Welcome to lesson three of our Logic Pro for ipad course where we'll explore the exciting process of starting a new project. This lesson covers everything from setting up your project to choosing the right track types. So let's get started. Let's begin by creating a new musical canvass. Let's open up Logic Pro on your ipad. And if you're not prompted to start a new project head to the plus symbol or press new project to initiate a fresh creative space. Now let's talk about the two main types of tracks in Lodger Pro which are audio and Midi tracks, audio tracks in Logic Pro are used for recording and processing real world sounds such as vocals or instruments. They capture and play back audio waveforms. Applications for this on Logic Pro for ipad include recording your vocals using the built in mic on the ipad or connecting external devices like an audio interface to the ipad to record instruments like an electric guitar or an electric bass. We'll discuss this in more detail though later...

on in the course, midi tracks deal with musical instruments rather than actual audio, they control virtual instruments or software instruments instead of recording sound. Midi tracks, record data about which notes are played their duration and other musical attributes. This allows for flexible editing and manipulation of the performance. Making it an excellent choice for electronic music or using virtual instruments. In essence, audio tracks, handle recorded audio while Midi tracks handle musical instructions for virtual instruments. OK. So let's click on where it says audio here to create a new audio track. And let's also create another track by pressing this plus button here. And this time, let's choose a midi track. Let's just drag this piano keyboard off the screen by tapping and dragging down. Let's also create a bit more space on the screen by closing the browser window by tapping on this folder icon in the bottom left. OK? So now let's look at setting the tempo and the time signature before we jump in, it's crucial to choose the right settings for your project. Think of this as setting the stage for your music. Tempo refers to the speed or pace of your music measured in beats per minute or BBM. It sets the overall rhythm and energy of your composition and we can select the tempo or beats per minute of the project by clicking on this number in the transport window at the top of the arrangement window. A higher B PM means a faster tempo. While a lower B PM indicates a slower pace, the time signature defines the number of beats in a measure and the type of note that receives one beat. For example, in a 44 time, there are four beats in a measure and a quarter note gets one beat. And we can adjust the time signature by pressing on these numbers here next to the tempo or B PM. In the transport window, these choices significantly impact your creative journey by establishing the mood and structure of your composition. A faster tempo might suit energetic dramas while a slow 1 may enhance the ballot, the time signature changes the rhythmic feel, early attention to tempo and time signature makes for a cohesive foundation for your project guiding the creative choices you'll make as you bring your musical ideas to life, both of these can be changed in the transport window at the top of the arrangement window. The browser can be accessed with the leftmost button at the bottom on the far left of the screen. This is your creative hub offering quick access to a variety of musical elements. Apple loops are premade royalty free audio and midi files covering various genres. They're great for instant inspiration. Just drag and drop them onto your project to add loops, beats or melodies. When using apple loops, you must drag the midi loops which are in green to a midi track and audio loops which are in blue to an audio track. For this example, let's drag over the first audio loop which is a drum loop called six shuffle drum set loops that are a different tempo to your project will automatically change tempo to snap to the grid. However, when adding audio loops, you may get this pop up box appear which says the added audio file contains tempo information. Do you want to import it into this project? So press don't import if you don't want to change the project's tempo and you want to warp the audio loop to match your project's tempo or press import. If you want to change your project's tempo to match the tempo or B PM that the audio loop was recorded at for this example though, I don't want to change the project tempo. So let's press don't import. Let's now find another loop. This time, I'm going to do a search in a loop, search bar or pier at the top of the apple loops window. Let's search for a base loop. So I'm going to type in base. We can also press these filters to filter the search for this. I want to find a midi loop. So in the filter, let's choose midi loop for the loop type, there's also filters we can choose such as instrument genre and descriptors. But for now, I'm going to press done in the top right of the all filters window and you can see we've filtered it down to just the midi based loops in the search. Let's choose this one called dog toothpaste free. And let's drag this over to the midi track. If you're following along with me and you don't have this exact loop. I recommend just choosing another base midi loop. Let's just zoom out a bit now, which we can do by pinching with our finger and thumb and moving them further apart. Let's now hit the play button in the transport window and listen back to the audio and midi loop. OK? So that's how to drag over Apple loops. These are Rorty free loops which you can use in your song or you can use them as a starting point for your music or even as inspiration for certain musical parts. Let's just quickly talk about audio patches which we can access in the browser. We can go back to the browser's homepage by pressing this back arrow in the top left of the loops, page audio patches. On the other hand, are premade audio settings and effects. You can browse through a collection of audio patches and apply them to your audio tracks. This allows you to experiment with different sound textures and enhance your project. Let's now talk about saving your project. This happens automatically when you leave the application, it saves it to your icloud. However, you might want to save your project to your local storage as a backup or in case you have no internet connection to retrieve data from the icloud to do this, tap the blue facing arrow at the top left of your project tap and hold in your project. Select, move and navigate to the folder you want to store your project at the top right of the window, select copy, you now have a version of the project saved to your desired location. OK. So that's the basics of the browser. And that's how you start a new project in Logic Pro for ipad. From choosing project settings to understanding different track types. You're now ready to unleash your creativity in the next lesson. We'll delve into the world of recording and editing audio. So thanks for watching and I'll see you there.

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