Product Description

This brand-new Apple-certified guide, reconceived for Logic's new interface, uses all-new projects and media files to show you how to record, produce, and polish your musical creations with Apple's professional audio software. Veteran audio producer David Nahmani uses step-by-step, project-based instruction and straightforward explanations to teach everything from basic music creation to advanced production techniques.Using the book's DVD files and either Logic Pro 8 or Logic Express 8, you'll begin making music in the first lesson. From there, you'll learn to record audio and MIDI, edit sequences, master mixing techniques, and use Logic's software synthesizers, sampler, and digital signal processors to put the perfect aural polish on your audio creations. A special troubleshooting section helps you set up and optimize your studio and Logic system effectively. Whether you're looking to use your computer as a digital recording studio, create musical compositions and cutting-edge surround-sound mixes, or transfer that song in your head into living music, this comprehensive book/DVD combo will show you how.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6982 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-14
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 528 pages

About the Author
Composer and producer David Nahmani has co-written and co-produced songs for the MTV series The Real World and Undressed. He also engineered and produced three classical albums on Decca Records/BMG for the Bernard Calmel Orchestra in Paris, France. He has released tracks and remixes on Cleopatra Records, has licensed songs and composed for TV and film, and programmed XF MIDI songs for Yamaha (using Logic Pro). He teaches how to use Logic for Apple public events, such as Remix Hotel, Taxi Road Rally, and Ascap Music Expo. He is the director of the Los Angeles Logic Pro User Group and publisher of LogicProHelp.com.

Customer Reviews

Not what I was looking for
This was a tough review. I have a good amount of experience in DAWs, so I'm not a beginner. I found the "PRO" title of this book to be very misleading.

I was looking for the get there quick method, and this book was NOT it. This book holds your hand and asks you to do exercises that are VERY basic. It didn't even teach you how to change the quantization strength! (extended parameters, by the way)

This book is probably excellent for those just getting into audio. It would make a good workbook for a school. I wish I had one of these years ago when I was first learning any DAW.

I ended up just skimming the book and selling it. I never even used the CD, since I realized quickly that this was not what I was looking for. I found most of the information I was looking for instead on the Logic message board and in the manual.

The author of this book is on the message board and is a very nice and helpful person. He is also a good author and I would imagine these exercises would be very interesting to those who haven't done them numerous times before in real-world situations on different programs.

I am giving this product a 3, since I feel that most of the information in it can be easily learned in the manual that comes with the program. I'm not giving it lower because for what it is, a workbook for beginners, it is actually pretty good. Probably a good read for someone new to DAWs, who might find the manual a bad place to start.

For those interested, I also briefly skimmed the other book in the series, beyond the basics, and found it not all that 'beyond'.

Best Logic book out there
This is not only the most well written tutorial on Logic 8, but should be the model for how tutorial books should be written. It covers each topic in enough detail to fully understand it and get started using and experimenting with. The material really makes sense and sticks because of all the hands-on experience using the lesson material on the accompanying disk. You get to go from building a simple song to mixing complete studio tracks supplied. I found myself spending hours and hours on each lesson because it showed me enough to start experimenting and learning more on my own. David Nahmani has written the perfect tutorial book and I hope he is writing more.

Logic Pro 8 and Logic Express 8
Well I was waiting for this book for months. Sure apple's docs are extensive, but theyr'e written by a real techie, and didn't find them very helpful. There also very long. So anyway, I like the combination of seeing, and doing, and that's how I learn.

Well I cracked the book, and went through the first couple of chapters. I still felt kind of overwhelmed like one of the reviewers said.

But as anything in life a trial by fire will dictate what the outcome is. 1) I had a major recording project for a song of mine's 2) I needed to learn logic.

Here's what I did. I used the MACPROVIDEO's as a good general outline, and then used logic 8 book as a reference. WHAT A COMBO! IT REALLY WORKED.

Anyway, I was able to record the song in TWO DAYS (weekend) and did the final touches later. I came back to the Logic book the other day and picked up from Lesson 6 and WOW it was much easier. I got the basics after it was drilled in my head.

The reason I switched to logic for now was Digidesign's lack of support for LEOPARD. They finally released a version for leopard, but I LOVE LOGIC NOW. So I'll probably use the combination of both, as as I go along.