Logic Tutorials – The Talking Fern

Tutorial: How to Finish Your Tracks Easily with These Simple Workflow Techniques

In this video, our Course Content Developer Risa T demonstrates some inspiring techniques for creating variations in your tracks. These music production techniques are taken from Denis DeSantis’ book, Making Music 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers, and are great for developing full tracks from short ideas. If you find yourself stuck on a […]

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Tutorial: Daft Punk Style Vintage Sidechain Compression in Logic Pro

In this music production tutorial, Matt Mauldin, one of our Point Blank LA instructors, shows how you can create that distinctive ’90s pumping compression sound. Using the Alesis 3630 Compressor, this technique was made famous over a decade ago by Daft Punk and other French house artists. The pumping sound is created by using the kick drum to trigger […]

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How to Create A Fat Sub Bass From Scratch in Logic Pro

In this tutorial, Point Blank LA lecturer, Davis, shows how you can create a sub-bass patch quickly in Logic Pro. Generally, more popular in the genres of electronic music such as house, dubstep, drum & bass, trap and EDM, the sub bass draws energy from a low-frequency synthesizer or kick drum. Layering a sub bass […]

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Granular Synthesis Made Easy in Logic Pro

For this tutorial, Point Blank’s Course Content Developer, Dave Stone, shows how you can chop up samples like Four Tet and Bonobo in Logic Pro. Four Tet and Bonobo are best known for their ethereal take on dance music, maximising on emotive arpeggiators, luscious textures and hypnotizing melodies. The pair have become a staple in the […]

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Tutorial: Improve Your MIDI Workflow Using Logic Pro X’s Auto Punch and Replace

In this tutorial, Risa T shows how you can use Logic Pro X’s Autopunch and Replace features to alter certain sections of your MIDI clips, without having to re-record entire sections. Using Autopunch and Replace, you can record over a specific portion of a project without affecting the rest, meaning you won’t need to re-record the […]

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Techtorial: How to Sample Hardware Easily Using Logic Pro’s Auto Sampler

For this tutorial, we’re showing how you can sample any instrument and turn it into a VST in Logic Pro, using and MainStage’s Auto Sampler. Auto Sampler makes it easy to create sampler instruments that you can use in MainStage and Logic Pro. You can create a sampler instrument from a MIDI-capable hardware synthesizer, from a software […]

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Tutorial: Exploring Roland Cloud’s JUNO-106 Plugin with Risa T

For this video, our Course Content Developer Risa T explores the features of Roland Cloud’s JUNO-106 soft synth and shows exactly how to shape and edit its iconic sounds. The JUNO-106 was the first in Roland synths to introduce the performance lever for pitch bends and modulation – an addition which became a standard feature of the […]

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Create Your Own Instruments with Logic Pro X 10.5’s New Sampler

To celebrate the release of Apple’s Logic Pro X 10.5, we’re creating a number of tutorial videos which explore the update’s new features. In this video, Point Blank Lecturer David Stone shows some handy tips and tricks using Logic 10.5’s Sampler, including how to create your own instrument from samples, mould your sounds using the plugin’s inbuilt parameters and […]

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Learn How to Copy and Record Live Loops in Logic Pro X 10.5

To celebrate the release of Apple’s Logic Pro X 10.5, we’re creating a number of tutorial videos which explore the update’s new features. This time, Point Blank Course Content Developer Risa T demonstrates how useful Logic 10.5’s Live Loops feature is and shows just how easy it is to start arranging and playing musical ideas […]

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Learn How to Program Your Drums The Right Way With Risa T

We’re back with another video tutorial from Risa T, this time focussing on how to program drums in Logic the right way. Firing up her remix of Hoodboi’s ‘Glide‘ once again, the former Point Blank student pulls back the curtain on the techniques she uses to get her drums sounding so tight. Drums can play a crucial part in […]

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