We started to learn about some basics within the Logic Pro software.
Using the two buttons in the top left corner, you can zoom in and out of the tracks to get a clearer view of the track. This is done by enlarging it width and lengthways.
You can set what the default mouse functions are for your tools to enable ease of access whilst working. The options feature changing what left-clicking will do idly and what holding command and left-clicking will do. For instance, you can set having the scissors tool for normal left clicking and having the glue tool activated while you hold down command.
Editing Audio
Here, we learnt about editing audio – specifically ‘top and tailing’. This is when you clean up an audio clip by removing the excess and unwanted sound from the beginning and end of the recording so that you’re left with only what you want to hear.
You can do this by hovering over the bottom corners of the audio clip so that a symbol is shown after which you drag in the ends to trim it. This would be the non-destructive method as you are still able to access the original recording after trimming it by simply dragging it back. Hovering over the top corner will show a different symbol and allow you to loop the audio clip by dragging it out.
Another way to trim a recording is to drag the play head to where you want to trim the audio, hold control and click and then select trim. You can also use the scissors to cut directly where you place the mouse. These would be destructive methods as you would then delete the regions of trimmed audio.
After cutting or trimming recordings, you can glue them together to join the clips to make a single one, usually after cutting a segment of a recording out.
To enable smooth transitions into and out of audio, you can use the fade tool by holding the mouse over where you want the fade to begin and dragging it to the end of the audio or where you want the fade to end.
You can also crossfade across two recordings by placing them next to each other and dragging the fade tool across the end of one and the start of the other to make this type of transition.
Thanks for reading ~
Jasmine Cooper 