STEP 4: Finding your way around Logic
You’re nearly ready to go! Just spend a few minutes getting to know the main screens
of Logic. When you first start up the program, two windows will automatically open:
1) The Arrange window
This is your main working window where you record tracks and assemble your song. You
can see it has a number of horizontal sections called tracks, labelled Audio 1, Audio 2 etc.
You can use one track for vocals, one for drums and so on. When you press Play on the
Transport window (see below), all the tracks play at the same time. For more information on
the Arrange window, see p.63 of the Logic manual.
MIDI tracks:
Use any of the 16 MIDI tracks to record
performances to an from an external MIDI
keyboard. Refer to your keyboard’s manual or to
the Logic manual p.24 and p.64 for full details.
Audio tracks: You can
use up to 8 audio tracks
for music recorded
through your
microphone, or for
pieces of music you
have saved from an
audio CD.
AudioInst tracks:
You can use the rest
of the tracks for music
made with Logic’s in-built
sampler (to create piano
sounds or string sounds
for example). Refer to
the Logic manual
p.101 for full details.
M button: Click the M (mute) button to silence that
particular track when you’re playing back the song.
R button: Click the R
(record) button to allow
an audio file to be
recorded onto this track.
Tools: You can use
these tools to edit, cut
and paste the audio in
each track. Refer to the
Logic manual p. 89 for
full details.
Magnifying tool:
Use this tool to
magnify an area
of the Arrange
window.
Full track: This track
contains an audio file.
Empty track: This track
is empty at this point.
Timeline: This is the
timeline of your song.
It is marked in beats.
Scroller: Click and drag
this button to scroll to
another part of the song.
End point: This
is where your
song ends. Click
and drag the
white box to the
left or the right to
shorten or
lengthen the time
of your song.
Song position
pointer:
When
you click Play, this
line moves from
left to right (from
the beginning to
the end of your
song) to show
which part of your
song is playing.
STEP 3: Setting up the microphone
Now you have installed and set up the software, you just need to set up your
microphone to work with it:
1) Plug the microphone into the correct socket on your computer. Usually the correct
socket has a picture of a microphone or the words ‘mic in’ written next to it. Use the mini-jack
adaptor in your box if necessary.
2) If your computer’s microphone socket has a switch next to it that allows you to switch
between mic or line input, make sure this is switched to mic input.
3) Check that the microphone is switched to ON.
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