Overview

Status: Available | Released: May 20th, 2010

Hi, Steve H here. I'd like to tell you about this tutorial, Logic's Music-for-Picture Toolbox!

Film/video scoring is a skill that many composers need to master if they want to be competitive in this crazy world of music!

Every day, all around the world, there are thousands of cable TV and internet channels producing tons of video content that ALL need music and sound. However, before you can dig in and start composing for picture there are concepts you've got to understand and tools you need to know how to use.

In this second tutorial of my Logic's ToolBox series, I demystify the relationship of time, tempo, and frame rates. I thoroughly explain SMPTE and video synchronization. I show you how to beat map "Hit" points and make all your beats line up with the picture. I reveal the best ways to import the video's audio into Logic's arrange page without worrying about losing synchronization. Even better, I share many of my film scoring "secrets" and take you on a compositional journey showing how I dream up my musical scores and turn them into final TV-ready productions... and that's just the beginning!

As a bonus, I'm Including a free QT movie complete with visual time code for you to sync and compose to and some of my Logic project files to explore!

You know, I've been scoring to video for most of my musical life including many award winning films and TV series and it brings me great pleasure to share my Music-for-Picture knowledge my macProVideo friends!

So if you're new to film scoring this tutorial will start you on your way to a whole new dimension in your career. If you're a professional film scorer this tutorial will give you some technical tips and tricks to help you perfect your skills.

Outline

Section 1: Section 1: Exploring Time and Tempo

Section 2: Section 2: All About Movies and Codecs

Section 3: Section 3: Dealing with Audio Sync

Section 4: Section 4: Making Music

Section 5: Section 5: Adding Audio Effects

Section 6: Section 6: Bouncing Stems and Exporting Audio

Section 7: Section 7: The Magic of Markers

Section 8: Section 8: Discuvering the Perfect Tempo

Section 9: Section 9: Adjusting the Gride to the Hit Points

Section 10: Section 10: Syncing Midi Hits to SMPTE

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Hitting Frames with MIDI Events

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Section 11: Section 11: Steve's Tips and Tricks

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Bondii wrote on June 11, 2016

Stevo!!!!Nice one thank you for reminding me of some tricks. 10 out of 10
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Vaan wrote on January 21, 2016

I've really enjoyed this course, it was really useful, very well explained, with lots of examples. It's also very clear and easy to understand. I love when the instructor speaks slowly and really reccomend you produce video with Instructors that speak slowly. That's easier for foreigners. Thanks
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Ren wrote on December 5, 2014

Steve Horelick has reinforced how powerful Logic Pro is, very informative tutorial, you have love learning from professionals in their respective fields.
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Keith_UK wrote on August 12, 2014

Real eye opener for scoring video in logic. Really shows the speed/power of using Markers with Key Commands. Note to self: Must get Logic X !! :-)
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Bige611 wrote on June 3, 2014

This was a fantastic tutorial. Is there any chance a similar one is in the works for Logic Pro X?
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Serafin wrote on February 26, 2014

Excellent instruction! One of the best here on MPV. Instructor is very knowledgable and takes the time to really break things down.
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Hyphen wrote on January 10, 2014

This tutorial saves me a lot of time on the scoring work flow. thanks!
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R. Stull wrote on June 20, 2013

This course directly reinforced a college course and for most objectives introduced multiple alternate methods to achieve the same results.
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Mark wrote on November 17, 2012

Steve H! The man! Love this guy. His tutorials are a pleasure to watch. This was a great intro to film scoring in Logic and as an added bonus he always manages to fill in some little Logic knowledge gaps along the way.
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Marcos H wrote on February 5, 2012

Steve H is not only a very nice guy, he is really an amazing teacher... Please, I am waiting for a second part more focused on the process of scoring!! Please!!!
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