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Still worth saving the Logic libraries to an external, there's an awful lot you might never use.
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As has already been stated, there is a lot of great education material out there online (And a million debates on which DAW is better etc etc). I lecture in Music Tech and Audio Engineering and as such have to teach Logic, Pro Tools, Albeton and Reaper. The question I spend the majority of my life answering is, which DAW should I get or which DAW is better. Because there is only one question to ask one's self.
What am I trying to do and what do I want to do with the software?
Now you can achieve pretty much everything you need to do to write, recording, compose, edit, sound design, experiment with audio in any DAW, but each has it's strengths and weakness depending on what it is you are trying to do. This is not a fault of the software, but more to do with the conception of each of these products and how they have developed over the years.
For me personally, I use all four that I teach, but for different reasons.
Logic for most things, especially composing and writing. Because I feel that that is it's strong point being that it started life as a midi sequencer and added audio later. Also in terms of Bang for Buck, I am sorry but nothing comes close to Logic (Ducks for cover from Reaper users....but there is nothing in Reaper like quick sampler, Alchemy, drummer, auto sampler, Sculpture etc)
ProTools. Mixing and mastering, audio editing is (for me) a breeze in PT compared to some other DAWs. I started life working in a major studio with a console and lovely tape machines, PT feels like it is the continuation of that work flow. Plus, having to do work with the post production and film world, you need to have Pro Tools. Would I (or even can I) sit down and feel inspired to write and compose in PT....no chance.
Albeton - Simply for fun and electronic style projects, it is also great for sound design. For me personally, mixing, mastering, scoring to picture, editing audio....no chance.
Reaper - Has some amazing features, it is great that you can write your own scripts and macros to make repetitive tasks easier. I worked on a project recently with nearly 1200 tracks of ambisonic audio....Reaper worked like a dream. Fantastic ways of rendering out audio, lots of useful tools out of the box. For me....it is like a big notepad, great and fast at doing functional tasks.....for inspiration and writing....no chance.
Which brings us back to the question.
From reading the post, it seems that the OP wants to write and record music using Logic. I would suggest that it is probably the best choice given everything thing that comes along with it. Like any piece of software or instrument or life, it takes time to learn those skills. Thankfully as has been mentioned there is a ton of useful material out there on the web and some great courses. Although of course these are not geared up for your learning needs, but a general learning need
Before starting on any of those, I would ask the question of yourself what is that I am stuck with and what is it that I am trying to do?
It could be simple, such as 'I want to record a guitar track, how do I do it', through to something more general, ' I want to record a whole song with guitar, voice and drums, where do I start'
If you have some questions like those, it can make the journey much easier, I would suggest asking those kinds of questions on forum where I am sure people would be willing to help with your specific question and this would speed up your learning. Also if you have any questions, do feel free to drop me a line, would be happy to help.
Good luck, it will be an amazing journey!
I could use GarageBand, but there are just a couple of things that Logic does that I prefer, the multi take audio feature for example. being able to set a section to loop and just do several takes and pick the best, or even take parts of different takes is a massive benefit.
It can take a while to get the process of recording a guitar track down properly, and there are several videos on this out there. I now listen back to some of the stuff I recorded a year ago and think ‘I really should re-record that as I would do a much better job now!’
Lastly, be realistic in what you want to achieve. I can record multi track guitars, add bass, drums and keyboards and get it to sound ok(ish), but I doubt I will ever be able to get anything more than a rough demo level of quality, and I am fine with that. I’m the same with DIY, some things I can do myself because it’s ‘good enough’, but major jobs I will pay someone to do a proper job The main thing is to enjoy yourself
I think we're pretty similar and enjoyment rather than world class production is important to me.
Just watched the video and found it really useful.
Best advice though is to treat it as a multitrack recorder at first, one which has a lot of features that you might need to use later ... learn a bit at a time as you use it, rather than trying to master the whole thing before you start
Also worth checking out the portal that I sometimes write for- Production Expert.
There are dedicated pages for Pro Tools, Logic, Studio One and the more general 'production oriented' articles and gear reviews.
https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/logic-pro-x
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