Logic 8 Performance Environment Tutorial

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I get into Logic's most lauded feature in this tutorial. Many people say that Logic's MIDI handling power is unparalleled. It's all contained in a page called the environment, where you can route incoming midi into modules that modify the signals.

I show how to split your keyboard to two separate soft synths and also how to set up a basic patch switcher.

I have attached the resulting .lso file. You can import environment layers between songs using the menu options in the environment window.

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Permalink Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 20:08

Great tutorial, do you have a download . . .
I will take several views to get all the steps.

cheers mick

Mick

Permalink Submitted by sam on Fri, 10/23/2009 - 05:33

Hi Mick,

I don't have the videos available for dl.

I'll have a new site up soon - with more extensive tutorials available for a reasonable price.

downloads

Permalink Submitted by mick on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 14:48

many thanx

Hey Sam. Great tutorial, but

Permalink Submitted by AJRussell on Fri, 10/23/2009 - 14:18

Hey Sam.

Great tutorial, but just as a tip when you get to the Transform window that you want to use as a Split, and you say something about how you need to do some math to figure out what Data Byte 1 should be when you want it to be C3. If you change the Status drop-down to Note, then Data Byte 1 magically changes to a Note, and you can select the not you want in the musical range (eg C3, F#4, D-2 etc) and not by note number. Hope this saves you some time in the future.

I only know this because it's the same in the Transform Window (the Cmd+4 one). Otherwise, great Environment tutorial.

Great Tip

Permalink Submitted by sam on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 07:04

Thanks for the Tip AJ!

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