You can arrange and edit cells in the Live Loops grid much as you do when working with regions. Basic functions to cut, copy, paste, move, or delete cells are similar to the equivalent functions for regions in the Tracks area.
Parameters for selected cells appear in the Cell inspector, which replaces the Region inspector when cells are selected. When you select a single cell, the title bar of the Cell inspector shows the cell name; when you select multiple cells, the title bar shows the number of selected cells.
Select a single cell: Click the upper part of the cell.
Select multiple cells: Do any of the following:
Shift-click the upper part of cells.
Shift-click the upper part of selected cells to deselect them.
Starting from any empty cell, drag around cells to enclose them.
Shift-click a cell to start a selection, then continue to hold Shift as you drag around other cells to enclose them.
Select all cells: Choose Edit > Select > All (or press Command-A).
Select all following cells: Select a cell, then choose Edit > Select > All Following (or press Shift-F).
All cells in the same scene, and all other cells to the right, are selected.
Select all following cells on the same track: Select one or more cells, then choose Edit > Select > All Following of Same Track (or press Control-Shift-F).
All of the cells to the right of, and on the same track as, the selected cell are selected.
Select all cells on the same track: Select one or more cells, Control-click one of the selected cells, then choose Edit > Select > All Cells of Same Track from the shortcut menu.
Select all cells in the same scene: Select one or more cells, Control-click one of the selected cells, then choose Edit > Select > All Cells of Same Scene from the shortcut menu.
Select all cells of the same color: Choose Edit > Select > Same-Colored Cells (or press Shift-C).
Select all empty cells in the Live Loops grid: Choose Edit > Select > Empty Cells.
Invert selection of cells within a row: Choose Edit > Select > Invert Selection (or press Shift-I).
In Logic Pro, select the cell, then choose Edit > Cut (or press Command-X).
In Logic Pro, do either of the following:
Select the cell, then choose Edit > Copy (or press Command-C).
Option-drag the cell.
In Logic Pro, select a cell, then choose Edit > Paste (or press Command-V).
You can move cells to an empty or filled cell in the same row, or to another row of the same type. For example, you can move an audio cell to another row with audio cells, but not to a row with software instrument cells. If you move or paste cells to cells that already contain content, the new content replaces the existing content.
In Logic Pro, select a cell and do any of the following:
Drag an audio cell to another cell on an audio track.
Drag a MIDI cell to another cell on a software instrument track.
Drag a Session Player cell to another cell on a software instrument track.
Drag a pattern cell to another cell on a software instrument track.
You can swap cells with other cells of the same type.
In Logic Pro, select one or more cells, and drag them to the cells you want to swap them with.
Before releasing the mouse, press and hold the Control key as you drop the cells.
Left and right arrows appear with the pointer to indicate the cells are being swapped.
In Logic Pro, do any of the following:
Control-click a cell, choose Name and Color > Rename Cell from the shortcut menu.
Select a cell, then click the name of the cell in the Cell inspector.
Select a cell, then press Shift-N.
Enter a new name for the cell, then press the Return key.
In Logic Pro, select one or more cells, then do either of the following:
Choose Edit > Delete.
Press the Delete key.
Control-click one of the selected cells and choose Edit > Delete from the shortcut menu.
When you mute a cell, it stops playing. To hear the cell again, you must first unmute, then restart the cell.
In Logic Pro, select one or more cells, then do one of the following:
Control-click one of the selected cells and choose Playback > Mute from the shortcut menu (or press Control-M).
In some cases you might want an audio cell to ignore the project tempo and play at its original tempo. This can be useful if you have cells containing spoken word, a one-shot, or nonlooping sound effects, for example.
In Logic Pro, select an audio cell, then turn off Flex & Follow in the Cell inspector.
In Logic Pro, select one or more cells, then do one of the following:
Control-click one of the selected cells, choose Playback > Speed, then choose a value from the submenu.
Click the disclosure arrow in the Cell inspector next to Trigger Mode, then choose a value from the Speed pop-up menu.
The Speed parameter is not available for audio cells that have Flex & Follow turned on in the Cell inspector.
In Logic Pro, select one or more cells, then do one of the following:
Click the disclosure arrow in the Cell inspector next to Trigger Mode, then select the Reverse checkbox in the Cell inspector.
Control-click one of the selected cells, then choose Playback > Reverse from the submenu.
Use the Reverse key command (Control-Shift-R).
The Reverse parameter is not available for audio cells that have Flex & Follow turned on in the Cell inspector.
In Logic Pro, select the Gain tool from the Tool menu in the Live Loops grid (or use the Gain Tool key command).
Drag the pointer vertically over an audio cell to increase or decrease the gain.
The numerical gain value updates as you drag.
Option-click the audio cell with the Gain tool to reset the gain to 0dB.
