The Joys of Mac: Music editing In Logic Express

Better audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEdk8OHO0Rs&fmt=22

I had to undertake a quick editing project for my school. A group of kids are dancing to a piece of music called Palladio by Jenkins, and the choreographer lass needed a chunk to be hacked out of the music. I relish the idea of being considered a budding George Martin (or perhaps a budding Jon Astley!!) so I thought I would film the work. Having said that, I do apologise to Jenkins for butchering his work - however disguised the edit may be!

It took me about 35 mins in all, so the 8 mins or so I show here is minus a few experiments with different joins. The final piece is an edit whereby 1:10 is joined to 3:20, by means of a crossfade. The 2 regions were joined together via Logic's "Merge" command. I think this is fascinating stuff, and obviously similar results can be achieved on a PC. Audacity is fast becoming a very fully featured piece of software (although I'm not sure if it has a crossfade tool), so that may be a viable alternative to Logic Express. LE is more of a music studio (someday I'll show that) and is overkill if it is solely used for editing.

Enjoy!

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• Palladio
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• Mylene
• Klass
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• Logic
• Express
• editing
• recording
• studio
• Mac
• iMac
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• MacBook
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• music

[MrsKitty59]

How does this work on a mac? Please, answer in less than a day, this is for a dance I'm doing tomorrow and I need the music to make choreography...

[MarkPMus]

@MrsKitty59 Not sure what you mean. I am using a mac.

[XxDaRK12KiLLeR]

can you use it to make bits of songs longer ????

[MarkPMus]

@XxDaRK12KiLLeR If you copy/paste sections, yes. The cross fade tool is very useful here. 

[crapstacker5]

Is it possible to break it down into individual instruments so that certain instruments could be removed from the song all together?

[MarkPMus]

@crapstacker5 I don't think it's possible in Logic express but software must be capable of it - hence the new stereo positions on the Beatles Yellow Submarine Songtrack & the Love album etc...

[asosuk]

Should I go for Logic or Pro Tools? Pro Tools is industry standard so I'd assume it's better?

[ShivaTheAuspicious]

@AndrewLeeFinnigan Oh shit I remember Logic 5. I was like 15 or 16 frantically trying to get a crack for the platinum version. But hey man, if you're recording I'd probably stay away from laptops, simply because you'll need the screen real estate and because the desktop versions tend to be more powerful for the money.

[AndrewLeeFinnigan]

@ShivaTheAuspicious yeah am saving up for a macbook pro you're right. Cant wait to get my hands on the latest logic! I'm still using the Logic 5 on PC. haha Definately time to upgrade lol

[ShivaTheAuspicious]

@AndrewLeeFinnigan Dont go the Hackintosh route man, just buy a Mac. Not only are those hackintosh jobs a pain in the butt but like others say--they are vulnerable. Part of it is because your hardware isnt integrated for a Mac OS. Lets not forget..hackinoshes are cheesy. One of the best parts of owning a Mac is that its yours; you bought it, its legit. With that said...even Garageband's capabilities alone are worth the price of a new Mac. Its easy to use and VERY powerful in the right hands.