Logic Pro User Guide for iPad
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- What is Logic Pro?
- Working areas
- Work with function buttons
- Work with numeric values
- Undo and redo edits in Logic Pro for iPad
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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
- Replace a MIDI region with a Session Player region in Logic Pro for iPad
- 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
- Color 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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- Intro to mixing
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- Channel strip types
- Channel strip controls
- Peak level display and clipping
- Set channel strip volume
- Set channel strip input format
- Set the output for a channel strip
- Set channel strip pan position
- Mute and solo channel strips
- Reorder channel strips in the Mixer in Logic Pro for iPad
- Replace a patch on a channel strip using drag and drop
- Work with plug-ins in the Mixer
- Search for plug-ins in the Mixer in Logic Pro for iPad
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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
Studio Horns details parameters in Logic Pro for iPad
The Details parameters provide advanced control of performance and controller functions.
Note: The parameters are different for solo and section instruments.
Studio Horns common details parameters
The following parameters apply to solo or section instruments.
Vibrato Ctrl pop-up menu: Choose a MIDI controller to adjust vibrato.
Vibrato Mode pop-up menu: Choose a vibrato response curve for incoming MIDI controller data. Choices are Off, Normal, Slow, Fast, Gentle, and Expressive.
Note: This affects manually controlled vibrato only.
Dynamic Ctrl pop-up menu: Choose the MIDI controller used to adjust an instrument’s dynamics (soft-loud) while a note is playing. This function requires the Dynamics via CC button in the main interface to be turned on.
Dyn Ctrl Mode pop-up menu: Choose a mode to determine assigned MIDI controller behavior and instrument response to incoming velocity data.
Controller (Absolute): Dynamics are controlled only by the absolute value of the assigned MIDI controller.
Velocity & Controller (Catch): Dynamics are controlled both by incoming velocity data and by the value of the assigned MIDI controller when it matches any existing controller value. For example, a MIDI control knob with a value of 15 has no impact on dynamic behavior until it reaches a velocity value of 47 in an existing region. Once this controller value is reached, the assigned MIDI control knob will have an impact on instrument dynamics.
Velocity & Controller (Relative): Dynamics are controlled by both incoming velocity data and by the value of the assigned MIDI controller, relative to any existing controller value. For example, a MIDI control knob with a value of 15 will immediately impact dynamic behavior, relative to the existing velocity value. Adjusting a knob with a value of 15 to a value of 18 will adjust an existing velocity value of 47 to a value of 50.
Legato Transitions button: Turn on to enable legato transition samples for both monophonic and polyphonic modes, enhancing the realism of instruments played in a legato style.
Extended Keyrange button: Turn on to allow the instrument (or instruments in a section) to play beyond its normal key range.
When off, the instrument (or instruments in a section) plays in the original key range. This is the default, and should be used if you’re aiming for authentic-sounding performances.
When on, the instrument uses the full keyboard range, allowing you to create parts that extend beyond the realistic range of the instrument (or instruments in a section).
Release Samples knob and field: Set the volume of release samples. Release samples, as the name suggests, are triggered when you release a key. These allow for a natural-sounding decay in sustained articulations, for example. If a low release sample value is set, the sound may cut off abruptly, which can sound unnatural.
Pitch Bend Range knob and field: Determine the range for pitch bend modulation. This is bipolar, with a range of ±12 semitones.
Studio Horns voice split parameters
The following parameters apply only to section instruments.
Allow Unison button: Turn on to enable unison mode for split voices.
When enabled, multiple instruments within a section can play the same note simultaneously when a single or multiple keys are pressed.
When disabled, one instrument within the section is played per key. To have all instruments of a seven piece section play, you need to press seven keys.
Inst via MIDI Channel button: Turn off to play the full section on any incoming MIDI channel. Active Unison / Split settings apply. When on (default), the following applies:
MIDI Channel 1: Full section is played with the active Unison / Split settings.
MIDI Channels 2-16: Access individual instruments within the section. See Studio Horns section MIDI channels.
Split Voicing pop-up menu: Enable or disable automatic voice splitting. When active, you can determine the octaves used by the respective voices/instrument(s) in the section. Results vary based on your Split Mode pop-up menu choice.
When any value other than Off is chosen, chords played on the keyboard are automatically assigned to different instruments or instrument groups, or “voices” in the section. Depending on the size and type of section, a voice can consist of one or multiple instruments. This mimics the distribution of notes (voicings) among players, based on what instrument group is best suited to a particular note range, for example.
Off: Disables voice splitting.
Note: When Off is chosen, horn section instruments that share a key range are layered, with all horns assigned to a key range played simultaneously.
8va: Double the top part an octave up. This is a common technique used to make melody lines more prominent.
Drop 2: Transpose the second note from the top of the chord down an octave. This technique is used to make an arrangement sound thicker and richer.
Drop 2+4: Transpose the second and fourth note from the top of the chord down an octave. This technique is used to thicken an arrangement. It is more suitable for sections with five or more instrument “voices,” but can be useful with smaller sections.
Split Mode pop-up menu: Choose the mode used to split individual or grouped ensemble instruments.
Start with Lead Voice: The first incoming note is assigned to the Lead Voice, which is usually a higher-range instrument such as a trumpet. All subsequent notes are assigned, in descending order, to the Middle and Bass Voices.
Start with Bass Voice: The first incoming note is assigned to the Bass Voice. All subsequent notes are assigned, in ascending order, to the Middle and Lead Voices.
Start by Key Split: Incoming notes below the defined split key (set with the Split Key field) are assigned to the Bass Voice and the lower Middle Voices. Notes above the split key are assigned to the Lead Voice and the higher Middle Voices.
Split Key field: Drag vertically to set the MIDI note number used as the split point for individual ensemble instruments.
Note: This parameter applies only when Start By Key Split is chosen in the Split Mode pop-up menu.
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