Automation in Logic

In Logic Express and Pro you can automate almost anything you like. Want the volume of a track to fade in? No problem! Want to control the frequency cutoff of your low pass filter? You got it! Just enable automation mode: (keyboard shortcut A) and choose what you would like to automate: Then with the arrow tool, click to add new automation anchor points and drag them around as you like: If you want to get all fancy, choose the automation curve...

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Drag Dashboard Widgets onto Your Desktop

Liberate your widgets from the Dashboard--place them on your desktop instead. One of the most interesting Terminal tips enables you to drag your widgets out of the Dashboard and onto the desktop, where they float above open applications and Finder windows, akin to the Gadgets in Windows Vista’s sidebar. To activate it, type: defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES You must then log out and log back in, or restart your machine. You can now...

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"Discovering Reason"

This week is Reason week at the Learning Center, so the blog posts this week will all be offering useful tips, tricks, and resources for beginning through advanced Reason users. A great place to start learning Reason (other than the Learning Center's Training Sessions!) is Propellerhead's website.  Besides video tutorials ranging from basic to in-depth explanations of each device in Reason, the tutorials section offers a 36 article series entitled  "Discovering Reason."  These articles are great for people with a fairly good understanding...

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Finale Formatting- Part 2

The systems in Finale can be rearranged however you choose. For most types of page/music formatting, you will use the Page Layout tool. When selecting the tool, you may notice a lot of "gray boxes" on the page- these are the individual "margins" for each system. One of the most useful menu items under the Page Layout menu is "Space Systems Evenly..." In the window that pops up, you can choose to place the maximum number of systems on the page...

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