The Transform Window is a great tool in Logic Pro 8 that allows you to manipulate all sorts of parameters of a MIDI performance. Dave takes us thru a lot of the control options and illustrates the effects they have on MIDI notes. He dives in a little on some of the specific controls, but also highlights the use of default presets that can humanize, or otherwise control a simple MIDI region.
There is also some stuff about a live chat, but since this tip was made some time ago, you can just ignore that part.
Enjoy!
It's time again for the best industry festival in the country. The South by Southwest Music, Film and Interactive Festival is held in Austin, Texas from March 13 to 22. The Music festival begins on the 18th.
This blog was contributed by Adam Brawerman, Zoom In Online's music channel assistant.
Today NME.com ran a story about Spotify, a new and legal online music service that, they say, "offers users unlimited music for free." Sounds too good to be true, right? Apparently not. Everyone I know who's tried it says it's every bit as wonderful as you can imagine.
Spotify is made to look like iTunes, but you can stream full length songs for free rather than pay to download them.
This blog was submitted by Adam Brawerman, Zoom In Online's Music Channel assistant.
This blog was contributed by Adam Brawerman, Zoom In Online's newest Music Channel assistant.
THESE QUESTIONS GO TO ELEVEN is a new ZIO blog series. Each week the same 11 questions are answered by a different musician via email. Check out Zoom In Music every Wednesday for a new installment or subscribe here for the RSS feed.
Today marks the very first time that Americans who've never heard of bit torrent will hear Glasvegas' debut album. Loved by critics and fans alike, the self-titled album will probably receive the same acclaim over here. (mostly because it already has)
The ever-elusive British dubstep producer Burial has tackled the fifth DJ Kicks compilation.

BandmateLoops.com and Zoom In Online are proud to continue our new monthly feature here on the ZIO blog, The BandmateLoops Preview Pack. Each month ZIO will feature a free download containing sets of loops from one the premium loop libraries of BandmateLoops.com.
Continuing our publication of Euphonix's tutorial videos, we visit multi-platinum producer Vincent di Pasquale a third time as he continues to work with the Euphonix Artist Series Controllers and Logic Pro 8.
Euphonix Artist Series & Logic Pro - Part 3 of 5 - Tracking