Logic Pro 8: Audio and Music Production by Mark Cousins, Russ Hepworth-Sawyer
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Book Reviews of Logic Pro 8: Audio and Music Production
Book Review: Consider Yourself and Where You Are
Summary: 4 Stars
Book Review: Good desk reference, but lacks tutorials
Summary: 3 Stars
I'm more than half-way through this book and must say it offers a lot of helpful insight but no real in depth exercises to apply anything you've learned; you have to kind of do that on your own. The book comes with a CD with source files that you can use for your own exercises, or you can just record from scratch. There are a lot of typos, but nothing too awful; you get the point as you read.
I like that the book points out shortcut keys for various tools, screens, etc.; I am personally a big fan of shortcuts in any application.
If you are just starting out with Logic, and starting out with a home studio/small project studio, this is a great book. It helps to point out different pieces of hardware you can add on to your studio (audio interfaces, control units, monitors, etc.) on a good-better-best type scale, so you can research and do price comparisons to see if they are things you would like to have in your studio.
In short, this book is more of a "bible"; it's nice to have nearby so you can look things up for those "how do I do that again?" moments. It is in complete color which is very nice. I wouldn't recommend it if you are looking for something with tutorials and exercises.
My next purchase will be "Apple Pro Training: Logic Express and Logic Pro"; it seems to offer a more tutorial based training to really apply what you are learning.
Book Review: Good resource for the Logic newbie.....
Summary: 3 Stars
Book Review: A handbook with software
Summary: 2 Stars