Product Description

With a new plug-in that re-creates the sounds of 11 of the world's best-known guitar amps, distributed audio processing (which lets you tap into a virtually unlimited number of Macs), new software instruments (including a killer drum machine), and a slew of workflow enhancements, it's no wonder you're chomping at the bit to start using Logic Pro 7 and its streamlined sibling Logic Express 7. This Apple-certified guide ensures that you do-effectively, efficiently, and in as little time as possible! Veteran audio producer Martin Sitter uses step-by-step, project-based instruction and straightforward, jargon-free prose to detail the countless creative options Logic affords for audio production. After showing you how to set up Logic and begin recording audio with it, Martin details editing sequences, mixing techniques, and using Logic's software synthesizers, sampler and digital signal processors to put the perfect aural polish on their audio creations. The accompanying CD includes all the lesson files and media you'll need to complete the book's lessons.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #358105 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 608 pages

From the Back Cover
If you've ever dreamed of setting up your own recording studio, Apple's newly acquired Logic high-end audio software is the perfect place to start, and this Apple-certified book provides the training you need to begin creating audio master works with it. Whether you're looking to digitize your musical compositions, create cost-effective 5.1 surround soundtracks, or transfer that song from your head onto CD, this comprehensive book will show you how. Multimedia artist and veteran audio producer Martin Sitter, along with veteran Logic instructor and keyboardist Robert Brock, uses step-by-step instruction and straightforward, jargon-free prose to demonstrate how you can employ Logic's software synthesizers, sampler, and digital signal processors (compressors, reverbs, and so on) to put the perfect aural polish on your audio creations. You can work through the guide from cover to cover for an entire, hands-on course on Logic-complete with review questions at the end of each chapter, and lesson files and a trial version of Logic on the accompanying DVD. Or you can go straight to the sections that interest you most.

About the Author
Based in Vancouver, Martin Sitter is a multimedia artist, audio producer, and technical writer specializing in the next generation of track-based video and audio applications. Martin is also the author of LiveStage Professional 3 for Macintosh & Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide and DVD Studio Pro 1.5 for Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide. In Phoenix, Robert Brock heads the digital recording department at the renowned Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences. As a keyboardist he has performed on and engineered many albums and videos that have appeared on various Billboard top ten charts. He has also composed and produced thematic music for professional sports teams. A veteran author, Robert has written various articles for major audio trade publications, such as Pro Audio Review.

Customer Reviews

COMPLETELY rewritten for Logic 7!!! Pleasantly surprised!
I was a HUGE fan of Sitter's first edition training book for Logic 6, as indicated in my review of that book. I am a seasoned semiprofessional who uses Logic Pro 7 on a daily basis (and I have been a user going back to the C-Lab notator products which I used on my Atari ST's way back in the late 80's), but I still found little tidbits and hints, workflow ideas, and features that either I wasn't using or that I wasn't using efficiently; therefore Sitter's first book was a true blessing in disguise, even though touted for "beginners", it was truly for "everyuser". In fact, I considered it a paradigm for books of this nature...it covered almost all features of this complicated program in a very readable, fun, and staged fashion.

So it was with great anticipation that I awaited delivery of the newest version for version 7 of Logic. I have been amazed at all of the new stuff in Logic 7, much of it not only new, but trend-setting, in fact. The new book covers practically all these new features; e.g., Apple Loops, Global tracks, etc., and more, in Sitter's easy-to-follow style.

I have already gone through the book twice and picked up on tons of new stuff that I have implemented into my daily work with Logic 7. If you are a user, whether beginner, intermediate, or advanced, you would be hurting yourself (and your clients!) by not reading this book at least once! This is true especially if you want to get the most out of Logic 7's new features, as the book does an excellent job at steering you through them via GREAT tutorials. I was expecting to see the book for version 6 with a few extra chapters for version 7, but I was pleasantly surprised...THE BOOK HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REWRITTEN FOR VERSION 7!

The book comes with a DVD chock full of song files, tutorial files, AND 100's of FREE APPLE LOOPS! These loops alone are worth the price of the book!

I said it in the past review, and I'll say it again...If you only buy one book to help you with Logic 7, this is the one, by far! The others are simple rehashes of the manual...dry, boring, and in some cases, useless. Sitter's book will not disappoint.

Now, where's that book for Advanced users that I've seen available for preorder???!!!

New to Logic? You need this book.
My excitement at being the proud owner of Logic Pro 7 was quickly tempered by the sheer complexity of the software. I spent time with the included documentation and even bought another training book. But it was this book that unlocked Logic's power for me.

Each chapter is a standalone lesson on a different aspect of Logic that takes about an hour to complete. The lessons are well thought out and quickly empower the reader. The author allows the reader to experience one easy success after another which quickly built both my confidence and competence with the software. After completing the first chapter, I smiled wide and was once again excited about using Logic. I found the author's style to be encouraging, easy to read and not condescending.

Printed on high quality paper and signature bound, the book easily lays flat on a desk. The DVD included with the book has two Logic sessions for each chapter: One for use at the beginning of a lesson and one that demonstrates the end result. I recommend this book without reservation to Logic novices and expect that even seasoned pros can learn new tips and time saving techniques.

Not a pro manual, but adequate for Logic newbie
I bought this Apple manual because the Logic Platinum 6 full manual is downright bad (max 1.5 stars out of 5): language poor, layout poor, index awful, repeats itself.

So, now I've finished this Brock & Sitter tutorial; I did it straight through, as recommended; and I'd say the pluses and minuses are as follows:

Pluses:
1. Tutorial material (example songs) all worked and were well co-ordinated with the text.
2. Major orientation of me to Logic's layout happened (which is what I was aiming at). Now I can go ahead and do recording, editing, etc., without having those annoying 'what the hell is an Environment Object'? and such-like questions gnawing at me, which I couldn't seem to solve using the Emagic manual.
3. Writing is adequate for what it attempts, and does not waste words (well, a little...see below).
4. Good illustrations in the book that helped the flow of information and often helped me find the right place on the screen and do the right thing when I did.

Minuses
1. If I knew anything at all about Logic, I'm pretty sure I'd have been disappointed. It's not a pro manual.
2. In order to get my understanding of how Logic operates, I had to line one complete chapter with handwritten notes and essentially write my own analysis of the deep abstract structure of Logic (which I may post on the web some day). While this manual gave me enough...um...condudrum structures...to work with to achieve this analysis, it sure didn't do it for me. (On the other hand, the real Emagic manual didn't even give me a place to start from; it was hopeless trying to get oriented from it).
3. Whoever added the marketing jargon, inane pleasantries and idiot-level enthusiasms into the text (thankfully usually only at the end and beginning of chapters), spoiling the otherwise sparse and efficient descriptions, deserves to have their keyboard revoked for a week. (Example from page 312: "This arrangement is complete! You just did a lot in 12 steps. But that's how fast things go when you get good at using Logic!")
4. As with every Apple manual I've ever had (and lots of others), it smelled like toxic inks. I left it open in the sun each day to air out before using it. Interestingly, peripheral Mac books (like Pogue's Secrets, or the Emagic Logic manual) usually smell like almost nothing, and are probably made of soy-based inks on uncoated paper. (Reminds me that the SF bay area is now discovering computer-industry source Brominated toxins in the Bay water at alarming rates.)

Bottom line: if a better book comes out, get it. If not, this is a better place to start than the Emagic manual (if you're new to the program).

sr