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This has the controls you might find on any tape recorder or CD player. It’s a good idea to
make two adjustments to the Transport window before you start. Click the small arrow on
the bottom-right of the Transport window and from the menu that appears, choose Legend.
This turns on a description of the buttons. Click on the small arrow again and choose
Position Slider. This represents the length of the song and you can use it to jump to any
position in the song quickly by clicking and dragging the slider control to the right.
If you close the Transport window accidentally, you can find it again by clicking Windows >
Open Transport.
For more information on the controls in the Transport window, see p.52 in the Logicc
manual.
STEP 5: Recording vocals
OK. Now you know a little about the controls in Logic, you can make your first recording.
Ready and raring to start? Let’s go!
1) You need to create two new folders - one for tracks, and one for songs. Create these two
folders as you usually would.
2) Open Logic. In the Arrange window go to File > Save As and save the song you are
about to create in your Songs folder.
3) Highlight Audio 1(the first track of your song) in the Arrange window by clicking on it.
4) On Audio 1, click the R button, which will highlight in red. As soon as you do this, you will
be prompted to save the audio track you are about to record. Give it a sensible name and
save it into your Tracks folder.
5) In the Transport window, click the Record button.
6) Sing into the microphone! (Of course, you can play an instrument into the microphone
instead if you’d prefer.)
7) When you have finished singing, click Stop in the Transport window. Your new recording
appears visually as a long, thin rectangle to the right of the words Audio 1.
8) To play back what you have just recorded, click Stop again to get back to the beginning
of the song. Deselect the R button on the track. Then click Play, and listen!
9) Once you have listened to your newly created track, click Stop twice - this brings you
back to the beginning again. Always remember to File > Save!
2) The Transport window
Record
Pause
Play
Stop
Cycle
Rewind
Fast
forward
Click. When this is on, when you
record or play, a ‘click track’
automatically plays to help you
keep in time. You can press this
button to turn it off.
Tempo. The tempo of your song is
displayed here in beats per minute.
Click to type in a different number.
Position slider. This represents
the length of your song. You can
click and drag the black bar to
move to any point in your song.