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Overview

With Point Blank sponsors Universal and Island Records checking out selected students' tracks from this course, your music could be heard in influential areas of the music industry. This 12 week Logic course is a comprehensive introduction to producing music with Logic Pro. You will cover all of the essential music production skills needed to create tracks in any genre. As well as perfect for beginners, even more experienced Logic users will benefit by uploading their music each week for DVR™ - expert analysis and personal video feedback on your work from a pro producer. This is no online manual, but rather a groundbreaking interactive pathway to creatively harnessing one of the world's most popular music production software packages.

Includes a minimum of 300 mins video / 10 x DVR™ (1-2-1 video feedback)/ 12 hours live masterclasses / 1 year access/ over 240 pages of course notes/ 24/7 access to forum/ exclusive audio resources to download. Optional: sign your track to Point Blank Music distributed by iTunes, beatport, Juno Download and Amazon.

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Content

Week 1: What is MIDI Sequencing?

Structure: beats, bars, tempo & time signature
Using software instruments in Logic
Your first MIDI recording using Logic Pro 9

Week 2: Basic Drum Programming

Types of drum sound (kick, snare, hi-hat etc.)
How to make a basic beat in Logic Pro 9
MIDI editing: quantize, velocity and note length

Week 3: Drum programming, Live Feel & Groove

Record 'live' MIDI drums in Logic using EXS24
How to quantize settings
How to add groove to your beats in Logic Pro 9

Week 4: Music Basics

Bass & the key
Scale and chord construction
ES synths

Week 5: Chords and Basslines

Introducing chord progressions
The role of the bassline in popular music
Creating basslines

Week 6: Percussion & Apple Loops

Introducing percussion instruments & their roles
Create a basic arrangement for the rhythm track
Drums & music styles

Week 7: Working with Audio in Logic

Importing audio files
Editing techniques
Bouncing audio tracks

Week 8: Getting Audio In Time

Working out the BPM of loops
Flex & classic tempo matching techniques
Creating Breakbeats

Week 9: Recording into Logic

Introduction to digital audio
Setting up Apple Logic Pro for recording
Recording on more than one channel

Week 10: Structure & Arrangement

Basic structure & shapes for songs
How to structure a club track
Adding breaks, cuts and fills to add interest

Week 11: Basic Mixing

Levels & panning
Using insert effects
Bus channels: basic reverb & delay

Week 12: Finish Project

Final audio mixdown for audio CD & Mp3
Final test
Submit final project

Featured Student

"I found studying with Point Blank surpassed my expectations. The course was well written, I was fully supported by my tutor Jody at every point necessary and the video responses were invaluable - getting expert opinions and advice on your own personal logic project really helped me get my head around the program. I'll definitely be studying with Point Blank again."

Mistajam is a well-loved multi-genre radio DJ on 1Xtra and BBC Radio1

Reviews

Sergey Kvyat

Course rating: 10/10

Brilliant, brilliant course, very helpful to a complete beginner like me. I learnt a lot and enjoyed every bit of the learning process. Thanks very much for the course materials and special thanks to Ben for providing a ton of useful feedback in DVRs.

Mike Goudy

Course rating: 10/10

Like I said before this has been an absolutely amazing course and I will definitely be back for more! Ben Medcalf is an awesome tutor and I really look forward to working with him again in the future! Thanks so much Point Blank Mike G.

Andy Kitching

Course rating: 10/10

Course was brilliant! I learned so much more than I expected, I am looking forward to doing the trance, intermediate and mastering courses! My tutor Steve is a great guy and was the perfect tutor! I would recommend this course to any1, there was a time when i was thinking of giving up production but now i know with pointblank I can achieve what i want! Just wish I'de found out about pointblank sooner!! but never mind.. at least i have now! Thanks again :)

Toby Matthews

Course rating: 10/10

The course was excellent, without you guys id still be trying to work out ultrabeat, 12 weeks was a perfect amount of time and there was never a single problem. Steve was great and his videos were always direct and to the point in a friendly and helpful manor. Thanks =]

harpreet dhuga

Course rating: 10/10

i really enjoyed the course, i though the tutor was very infomative and helpful all around. the atmosphere was great, i would recommended for anybody that want to advance their skill in creating music.

Guillermo Garcia

Really good, it was everything i was expecting of the course, i really learn things that would have been a long time to learn by myself, really gonna be back for some more courses, steve was very good with our assigments, hope you can develop more music style courses.

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