Introduction And My Work

Logic Magician Speeds Up My Workflows

I’ve been a synth guy for many years, started my musical education in classical piano as a kid in the 70s and 80s. I took time off from the music industry from the mid 90s to 2018, long enough to keep a day job and raise my daughter.

These days, I create immersive music for wellness, sleep, and relaxation, blending Eastern and Western influences to reach hospitals, therapy spaces, and listeners seeking calm.

Thanks to Logic Pro, I can now do things I never could when I was a session musician in the early 90s.

I’m completely blind, and so the accessibility and compatibility Apple has built into Logic Pro has made modern music production possible for me.

The folks at TheBlindLogicPro here on Substack have leveled up the game even further using their tool Logic Magician, which turns a whole lot of repetitive tasks into just a few workflow-friendly keystrokes. Since I have to listen to VoiceOver, as a blind user, they are able to keep the voice out of the way while I’m mixing and making fine adjustments to my work.

And now, since discovering this community, I’ve really appreciated seeing the perspectives of so many other blind Logic Pro users, something that has been very hard for me to find in the past. Everyone using the software in a different way, bringing new ideas and techniques to the table. Logic Magician / Keyboard Ninja has certainly accelerated my workflows in ways I formerly couldn’t imagine!

As an expression of gratitude for this, and for this community, I have compiled some patches using only Logic Pro stock plug-ins, all of which appear in my catalog on various tracks. Many of which I modify and use on a regular basis.

Thank you all for the back-and-forth with the questions, ideas, workflow improvements and so much more!

Instructions For Using the Patches And Presets

A copy of these instructions are also found in the About And How TO Install text file included in the folder of patches and presets that you can download here. There is also a read me file included with more details on the patches and presets.

The read Me included in this folder has more details on the patches. This serves as a how to guide on getting the patches and presets ready to go in Logic Pro.

You will need to copy the DLB patches folder to

~/Music/Audio Music Apps/Patches/Instrument/

And the Modifier presets to

~/Music/Audio Music Apps/Plug-In Settings/

Detailed instructions on how to do this is below.

First lets copy the DLB patches folder to where it needs to be.

1) If you haven’t yet, command tab to finder. You can also press VO Shift D to go to the desktop.

2) Once in Finder or the Desktop, Command Option L and it should take you to your Downloads folder.

3) up or down arrow to find the DLB Patches From TheBlindLogicPro folder, then press right arrow to enter the folder. If it’s a .zip file, you can press command down arrow on it to unzip it. Once unzipped you can press right arrow to enter the folder.

4) Down arrow until you find the DLB Patches folder, and press command C to copy it.

5) Press Command Shift H to go to your Home folder. This is the Folder with your name.

6) Press Command 3 to enter Columns view. Please do not skip this step as the instructions below are specific to Columns view.

7) Press right arrow to enter your Home folder then down arrow to the Music Folder.

8) Press Right arrow to enter the Music Folder. That should put you on the Audio Music apps folder. If it doesn’t put you on the Audio Music Apps folder use Up or down arrows to find the Audio Music Apps folder.

9) Once on the Audio Music Apps folder right arrow to enter it and down arrow to the Patches folder.

10) Once on the patches folder right arrow into it and down arrow to the Instrument folder

11) Once on the Instrument folder, Press Command V to paste the DLB Patches folder into the Instrument folder.

This completes putting the patches where they need to be.

Now we’ll put the modifier presets in the appropriate location for them to be used by Logic.

1) if still in finder press Command Option L to return to the download folder. Otherwise press command tab until you are back in the Finder, or Press VO Shift D to go to the desktop. Once in Finder or the desktop press Command Option L to return to the download folder.

2) Up or down arrow and again find the DLB Patches From TheBlindLogicPro folder.

3) Press Right arrow to go into the folder, then down arrow to the modifier folder.

4) Press Command C to copy that folder.

5) Press Command Shift H to open the Home folder.

6) Press right arrow to go into your home folder then down arrow to the Music folder.

7) Press Right arrow to enter the Music Folder. That should put you on the Audio Music apps folder. If it doesn’t put you on the Audio Music Apps folder use Up or down arrows to find the Audio Music Apps folder.

8) Once on the Audio Music Apps folder right arrow to enter it and down arrow to the Plug-In Settings folder.

9) Press Command V to paste the Modifier Folder into the Plug-In Settings folder. If you get a dialog asking you to stop, merge or replace, select merge. If it only gives you the stop or replace options, select replace. If it gives you no options it will just paste the folder.

Now both folders are ready for use in Logic Pro. If you prefer to use Finder in list view you can switch it back to list view with Command 2, though personally I prefer Columns view.

In Logic if you select an instrument track, then go into the user patches in the. Library, you should find the DLB patches folder. In there you will find two sub folders or sub categories, one named DLB Brainwave Entrainment, and another called DLB Calming Synths. Inside of either will be patches for you to explore and use in your projects. The read me file in the DLB Patches From TheBlindLogicPro folder in your downloads folder should have more info on the various patches.

The modifier presets are found if you load the Modifier MIDI effect on a track in Logic Pro. If using Logic Magician, you can load the MIDI effect with Shift equal. If not using Logic Magician the MIDI effects are found before the Instrument on a software instrument track and is added to a track in a similar manner as adding any other effect or instrument to a track.

Got any questions, leave a comment and let us know.