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274 Chapter 11 Adding Pre-Recorded Media
Both contain audio data, and both can contain additional information for time
stretching, transposition, indexing, and searching.
Green and blue Apple Loops can be added to audio tracks, or directly to an empty
Arrange area or track. In the Arrange area, they look like normal audio regions, but can
be easily identified by the Apple Loop symbol in the upper right corner. They differ
from standard audio regions in that they follow the project key and tempo.
You can drag blue (audio) Apple Loops directly into a blank Arrange window (with no
tracks), or to a blank area below existing tracks. An audio track and corresponding
channel strip are automatically created, and the Apple Loop region (that is the full
length of the file) is placed on the track. In addition, the Apple Loop file is added to the
Audio Bin, and a corresponding region is automatically created.
Green Apple Loops are known as Software Instrument Apple Loops (SIALs). They differ
from the blue (audio) Apple Loops in that they also contain a MIDI region plus software
instrument and effect settings.
When Software Instrument Apple Loops are placed on instrument tracks, the region
shown in the Arrange area can be edited just like other MIDI regions, including
individual note editing.
If dragged onto a blank instrument track (one with an empty channel strip), the
corresponding instrument and effect(s) settings are automatically inserted.
You can also drag Software Instrument Apple Loops directly into a blank Arrange
window (with no tracks), or to a blank area below existing tracks. An instrument track
and corresponding channel strip are automatically created, and the Apple Loop is
loaded (the instrument is inserted into the instrument channel, along with any effects,
and the Apple Loop region is placed on the track).
Stereo Apple Loop
symbol
Mono Apple Loop
symbol
Green Apple Loop placed on
a software instrument track