Apple Loops in Logic Pro for Mac
Apple Loops are prerecorded musical phrases or riffs in the Loop Browser that you can use to easily add drum beats, rhythm parts, and other sounds to a project. These loops contain musical patterns that can be repeated over and over, and can be extended to fill any amount of time.
Many loops also contain chord progressions that you can use to quickly create a harmonic structure in your project for Session Players to follow.
When you add an Apple Loop to your project, a region is created for the loop. When the project plays, the region plays at the project tempo and key. This lets you use several loops together, even if the loops were recorded at different speeds and in different keys.
By default, new projects have a key signature of C major. When you first add an Apple Loop to a new project, the key signature changes to the key of the loop.
Logic Pro has four types of Apple Loops:
Audio loops (blue) are audio recordings. You can add them to audio tracks, and edit them just like other audio regions in the Tracks area and Audio Track Editor.
MIDI loops (green) can be edited just like other MIDI regions, including editing individual notes, and can be viewed in the Piano Roll Editor and Score Editor. You can change the sound of the instrument used to play the loop. You can add MIDI loops to software instrument tracks and also convert them to audio loops by adding them to audio tracks.
Pattern loops (violet) contain all the notes and pattern information from a pattern created using Step Sequencer. Pattern loops can be edited just like other regions in the Tracks area, but the notes themselves can be edited only in Step Sequencer. You can add pattern loops to software instrument tracks and also convert them to audio loops by adding them to audio tracks.
Session Player loops (yellow) contain all the performance information necessary, to play Session Player regions. You can change the style and parameters in the Session Player Editor to change the sound of the loop. You can convert Session Player loops to MIDI loops by adding them to software instrument tracks, and also convert them to audio loops by adding them to audio tracks.
Using the Loop Browser, you can find loops with the instrument, genre, and feel that are right for your project, play loops, and add loops to your project. You can also create a selection of your favorite loops, create your own loops, and customize the Loop Browser.