btec

As you progress through Practice Project 1 use the table below to track the tools you feel confident in using
on logic pro x. Put a cross and date in the corresponding box for whether you feel:

1 - You don’t understand how use the tool

2 - You can use the tool with support from the guide
3 - You confidently use the tool without any help or support

Step 1 I can open up a new empty project

Step 2 I know how to create a new track

Step 2 I can describe the difference between an audio track

and a software track (midi)

Step 2 I understand and can show the difference

between an audio / software track
and an audio / software region

Step 3 I have organised my folders on the Mac and know how

to make new folders in the finder window

Step 4 I can save my project

Step 5
I know how to import an audio file onto my audio track

Step 6 I can say what all the buttons on the

transport bar will do

Step 6 I know how to drag the playback cursor to a new

position so the music starts from a different place

Step 7 I can preview the apple loops and drag them

into the arrange window

Step 8 I have explored how to speed up and slow

down the tempo

Step 9 I can explain what the solo and mute buttons do

Step 9 I can describe what arranging means

Step 10 I can show others how to assign different tools for

the left and right mouse click
Step 10
I know which keyboard shortcut is
used for a right click

Step 10
I know what each of these tools does to a region:
pointer, pencil, scissors, glue

Step 11
I can use the marquee tool to copy a sample of music
from one track to another

Step 11
I can point to where the bar numbers are written
in the arrange window

Step 12
I am able to move regions or delete
them in the arrange window

Step 12
I can loop a region to the end of the project

Step 12 I know how to loop a region for a

specific amount of time

Step 12
I can edit (change) the size of a region

Step 12
I am able to change the view of my arrange window
using the zoom tools

I can use ultra beat to compose a drum beat and drag

it onto a track in the arrange window

Remember to also regularly update your work diary saying what you have
learnt each lesson and what you are trying to achieve