Setting up your system, Designing your music production system – Apple Logic Express 9 User Manual
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Logic Express automatically finds and configures supported audio and MIDI hardware
when first installed and opened. There are many circumstances in which you may want
to enhance or extend this basic automatic configuration. This chapter will help you to
optimize your hardware for use with Logic Express. It also includes background information
about components your music production system can incorporate.
This chapter covers the following:
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Designing Your Music Production System
(p. 27)
•
Connecting Your Audio and MIDI Devices
(p. 34)
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(p. 42)
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(p. 42)
•
Configuring Your Audio Hardware
(p. 42)
Designing Your Music Production System
Your music production system can incorporate far more than your computer and
Logic Express software.
A complete Logic Express studio could conceivably consist of any, or all, of the following
components:
• A Mac computer and related peripherals, such as a mouse or other pointing device,
keyboard, displays, and so on
• Audio and MIDI interfaces
• External MIDI sound generators, such as samplers and synthesizers
• External audio devices, such as mixers, audio converters, pre-amplifiers, channel strips,
effects units, and more
• External MIDI control surfaces and keyboards. Even external MIDI-controlled lighting
can be driven by Logic Express.
• Amplification and speakers for stereo or multi-channel surround mixes
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