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Best Looking Logic Pro 9 GUI Yet

admin — Sat, 29 May 2010 20:13:25 +0000

I really think this guy has the best looking GUI skin for Logic Pro 9. You have to set the meter preferences to “Sectional db Linear” for this to work. The site is here.

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Reason 4 Keyboard Shortcuts Complete List

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:04:38 +0000

Here is the complete list of Reason 4 Keyboard Shortcuts.
General keyboard short-cuts
[Tab] Toggle Rack front/rear
[Command]/[Ctrl]+[1] Maximize/restore Rack
[Command]/[Ctrl]+[2] Maximize/restore Sequencer
[Command]/[Ctrl]+[N] Create new Song
[Command]/[Ctrl]+[O] Open Song
[Command]/[Ctrl]+[S] Save Song
[Shift]-[Command]/[Shift]-[Ctrl]+[S] Save Song As
[Command]/[Ctrl]+[W] Close Song
[Command]/[Ctrl]+[Q] Quit
[Command]/[Ctrl]+[Z] Undo
[Command]/[Ctrl]+[Y] Redo
[Command]/[Ctrl]+[Del] or [Command]/[Ctrl]+[Backspace] Delete Devices and Tracks (without warning).
[Del] / [Backspace] Delete Devices and Tracks
[Command]/[Ctrl]+[A] Select All
[Command]/[Ctrl]+[I] Create Instrument
[Command]/[Ctrl]+[F] Create Effect
[Command]/[Ctrl]+[B] Browse Patches for [...]

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Ableton Live 8 Keyboard Shortcuts Complete List

admin — Sun, 16 May 2010 19:08:37 +0000

Here is a complete list of the keyboard shorcuts/key commands used in Ableton Live 8. Remember you can create a lot of your own keyboard shortcuts by using the Key Mapping feature as well ( Command K ).

loop brace/start-end markers

MOVE START MARKER TO POSITION: SHIFT+CLICK
NUDGE LOOP LEFT/RIGHT: LEFT/RIGHT
MOVE LOOP BY LOOP LENGTH: UP/DOWN
DOUBLE/HALVE LOOP LENGTH: [...]

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Pro Tools 8 Command Focus Keyboard Shortcuts Complete List

admin — Sun, 16 May 2010 18:37:48 +0000

This is a list of all the Command Focus Keyboard Shortcuts in Pro Tools 8. Memorizing these will save you a lot of time! I’m using these most of the time in the Tutorials as well.

Fl Shuffle mode
F2 Slip mode
F3 Spot mode
F4 Grid mode
F5 Zoomer tools
F6 Trimmer tools
F7 Selector tools
F8 Crabber tools
F9 Scrubber tools
F10 Pencil [...]

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Adapting Pro Tools 8 Key Commands to Logic Pro 9

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:38:55 +0000

This is a constant work in progress. Some things transfer very easily and other things are very Logic specific obviously. This is the list view of the shortcuts/key commands I currently use in Logic Pro 9. You can download these key commands from the Downloads page and import them into Logic. These are also the [...]

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New Tutorial Series – ‘Essentials’

admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 03:27:55 +0000

I’ve decided to create a bunch of quick to the point tutorials that just give you the needed information in a very condensed time. To start this series off I’ll be addressing Pro Tools 8 Essential Keyboard Shortcuts in three separate tutorials. There are so many short cuts to know in Pro Tools and knowing [...]

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Logic Pro 9 – Quick Lesson #8: Flex Time with Regions

admin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:42:02 +0000

Here we look at how to use Flex Time in Logic Pro 9 to manipulate individual regions in different ways, and how to choose not to apply Flex Time to a single region on a Flex Time enabled track.
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Ableton Live 8 – Quick Lesson #7 : Intro to Warp Markers

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:00:34 +0000

This is an introduction to using Warp Markers in Ableton Live 8.
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Using the Conductor – Pro Tools 8

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:10:47 +0000

The conductor in Pro Tools can be a really frustrating thing until you understand it’s basic function, which is really simple. When turned on, colored blue, it follows the tempo timeline value on the edit screen – usually defaults to 120 bpm. If you want to use Identify Beat or draw tempo changes with the [...]

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Fat Meters in Pro Tools 8

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:34:12 +0000

Ok, this is purely visual but can help if you’re using the minimal mixer view in Pro Tools and the meters are getting too small to see. Simply press Control+Option+Command and click on any meter in Pro Tools 8 and it will turn all meters into fat meters.

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Organize VST Plug Ins – Ableton Live 8

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:22:05 +0000

You can easily organized your VST plug ins into folders in Ableton Live 8. If you have a lot of plug ins then it this makes it much easier than looking at the entire list of plug ins in the browser. Simply go to your User Folder/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST and create folders for all of your plug [...]

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Electrix MO-FX as Midi Controller for Ableton Live

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:27:25 +0000

If you have one of these laying around, or can find one cheap, then you have a great Midi Controller for Ableton. I used to use one of these with an MPC to get some cool effects. It didn’t really have any gain control in or out so it could sound great or really terrible [...]

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Submixing Via Groups in Ableton Live 8

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:22:38 +0000

A really fast way to submix tracks in Ableton Live 8 is by using the Group feature. Simply select the tracks you want in the submix and hit Command (Apple) G. You will now see the tracks have become connected to the main Group track which has the little arrow to the right of it’s [...]

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Pro Tools 8 – Quick Lesson #6 : Snap Region to Sync Point or Marker

admin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:08:22 +0000

Here we look at a few advanced shortcuts that save a lot of time when trying to snap regions or sync points to specific areas in the timeline.
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Change Tempo and Meter using Scene names in Ableton Live 8

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:01:48 +0000

This is an extremely important feature of Ableton Live 8 that often gets overlooked. It’s extremely easy to change Tempo and Meter by typing the desired values right into the Scene name. See the picture below.

Simply type in the tempo value followed by BPM and it will conform the session the tempo, for instance 120BPM. [...]

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New Ableton Live 8 and Reason 4 Tutorials Are Up!

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:21:36 +0000

The tutorial selection will be expanding a lot over the next few weeks. Please check out the new Ableton and Reason tutorials, much more to come very soon!

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Ableton Live 8 Skin Editor

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:12:36 +0000

If you want to change the look of Ableton Live 8 to fit your own custom color scheme there is an answer – Skin Editor. I made a custom skin you can download from the downloads page that looks like the pic above, reminds me of a Marvel comic type of vibe and makes things [...]

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Logic Pro 9 – Quick Lesson #5: Automation Data to Region

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:50:38 +0000

Taking a look at how to stamp Automation Data to a Region.
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Sound Organization = Audiofinder

admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:28:52 +0000

If you are someone who has a lot of sounds and loops, then you need to really get Audiofinder.
It’s true that Pro Tools and Logic have pretty decent browsers built in ( Pro Tools Workspace Browser is especially impressive ) but none of them can even touch the almighty Audiofinder. I will be doing a [...]

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Logic Pro 9 – Quick Lesson #4 : Hyper Edit Drum Sequencing

admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:35:49 +0000

A quick look at how to get the Hyper Editor to work as a drum sequencer.
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Pro Tools 8 – Quick Lesson #3 : Quantizing Midi Using Real Time Properties

admin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:54:17 +0000

A quick look at using the Real Time Properties menu to quantize midi notes. Keep in mind you can do this all in Real Time while playback is active.
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Pro Tools 8 – Quick Lesson #2 : Tick vs Sample Based Tracks

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:09:09 +0000

Here we look at the difference between the Tick and Sample timebase for a given audio track. Make sure Elastic Mode is enabled and on the Rhythmic setting.
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Logic Pro 9 – Quick Lesson #1 : Flex Time Quantizing

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:27:53 +0000

This is the first video blog post of a new series called Quick Lessons, soon to have it’s own section. To start with we’re going to look at approaching Quantizing Audio using the Flex Time feature in Logic Studio 9.
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Logic Studio 9 GUI Tweaks

admin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:43:42 +0000

It is really easy to mod the look of Logic 8 and Logic 9. Click on the picture to see it in more detail, I’ve been diggin the Pro Tools style transport buttons. Just go to this link on the apple forums page to find out more – http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10053571

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Logic Studio 9 Tutorials Coming Soon!

admin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:17:48 +0000

After a busy summer of travel and playing some great music I’m back home in Brooklyn. I’ve been geeking out like crazy with Logic Studio 9 and think it’s incredible. I will be releasing several tutorials very soon. Several groups I play with have been utilizing Main Stage and I’ll be posting a few articles, [...]