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How to Use Babya Logic Pro

Babya Logic Pro is a free, easy-to-use MIDI composition program. Users paint notes on a grid, creating multi-track compositions without the need to read musical notation. Multiple instruments are available, including a good selection of percussion instruments. While the program does have some limitations (for instance, you need to use multiple tracks to compose a chord on a single instrument) it does provide an intuitive introduction to digital music composition -- and the price is certainly right.

Things You'll Need

  • Windows-based computer with sound card
  • Babya Logic Pro Version 1
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Instructions

    • 1

      Open Babya Logic Pro by double-clicking on its icon on the desktop. You'll see a grid divided horizontally by four-beat measures and vertically by notes of the musical scale.

    • 2

      Select a track to edit by clicking its number at the top of the screen. Select an instrument by dropping down the Instruments menu and clicking on an instrument name.

    • 3

      Compose a note by clicking in one of the measures, in the row of a note you'd like to play. For instance, if you want your first note to be middle C, click on the row marked "C4." You'll hear the instrument you selected play a quarter note (one beat). To substitute a different note, click the same place in the measure, but at a higher or lower row.

    • 4

      Make a two-beat half note by clicking in a measure and dragging the color bar across two boxes in the row. Dragging across all four boxes in a measure produces a whole note. You can create more sustained notes by dragging the color bar across several measures.

    • 5

      Delete any note by right-clicking on it.

    • 6

      Play your composition at any point by clicking on the green arrow button at the top left of the screen.

    • 7

      Add simultaneous notes by selecting a different track number. The notes you draw for that track will be color coded for that track. You can add notes from the same instrument or different instruments.

    • 8

      Add percussion by selecting a percussion instrument and painting notes anywhere on the grid.

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