Logic Pro and Reference Manuals
I've been trying to take the time to properly learn Logic Pro 7. I used to use Cakewalk/Sonar quite a bit before I switched exclusively to Mac, and before that I spent a lot of time with my Roland W-30 and VS-1680, so I felt like I knew a lot about sequencing and whatnot. Being a programmer I feel like I have a pretty good mastery of computers in general, and I've also used ProTools a good bit in the studio and at home. So, initially when I got Logic Pro I just jumped in and started playing around.
I was fairly successful, and man, what GREAT sounds you can get right out of the box. Sculpture is just unbelievable. But after a short time it became obvious I was just scratching the surface. The Logic Pro Reference Manual, like most reference manuals, is a bit daunting and there is just to much detail about every little thing. So I picked up Apple Pro Training Series : Logic Pro 7 and Logic Express 7 and Apple Pro Training Series : Advanced Logic Pro 7 to give me a more practical, faster start. The books are great. I'd only been doing about a chapter or 2 a month until I recently decided to make it a point to dedicate more time to Logic. So today, I finally finished the first book, and I'm starting to feel the power! I think I am going to reread this book before moving on just to solidify the things I looked at back when I was less committed.
I did have a problem today though, and that's what I wanted to write about. I had created a default song template with a nice little setup that I'll improve over time, but most of my tracks were labeled "Drums". I could not find anything about this in my training books and I clicked on everything I could find with no luck. I had no luck whatsoever on google since I really didn't know what I was looking for. Then I had a brilliant idea... use the Reference Manual!! I went and dug the thing up, and looked at the table of contents. There it was, plain as day: Chapter 3, p110, Tracks. So I turned to page 110. I scanned the headings in the chapter, and on page 115, I saw: Naming Tracks. Sure enough, that's what I needed! I guess this is what Reference Manuals were made for. So now my reference manual is just an arms-length away, and I can go there whenever I need a bit more information that my quickstart isn't giving me. Yeah, this is exactly what Reference Manuals were made for.
So in case you ever need to know, This is how you change a track name in Logic Pro 7:
Command-double click the track to edit the name
Command-double click below the bottom track create a new track and edit its name.
I was fairly successful, and man, what GREAT sounds you can get right out of the box. Sculpture is just unbelievable. But after a short time it became obvious I was just scratching the surface. The Logic Pro Reference Manual, like most reference manuals, is a bit daunting and there is just to much detail about every little thing. So I picked up Apple Pro Training Series : Logic Pro 7 and Logic Express 7 and Apple Pro Training Series : Advanced Logic Pro 7 to give me a more practical, faster start. The books are great. I'd only been doing about a chapter or 2 a month until I recently decided to make it a point to dedicate more time to Logic. So today, I finally finished the first book, and I'm starting to feel the power! I think I am going to reread this book before moving on just to solidify the things I looked at back when I was less committed.
I did have a problem today though, and that's what I wanted to write about. I had created a default song template with a nice little setup that I'll improve over time, but most of my tracks were labeled "Drums". I could not find anything about this in my training books and I clicked on everything I could find with no luck. I had no luck whatsoever on google since I really didn't know what I was looking for. Then I had a brilliant idea... use the Reference Manual!! I went and dug the thing up, and looked at the table of contents. There it was, plain as day: Chapter 3, p110, Tracks. So I turned to page 110. I scanned the headings in the chapter, and on page 115, I saw: Naming Tracks. Sure enough, that's what I needed! I guess this is what Reference Manuals were made for. So now my reference manual is just an arms-length away, and I can go there whenever I need a bit more information that my quickstart isn't giving me. Yeah, this is exactly what Reference Manuals were made for.
So in case you ever need to know, This is how you change a track name in Logic Pro 7:
Command-double click the track to edit the name
Command-double click below the bottom track create a new track and edit its name.
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