Getting Started w/ the Chord Track in Logic Pro 11

The all-new Chord Track in Logic Pro allows you to tell Logic's Session Players what to play and when. But, it can be a bit confusing getting started with Chords and the Chord Track. This video will get you up to speed for getting the most of Logic's Session Players.

00:00 - Intro
00:59 - Loading Session Players
2:49 - Tempo & Time Signature
4:38 - Chord Track
6:37 - Region Chords
7:40 - Creating Chords in Chord Track
11:49 - Can Chord Track Analyze Chords in Regions?
13:14 - Analyzing Chords in MIDI Regions
15:00 - Analyzing Root Notes in Audio Regions

[edwardmacnab]

at 14:30 you can stretch the view horizontally and you can slow the tempo to make it easier to deal with that quick chord progression .

[tomcangemi]

Since you requested feedback on how viewers enter chords in the chord track ... I am primarily a (by ear) guitar player, for identifying complex chords that I can play but don't know precisely what they are, I use my Roland GR-55 guitar synthesizer to identify the midi chords being played and enter them into the chord track. Thank you for your practical videos.

[MyOwnWayMusic]

So glad Apple have bought back Chord Track into Logic Pro. I've been using it for years in Cubase Pro and it's great that we now have it plus session players in Logic. Love the new features in Logic Pro 11

[randyriley]

Nice overview. Thanks for not bogging this video down with a bunch of fluff and excessive details. It was just right!

[Muzik]

Another Stellar Upload Thank You soooo much, I really enjoy the way you explain things in Logic Pro !!!! Keep on Keepin'

[simondevries]

Thank you so much for your videos – they are exceptionally well explained and incredibly helpful!

[Hammerman]

I had a crack at making a demo today of the Velvet Underground’s Sunday Morning. It certainly made it easy to get a basic backing started. I did a chord track then added a Drummer, Bass player and Piano player. After that I played acoustic guitar and added a vocal…..and it sounds fine. I’ll tweak it all a bit more but I’m impressed at how quickly you can get a track going. It is important to use the arrangement too….Intro, verse, chorus, bridge and outro etc. It makes a big difference to what the players play.

[ErraziBProductionS]

Scaler2 makes chords, and their MIDI input available easily. And is available MacOS and iOS/iPadOS

[Bittamin]

Sick! I’ve been trying to get into using this to not only make more interesting composition but just to teach myself more about theory. Only learning rhythm/drums growing up and starting to make music on my own quickly made me realize I’m an old dog not trying to learn new tricks 😂😂 this feature helps a ton to be able to write out chords and drag the midi around!

[VinePest]

Awesome, I was just checking out this feature and you mind-read all of my questions! omg I was trying to copy&paste chords using actual copy&paste and that was such strange behaviour, but you addressed even that! Option, click and drag ftw!

[edzielinski]

Excellent info. A lot of this carries over to Logic Pro for iPad, which I have, with some slight changes. Great tutorial.Thanks!

[Poboy]

It's a great addition and I am enjoying it. My only difficulty thus far is when there is a break and you just want the bass or keyboard to sustain a single chord or note on the 1 of the break. Other than that, it's been awesome. I also wish that you could create a manual hit hat pattern in drummer like you can with kick and snare. Thanks for the video. Now, if Apple will add a B3 to keyboard and shuffles/blues/jazz styles.

[liquidsolids]

Thanks for the intro to this new feature!

[beatfish]

Thank you. Very informative and clear.

[craigseganti]

Right on Chris as usual. Thx. Im a trumpet player/producer doing Latin House and want to try to see if keyboard session player can do the latin piano.

[JDCottonMusic]

What I can't understand is why the Chord Track input defaults to 8 bars every time. Can one change it to default to 1 or 2 bars or some other length of the user's choosing???

[nickwilden]

They never told me being clever was important in Rock ‘n’ Roll.. I regret that advise. And also that I can’t play anything. Keep it up Butch. 👍🏼

[GarethThomasTunes]

Nice intro thanks 👍
Logic is totally equiped for this new wave of Ai music!

[rocket]

First half of this video was terrific but then the second half was way beyond my pay grade. Do you have any videos where you explain things more for a beginner. ?

[DJ.RomeoFLO-rwqr]

I’m late to this video but how come you don’t use tab to advance to the next bar? Am I missing something?