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Composition in Logic: MIDI Effects, Smart Controls & Automation

Name: Composition in Logic: MIDI Effects, Smart Controls & Automation
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Duration53m

Modules14

LevelIntermediate

LanguageEnglish

Lesson Plan (0h 53m)

- 01. Intro to Programming & Arrangement
  Free lesson
  0:41
- 02. Programming an arrangement
  11:05
- 03. The Chord Trigger
  7:10
- 04. The Modulator
  6:12
- 05. The Repeater
  2:36
- 06. The Randomizer
  2:00
- 07. The Transposer
  3:13
- 08. ASSIGNMENT: Use the chord trigger
  1:24
- 01. Intro to smart controls & automation
  1:07
- 02. Smart controls & automation
  5:40
- 03. Mapping smart controls
  5:50
- 04. Creating Apple Loops
  5:18
- 05. Recap of smart controls and automation
  1:11
- 06. CHALLENGE #2: CREATE A RISER WITH SMART CONTROLS

About this course

Volume 3 of Dov Waterman's Composition & Creativity series - the performance and control layer. The MIDI effects section uses Logic's modifier suite as idea generators: the Chord Trigger for chord progression sketching, the Modulator and Note Repeater for movement, the Randomizer and Transposer for happy accidents. The smart controls section maps interface parameters to a MIDI controller for hands-on automation, and the course closes with creating reusable Apple Loops for future recall. End-of-section challenge: build a riser using smart controls.

This volume completes Part 1 of the series. Continue with Volume 4 (The Writing Process) in Part 2 to apply everything in real compositions.

Who it's for

Composers who completed Volume 2 (Synthesis & Beat Programming)
Producers looking for new ways to generate musical ideas
Performers wanting hands-on MIDI controller mapping

What you'll learn

Generate chord progressions with the Chord Trigger
Apply Modulator, Repeater and Transposer MIDI effects
Map smart controls to a MIDI controller for live automation

What you'll need

Logic Pro on a Mac
A MIDI controller — especially useful for smart controls mapping
A project to apply these tools to

Explore the series · Composition & Creativity in Logic Pro

01
Composition in Logic: Workflow & Templates
02
Composition in Logic: Synthesis & Beat Programming
03
Composition in Logic: MIDI Effects, Smart Controls & Automation
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Composition in Logic: The Writing Process
05
Composition in Logic: The Editing Process
06
Composition in Logic: Mixing, Finalising & Bouncing

Meet the Guru

Dov Waterman

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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