Music Editing in Final Cut Pro 10.4 and GarageBand By RippleTraining

RippleTraining – Music Editing in Final Cut Pro 10.4 and GarageBand

Choose the right music for your projects
Discover music editing techniques
Arrange drum and synth tracks
Create music mashups
Automate your music mix

Move Your Story to the Beat

Using a scene from a short film, you’ll learn some important tips for choosing the right music tempo to underscore character or augment a scene’s pacing. You’ll also learn several ways to efficiently edit picture to music and vice-versa.

Play or Record any Instrument

Jumping into GarageBand, you’ll get a quick tour of the UI, then begin creating rhythm tracks with a Drummer and a few software instruments. You’ll even learn how to record your own melodies using the built-in MIDI keyboard.

Create Custom Music Arrangements

You’ll work with Apple Loops to create a cool and jazzy bumper for a YouTube show open before moving on to creating a moody atmospheric score for an action sequence using Alchemy, the world’s most powerful Synth.

Keep Your Music Volume in Check

Learn industry-proven techniques for mixing in Final Cut Pro X, including how to keep the music from competing with the dialogue using a process called “EQ Carving.” You’ll also learn the pros and cons of using royalty-free music and where to find some of the best tracks.

Who this Tutorial is for:

Software Version: Final Cut Pro 10.4 or later and GarageBand 10.2 or later.

Run Time: 4 hours 2 Minutes

Project Media: Project Media is Included.

Type of Tutorial: Workflow Specific

Music Editing in Final Cut Pro 10.4 and GarageBand

1. Diegetic & Non-Diegetic Sound

Introduction
Diegetic Sound Vs Non-Diegetic Sound
Reviewing a Scene Without Sound
Auditioning Different Sound Designs
Finding Sound Effect in FCPX
Reviewing Non-Diegetic Sound
Reviewing a Scene with Diegetic & Non-Diegetic Sound
Crossing the Line Between Diegetic & Non-Diegetic

2. Emotive vs Minimal Scores

Emotive Soundtracks
Getting Inspiration from Soundtracks in iMovie
Minimalistic Soundtracks

3. Atmospheric Scores

Atmospheric Scores
Opening the Sound Design Compound Clip

4. Stock Music Scores

Using Stock Music
Royalty Free Stock Music
Examples of Royalty Free Stock Music

5. Music Tempo & Pacing

How Tempo Changes a Project
50 Beats Per Minute
25 Beats Per Minute
85 Beats Per Minute
100 Beats Per Minute
120 Beats Per Minute
15 Beats Per Minute
200 Beats Per Minute
Pacing & Tempo Notes

6. Editing Picture to Music Part 1

Editing Picture to Music
Adding Music to Your Project
Marking a Range in the Browser
Performing a Connect Edit
Trimming Excess off the Head of the Clips
Reviewing the Music Before Editing to it
Cutting Video into the Project
Jumping the Playhead to Markers
Performing a Backtimed Edit
Retiming a Clip
Reversing a Shot

7. Editing Picture to Music Part 2

Cutting to Music with Replace Edit
Replacing the Slug with a Generator
Cutting the Visual to Music
Performing a Replace with Retime to Fit
Performing a Replace form Start/End

8. Creating a Music Mashup Part 1

Tips for Cutting a Music Mashup
Reviewing & Marking the First Version of the Song
Reviewing & Marking the Second Version of the Song
Reviewing & Marking the Third Version of the Song
Creating More Room by Hiding the Library Sidebar
Understanding Roles

9. Creating a Music Mashup Part 2

Replacing the Gap Clip with a Timecode Generator
Adding the First Song Segment
Adding the Second Segment
Changing the Assigned Role
Finding a Transition Point
Aligning Waveform Peaks
Adding Fades to the Overlapping Sections
Finding Similar Music Elements for Transition Points

10. Creating a Music Mashup Part 3

Cutting the End of the Mashup
Changing the Role
Aligning the Peaks
Creating a Compound Clip
Finding the Compound Clip in the Browser
Opening the Mashup Compound Clip

11. Exploring the GarageBand UI

Touring the GarageBand Interface
Working with Time in GarageBand
Zooming the Timeline
The Transport Controls
The Timeline Grid
Changing the Measurement of Time
Different Types of Tracks
The Library
Enabling Quick Help
Track Header Controls
The Smart Controls
The Editor
The Note Pad
The Loop Browser
The Media Browser

12. The Movie Track & Changing Tempo

Working with a Movie Track
Opening the Viewer
Introduction to the Drummer Track
Changing the Tempo
Creating a Drummer Track

13. Working with a Drum Track

Choosing a Drummer, Genre & Artist
Choosing a Drummer Preset
Changing the Complexity & Amplitude
Changing the Drum Patterns
Adjusting the Fills
Adding Swing to the Drums

14. Editing a Drum Track

Splitting the The Drummer Region
Making Changes to the Separate Drummer Regions
Adjusting the Edit Point of the Drummer Region
Enabling Auto Select

15. Scoring a PSA with a Drummer

Creating a New Project
Choosing Your First Track
Adding a Movie to Your Project
Working with the Viewer
Changing Your Drummer Style to Fit Your Project
Slowing the Tempo Down
Adjusting the Drummer Preset
Trimming the Drummer Region to the End of the Project
Having Your Drummer Play a Different Instrument
Copying Drummer Regions to a MIDI Track
Choosing a Different MIDI Instrument
Modifying the MIDI Region in the Editor
Updating the MIDI Region

16. Scoring a PSA with Loops Part 1

Navigating the Loop Browser
Narrowing Your Search in the Loop Browser
How Project Settings Effect Loops
Auditioning Loops
Adding Loops to Your Project
Extending Loops in the Timeline
Looking Over the Project Notes
Using Musical Cues to Draw Emotion
Changing from Beats & Bars to Time
Moving a Loop in the Timeline

17. Scoring a PSA with Loops Part 2

Lowering the Pitch of a Region
Offsetting the Duplicated Loops
Adding an Effect to the Project
Panning the Duplicated Loops

18. Installing Loops in GarageBand

Choosing a Location for Your Loops
Where Mac OS Stores Loops

19. Creating a Show Bumper – Part 1

Reviewing the Finished Project
Reviewing the Project Notes
Marking Favorite Loops for the Project
Viewing Your Favorites Only
Choosing Some Additional Effects for the Project

20. Creating a Show Bumper – Part 2

Adding Your Base Loops to the Project
Extending the Loop
Trimming a Loop
Choosing the Best Part of the Loop
Changing the Timing of a Loop
Adding a Guitar Loop to the End

21. Adding Sound Effects

Adding Effects
Using Your Guides for Positioning the Sound
Using Your Viewer for Visual Queues

22. Working with Software Instruments

Editing a Software Instrument
Changing the Software Instrument

23. The Keyboard & Musical Typing

Using Your Keyboard as a MIDI Instrument
Soloing Your Recording Track
How to Play the Song
Raising the Octave of the Keyboard
Using Sustain

24. Recording a Software Instrument

Using a Metronome
Slowing Down the Tempo to Help with Recording
Setting Your Count-in
Recording
Recording with a Cycle Range
Setting how GarageBand Handles Multiple Takes
Changing Takes

25. Creating an Atmospheric Score – Part 1

Correcting Resolution in the Viewer
Choosing a Synth Instrument
Lowering the Pitch on the Keyboard
Auditioning the Synth with the Video
Working with the Transform Pad
Recording the Synth Track
How the Playhead Interacts with MIDI Notes

26. Creating an Atmospheric Score – Part 2

Duplicating a Track Only
Changing the Instrument
Duplicating a Region
Duplicating a Track & Its Contents
Transposing the Sound
Panning the Duplicated Sounds

27. Creating an Atmospheric Score – Part 3

Checking Your Transform Pad Settings
Adding an Arpeggiator Track
Adjusting MIDI Note Timing in the Editor

28. Creating a Mashup in GarageBand

Importing Audio to GarageBand
Listening the Finished Mashup
Soloing & Muting Tracks
Isolating the First Part of the Mashup
Duplicating the Track
Leaving Room for Overlapping
Using the Waveforms as a Guide
Option Soloing
Trimming the Region
Finding Common Elements for Transitions
Adding the Last Mashup Element

29. Mixing with Automation

Enabling Automation
Adding Keyframes to the Automation Line
Creating a Curved Fade

30. Sharing Your Projects in GarageBand

Checking Your Levels
The End of Project Marker
Checking the Preferences Before Sharing
My Info
Advanced Preferences
Sharing to iTunes
Creating a Ringtone
Sharing to the Media Browser
Sharing to SoundCloud
Export Song to Disk
Choosing an Audio Format

31. Sharing Projects with a Movie File

Export Audio to Movie

32. Working with GarageBand Music in FCP X

Importing a Song from iTunes
Accessing a GarageBand Project in FCPX

33. Mixing D M & E Stems in FCP X

Disabling your Skimming
Having Multiple Versions of STEMS
Changing the Roles of your STEMS
Enabling/Disabling Clips in the Timeline
Listening to the Project Before Mixing
Enabling the Meters
Watching the Levels of Individual STEMS
Adjusting Audio Levels

34. EQ Carving in FCP X

Applying EQ to Your STEMS
Opening the Channel EQ Interface
Frequency Ranges
Working with the EQ
Enabling the Analyzer
Carving the Audio
Adjusting the Q

35. Appendix

Working with Stock Music
Paid, Free, & Royalty Free Music
Performance Royalties
Stock Music Libraries
Pros & Cons of Stock Music
Finding a Composer
Considering Logic Pro X

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