Logic Pro 8: Audio and Music Production [Paperback]

Mark Cousins (Author), Russ Hepworth-Sawyer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 21, 2008

Logic is a powerful piece of software that can often prove to be daunting and difficult to navigate but help is at hand whether you are a Pro or Express use. By providing comprehensive and systematic coverage of the software philosophy and the features of the programme in detail, this book will enable you to get the most out of Logic when creating music.

With a clear and involving writing style and fresh, visually engaging layout, the authors cut through the complexities of the programme providing a comprehensive start to finish guide that allows you access information quickly and get the most out of the programme.

Check out the accompanying website - http://www.logicprobook.com/

.Comprehensive and systematic coverage of the software

.Provides solid foundation of the software's philosophy as well as covering the features in detail

.Includes a mix of main text, box outs, instructional 'walkthroughs' and 'knowledge bases' to help access information clearly

.CD with audio examples, samples (Apple loops), logic songs, sampler instruments and instrument patches

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About the Author

Mark Cousins works as a composer, programmer and engineer, as well as being senior writer for Music Tech Magazine. His professional work includes composing music for some of the world's largest production music companies - including Universal Publishing Production Music - with broadcaster credits including BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4, Five, BBC World and Sky One, among others. He has also had works performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the East of England Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and the Brighton Festival Chorus, as well as having mixed several orchestral albums for BMG Zomba.

Russ Hepworth-Sawyer is a sound engineer and producer with extensive experience in all things audio. He is a member of the Association of Professional Recording Services and the Audio Engineering Society; a Fellow of the Institute For Learning (U.K.); and a board member of the Music Producer's Guild. Through MOTTOsound (www.mottosound.co.uk), Russ works freelance in the industry as a mastering engineer, a producer, writer, and consultant. Russ currently lectures part-time for York St John University and Barnsley College Online and has taught extensively in higher education at British institutions including Leeds College of Music, London College of Music, and Rose Bruford College. He currently writes for Pro Sound News Europe, has contributed to Sound On Sound magazine, and has written many titles for Focal Press.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Focal Press; 1 edition (May 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0240520475
• ISBN-13: 978-0240520476
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #744,244 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wow, I sure learned a lot in short time....., November 27, 2008

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O. K. Hitz "www.myspace.com/HitzHits" (Hewitt, NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Logic Pro 8: Audio and Music Production (Paperback)

Well, I just moved to the US and therefore my English is not that good but this book has a lot of color pictures explaining everything very good. I had absolutely no problem following through and it was easy to learn things very quick.

I can only RECOMMEND this book - if you want to improve on your Logic skills.

So far I haven't even touched the DVD coming with the book but already have increased my working flow by at least 50%.

I would never give this book away anymore - or at least not as long as I don't know everything by heart ;-).

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Informative and Greatly Detailed, July 27, 2009

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I record and edit my music on a regular basis. It's not an easy task sometimes and having a detailed manual such as this to help me along and to learn new and fascinating practical applications is wonderful. If you are a user of Logic Pro 8, I really can't see how you could not want this book. It delves deeply into facets of music editing that I find remarkable.

It's very readable in that the jargon is not like that of a Standard Operating Procedure Manual in which one can get lost in the technicality of what is being said. Music editing all boils down to working with tracks of recorded music. No stone is left unturned (that I can find) when it comes to track manipulation and the procedures are written in plain English. For an example, the paragraph on page 60 under the heading, "4.4 An Introduction to the Audio Mixer" says:

"Although we don't need to go too deeply int mixing at this point, it is well worth introducing the concept of the audio mixer, mainly as an alternative way of looking at the tracks you've created for your project. While the track lanes of the arrange area work horizontally, the mixer area shows us our current project in the the form of a traditional vertical mixer, with each track represented as a different channel strip. You can open the mixer at any point using either the mixer tab at the bottom of Logic's arrangement window or from the keyboard shortcut X."

And a nice picture of what is being discussed is given on the next page showing the horizontal track lanes above the vertical traditional mixer board. Many pictures of what you will see on the computer screen while using this program are given. I like that a lot because I need to literally see what it is talking about. And music editing is a very visual procedure as well as aural.

I can't say enough good things about this book. Again, it's very detailed but not to the point of boredom, I can't think of an area of music editing that's not well covered in this book, the color pictures are extremely useful, and it has a whole area of score manipulation (for those who read standard notation) which is fascinating. Definitely the book to have if you work with the this program. Too bad though it's all Macintosh based and not available for Windows user. That's the only reason I give this 4 rather than 5 stars. Also, there are typos and some grammatically incorrect sentences, but the information is still quite clear.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good desk reference, but lacks tutorials, November 23, 2008

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I'm more than half-way through this book and must say it offers a lot of helpful insight but no real in depth exercises to apply anything you've learned; you have to kind of do that on your own. The book comes with a CD with source files that you can use for your own exercises, or you can just record from scratch. There are a lot of typos, but nothing too awful; you get the point as you read.

I like that the book points out shortcut keys for various tools, screens, etc.; I am personally a big fan of shortcuts in any application.

If you are just starting out with Logic, and starting out with a home studio/small project studio, this is a great book. It helps to point out different pieces of hardware you can add on to your studio (audio interfaces, control units, monitors, etc.) on a good-better-best type scale, so you can research and do price comparisons to see if they are things you would like to have in your studio.

In short, this book is more of a "bible"; it's nice to have nearby so you can look things up for those "how do I do that again?" moments. It is in complete color which is very nice. I wouldn't recommend it if you are looking for something with tutorials and exercises.

My next purchase will be "Apple Pro Training: Logic Express and Logic Pro"; it seems to offer a more tutorial based training to really apply what you are learning.