Logic Pro User Guide for iPad
- Welcome
- What’s new in Logic Pro for iPad
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- What is Logic Pro?
- Working areas
- Work with the menu bar
- Work with function buttons
- Work with numeric values
- Undo and redo edits in Logic Pro for iPad
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- Intro to tracks
- Create tracks
- Create tracks using drag and drop
- Choose the default region type for a software instrument track
- Select tracks
- Duplicate tracks
- Reorder tracks
- Rename tracks
- Change track icons
- Change track colors
- Use the tuner on an audio track
- Show the output track in the Tracks area
- Delete tracks
- Edit track parameters
- How to get help
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- Intro to recording
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- Before recording software instruments
- Record software instruments
- Record additional software instrument takes
- Record to multiple software instrument tracks
- Record multiple MIDI devices to multiple tracks
- Record software instruments and audio simultaneously
- Merge software instrument recordings
- Spot erase software instrument recordings
- Replace software instrument recordings
- Route MIDI internally to software instrument tracks
- Record with Low Latency Monitoring mode
- Use the metronome
- Use the count-in
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- Intro to arranging
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- Intro to regions
- Select regions
- Cut, copy, and paste regions
- Move regions
- Remove gaps between regions
- Delay region playback
- Trim regions
- Loop regions
- Repeat regions
- Mute regions
- Split and join regions
- Stretch regions
- Separate a MIDI region by note pitch
- Bounce regions in place
- Change the gain of audio regions
- Normalize audio regions in the Tracks area in Logic Pro for iPad
- Create regions in the Tracks area
- Convert a MIDI region to a Session Player region or a pattern region
- Replace a MIDI region with a Session Player region in Logic Pro for iPad
- Rename regions
- Change the color of regions
- Delete regions
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- Intro to chords
- Add and delete chords
- Select chords
- Cut, copy, and paste chords
- Move and resize chords
- Loop chords on the Chord track
- Color chords on the Chord track
- Edit chords
- Work with chord groups
- Use chord progressions
- Change the chord rhythm
- Choose which chords a Session Player region follows
- Analyze the key signature of a range of chords
- Analyze the chords in an audio or MIDI region with Chord ID
- Create fades on audio regions
- Extract vocal and instrumental stems with Stem Splitter
- Access mixing functions using the Fader
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- Intro to editing regions and cells
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- Piano Roll Editor overview
- Select notes
- Add notes
- Delete notes
- Mute notes
- Trim notes
- Move notes
- Copy notes
- Repeat notes
- Shorten overlaps
- Force legato
- Lock note position
- Transpose notes
- Change note velocity
- Change release velocity
- Change MIDI channel
- Set articulation IDs
- Quantize timing
- Quantize pitch
- Edit Live Loops in the Cell Editor
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- Intro to Step Sequencer
- Use Step Sequencer with Drum Machine Designer
- Chords and pitch in Step Sequencer
- Record Step Sequencer patterns live
- Step record Step Sequencer patterns
- Load and save patterns
- Modify pattern playback
- Edit steps
- Edit rows
- Edit Step Sequencer pattern, row, and step settings in the inspector
- Customize Step Sequencer
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- Intro to mixing
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- Channel strip types
- Channel strip controls
- Peak level display and clipping
- Set channel strip volume
- Set channel strip input format
- Set the output for a channel strip
- Set channel strip pan position
- Mute and solo channel strips
- Reorder channel strips
- Replace a patch on a channel strip using drag and drop
- Work with plug-ins in the Mixer
- Search for plug-ins in the Mixer
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- Effect plug-ins overview
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- Instrument plug-ins overview
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- ES2 overview
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- Modulation overview
- Use the Mod Pad
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- Vector Envelope overview
- Use Vector Envelope points
- Use Vector Envelope solo and sustain points
- Set Vector Envelope segment times
- Vector Envelope XY pad controls
- Vector Envelope Actions menu
- Vector Envelope loop controls
- Vector Envelope point transition shapes
- Vector Envelope release phase behavior
- Use Vector Envelope time scaling
- Modulation source reference
- Via modulation source reference
- Use macro controls
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- Sample Alchemy overview
- Interface overview
- Add source material
- Save a preset
- Edit mode
- Play modes
- Source overview
- Synthesis modes
- Granular controls
- Additive effects
- Additive effect controls
- Spectral effect
- Spectral effect controls
- Filter module
- Low, bandpass, and highpass filters
- Comb PM filter
- Downsampler filter
- FM filter
- Envelope generators
- Mod Matrix
- Modulation routing
- Motion mode
- Trim mode
- More menu
- Sampler
- Studio Piano
- Copyright and trademarks
Keyboard shortcuts for the Projects browser in Logic Pro for iPad
Function | Keyboard shortcut |
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Swap Focus Between Sidebar and Browser | Tab (⇥) |
Create Document (Logic Pro project) | Command-N |
New Folder | Shift-Command-N |
New Folder with Selection | Control-Command-N |
Select Item Above | Up Arrow (↑) |
Select Item Below | Down Arrow (↓) |
Select Item to the Left | Left Arrow (←) |
Select Item to the Right | Right Arrow (→) |
Show/Hide Sidebar | Control-Command-S |
Get Info | Command-I |
Duplicate | Command-D |
Delete | Command-Delete (⌫) |
Eject | Command-E |
Find | Command-F |
Undo | Command-Z |
Redo | Shift-Command-Z |
Copy | Command-C |
Paste | Command-V |
Select All | Command-A |
View as Icons | Command-1 |
View as List | Command-2 |
View as Column | Command-3 |
Use Groups | Control-Command-0 |
Sort by Name | Control-Option-Command-1 |
Sort by Kind | Control-Option-Command-2 |
Sort by Date | Control-Option-Command-5 |
Sort by Size | Control-Option-Command-6 |
Sort by Tags | Control-Option-Command-7 |
Group by Kind | Control-Command-2 |
Group by Date | Control-Command-5 |
Group by Size | Control-Command-6 |
Group by Shared by | Control-Command-8 |
Go to Enclosing Folder | Command-Up Arrow |
Go Back | Command-Left Bracket ([) |
Go Forward | Command-Right Bracket (]) |
Go to Recents | Shift-Command-F |
Go to Documents | Shift-Command-O |
Go to Desktop | Shift-Command-D |
Go to Downloads | Option-Command-L |
Go to Shared | Shift-Command-S |
Go to iCloud Drive | Shift-Command-I |
Go to Folder… | Shift-Command-G |
Connect to Server… | Command-K |
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