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Published inOct 2020
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781800562776
Edition1st Edition
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Jay Asher
Jay Asher
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Jay Asher

Jay Asher is an Apple Certified Trainer for Logic Pro, and the author of "Going Pro with Logic Pro 9" and "Scoring with Logic Pro". He has been a private consultant for many famous rock stars and film/TV composers. A composer and songwriter himself, Jay Asher scored the TV series "Zorro" and has written songs that have been recorded by Julio Iglesias, Whitney Houston, and Donna Summer, among others. He began learning Logic for his own musical endeavors, but along the way, something funny happened: he became a Logic Pro guru!
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Copying and repeating regions

Presently, my song is only 8 bars long and I want to make it longer. Logic being Logic, there are a few user-friendly ways.

Copying by holding Option + dragging

I decide to mute my vocals and work on the instrument tracks. I can copy the regions easily by holding the Option key and dragging them, keeping an eye on the help tag for positioning.

NOTE

If when you do this, but you do not first release the mouse and then the Option key, you will find that instead of copying it, you have moved it.

Copying parts of regions with the Marquee tool

My chord progression is a basic blues phrase: G7 for 2 bars, C7 for 2 bars, G7 for 2 bars, D7 for two bars. Now, I want the next section to be: C7 for 1 bar, D7 for 1bar, C7 for 1 bar, D7 for 1 bar C7 for 3 bars, and finally, D7 for 1 bar.

The Marquee tool is ideal for this task, but my Snap settings can make it even easier.

If you hold down the mouse on the field to the right of Snap, you&apos...

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Jumpstart Logic Pro 10.6
Published in: Oct 2020Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781800562776

Author (1)

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Jay Asher

Jay Asher is an Apple Certified Trainer for Logic Pro, and the author of "Going Pro with Logic Pro 9" and "Scoring with Logic Pro". He has been a private consultant for many famous rock stars and film/TV composers. A composer and songwriter himself, Jay Asher scored the TV series "Zorro" and has written songs that have been recorded by Julio Iglesias, Whitney Houston, and Donna Summer, among others. He began learning Logic for his own musical endeavors, but along the way, something funny happened: he became a Logic Pro guru!
Read more about Jay Asher