User guide

640 Chapter 28 Creating Apple Loops
Read the following section if you want to create Apple Loops in Logic Express.
Information on “Creating Apple Loops in the Apple Loops Utility” can be found on
page 642.
Creating Apple Loops in Logic Express
When you save a region as an Apple Loop in Logic Express, the region is added to the
loop library and appears in the Loop Browser, allowing its use in other projects.
The tempo information of the project is used to tag the transients of user-created
Apple Loops. This function works best if your audio files match the project tempo as
precisely as possible.
Note: User-created Apple Loops behave exactly like the Apple Loops that ship with
Logic Express, GarageBand, and Jam Packs: They follow the tempo of your project and
match the project key (as defined by the initial key signature). Apple Loops will also
follow any chord transpositions in the Chord track. For further information, see the
section on “Global Tracks and Apple Loops” on page 645.
To create an Apple Loop in Logic Express:
1 Select the desired audio or software instrument region in the Arrange area.
2 Choose Region > Add to Apple Loops Library in the local Arrange menu.
3 In the Add Region to Apple Loops Library dialog:
 Type in a name for the loop, choose the scale, genre, instrument category,
instrument name, and appropriate mood descriptions—to simplify searches.
 Set the file type, which can be One-shot or Looped. If the length of the audio file is
not precisely trimmed to contain a number of whole bars, One-shot is selected
automatically, and the file type buttons are dimmed (and inaccessible).