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Produce Yourself in Logic Pro X

pre-week 1: Orientation, Record + Bounce
Welcome | Getting started
ASSIGNMENT: Set up your gls forum notifications | Orientation
A note about Beginner's Mind
Installation
Logic walkthrough
Record & Bounce
ASSIGNMENT: Post your bounce, lyrics and screenshot to the forum
ASSIGNMENT: pre-week 1 quiz
Week 1: Loops, Logic Drummer, Templates
A template for this course
Getting started with loops
Getting started with the Logic Drummer
Templates 2.0, Colors
Giving feedback
ASSIGNMENT: week 1 quiz
ASSIGNMENT: post about your setup
ASSIGNMENT: Drummer + Loop creativity
ASSIGNMENT: Post a link to the song you talked about in class
BONUS: FREE creative recording magazine
BONUS: Finneas' production tips and tricks
Week 2: MIDI, Best practices, Steal + abstract
MIDI + Musical typing
Hacking the Logic Drummer
Loop Hacking
Writing the song in advance vs. Writing in the DAW
Markers + Notes
Best Practices I
ASSIGNMENT: week 2 quiz
BONUS: Think like a bass player - 2 levels
BONUS: Exploring the arpeggiator
BONUS: Digging into the Billie Eilish Demo Project
Week 3: Production hacking, Modern multi-tracking techniques
Take folders + Gain
Multitracking guitars
Make your own loop
Working with fake-sounding samples
BONUS: Article: Ideas in the shower - Jack Antonoff
BONUS: Song exploder
ASSIGNMENT: week 3 quiz
ASSIGNMENT: Exquisite corpse, part I - Drums + percussion
ASSIGNMENT: Production hacking (fixed)
Week 4: Plugins for creativity + effectiveness I, Aux Buses
Working with plugins, EQ
Reverb + Aux buses
Amp simulators + FX routing
Compression, intro + practical use
ASSIGNMENT: week 4 quiz
ASSIGNMENT: 30 minutes | Follow your sonic bliss
ASSIGNMENT: Your Remote Producer session
ASSIGNMENT: Step 2 in the Exquisite Corpse
BONUS: Additional compression resources
BONUS: Additional EQ resources
BONUS: Exploring Logic's Reverbs
BONUS: A useful production hacking tool
Week 5: Plugins II, Multi-tracking vocals, NY compression, Bus mixing
Multitracking + Editing Vocals
Intro to bus mixing
Vocal sections + NY vox
3rd party plugins
ASSIGNMENT: week 5 quiz
ASSIGNMENT: Picking or starting YOUR song
ASSIGNMENT: Exquisite Corpse, part 3
REMINDER: Do your Remote Producer session from last week and post
BONUS ASSIGNMENT: Sonic Bliss session with LABS
BONUS: How to install a plugin, LABS
BONUS: Delay Designer
BONUS: De-esser
BONUS: Some favorite free plugins
Week 6: Plugins III, Form in production, Experimental recording techniques
Automation
The Library and Best Practices II
Experimental recording techniques
Form in production
ASSIGNMENT: week 6 quiz
ASSIGNMENT: Exquisite Corpse, part 4
ASSIGNMENT: work on your song/production for your hotseat
BONUS: Using automation to heighten transitions
BONUS: Some worthwhile inexpensive plugins
BONUS: Transition techniques (esp. 4 dance)
BONUS: Finneas creative drum sampling and creative FX
BONUS: Jacob Collier's Moon River + deep dive
Week 7: Sitting in the producer's seat
Inspiration + Deep listening
Editing + Flex time
Editing the Sound File
ASSIGNMENT: week 7 quiz
ASSIGNMENT: Exquisite Corpse, part 5 (final)
ASSIGNMENT: continued: final project/hotseat material
OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT: Invite a guest producer
BONUS: Sonic Curiosity
BONUS: Flex Pitch
BONUS: Production insights - Quincy Jones, Rick Rubin, Sylvia Massy, Daniel Lanois & More
BONUS: Artist + Band Documentaries
Week 8: Advanced Logic capabilities
Tempo + time signature changes
Making a rough mix from a working project
About the bonus videos
ASSIGNMENT: week 8 quiz
ASSIGNMENT: post an update on your piece + production hacking
BONUS: Logic's vocoder
BONUS: Live looping
BONUS: Sidechain compression
BONUS: Beat mapping
BONUS: Make your own sampler instrument
BONUS: 30 "advanced tricks"
Week 9: Finishing your production
How much is enough?
When to stop
General mixing principles
ASSIGNMENT: week 9 quiz
ASSIGNMENT: finish a version of your production
BONUS: Finish Your Damn Song Workshop recording
BONUS: Workflow tips (especially for Virtual Instruments)
BONUS: 41 more advanced tips
BONUS: mixing overview 1
BONUS: mixing overview 2
BONUS: mixing overview 3
Week 10: Mixing + mastering
Simple Mastering and Bouncing
Listening in different environments
ASSIGNMENT: mix and master your project
BONUS: more mixing tricks
BONUS: finalizing the mix and mastering
BONUS: a talk with Album Mastermind and Dave Wilton
BONUS: MainStage for Live playing
Album Release + Listening Party!

Editing the Sound File

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