This is how we load up Logic’s Drummer tracks. They will also automatically show you all the effects chains (or channel strip settings) for various guitar/bass sounds in the Library when created.ĭrummer Tracks are special to Logic Pro X.

Guitar or Bass Tracks are essentially the same as Audio Tracks but with pre-loaded effects specific to recording guitars and bass. Software instrument Tracks are used for all your virtual instruments and samplers, including the ones that come up with Logic and any third-party ones you might install down the road.Įxternal MIDI Tracks are basic MIDI tracks that you can use to send riffs, patterns, beats and more to your external MIDI and USB MIDI devices like modern synthesizers and sequencers. These tracks allow you to set the input to correspond with the physical input– for example a mic or guitar plugged into input 1 on your interface– and record audio. Logic supports all of the major track types along with a few special to LPX:Īudio Tracks are for guitars, vocals and other physical instruments plugged into your audio interface and computer. A channel strip houses some basic controls like volume levels for your track and lets you add FX and more. Each track is represented by a Track Header along the left side of the Tracks Area of the Workspace and a corresponding “ channel strip” in the Inspector and Mixer. So if our song has a vocal, a guitar, and a virtual instrument, for example, we’d need to create 3 tracks, one for each of those. Tracks are essentially the horizontal lanes on our Workspace timeline that contain the information for each part/instrument in your song. Now that you have a handle on the Workspace and where things are located after the first installment of Logic Pros 101, creating Tracks is one of the first things you’ll need to do to get your song off the ground.

Recording Audio/MIDI: Track Types/Creating Tracks:

This week, we step into recording basics and get your feet wet with creating tracks, recording, and some simple editing and arranging fundamentals. In our first Logic Pros 101, a new series where we teach you the basics of Apple’s professional audio production suite, we gave you a tour of the interface to get you started.

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