One of Logic’s best kept secrets, learn how Pick-Up Clock snaps any selected region to the playhead location with one easy to remember key command.

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Learn why the Marquee tool is a Logic experts most lethal weapon.

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Set up Ableton Live with your Audio interface and create/record to an audio track.

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OBEDIA is pleased to have Bill Burgess joining the OBEDIA team as a video tutorial contributor. Over the next few months we’ll be releasing some of his expert quick tips for Logic 8 and Ableton Live.

Bill Burgess is the former Los Angeles based Pro Audio Product Marketing Manager and Logic Pro Artist Relations Manager for Apple Inc. As a Logic specialist he interfaced with dozens of the world’s most visible musicians and composers, gathered feature requests, lame drummer jokes and provided on-site Logic training and tech support. He has toured throughout the US as a Logic Pro product specialist and electronic music clinician and spent two years teaching Logic Pro Certification classes as an Apple contractor. A successful musician and composer himself, he has written dreamy dark electronic music for NBC, Disney, Miramax Films, Apple Inc as well as dozens of indie films and projects. Bill has engineered and produced CD’s for 20 LA based independent artists.

Bill started playing drums at 8 years old and his passion for jazz drumming led to a Buddy Rich Schloarship to Berklee College of Music, where his first audition earned him a coveted performance rating of 6666. Equally passionate about recording and electronic music, Bill earned a Bachelor of Science in Audio Engineering from University of Colorado where he staged multiple electronic music performances using 2 Arp 2600’s, mutiple tape machine loops and junkyard percussion. A chronic early adopter, Bill bought one of the very first Emulator II+ keyboard samplers for a stunning $6,500! It proved to be a career changing decision. He has performed with multiple artists and toured on three continents playing a hybrid kit of acoustic drums and mix electronics. He performs every 6 months or so around Los Angeles and is currently working on a new record of minimal influenced tracks. www.myspace.com/billburgess . By day he is CEO of Uplink Industries www.uplinkindustries.com, an audio video production company located in Glendale CA, which recently finished all of the in-house 5.1 surround mixes for the LA production of The Who’s “Tommy” and currently has a number of video projects in development.

Bill is an Apple Certified Logic Pro 8 Trainer, Apple Certified Logic Pro T3 Training Instructor, Apple Certified XSAN for Video and holds Pro Tools Mix-Edit and Avid Media Composer Certifications.

Bill has also contributed to the following publications: Technical Editor, Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro 8 and Logic Express 8 by David Nahmani. 
Quality Control Editor, Apple Pro Training Series: Advanced Logic Pro 7 by David Dvorin.

Bill Burgess provides this quick tip to customize your tool bar in Logic 8

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Organize your plugins within Pro Tools for easy identification.

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Learn how to properly begin a Cubase project so that it stays organized from start to final CD or web MP3. Learn how to keep your Cubase projects organized so that you’ll never lose your work and you’ll be able easily to back it up.

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How to re-name your midi tracks and how to use color to organize your projects in Cubase.

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Some of the most frequently asked questions about Propellerhead Reason answered. Check our other Tips and Techniques for more text and video tutorials.

How to export audio in Cubase to CD or a MP3

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