The Computer King Ada team found an opportunity to chat with the new generation of popular R&B music creator “The Crane”, who was nominated for the Golden Audio Award for “Best R&B Song” with the single “LIMO” in 2021; and the following year was nominated for the Golden Audio Award for “Best Pop Alternative Single” with “Ramen Boy”, about his experience in using Logic Pro for iPad since its release. Continue reading Inspiration comes wherever you go! Singer-songwriter The Crane shares his experience using Logic Pro for iPad.
Inspiration comes wherever you go! Singer-songwriter The Crane shares his experience using Logic Pro for iPad
With the hardware layout of iPad Pro equipped with desktop-level Apple M-series chips. In order to push tablets into a truly professional field, Apple this year officially brought professional solutions for iPadOS applications to video and music creators in terms of software:Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro mobile versions。
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Compared with the past iMovie and GarageBand applications that were more focused on daily life, this time Apple is really serious about putting most of its professional creative tools into iPad mobile applications. However, as to whether these applications have reached the “professional” level, it is obviously more important to have professionals tell them.
Today, the Computer King Ada team found an opportunity to chat with the new generation of popular R&B music creator “The Crane”, who was nominated for the Golden Audio Award for “Best R&B Song” with the single “LIMO” in 2021. The following year, he was nominated for the Golden Audio Award for “Best Pop Alternative Single” with “Ramen Boy”, about his experience in using Logic Pro for iPad since its release.
The album “TALENT” has been released. Before his debut, he had professional production cooperation with Zheng Yinong and Peng Jiahui, and also served as a musician on the HUSH tour. The Crane. He humbly mentioned in the interview that he, who was not born in a major, actually did not really start intensive creation until he formally formed a band of the same name in high school.
But since he started composing with the band, he started to come into contact with arrangement software, and after the creative communication process between the five members gave him a deeper understanding of the actual work of each part of the music, he started his creative path – he began to understand that in addition to pure songwriting, he also used arrangements and other methods to make music grow more tentacles, making his creations richer and more professional. As a result, I was able to devote myself to behind-the-scenes music production work in the future.
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Holding an iPad Pro in hand, he directly demonstrated to the media that he uses the iPad version of Logic Pro to find creative inspiration. It really gives people the feeling of “playing music”! He mentioned that he used to create through mobile devices such as iPhone. However, they still prefer the use of simple recording or writing lyrics to quickly record creative inspiration. I think it might be a bit hard to use it independently.
Therefore, he believes that the iPad has finally broken such limitations with the support of Logic Pro. Not only can you quickly create while moving on high-speed trains, etc. If you really want it, you can complete a usable arrangement and production on your mobile device.
Using Apple Pencil, he demonstrated a very intuitive way to use the pen tip to adjust the sound effect parameter curve on the track; you can directly zoom and drag the components for music editing; you can also quickly access various functions through the bottom – not only the professional Mixer can be adjusted intuitively with touch (there is also a floating interface for advanced fine-tuning available), if you want, you can also create directly with the on-screen keys.
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He shared that he often searches for Sample and Loop resources easily through Logic Pro, and downloads sample resources such as bass drum and guitar shared by his own creators in the database.
By simply cutting and piecing together a video and experimenting (you can even record it!), you can start composing music with your own original soul on a mobile device like iPad.
The Crane is very appreciative of this rich music creation resource that is like “standing on the shoulders of others”, and believes that this is why Logic Pro is more valuable than other services. I recommend that people who want to move up from applications like GarageBand should really give Logic Pro a try.
He cited Ableton, which he also uses, as an example. The application itself currently only supports desktop systems. The application price of more than 10,000 yuan is actually quite a burden for creators who are just starting out. This does not include the additional cost of finding licensed sample and loop music resources. Therefore, I feel that the emergence of Logic Pro for iPad can be said to have greatly lowered the threshold for professional music creation. The application itself also has the feature of docking with GarageBand, which is available on almost every Apple device, and the more professional paid desktop application Logic Pro. I think this is also the charm of the iPad version.
As a professional creator, The Crane believes that arranging applications such as Logic Pro and Ableton have their own specializations and characteristics, so as you gradually become professional, you may eventually need to learn to use them. But he also hopes that everyone will not feel pressured by this. He believes that basically as long as you learn some basics and understand the relevant professional terminology, there should not be too many obstacles across various applications.
Especially this time with Logic Pro for iPad, it only took him about half an hour to an hour to get started and start creating. Even after getting used to the interface of touch and Apple Pencil, you still feel that the previous way of working by memorizing keyboard shortcuts and other related commands feels like a long way round.
For those who are serious about arranging and other professional creations using applications like Logic Pro, The Crane recommends that they may still need to use a physical keyboard, recording interface, and good microphone/audio equipment. However, when he simply used the iPad to quickly record and arrange sounds for playback at the press conference today, he also believed that the sound performance of the iPad Pro was unexpectedly adequate.
In fact, he also believes that if the budget is really tight, you can simply start your own creations with hands-free headphones or even AirPods – and then slowly upgrade according to your needs. As for learning resources, he also mentioned that Logic Pro has a wealth of resources on the Internet, and even Apple officials actually recommend learning resources for reference.
By the way, for those of you who want to learn a few tricks from The Crane, his course at Today at Apple next Saturday (9/2) is already fully booked. However, if you want to observe the course content on-site, you can still attend silently.
Regarding his musical journey so far, he also mentioned that he has been very interested in various music styles since he was a child. I was able to find my own route in R&B creation because I gradually summarized my own direction during the creative process, and received an unexpected response after releasing a few songs independently. Therefore, in the “TALENT” album, The Crane chose R&B as the backbone of the album, and tried to incorporate different elements to express his creative spirit.
In this interview, you can really feel The Crane’s love for the intuitive control through iPad Pro – he was also surprised to find the convenient function of writing directly in the input box with Apple Pencil.
The author believes that when such talented creators can obtain such tools, they can maximize their creative inspiration anytime and anywhere. I believe that we can look forward to more exciting works from The Crane in the future. With the help of such a professional weapon with software and hardware, music fans around the world can hear more exciting music works.
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Source: KOCPC Chinese