Quick Song Editing in Logic Pro
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Quick Song Editing in Logic Pro

on Nov 27th 2012 with 5 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Time: 15 minutes
  • Requirements: Logic Pro
This entry is part 3 of 10 in the Editing Audio: The Complete Guide Session
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In this screencast David Bergman shows you how to do some quick song editing in Logic Pro, including fades.

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Every few weeks, we revisit some of our reader's favorite posts from throughout the history of the site. This tutorial was first published in May of 2012.

 
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  • http://gannon.bandcamp.com/ Sam

    Nice tutorial, simple stuff is always good to go over.

    Is there any advantage adding automation curves this way rather then using the automation curve tool?

  • http://www.crazyeye.com Dave

    Hi David, thanks for the video, but I have to respectfully disagree that this is a “quick” way to edit and extend a section of a song. In my experience for what you’re trying to do it’s probably the most complicated. An easier way would be…

    1) When adding the audio file and prompted to Import Tempo Information click Yes. This will set you grid to the tempo of the song. So now all of your beats in the song will fall on the correct bar.

    2) Next turn on Cycle in the transport bar and a green marker will display in the Bar area – above the tracks.

    3) Set the beginning and end of this marker to the beginning and end of the section you want to repeat.

    4) Now just use the Repeat Section button in the toolbar. The section will now be copied just after the marker.

    Also, the yellow dots you refer to as Keyframes are called Nodes. That’s the standard word for them in all DAW automation.

    Sorry to be so critical, but if this is for beginners I feel they should be taught properly.

    On the upside, thanks for refreshing my memory about Fade parameters in the Inspector. I completely forgot about them and I will use them more when mastering in Logic.

  • Hans

    Nice tutorial. I have a question as to the process you have outlined.

    I am curious to know if you think it wouldn’t be easier to use the marquee tool to create a copy of the section you wanted to repeat, then insert it on the same track (adjusting the position of the ending) and use the X-fade menu in the inspector to create short x-fade at each junction?

    Very concise and good tutorial! Just curious as I never thought about doing it this way before.

    Thanks and cheers!

  • https://plus.google.com/u/0/100674199121071462978/posts Paul Abrahams

    I too have been using the automation method since 2003/4. I also used reverb and/or effects to blend tracks together for sound tracks used in Esteddfords. Clients who were mostly dance & movement teachers would ask for, odd tracks to blend together or cross fade, extra choruses, or repeat sections. Sometimes the cut point created by the scissor tool needed to be masked by a reverb tail and such and smoothed out by millisecond fade outs. When most performances were driven by stacks of CD’s and the timing of a dozen or so tracks at the mercy of the CD player. I would create a whole performance and burn it to 1 CD. Needless to say all the Schools that used my services usually went on to win their heats, state and nationals. :)

    When I was using this method the audio tempo sync wasn’t great so everything was done in real time (60 BPM) no matter the song tempo, which is what the performance was based on, seconds and minutes. This made effects complicated. All done on a laptop, near fields and headphones, no venue sound check. Just use the ears, a little imagination and guess.

  • Simba Shan