Gold Harry - Audio Production Basics with Logic Pro X

This book was written by Ryan Rey and Harry Gold and published under the direction of NextPoint Training, Inc. The course is designed to prepare students for certification in basic audio production using Logic Pro X software under the NextPoint Training Digital Media Production program.

Ryan Rey is a composer, guitarist, educator, and San Francisco Bay Area native. He teaches courses in Logic Pro X, music theory, piano, and sound for picture at Pyramind in San Francisco; studio recording and AV technology at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill; and a variety of subjects online through Pryamind's Mentorship Network.

Active in various non-profit organizations, Rey is currently Director of the concert series Seventh Avenue Performances in San Francisco. He is also on the board of directors for Ninth Planet, an organization that promotes and presents new music by living composers, formerly known as Composers, Inc., of which he was the former Executive Director and Artistic Co-Director. Rey played guitar in the death metal band Antagony and the chiptune/folk/doom/chamber music group The Mineral Kingdom. Recent activities include making video tips and tutorials on music theory and audio production, and composing for production music library CrimeSonics.

Harry Gold is a Bay Area-based blues and jazz guitarist, pianist, arranger, and singer who has performed all over the United States and Europe. He is also an audio engineer, long-time Pro Tools user, and Avid Certified Instructor. Currently, Gold works as an Adjunct Professor at Academy of Art University, and as a part-time instructor at Pyramind Inc. in San Francisco. He teaches classes in Pro Tools, Logic, Score Preparation, Arranging and Composition.

Besides performing and teaching, Gold has worked as a luthier, repairing and building guitars for over a decade. He also runs Fools Gold Studios, a recording studio based in Berkeley, California specializing in live recording.

Previously, Gold developed and directed the music program at Holden High School in Orinda, California. He started the schools first audio engineering program and was able to certify students as Pro Tools Operators in music and post-production. Gold holds a Masters of Music from the Berklee College of Music, and a Bachelors of Music from the California Jazz Conservatory.

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The authors would like to give special thanks to the following individuals who have provided assistance, input, information, material, and other support for this book: Eric Kuehnl, Frank Cook, Jules Fuchs.

Harry would like to thank his family, and musical mentors Steve Gannon and Michael Burks.

Ryan would like to thank his wife Audrey for her support and understanding throughout the many late nights; his daughter Olivia for naps that lasted longer than usual so work could continue during the day; his former mentor Hdez for nurturing a deeper passion for technology and education; and finally his Grandma Shirley for her encouragement and enthusiasm for all the projects shared with her. She will be missed.

Sounds are all around us. They make our world interesting, informative, and engaging. Its only natural to want to capture these auditory experiencesthe sounds we like, the sounds we want to share, and the sounds we create. That is truly what audio production in Logic Pro X is all about: creating, capturing, and sharing sound.

Logic Pro X provides a robust platform for learning the fundamentals of audio production and improving the results of all your audio endeavors. This book has been written for readers who are new to Logic Pro X; however, the features discussed in these pages provide plenty of depth for experienced users as well. The included exercises can be completed with a basic Logic Pro X installation. No additional hardware or software is required.

With this book, youre taking the first step toward discovering the unique capabilities of Logic Pro X software and unlocking your own audio creativity. Whether youve selected this book to use for self-study or have picked it up as the required text for instructor-led classroom training, you will find that it covers the principles of audio production from the ground up. It also gives you everything you need to know to fully understand the role of Logic Pro X in todays landscape of digital audio workstations (DAWs).

This book teaches the basics of recording, editing, mixing, and processing audio and MIDI using Logic software. It also provides plenty of power tips to take you beyond the basics and unleash the true power of using Logic Pro X as a creative tool. Additionally, the principles you learn in this book will apply equally to other commercial products used to create, record, edit, and process digital audio. This means youll have a solid foundation, if you should supplement your work in Logic with another digital audio workstation in the future, or even find yourself working in a full-fledged commercial studio down the line.

Although this book is written to support beginners working with Logic Pro X software, the concepts apply equally to professional work on very large projects. As such, this book serves as a resource for users at any level. Learners who have been using Logic Pro X for years are bound to discover nuances in the software that they may have been unaware of or have not had the opportunity to explore.

This book is designed to help new and inexperienced users get started with little or no background knowledge. However, the scope is not limited to novice users who are experimenting with DAWs for the first time.

This book is designed for use in a formal course of study. The text and the associated instructor-led course were developed by NextPoint Training, Inc. (NPT) as part of our Digital Media Production program and certification offerings. While this coursebook can be completed through self-study, we recommend the hands-on experience available through an instructor-led class with an NPT Certification Partner.