MIDI Recording and Editing in Logic Pro X 1.0

Logic Pro X is a MIDI powerhouse! This MIDI-focused, introductory course by Logic expert Jonathan Perl gets you up and recording, editing and producing MIDI fast!

MIDI is the heart of Logic and Jonathan Perl is the MIDI master. In this course, you learn tons about how to compose and produce with MIDI in Logic Pro X.


It starts by teaching you how to really work with tracks, channels, regions, and take folders. With that knowledge Jonathan then shows you how to incorporate those techniques to master multiple ways to record and capture your MIDI ideas. Next up is a deep dive of Logic’s main MIDI editor: the Piano Roll. Get the secrets of MIDI Draw and see how to customize and animate MIDI effects and performance. From there, Jonathan dives into the Event List, where massive amounts of MIDI data can be massaged with just the click of a mouse!

This course then moves on to a section on rhythmic programming and editing. This is where you explore a ton of Logic’s quantization features and tools and learn how to create cool, rhythmic-based effects.


Watching this course gives you a strong MIDI foundation and gives you the power to deploy Logic’s MIDI tools to precisely tailor accents, timing, scales and MIDI effects. So dive in and get a deep understanding of the power and creativity of MIDI composition in Logic Pro X!

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Table of contents:

1. Introduction
2. Latency Explained
3. MIDI Setup and Recording
4. Finding Obscured Regions with Event Editor
5. Tracks, Channels, Cycle & Mute
6. Using MIDI Take Folders
7. The Capture Recording Feature
8. Section 2 Review
9. The Piano Roll: Overview
10. The Piano Roll: Tools
11. MIDI Draw & Scale Quantize in the the Piano Roll
12. Using MIDI Draw in the Tracks Area
13. Editing MIDI Draw
14. Introduction to the Event List Editor
15. Using the Event List Editor
16. Section 3 Review
17. Region Quantize
18. Using Q-Range on Regions
19. Quantizing Individual Events
20. The Step Editor: Volume & MIDI Time Compression
21. The Step Editor: MIDI Time Compression
22. The Step Editor: Drums