Having written the Street Smart Guide to Logic 8, I thought it would be fun to see how other authors approach teaching Logic 8. By accident, I stumbled on video instruction by Eli Krantzberg who’s published by Groovebox Music. The DVD is called Logic 8 Explained! and it runs over 5 hours, costs $49.95 and can be used on either Mac or PC platforms.

Logic 8 Explained! comes with 41 tutorials. Like me, Eli organized his training by sections of which he had nine: Intro, Getting to Work, Plug-Ins and Channel Strips, Recording and Editing, Bouncing a Mix and Templates, Logic 8 Basics, Working With Tracks, Tools and Zooming, and FX, Mix and Automate.

Tutorials average about 8 minutes in length.

Now, on the surface, eight minutes doesn’t sound too long, but this is Logic we’re talking about. And Eli packs a lot of usable information in each tutorial. Even if you’ve used Logic for a while, I think there’s a lot to gain from having this video in your library. Like me, Eli also teaches in a procedural manner. That made following his teaching very easy. Having come to Logic from Cubase on the PC, I’ve picked up a fair amount on my own. But with Eli, I learned even more.

I think that’s the mark of a good teacher when the instruction is complete enough that another teacher can write how much they learned from him, and that’s definitely Eli.

This was also the first video instruction I had seen for Logic. My instruction has always been with the printed word. So I gained a real appreciation of how a program of Logic’s depth needs to be taught with video.

There’s an awful lot to remember with Eli’s instruction. So if I had any critique of this volume, it would be that a complementary set of PDFs should be available for download so that the viewer can take notes in an organized fashion.

Certain things you do need to watch over again. But you get to a point that you don’t want to go searching a video to find something you need now. So having a matching set of PDF sheets for note taking would solve that problem so when you need it you just look it up.

One thing I appreciated about the instruction was Eli’s delivery. Some people just have a voice that grates on your ears, and the thought of listening to them for five hours is agony! But Eli has a great voice that’s easy to listen to. So there’s no ear fatigue with his instruction.

If you’re looking to become more of a Logic master, Eli’s teaching really fills in the cracks. I look forward to learning more from him. And so should you!