I'm an old analog dog, coming out to record my songs in the new frontier after 10 years or so of doing nothing. These clips are great for me. Clear and concise and right on the money. I have a feeling I'm going to be watching MANY of them! Thanks!
Glad to have helped! Believe it or not, I'd take an SSL console and some decent outboard gear over DAWs and plug-ins anyday! I've had the pleasure of mixing on an SSL4000G and I love it.
MusicTechHelpGuy I haven't mixed on an SSL, though I've been working in studios forever I'm a mastering engineer, so recording for me has always been more of a hobby. I had a very extensive analog home studio, with racks of hardware. I loved it, but not the maintenance!!! hehehe
Thank you sr for instructing us in this video. I have been watching your video tutorials on logic pro x and I have been able to make music in no time knowing close to nothing about recording. You are a wonderful teacher man, thanks so much for taking the time to make these videos.
Just wanna say thanks for these videos mate, honestly I got Logic Pro x 2 months ago never have used a daw before I've either recorded at pro studios or on my tascam cassette 4 track lol and when I first opened up logic I had no idea, since watch your videos I've learnt so much I'm zooming around the system and actually has made me think more about the songs I'm writing. Thanks man.
Thank you so much for making these. I have always wanted to learn music and music production but due to various circumstances throughout my life I was never able to. This tutorial series makes using Logic far less scary so I can finally dive in and start creating the music I really want. I look forward to when you cover more of the plugin interfaces that are still really complicated to me. (Your ES2 series was great by the way!) Thanks again!
Hi Joshua, I found out what was wrong. At least in my computer, I have to hold shift+option to get the velocity of all the notes to go to the same amount. Great! Once again, thanks very much for all the videos you've done. It really help us all a lot. God bless you buddy!
Great tutorial series, best one in my opinion, here some changes in newer versions of Logic: Overlap/force legato Shortcuts: - ù - SHIFT ù Now with backslash key you can quickly access to the various editing tools Scissor tool: OPTION+Click allows to cut an event in multiple pieces in the same lenght
Thanks for taking the time to do these tutorials. I found myself a bit lost in Logic after using Reason for some years but your videos are so on point it almost makes the DAW looks easy. Thanks again mate I can see me spending a hell of a lot of time on your channel 👊🏻
i have just started using logic X as a DAW and i producing in general for that matter, i just wanted you to know how much your videos are helping me thank you
Would be handy if on the notes where you mention each 7 parts, there were also time stamps so we can go straight for the part we need. Over watch the whole video before but now referring to it months later because I need a certain part. Thanks. Great videos btw 🙌🏻
Hi MusicTechHelpGuy Thanks a lot for your tutorial , it has been very useful forme that I am learning Logic Pro X. You are very clear and god you uses a very good English so I have no problem to understand you since English is not my nativ language. Thank you very much again and I will make a folder of bookmarks in my browser with the links to your lessons. Congratulations and kind regards!!
I've been using Logic since Version 4, whilst it was still owned by Emagic and available on PC, So I'm fairly proficient with the software ( I use it for work) and I've only just realised you can do what you are doing at 18:00 with the step input. I've either played or drew those types of arpeggio patterns for the best part of 20 years lol. I've always just brushed the step input to one side as something I don't need to use. Might have to start using it now
Thanks so much for this, these seem so simple but if you're new to logic you wouldn't just stumble across these shortcuts. Thanks for the videos and you earned yourself another subscriber!
Thanks so much for this amazing, amazing series of Logic Pro X tutorials. The package is enormous and your information is so helpful! It has saved us hours of hard slog. Cheers Mate from Glenn & Dave.
Sorry Joshua, but I tried to set all the velocities of a midi track to the same amount following your instructions but it did not work. The notes velocity changed in fact, but kept the same proportional difference between each one that was before. By the way, thanks for the series. It is great! Thanks a lot indeed!
New subscriber here. Fantastic series! Question for you. If you have a one shot sample such as a Kick from a 3rd Party (Splice) can you create a beat via Piano Roll / Step Input?
I love your videos like I said before I have learned more than I did in college but anyway I gotta ask you, that song at the beginning of the video, where I cat get that song? I love the sound, was that song written by you?
These are really very helpful videos. I was hoping to see something about scrubbing tracks in Piano Roll. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but I've followed the directions in the manual, and when I grab the play head it just bounces around and takes off making it totally useless. I wrote Apple about it three years ago with LP9 hoping they would fix this, but it still exists in LP10. Do you or anybody out there know how to make it work?
Is there any feature to set the loop length in piano roll just like in Ableton? Example if I only need 1 to 2 ( 1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2 ) in Logic so I don’t have to draw all the way to the right. Thank you in advance.
awesome video. I noticed in FL studio when you play notes in the piano roll on your midi keyboard that the notes highlight which seems to make it easier to place notes in the right spot. Do you know if there is any way to use a function such as this in logic x?
great videos man, but i'm wondering is there a way/command to highlight midi notes to their rhythmic position? i know some other daws have that feature. would be real handy for applying velocity to drum tracks\1 thanks
Apple changing keyboard shortcuts after 1 version? That’s ridiculous. I’ve been an Ableton user for 10+ years and they never jerked me around like that and stuff like MIDI I/O is so much easier. Guess that’s what $200 buys you. I’m really liking the channel strips and general sound quality over Ableton tho. Can’t record in 48khz, but it works!
Great videos man!! They are full of great advice and tricks. I have a question ( I have more...but maybe in the next videos you will cover my doubts ): I have a Korg Kronos as a keyboard ( by the way is my father's keyboard ), should I use those sounds ( and learn how to create great sound with that monster machine ) or use the Logic instrument?? Thank you, and sorry for my english :)
The vocoder will be covered in this series. I promise! Gotta get through MIDI editing stuff first, then I'll start focusing on some of the software instruments.
hey MusikTech Help Guy - quick question: A weird setting apparently got toggled in my Logic ProX rig.... when I record midi, after I stop the recording, it pastes an infinite loop of what I just recorded in the timeline. HELP!
i can't fix my logic pro x midi notes, when i record any instrument,there are 2 midi notes, one on top of the other,it's like a layer,which is annoying because when i need to fix the velocity i have to delete the one on top. have you ever had this problem?
hi, i have played some midi into the sequencer, it is 2 bars long it , i wish to drag the whole part to the nearest bar, how do i do this? i do not want to quantize, just fit the part to the grid, how do i do this?
Thank you for your time and sharing these videos!! I want to know how to record MIDI with over record without muting the note you have recorded before. for example when I record a drum track i normally record kick and snare first and then I click record to record cymbals but when I do this Kick and the snare mute it self for some reason.
I have a question. I do not use any midi instruments btw. When I select a sound (ex. high hat) and I go to the piano roll it wont play whenever I select any octave. Yet for the pre loaded instruments on the templates I can change and play with no problem. Help??
I'm thinking about buying the iMac 27" with the standard 1TB serial ATA drive. For music recording with Logic Pro X, HD video editing... do you think it is necessary to upgrade to SSD drive or is the one the comes default more than enough?
An SSD drive is well beyond worth the money. You won't have problems with the setup you mentioned, but you'll spend hours and hours less time waiting for loading, freezes, etc if you get the SSD. The difference between 4gb ram and 16gb ram is smaller than the difference between having an SSD and not having one; trust me get the SSD.
I hav a problem during a project. May be i pressed a command by mistake and the piano roll midi notes is not visible. Im still stuck with it. Is there any options for this? Pliz help if u hav any idea. Thank u..
Hey, do you have any idea on when you will talk about mixing? (Plugins, panning, eq, compression) Thank you for all your work man, you've been of HUGE help ;)
When I go to move my midi notes I get a new note on top that looks the same (green) but is silent and the original still plays in the wrong spot. Any idea what this is?
When I create an empty midi region it creates a very small region and then instead of letting me expand the region so I have more room to input from the step editor it just allows me to loop the region? How do I change it so I can expand the region vs. just creating multiple loops of the smaller region?
I don't have a midi keyboard. I have the piano roll up and can click on the piano keys to hear them but can't click in the grid to place the notes. How can I do this?
When you did the edit without the metronome, you programmed a note one after another. What if there is space in-between? Such as a kick on the front of the bar and a snare at the end of the bar? Is there anyway to insert nothing? That way I don't have to drag it over and insert the kick?
I appreciate your videos.... I have a problem though. I can zoom way in on what Im editing, but no matter how far I zoom the division of the grid is 16th notes. I really need the grid to be 32nd notes... I tried selecting all the notes, and changing the quantize value to 1/32, but the grid still 16th notes... Can you help?
How do I turn off the snap to grid while recording? My notes always snap to the grid instead of remaining how I played them. Its really frustrating to play something and not hear it back exactly the same. Its completely different.
Hi, a question... there is somethings like "velocity tool" to change other parameters (like the tuner on battery) without touch the automation? Sorry for my english. Thanks
Joshua if you could please help me out. For some reason at the end of a midi recording region, the very last note always ends short. Do you know why this is? Even though the note length is set properly to end at the very end, it still plays short. any ideas? Thanks!
The synthesizer itself might have an envelope setting that is causing it to stop short before the end of your note. Or the MIDI region might end before the end of the last note itself.
If you open the mixer (Command-2) you'll find that you cannot move them or re-order them in the mixer, but if you move the track up or down in the Arrange area they will be re-ordered in the mixer.
Hi HelpGuy! Thank you for your tutorials!!!! Could you tell me, how can I extract notes from a track? Let´s say, I recorded a Midi Drum track, and I would like to extract the C1 Bass drum from the recorded track and put it to a new track. I can´t find it out :( Thanks a lot!!!! Greetings, Arpad
Hi! I'm having an issue. If I quantize one midi region it automatically does the same for all other regions. How can I only apply quantization parameters to that specific midi region? Thanks!
Also, for some reason trying to edit the velocity of all notes at the same time doesn't always work. Some of them seem to adjust not quite the same as others. Do you know why this is?
What if all the notes in the piano roll are at different velocities, since I played it by hand, and I want them all the same velocity?is there a way to quickly make them all the same velocity without manually changing each of them? My favorite brass patch automatically switches to a different articulation depending on how loud(fast) I press the key, but I'd like to get them all the same velocity.
I'm an old analog dog, coming out to record my songs in the new frontier after 10 years or so of doing nothing. These clips are great for me. Clear and concise and right on the money. I have a feeling I'm going to be watching MANY of them! Thanks!
Glad to have helped! Believe it or not, I'd take an SSL console and some decent outboard gear over DAWs and plug-ins anyday! I've had the pleasure of mixing on an SSL4000G and I love it.
MusicTechHelpGuy I haven't mixed on an SSL, though I've been working in studios forever I'm a mastering engineer, so recording for me has always been more of a hobby. I had a very extensive analog home studio, with racks of hardware. I loved it, but not the maintenance!!! hehehe
Dang... I just learned more in this 20 min tutorial than I did in a month at audio school. Great channel, man!!
13:19 "If you are color blinded you can still see the velocity". You have always given the best and clearest explanation, on everything. Thank you.
Thank you sr for instructing us in this video. I have been watching your video tutorials on logic pro x and I have been able to make music in no time knowing close to nothing about recording. You are a wonderful teacher man, thanks so much for taking the time to make these videos.
Sometimes I think that i have to change my Daw. But then I watch some of your videos and realize that logic is the best daw ever
Thank god... someone that is posting videos and knows what they're talking about and makes sense.
Just wanna say thanks for these videos mate, honestly I got Logic Pro x 2 months ago never have used a daw before I've either recorded at pro studios or on my tascam cassette 4 track lol and when I first opened up logic I had no idea, since watch your videos I've learnt so much I'm zooming around the system and actually has made me think more about the songs I'm writing. Thanks man.
I'm essentially brand new to logic so this video is SOOOO helpful!! 👍
Thanks for the information. I liked that line about quantisation, "Rhythmic correction of midi notes".
Thank you so much for making these. I have always wanted to learn music and music production but due to various circumstances throughout my life I was never able to. This tutorial series makes using Logic far less scary so I can finally dive in and start creating the music I really want. I look forward to when you cover more of the plugin interfaces that are still really complicated to me. (Your ES2 series was great by the way!) Thanks again!
Hi Joshua, I found out what was wrong. At least in my computer, I have to hold shift+option to get the velocity of all the notes to go to the same amount. Great! Once again, thanks very much for all the videos you've done. It really help us all a lot. God bless you buddy!
I can’t even express how much I appreciate your work brother! Thank you
Great tutorial series, best one in my opinion, here some changes in newer versions of Logic:
Overlap/force legato Shortcuts:
- ù
- SHIFT ù
Now with backslash key you can quickly access to the various editing tools
Scissor tool: OPTION+Click allows to cut an event in multiple pieces in the same lenght
Thanks for taking the time to do these tutorials. I found myself a bit lost in Logic after using Reason for some years but your videos are so on point it almost makes the DAW looks easy. Thanks again mate I can see me spending a hell of a lot of time on your channel 👊🏻
i have just started using logic X as a DAW and i producing in general for that matter, i just wanted you to know how much your videos are helping me thank you
You've saved hours & hours of works which I had been wasting..till now. Thanks!
Thanks man! You are a very good teacher. I usually watch videos and not understand what is being shown but I understand your video thanks a bunch.
Would be handy if on the notes where you mention each 7 parts, there were also time stamps so we can go straight for the part we need. Over watch the whole video before but now referring to it months later because I need a certain part. Thanks. Great videos btw 🙌🏻
Thanks, just subscribed. Much more comprehensive than a lot of other videos out there.
Don't listen to Brynmor Jones or any trolls. You are awesome! I have learned so much from you.
Just switched from FL Studio to Logic, you're a hero! Learning so much from this series!
Great information that was presented in a straightforward and clear way.
This is such a helpful video, it's one I keep coming back to, thank you for sharing!
Mannnn SUPER USEFUL information , no cap I been manually moving notes one by one for years lol
Hi MusicTechHelpGuy Thanks a lot for your tutorial , it has been very useful forme that I am learning Logic Pro X. You are very clear and god you uses a very good English so I have no problem to understand you since English is not my nativ language. Thank you very much again and I will make a folder of bookmarks in my browser with the links to your lessons. Congratulations and kind regards!!
I've been using Logic since Version 4, whilst it was still owned by Emagic and available on PC, So I'm fairly proficient with the software ( I use it for work) and I've only just realised you can do what you are doing at 18:00 with the step input. I've either played or drew those types of arpeggio patterns for the best part of 20 years lol. I've always just brushed the step input to one side as something I don't need to use. Might have to start using it now
Thanks so much for this, these seem so simple but if you're new to logic you wouldn't just stumble across these shortcuts. Thanks for the videos and you earned yourself another subscriber!
Thanks so much for this amazing, amazing series of Logic Pro X tutorials. The package is enormous and your information is so helpful! It has saved us hours of hard slog. Cheers Mate from Glenn & Dave.
Thank you so much for your videos. I have learnt so much from you. I totally appreciate your lessons every time.
This is so invaluable - go to for problem solving - third time thru and still learning
thanks so much
Sorry Joshua, but I tried to set all the velocities of a midi track to the same amount following your instructions but it did not work. The notes velocity changed in fact, but kept the same proportional difference between each one that was before. By the way, thanks for the series. It is great! Thanks a lot indeed!
Cool midi tips! I'm going to have a blast with the step input!
Thank you so much for making these videos man! Really helpful!
Great video man, thanks!!! All these gray tones everybody DAW uses these days are so hard to see...can we have some more contrast please? :)
Thank you for these tutorials you increased my workflow by at least 600% omg now the DAW can get out of my way and I can just create haha
Thank you man, you're awesome! I'm learning so much from you in this short time, you should teach in some school.
The move an octave I use a lot for a while now thanks to you.
fair play josh, you have more patience than a saint, great series btw.
Thank You bro! I'm over here barely learning how to use Logic Pro X but already making a Hit song with it LOL
Thank you very much for the helpful tutorial. Excellent info.
Great Video. Gained a wealth of knowledge
My piano roll editor background moves around when I am trying to precision edit. How can i lock the background? Your stuff is the best. Well done.
Great stuff! I've been using the score editor and this is a lot quicker. Thanks!
really appreciate these vids man, thanks
New subscriber here. Fantastic series! Question for you. If you have a one shot sample such as a Kick from a 3rd Party (Splice) can you create a beat via Piano Roll / Step Input?
I love your videos like I said before I have learned more than I did in college but anyway I gotta ask you, that song at the beginning of the video, where I cat get that song? I love the sound, was that song written by you?
Another great video, thanks MusicTechHelpGuy!
These are really very helpful videos. I was hoping to see something about scrubbing tracks in Piano Roll. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but I've followed the directions in the manual, and when I grab the play head it just bounces around and takes off making it totally useless. I wrote Apple about it three years ago with LP9 hoping they would fix this, but it still exists in LP10. Do you or anybody out there know how to make it work?
Tank Voo So much for your time and your knowledge and helping us all
Is there any feature to set the loop length in piano roll just like in Ableton? Example if I only need 1 to 2 ( 1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2 ) in Logic so I don’t have to draw all the way to the right. Thank you in advance.
awesome video. I noticed in FL studio when you play notes in the piano roll on your midi keyboard that the notes highlight which seems to make it easier to place notes in the right spot. Do you know if there is any way to use a function such as this in logic x?
19:56 that melody is so sweet
great videos man, but i'm wondering is there a way/command to highlight midi notes to their rhythmic position? i know some other daws have that feature. would be real handy for applying velocity to drum tracks\1 thanks
Apple changing keyboard shortcuts after 1 version? That’s ridiculous. I’ve been an Ableton user for 10+ years and they never jerked me around like that and stuff like MIDI I/O is so much easier. Guess that’s what $200 buys you. I’m really liking the channel strips and general sound quality over Ableton tho. Can’t record in 48khz, but it works!
Great videos man!! They are full of great advice and tricks. I have a question ( I have more...but maybe in the next videos you will cover my doubts ): I have a Korg Kronos as a keyboard ( by the way is my father's keyboard ), should I use those sounds ( and learn how to create great sound with that monster machine ) or use the Logic instrument??
Thank you, and sorry for my english :)
Very cool men...this video tutorial.
Really good man keep going! And remenber the video about the vacoder in logic pro x.
The vocoder will be covered in this series. I promise! Gotta get through MIDI editing stuff first, then I'll start focusing on some of the software instruments.
hey MusikTech Help Guy - quick question: A weird setting apparently got toggled in my Logic ProX rig.... when I record midi, after I stop the recording, it pastes an infinite loop of what I just recorded in the timeline. HELP!
Hi is there a toggle button for piano roll big screen to the arrangement screen , like using tab ?
i can't fix my logic pro x midi notes, when i record any instrument,there are 2 midi notes, one on top of the other,it's like a layer,which is annoying because when i need to fix the velocity i have to delete the one on top. have you ever had this problem?
hi, i have played some midi into the sequencer, it is 2 bars long it , i wish to drag the whole part to the nearest bar, how do i do this? i do not want to quantize, just fit the part to the grid, how do i do this?
My midi-in icon doesn't appear for some annoying reason. Would you know why that is? Thanks for the help
Thank you for your time and sharing these videos!! I want to know how to record MIDI with over record without muting the note you have recorded before.
for example when I record a drum track i normally record kick and snare first and then I click record to record cymbals but when I do this Kick and the snare mute it self for some reason.
I have a question. I do not use any midi instruments btw. When I select a sound (ex. high hat) and I go to the piano roll it wont play whenever I select any octave. Yet for the pre loaded instruments on the templates I can change and play with no problem. Help??
Thanks, was very helpful.
Great video it was very helpful thanks.
I'm thinking about buying the iMac 27" with the standard 1TB serial ATA drive.
For music recording with Logic Pro X, HD video editing... do you think it is necessary to upgrade to SSD drive or is the one the comes default more than enough?
An SSD drive is well beyond worth the money. You won't have problems with the setup you mentioned, but you'll spend hours and hours less time waiting for loading, freezes, etc if you get the SSD. The difference between 4gb ram and 16gb ram is smaller than the difference between having an SSD and not having one; trust me get the SSD.
I hav a problem during a project. May be i pressed a command by mistake and the piano roll midi notes is not visible. Im still stuck with it. Is there any options for this?
Pliz help if u hav any idea. Thank u..
Great tutorial.
Hi, which MIDI keyboard did you use?? could you tell me some compatible midi keyboards for Logic Pro X??
Hey, do you have any idea on when you will talk about mixing? (Plugins, panning, eq, compression) Thank you for all your work man, you've been of HUGE help ;)
After I get through all of the MIDI and synth videos (which will be a lot), I'll be tackling mixing.
When I go to move my midi notes I get a new note on top that looks the same (green) but is silent and the original still plays in the wrong spot. Any idea what this is?
When I create an empty midi region it creates a very small region and then instead of letting me expand the region so I have more room to input from the step editor it just allows me to loop the region? How do I change it so I can expand the region vs. just creating multiple loops of the smaller region?
I really enjoy your films, help a lot.
Could you please make some 'Score Editor" tutorials, Thanks.
I don't have a midi keyboard. I have the piano roll up and can click on the piano keys to hear them but can't click in the grid to place the notes. How can I do this?
When you did the edit without the metronome, you programmed a note one after another. What if there is space in-between? Such as a kick on the front of the bar and a snare at the end of the bar? Is there anyway to insert nothing? That way I don't have to drag it over and insert the kick?
I appreciate your videos.... I have a problem though. I can zoom way in on what Im editing, but no matter how far I zoom the division of the grid is 16th notes. I really need the grid to be 32nd notes... I tried selecting all the notes, and changing the quantize value to 1/32, but the grid still 16th notes... Can you help?
You have to change the grid division to /32 on the transport.
Hi where could I get new sounds for logic besides beatport, would I have to use real instruments?
How do I turn off the snap to grid while recording? My notes always snap to the grid instead of remaining how I played them. Its really frustrating to play something and not hear it back exactly the same. Its completely different.
hey this function is not cutting it the piano roll not playing with the click all when I leave space my notes are still making into chords
hi can you select a pile of note lengths ie 8th 1/4 etc and make equal length ?
Hi, a question...
there is somethings like "velocity tool" to change other parameters (like the tuner on battery) without touch the automation?
Sorry for my english.
Thanks
Thank you for this tutorial 😊👍
How do you open the velocity window in the piano roll.
Hey, cool video! But the piano roll fullscreen mode does't work with "cmd + 4" :( What can I do? (I have the german version of logic pro x)
only a flash like a screenshot when i hit "cmd + 4"
Joshua if you could please help me out. For some reason at the end of a midi recording region, the very last note always ends short. Do you know why this is? Even though the note length is set properly to end at the very end, it still plays short. any ideas? Thanks!
The synthesizer itself might have an envelope setting that is causing it to stop short before the end of your note. Or the MIDI region might end before the end of the last note itself.
your intro is literally clipping my output which is ironic because this is an audio channel xD
Hey man. Love your tutorials. Have a question. Can I move tracks around in a mixer like in Cubase, Pro Tools, Fl Studio etc.?
If you open the mixer (Command-2) you'll find that you cannot move them or re-order them in the mixer, but if you move the track up or down in the Arrange area they will be re-ordered in the mixer.
MusicTechHelpGuy
Thank you. I hope apple make tracks movable some day. It's really irritating.
I can't switch my midi bar on my piano roll. It's stuck on the last one I played. Help!!
I think I may have hit a command by accident but whenever I slect a region in my project nothing shows up in the editor. Please help
love you
Thanks so much dude! Awesome vids! :)
Hi HelpGuy! Thank you for your tutorials!!!! Could you tell me, how can I extract notes from a track? Let´s say, I recorded a Midi Drum track, and I would like to extract the C1 Bass drum from the recorded track and put it to a new track. I can´t find it out :(
Thanks a lot!!!! Greetings, Arpad
You are a legend. Thank you
hey bro, the command + z button is for undo. What is the redo command?
Hi! I'm having an issue. If I quantize one midi region it automatically does the same for all other regions. How can I only apply quantization parameters to that specific midi region? Thanks!
Also, for some reason trying to edit the velocity of all notes at the same time doesn't always work. Some of them seem to adjust not quite the same as others. Do you know why this is?
Hold option while doing it.
Thanks a lot, you are really helpful, love you...
What if all the notes in the piano roll are at different velocities, since I played it by hand, and I want them all the same velocity?is there a way to quickly make them all the same velocity without manually changing each of them? My favorite brass patch automatically switches to a different articulation depending on how loud(fast) I press the key, but I'd like to get them all the same velocity.
+Moustro Watch this very video. He explains it.
Ah there it is. I caught it the second time around. Thx
Good info!! Thank you for sharing!!!!