Lesson 2 of 9Music ProductionIntermediate

Intro to the writing process

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Dov maps out this section on the writing process in Logic - prepping a session, building tracks, expressive automation with smart controls, and bringing in hardware synths.

Part of the courseComposition in Logic: The Writing Process9 lessons (0h 50m)

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    • 01. Welcome to the course & Dov's take on creativity

      3:29

    • 02. Intro to the writing process

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      0:23

    • 03. Case study - Dov's track Witches' Whisper

      3:22

    • 04. Creativity starts with a good template

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      5:08

    • 05. Creative automation

      6:20

    • 06. Creative sound design and more automation

      15:23

    • 07. Working with orchestral sounds

      4:09

    • 08. Working with synth elements

      12:15

    • 09. CHALLENGE #1: SMART CONTROLS & AUTOMATION

Lesson transcript

Welcome to the Writing Process

Hello and welcome back to this section where we'll be looking at the writing process.

Overview of Topics

We're going to cover:

  • Prepping a session track
  • Building techniques
  • Expressive use of automation
  • Using the smart controllers
  • Integrating some hardware synthesizers

So let's get stuck in!

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Dov Waterman is a composer, pianist and producer. He has written and designed sound for films including After Earth, Terminator Genisys, Transformers: The Last Knight and The Snowman, and works as a sample-library audio editor and sound designer with companies such as Native Instruments and SonoKinetic.

His Composition in Logic series walks through building a track end to end in Logic Pro - from templates and workflow to synthesis and beat programming, MIDI effects, editing and the final mix - for producers who want to turn their ideas into finished records.

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