Kick off your composition by adding loops, samples or your recorded performances into a grid of cells. Trigger different cells to play with your ideas without worrying about a timeline or arrangement. Once you find combinations that work well together, you can create song sections, then move everything into the Tracks area to continue production and finish your song. Bring DJ-style effects and transitions to an individual track or an entire mix with a collection of stutters, echoes, filters and gating effects.
Live Loops supports Launchpad for a tactile experience. Use an 8x8 grid of colourful and expressive pads to dynamically trigger cells, input notes, adjust mixer levels and more. Step Sequencer is inspired by classic drum machines and synthesizers. Using the Step Sequence editor, quickly build drum beats, bass lines and melodic parts — and even automate your favourite plug-ins.
Add sophisticated variations to your pattern with a wide range of creative playback behaviours. Use Note Repeat to create rolling steps, Chance to randomise step playback, and Tie Steps Together to create longer notes. Use Multi-Touch gestures to play software instruments, mix tracks, and control features like Live Loops and Remix FX from anywhere in the room.
Swipe and tap to trigger cells in Live Loops. And tilt your iPhone or iPad up and down and use its gyroscope to manipulate filters and repeaters in Remix FX.
Program drum patterns and melodic parts from your iPad or iPhone. Create dynamic rhythmic performances and automate your plug-ins — all with a quick tap of your finger. Use a variety of onscreen instruments, such as keyboards, guitars and drum pads, to play any software instrument in Logic Pro from your iPad or iPhone.
Create at the speed of sound with key commands in Logic Remote. Choose from curated commands for popular workflows or create your own custom set.
The new single-window design makes it easier to create and edit sampler instruments while remaining backwards compatible with all EXS24 files. An expanded synthesis section with sound-shaping controls brings more depth and dynamics to your instruments. The reimagined mapping editor adds powerful time-saving features that speed the creation of complex instruments.
And save hours of tedious editing with new drag-and-drop hot zones. Quick Sampler is a fast and easy way to work with a single sample. Or record audio directly into Quick Sampler using a turntable, microphone, musical instrument, or even channel strips playing in Logic Pro.
In a few steps, you can transform an individual sample into a fully playable instrument. And with Slice Mode, you can split a single sample into multiple slices — perfect for chopping up vocals or breaking up and resequencing drum loops.
This powerful, easy-to-use plug-in creates synthesized drum sounds. Choose from a diverse collection of drum models and shape their sound with up to eight simple controls.
Drum Synth is also directly integrated into the bottom of the Drum Machine Designer interface —giving you a focused set of sound-shaping controls. Redesigned to be more intuitive and integrated, Drum Machine Designer lets you effortlessly build electronic drum kits. Apply individual effects and plug-ins on each discrete drum pad to experiment with sound design and beat-making in new ways.
You can also create a unique layered sound by assigning the same trigger note to two different pads. Create organic-sounding acoustic drum tracks or electronic beats with the intelligent technology of Drummer. Choose from dozens of drummers who each play in a different musical genre, and direct their performances using simple controls.
Logic Pro turns your Mac into a professional recording studio able to handle even the most demanding projects. Capture your compositions and performances — from tracking a live band to a solo software-instrument session — and flow them into your songs. Seamless punch recording. Automatic take management. Logic Pro makes it all easy to do — and undo. You can create projects with up to 1, stereo or surround audio tracks and up to 1, software instrument tracks, and run hundreds of plug-ins.
Logic Pro goes beyond the average sequencer with an advanced set of options that let you record, edit and manipulate MIDI performances. Transform a loose performance into one that locks tight into the groove using region-based parameters for note velocity, timing and dynamics. As your song develops, Logic Pro helps organise all your ideas and select the best ones. Group related tracks, audition alternative versions and consolidate multiple tracks. Lightning-fast click-and-drag comping helps you build your best performance from multiple takes.
Go off-script and stay on-beat with Smart Tempo, a way to effortlessly mix and match music and beats without worrying about the original tempo. Record freely without a click track. Navigation bar parameters. Navigation buttons: Use to view, and scroll to panes. Double-click to switch pane zoom levels. Click the LED to hide panes. Drag samples here to add them.
You can do the following:. Click a navigation button to scroll the main UI to the corresponding pane. Click the yellow LED inside a navigation button to hide the corresponding pane. Click the navigation button of a hidden pane to show the pane and automatically scroll to it. Double-click a navigation button to expand the corresponding pane vertically. The pane expands to the maximum useful pane height, in proportion to the height of other open panes and the overall height of the plug-in window.
Double-click the navigation button of a vertically expanded pane to reduce the pane to its default height or to a height that you have set. Tip: You can resize panes vertically by moving the pointer over the boundary between panes until it becomes a handle, then dragging the handle. Option-click a navigation button to expand the corresponding pane vertically and hide all other panes.
Action pop-up menu: Choose commands used to manage synthesizer parameter and mapping data. Note: You can directly drag one or more samples onto the Navigation bar to create new groups and zones. Use the Navigation bar Action pop-up menu. In Logic Pro, you can use Navigation bar Action pop-up menu items to perform synth parameter handling and import commands.
To explain, the former EXS Instrument is now known as a mapping. The former EXS Setting is now referred to as synth parameters. If you prefer to work with these elements, you can use the Navigation bar Action pop-up menu commands.
Sampler Navigation bar, showing the Action pop-up menu at the far right. You can choose any of the listed commands from the Navigation bar Action pop-up menu to perform these operations:. This provides a clean slate when you are adjusting the parameters of your sampler instrument. Note: This does not affect the existing mapping. Paste Synth Parameters without Mapping: Pastes all parameter values of the Synth, Mod Matrix, and Modulators panes stored in the Clipboard into another sampler instrument.
Note: This does not affect the mapping of the target instrument. New Mapping: Creates a new, empty mapping that can be used as a source template for your sampler instruments. Import Mapping without Synth Parameters: Choose an instrument as a sample mapping data source. Synth, Mod Matrix, and Modulators pane parameter values are ignored. Note: This does not affect the Synth, Mod Matrix, and Modulators pane parameter values of the target instrument. Logic Pro Sampler Formerly EXS24 Sampler Sampler is a sophisticated software sampler with which you can quickly create multisample instruments using drag-and-drop workflows.
Use the Navigation bar shortcut buttons In Logic Pro, you can use the Navigation bar shortcut buttons to hide or show panes within the Sampler interface, to quickly navigate between visible panes, and to resize panes within the visible area.
Navigation bar parameters Navigation buttons: Use to view, and scroll to panes. You can do the following: Click a navigation button to scroll the main UI to the corresponding pane.
Use the Navigation bar Action pop-up menu In Logic Pro, you can use Navigation bar Action pop-up menu items to perform synth parameter handling and import commands.
