Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro 7 and Logic Express 7
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With a new plug-in that re-creates the sounds of 11 of the world’s best-known guitar amps, distributed audio processing (which lets you tap into a virtually unlimited number of Macs), new software instruments (including a killer drum machine), and a slew of workflow enhancements, it’s no wonder you’re chomping at the bit to start using Logic Pro 7 and its streamlined sibling Logic Express 7. This Apple-certified guide ensures that you do-effectively, efficiently, an… More >>
Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro 7 and Logic Express 7
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Jarmo Katajamäki said :
April 15, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Sorry, I can’t comment this book yet, I want to read it first but it looks very nice.
Rating: 3 / 5
Anonymous said :
April 15, 2010 at 8:24 pm
This book is, frankly, a complete waste of time and money for most readers. I’m actually really upset that the title of the book is “Apple Pro Training Series: Logic 6 Professional Music Creation and Audio Production.” With a title like that, using the word “Pro” TWICE, to give me the useless information it gave me is, well, an outright fabrication and is seriously misleading. The title of the book SHOULD have been something like this: “Apple Introductory Series: Logic 6 – A Basic Introduction for Complete Beginners.”
I can barely give it two stars — and that only because there are some people out there with literally no experience with digital audio and MIDI who *might* buy this and benefit from it. This is basically a weak 3-star book for someone who has *never* used Logic before and has little or no experience with digital audio and MIDI — assuming they changed the title, then the weak 3-star rating would be appropriate.
If you have any experience with any other digital audio program and have the slightest idea about MIDI sequencing you already know 75% of this book and you can figure out Logic with the simple tutorials that ship with Logic. For a “pro” book this is laughable, and many of the tutorials are in fact inferior to the ones that already come with Logic!
The chapters on mixing, even from a beginning-intermediate approach, are a complete joke. If you’ve lived in a cave regarding digital audio for the past 7 years then perhaps you’ll learn something. The chapters don’t deal with anything that will elevate your mixing skills with Logic. They basically cover automation, for example, but fail to provide any real “pro” techniques and tips to actually achieve “pro” results. There is absolutely no useful discussion, for example, of any of the dozens of plugins that come with Logic and how to get the most out of them. It is, frankly, insulting and audacious of them to waste my time like this. To their slight credit, the authors do mention (buried in the introduction) that the book is not ideal for professionals. It’s almost like a pro read this, laughed at them, and they put a caveat in the intro. But still, even the intro maintains “And if you’re an experienced audio professional, you’ll appreciate the many tips and suggestions that will help you streamline your workflow in Logic and get the most out of the application.” This is of course, a complete lie. You’d have to be a complete idiot of a Logic professional to get much out of this… in fact, you wouldn’t be considered a “professional” if you actually got anything out of this. Seriously. These authors are rank amateurs exalted by Apple editors into thinking they are pros, writing a book for the Logic newbies.
As a beginner-intermediate Logic user myself, I only learned perhaps 3-4 very minor things from this 500+ page book. Disgusting. And the fact that you can get “Certified” from this and that this is supposedly part of the “Apple Pro Training” curriculum makes Apple’s certification look like a complete joke and I have absolutely no respect for it. In sum, a total waste of money except for a rank beginner with virtually no other audio experience. …
Rating: 2 / 5
Brian Williams said :
April 15, 2010 at 8:47 pm
You’re an idiot, I can see from the picture here on the website that the back of the book says clearly that the hardware key will have to be shipped to you. Pay attention before you start bitching about things.
Rating: 3 / 5
NPS said :
April 15, 2010 at 10:07 pm
After ordering this book some weeks ago, I am STILL waiting for the hardware key to unlock the 30 day demo disc. If you already have Logic 6 then I’m sure you’ll learn something from it but if you want to use the demo disc… forget it.
Rating: 1 / 5
Maurizio De Togni said :
April 16, 2010 at 12:41 am
I think it’s very important to read this to know a lot of tips and tricks about logic pro.
Rating: 4 / 5