I recently became Level 1 certified in Apple’s newest cutting edge high end audio recording application Logic Pro 9 (part of the latest version Logic Studio). I am a long time user of Logic.
Apple Logic is a great tool for singer/songwriters and composers and provides a great deal of flexibility when recording or composing. It is often very hard to be 100% perfect when recording a track – you may have some great moments and a few not so great. One of the newest features is the ability to lay down multiple versions of a track (say for example a lead vocal) and select the various portions of each take to create a composite or ‘best of’ take.
Want to add a little piano or hammond organ to a track? Logic comes with a plethora of great samples such as pianos, hammond organs, horns, etc that can be triggered with a standard midi keyboard.
When you are ready to step up and have tested and certified engineer record your project send me an email or give me a call. I specialize in singer songwriters, acoustic projects and small bands. I can import GarageBand tracks directly into Logic Pro 9. I can also import your wav and aiff tracks.
Joe Rizzo
Cosmic Circuit Studio
Engineer, musician, producer
510.868.9323
I recently upgraded our studio’s audio recording software to Apple’s Logic Pro 9 (part of the new Logic Studio) and have been putting it through the paces. New to Logic Pro is the ability to add and embed written notes to each track and project. This is very handy for writing down microphone settings, pre-amp settings, and mic placement, etc. A new feature called ‘Flex Editing’ allows you to adjust the timing of various sections of a take without having to splice and cut up the track. For instance if a few chords or drums hits were a little late or early these areas can be moved easily now with the Flex Editing tool. Flex editing also now works even when compositing various areas of multiple takes in a take folder into one cohesive track. There is now more granular control for setting the entire volume fader of each track. There are new guitar Amps, pedal boards, and variable speed recording.
I just recently became officially certified in Apple’s newest cutting edge high end audio recording application Logic Pro 8 (part of Logic Studio). I have been using Apple Logic since version 6 (before that I used Digital Performer). Occasionally people ask me why I use Logic over Pro Tools. There are numerous reasons – flexibility, power, a plethora of high quality software instruments (pianos, organs, etc), a large quantity of plug-ins, etc. Also, I have been a fan of the way Apple makes things work for the creative individual minimizing the technical issues and letting you focus on the creative aspects of recording and musicianship.
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