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Making Music With Emagic Logic Audio
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Author: Stephen Bennett
List Price: $29.95
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ISBN: 1870775651
Publisher: PC Pub (March, 2001)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 38,490
Average Customer Rating: 3.17 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 3 out of 5
It's okay for the beginner but still...
When I first got this book last year, I was still new to logic auido. The book was good at running through the basics of the program and it helped me out more than the "wizoo guide logic audio 4" which was complete garbage. On the otherhand, I believe I could have learned what was given just from measing around with the program and trying to do what I need to do. However, the book did show me some other good audio functions that I might have not discovered. It basically covers all the "basic" functions of the program in depth but leaves out many more advance techniques. For a person who is just starting without a manual and doesn't even know a slight thing about mixers, hyper, score, matrix, etc. editors this book will work. For anyone looking for more than just basic operations with the program, look elsewhere. Also, this book is a bit dated now.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Not much logic here
The problem with this book is the writing style of the author. I had to re-read some pages three or four times and I still had no idea what he was talking about and I use logic every day! I found going back to the manual much more helpful 90% of the time. As Logic books go, it's dated and missing a lot of information. The section on dealing with VST instruments is few pages long and I think thats dates it more than anything. The author spends a inordinate time talking about setting up a midi environment and skipping over all the things that make logic so powerful. Most of the book reads like a laundry list to be honest. No real world examples are given. A shame really. Crack open the manual and experiment. I think that will be much more rewarding than any time you spend with this book.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Mediocre Laundry List
As a professional, proficient user of other leading sequencers (e.g., Pro Tools, Cakewalk Sonar, and Cubase), I was very disappointed with Stephen Bennett's book "Making Music With EMagic Logic Audio". The great majority of the book consists of laundry lists that provide only short descriptions of what various toolbars and buttons do--descriptions that are already available in eMagic Logic Audio's manual. The book fails to give us specific examples and walk-throughs to teach the various functions that are available in Logic. The only chapter that is somewhat useful is the chapter on 'setting up an environment' in Logic. It does provide a step-by-step guide to setting up a simple environment. Unfortunately, it doesn't go into greater detail and covers only a small fraction of Logic's functionality. If you have multiple MIDI instruments, MIDI, audio and soundcards, this book won't help you set them up. The remaining chapters are even more superficial, and provide laundry lists of Logic's functionality. But again, no walk-throughs or specific examples. Key features like Logic's audio tools are not covered. I cannot recommend the purchase of this book.
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