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Published inSep 2023
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ISBN-139781837636891
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Prof. Chris Piorkowski
Prof. Chris Piorkowski
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Prof. Chris Piorkowski

Professor Chris Piorkowski is an award-winning composer, with a Masters in Music Technology from the University of Newcastle in Australia, an MFA majoring in Music Composition for Film, TV and Multimedia from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, a Diploma in Media Composition from Music for The Media in London, and another Diploma in Sound Engineering from the Audio Institute of America in San Francisco. He has also studied Film Scoring and Orchestration at Berklee College of Music in Boston as well as Film Music Orchestration Steven Scott Smalley and Jazz Piano with Walter Norris. In his professional life, he has worked on countless projects at the legendary Sound City Studios in Los Angeles scoring over 50 projects for TBN, ShowTime, PBS, and Gene Roddenberry (the creator of Star Trek).
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In this chapter, we discussed the general concept of beat mapping, how to create a Tap Tempo using an instrument track, and how to beat map single MIDI notes, an entire MIDI region, scene markers, and hit points. We also discussed how to edit tempo points and a Beat Mapping track.

Today, film composers still heavily rely on Logic Pro’s beat mapping functions. It’s a valuable tool that can assist a composer in finding a suitable tempo. It’s a quick way of getting any type of marker to fall on the downbeat of a bar. Additionally, it can assist a composer with finding a tempo for the project, without having any prior tempo selections. It’s important to keep in mind though that it can also have irregular or drastic tempo changes as a result.

Dealing with the beat mapping process for the first time might take a little while to get used to, so practicing these steps is a great exercise. As you practice them, you can then start implementing them as...

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Scoring to Picture in Logic Pro
Published in: Sep 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781837636891

Author (1)

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Prof. Chris Piorkowski

Professor Chris Piorkowski is an award-winning composer, with a Masters in Music Technology from the University of Newcastle in Australia, an MFA majoring in Music Composition for Film, TV and Multimedia from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, a Diploma in Media Composition from Music for The Media in London, and another Diploma in Sound Engineering from the Audio Institute of America in San Francisco. He has also studied Film Scoring and Orchestration at Berklee College of Music in Boston as well as Film Music Orchestration Steven Scott Smalley and Jazz Piano with Walter Norris. In his professional life, he has worked on countless projects at the legendary Sound City Studios in Los Angeles scoring over 50 projects for TBN, ShowTime, PBS, and Gene Roddenberry (the creator of Star Trek).
Read more about Prof. Chris Piorkowski