User guide

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1 An Introduction to Logic Express
Logic Express is a sophisticated, fully-featured audio and MIDI
application that provides all the tools you need to create
professional-quality music productions.
Logic Express allows you to record audio and MIDI, edit audio loops plus MIDI and
software instrument parts, add high-quality effects, and mix your music in stereo. The
final mix can be exported to a standard audio file, or burned to an audio CD or DVD
that can be played on any computer, home stereo, or imported into other applications
and devices.
Some of the things you can do with Logic Express include:
 Record MIDI information via connected MIDI input devices, such as keyboards, and
play back this information via any connected MIDI device (such as a synthesizer
keyboard or module) or the integrated Logic Express software instruments.
 Create, arrange, and edit MIDI projects, and print out musical notation via a printer
connected to your computer.
 Digitally record acoustic and electric instruments, or vocal performances, into your
projects, and process these audio recordings with a huge array of built-in, real time
effects.
 Make use of the integrated software instruments, including: Ultrabeat, ES1, ES2,
EXS24 mkII, over a dozen high-quality GarageBand instruments, or third-party Audio
Unit instruments.
 Load projects or channel strips from GarageBand, and enhance them with the
additional processing and editing possibilities afforded by Logic Express.
 Mix your MIDI and audio tracks, including effects and software instrument settings,
via a sophisticated total recall mix automation system. Logic Express includes high-
quality effects that you can use in your projects. You can also install and use third-
party Audio Unit effects and instruments.
 Bounce (mix down) all audio data, including instruments, effects and mix automation
settings, to a stereo file for mastering or further processing.