Logic Express 7.0 And Quantize And Automation. Options

[nigelgjones]

Hi, I was wondering if anybody could help me here.

I am a semi professional singer songwriter with a new album.

I recently purchased Logic Express 7.0 after cutting my teeth with Garageband, and think its great.

I am slowly working my way around the program and have already finished one song.

However my next project has a difficult syncopated rhythm guitar part throughout and after a dozen or so takes I manged to get a half decent cut.

I understand there is quantization in Logic and have used this with some success in garageband. However for the life of me I can't find it anywhere despite reading and re-reading the manual.

It says there is a Q button in the peripherals, but it's not there. On some midi and instrument tracks a Quantization menu appears at the top of the peripherals window but not in an audio region. As for the Q button I just can't find it.

Also, after successfully mixing a song in the mixer then adding some manual fades at the end makes it sems impossible to re-adjust the sound again, without it reverting to a fixed automated volume. I have to clear all automation info and start again.

Whew, it's a learning curve alright but it is brilliant.

Any experts out there I would love to hear from you.

Please out my website: www.nigelgjones.co.uk

Regards

Nigel

[nigelgjones]

Ahh thank-you thats very helpful. I'm used to adding points while the arrange window is static. Then reviewing it as it moves and adjusting the sliders. What I've found is that once the nodes have been added I can't readjust the sliders as they seem to be set in stone, even when the only added node is right at the end as a fade to the track.

Is it just a question of experiemeting or is there a definitive way ot use these things. I saw that book you mentioned the Apple training guide and I think I'll get it.

Thanks for you help.

Unfortunately being a guitar based musician, I'm starting to realise a midi keyboard is half of this home recording business.

THere is no way for instance that I can use my guitar to play the synths etc or software intstruments is there?

Also can I record a guitar part and then transform it into midi??

Thanks for the help it is much appreciated.