busy with work! I will get to it soon and give it my full attention. Have a good day 😁
Wow 🤩 loved this 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 really excellent content and so much covered in a short time! Definitely one of the best I have seen. I have been using logic for 2 months now and this is really helpful. I am producing hip hop currently so if you have any tips for rap ad libs or making a mix more base heavy that would be really helpful for me anyways. Going to watch your bus video next 👍🏼 many thanks 😊
thank you good tutorial
Thanks so much for this
How do you use your own samples in logic
I talk about that in my 30 Advanced Tips and Hacks video!
Thank you for sharing!!!
Youre amazing, lovuuuuuuu❤️
😎😎😎😎🙏🙏🙏🙏 thanks!!
Nathan, quick question... I have been recording 20 track sessions every week for about 6 months now without really any issues until about three weeks ago. These recording sessions are usually about an hour and a half of continuous recording. Problem I have encountered is this: I noticed my recording stops now randomly. I will have about 4-5 songs we are doing and when I go to stop recording at the end of the session, I notice the recording already stopped (no error messages), failing to record the last song or two. Any ideas why?
Go the Huskers!
Heck yes! Go Big Red
I should have kept my 4 track Tascam cassette recorder..
really, thank you! :)
Thank you
For sure!
Hell. YES
God bless you.
- AUDHD woman
the 2 dislikes are fl studio and abelton live
Of djstuntel
Too advanced. Most beginners want to record their voice speaking or a short snippet of guitar music to test the software. It's mainly advanced pros who want to jump into pre-recorded music and do fancy editing such as how strong the note is. Should make a proper beginner's tutorial that starts with the basics such as turning on the computer, hooking up an audio interface, opening the Logic Pro X window and setting preferences and closing and opening windows not needed and then recording the sound (such as pressing the R button and record button). And then saving the sound and bouncing it. Most of the stuff you have in this video is *NOT* for beginners. Try and put yourself in a beginner's shoes.
This video was very helpful thanks keep making videos
Thank you