Setting up your system, Designing your music production system – Apple Logic Pro 9 User Manual
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Logic Pro 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 Pro. 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. 43)
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Configuring Your Audio Hardware
(p. 43)
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Using Distributed Audio Processing
(p. 45)
Designing Your Music Production System
Your music production system can incorporate far more than your computer and Logic Pro
software.
A complete Logic Pro 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
• Additional Mac computers, which can be used to boost the processing power of your
Logic Pro system via network connections. These are referred to as Logic Pro Nodes.
• 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
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