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684Logic Pro User Guide
Instrumental pattern example
Edit modes such as Velocity, Note, Octave, and Tie can be useful for creating interesting
instrument and melodic patterns.
1. Choose a synthesizer patch featuring a relatively fast note attack from the Library (The
Analog Poly Synth, Luminous Tines, or Short Pulse Waves patches in the Synthesizer >
Classic subdirectory of the Library are suitable examples).
2. Create an empty pattern region in the Tracks area, or an empty pattern cell in the Live
Loops grid.
3. Click the Preview button in the Step Sequencer menu bar to hear the pattern as you
work.
4. Turn on some steps in the pattern to create the basic feel.
5. Choose Velocity / Value from the Edit Mode selector and adjust the velocity of steps.
6. While still in Velocity / Value edit mode, hold down the Command key while clicking
steps to turn them on or off. You can use this key command while in any edit mode
other than Step On/Off.
7. Choose Tie from the Edit Mode selector and tie some steps to lengthen some notes.
8. Click the disclosure triangle on the left edge of a row header to show subrows for that
row.
9. In the Gate subrow, choose Note from the Edit Mode pop-up menu to change the edit
mode for the subrow.
10. Drag vertically in some steps to change their pitch. The new pitch appears above the
step as you edit it.
Note: When you change the pitch of individual steps in a row, the row is labeled Melodic
to indicate that the steps in that row no longer trigger the same pitch.
Adding automation example
Using Learn mode to quickly add automation rows by manipulating Smart Controls and
other parameters simplifies the process of adding automation to a pattern.
1. Open the Loop Browser, choose Abstract Harps Pattern 01 (as an example), and drag it
to a new software instrument track or Live Loops cell.
2. Click the Preview button in the Step Sequencer menu bar and listen to the pattern.
3. Choose Window > Open Smart Controls from the Logic Pro control bar.
4. Click the Add Row pop-up menu located above the row headers, and choose Learn to
activate Learn mode.
5. (Manipulate the Timbre screen controls in the Smart Controls window and see a row
created for that parameter in Step Sequencer.
6. Choose Velocity / Value in the Edit Mode selector.
7. Change the value for a few steps in the new row for the Timbre parameter in the pattern.
Notice how the parameter jumps from one value to the next.
8. Open the Step Sequencer inspector and click the Row tab to show the Row inspector.
Choose Slide from the Automation Mode pop-up menu.
Notice that automation parameters now move smoothly between values.