Logic Pro User Guide for iPad
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- What is Logic Pro?
- Working areas
- Work with function buttons
- Work with numeric values
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- Intro to tracks
- Create tracks
- Create tracks using drag and drop
- Choose the default region type for a software instrument track
- Select tracks
- Duplicate tracks
- Reorder tracks
- Rename tracks
- Change track icons
- Change track colors
- Use the tuner on an audio track
- Show the output track in the Tracks area
- Delete tracks
- Edit track parameters
- Start a Logic Pro subscription
- How to get help
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- Intro to recording
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- Before recording software instruments
- Record software instruments
- Record additional software instrument takes
- Record to multiple software instrument tracks
- Record multiple MIDI devices to multiple tracks
- Record software instruments and audio simultaneously
- Merge software instrument recordings
- Spot erase software instrument recordings
- Replace software instrument recordings
- Capture your most recent MIDI performance
- Route MIDI internally to software instrument tracks
- Record with Low Latency Monitoring mode
- Use the metronome
- Use the count-in
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- Intro to arranging
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- Intro to regions
- Select regions
- Cut, copy, and paste regions
- Move regions
- Remove gaps between regions
- Delay region playback
- Trim regions
- Loop regions
- Repeat regions
- Mute regions
- Split and join regions
- Stretch regions
- Separate a MIDI region by note pitch
- Bounce regions in place
- Change the gain of audio regions
- Create regions in the Tracks area
- Convert a MIDI region to a Session Player region or a pattern region
- Rename regions
- Change the color of regions
- Delete regions
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- Intro to chords
- Add and delete chords
- Select chords
- Cut, copy, and paste chords
- Move and resize chords
- Loop chords on the Chord track
- Edit chords
- Work with chord groups
- Use chord progressions
- Change the chord rhythm
- Choose which chords a Session Player region follows
- Analyze the key signature of a range of chords
- Create fades on audio regions
- Extract vocal and instrumental stems with Stem Splitter
- Access mixing functions using the Fader
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- Intro to Step Sequencer
- Use Step Sequencer with Drum Machine Designer
- Record Step Sequencer patterns live
- Step record Step Sequencer patterns
- Load and save patterns
- Modify pattern playback
- Edit steps
- Edit rows
- Edit Step Sequencer pattern, row, and step settings in the inspector
- Customize Step Sequencer
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- Effect plug-ins overview
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- Instrument plug-ins overview
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- ES2 overview
- Interface overview
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- Modulation overview
- Use the Mod Pad
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- Vector Envelope overview
- Use Vector Envelope points
- Use Vector Envelope solo and sustain points
- Set Vector Envelope segment times
- Vector Envelope XY pad controls
- Vector Envelope Actions menu
- Vector Envelope loop controls
- Vector Envelope point transition shapes
- Vector Envelope release phase behavior
- Use Vector Envelope time scaling
- Modulation source reference
- Via modulation source reference
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- Sample Alchemy overview
- Interface overview
- Add source material
- Save a preset
- Edit mode
- Play modes
- Source overview
- Synthesis modes
- Granular controls
- Additive effects
- Additive effect controls
- Spectral effect
- Spectral effect controls
- Filter module
- Low, bandpass, and highpass filters
- Comb PM filter
- Downsampler filter
- FM filter
- Envelope generators
- Mod Matrix
- Modulation routing
- Motion mode
- Trim mode
- More menu
- Sampler
- Studio Piano
- Copyright
Edit chords in Logic Pro for iPad
You can edit chords on both the Chord track and Session Player regions. You can edit the root note and chord type, add or remove chord extensions, and add a bass note other than the root note. You can also choose a scale to associate with the chord to control what non-chord tones the Session Player plays—for example, in fills.
You can also edit chords using a connected MIDI controller, and edit them directly as text, using the same chord symbols that appear in Logic Pro.
Additionally, you can view and edit the settings for a selected chord in the inspector.
Edit a chord
In Logic Pro, tap the chord to select it.
Tap the chord again, then choose Edit Chord.
The Edit Chord dialog appears.
In the Edit Chord dialog, do any of the following:
Change the root note of the chord: Choose a note from the Root Note pop-up menu.
Each chord consists of at least three notes: the root (first), third, and fifth. The root note is the one on which the chord is based, and by which it is identified. In a C major chord, the root is C; in an F# minor chord, the root is F#.
Change the chord type: Tap one of the Chord Type buttons.
Most commonly used chords are either major or minor, which is determined by the third of the chord. Additional types include augmented, diminished, and suspended (sus4 and sus2) chords. Suspended chords do not contain a third.
Add chord extensions: Tap one or more of the Chord Extension buttons. To remove a chord extension, tap a highlighted Chord Extension button.
Extensions are added notes at higher intervals than the fifth. They include 7ths, 9ths, 11ths, and 13ths. Some extensions, such as b5 and #9, are chromatic to the key. Extensions modify the color or character of a chord, and they can also add tension.
Add a bass note (other than the root): Choose a note from the Bass Note pop-up menu.
Typically, the bass plays the root or fifth of the chord (except during fills), but sometimes you want the bass to play a different note, either to create a stepwise progression or to add dissonance (especially when the bass note is a non-chord tone).
Change the scale associated with the chord: Choose a scale from the Scale pop-up menu.
Each chord has a scale that determines which non-chord tones the Session Player can play over the chord—for example, in fills. When you add a chord, the scale associated with the chord depends on the chord type and the key signature, but you can choose a different scale.
Hear an example of the chord with your changes: Tap the Preview button.
You can also enter chord symbols as text in the Edit Chord dialog.
Edit a chord using a MIDI controller
Make sure the MIDI controller is connected to your Mac and working.
In Logic Pro, select the chord, either on the Chord track or on a region in the Session Player Editor.
Note: On the Chord track, be sure to select a single chord, not a chord group.
Control-click the chord, then choose Edit Chord from the shortcut menu.
In the Edit Chord dialog, tap the Use MIDI Input button.
Play a chord on your MIDI controller.
The selected chord changes to the chord you played.
Enter chord symbols as text
In addition to editing chords in using the menus and buttons in the Edit Chord dialog, you can edit them directly as text. If you are familiar with the chord symbols used in Logic Pro, this can be a quick way to edit chords as you work on a project.
Some common symbols include:
Chord name with no other symbol = major
m = minor
aug = augmented
dim = diminished
sus = suspended (2 or 4)
No 3 = only the root and fifth, no third
b = flat (lowered note)
# = sharp (raised note)
In Logic Pro, double-tap a chord, then tap Edit Chord.
In the Chord field, enter the chord as text, using the same kinds of chord symbols that appear in Logic Pro.
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