Edit Live Loops scenes in Logic Pro for iPad

In addition to playing cells individually, you can play cells in a scene together, like a section in a musical arrangement. You can select, duplicate, rename, move, and delete scenes. You can also change the Quantize Start value and trigger mode for each scene. When you trigger a scene, all cells in the scene use that scene’s Quantize Start value and trigger mode. When you start or stop individual cells in a scene, each cell uses its own Quantize Start value and trigger mode. You can add currently playing cells from different scenes to an empty scene or to a scene already containing cells.

If you use a trackpad with your iPad, you can click a scene trigger with two fingers to access and edit various parameters, regardless of which editing mode you are in. See Use a trackpad with Logic Pro for iPad.

Scene selection and focus

Scenes are similar to tracks regarding focus and selection: when you select multiple scenes, the first selected scene is the focused scene.

When multiple scenes are selected, the area around the trigger of the focused scene appears gray, unlike the other selected scenes.

Select scenes

In Logic Pro, tap the Cell Edit button in the Live Loops menu bar, then do one of the following:
- Select single scene: Tap the scene number (or name) directly below the scene trigger .
- Select multiple scenes: Tap the Multiple Select button , then tap the scene number (or name) to add that scene to the selection.

Copy currently playing cells to a scene

You can copy playing cells to a single scene. This is useful if you want to combine cells from different scenes into a new scene. If you copy playing cells to a scene that already contains cells, the copied cells replace any existing cells on the same track in the scene.

In Logic Pro, tap the Cell Edit button in the Live Loops menu bar.
Tap a scene trigger, then tap Copy Playing Cells Here in the menu.

Reorder scenes

In Logic Pro, tap the Cell Edit button in the Live Loops menu bar.
Touch and hold the area below the scene trigger, then drag the scene left or right.

Duplicate scenes

In Logic Pro, tap the Cell Edit button in the Live Loops menu bar.
Select one or more scenes, tap one of the selected scenes, then tap Duplicate in the menu.

Insert an empty scene

In Logic Pro, tap the Cell Edit button in the Live Loops menu bar.
Tap a scene, then tap Insert Empty Scene in the menu.

A new empty scene is created, and the following scenes move to the right.

Rename a scene

New scenes are numbered by default. You can rename them to help organize and arrange your Live Loops grid.

In Logic Pro, tap the Cell Edit button in the Live Loops menu bar, then tap a scene to select it.
Tap the Inspector button to open the Scene inspector.
Tap the name of the scene, enter a new name, then tap Return.

Tip: If you add “##” to the new scene name, the number of the scene is added to the new name. For example, if you rename scene 5 to “Bridge ##”, the new scene name will be Bridge 5.

Delete a scene

In Logic Pro, tap the Cell Edit button in the Live Loops menu bar, then select one or more scenes.
Tap one of the selected scenes, then tap Delete in the menu.

Change the trigger mode for a scene

In Logic Pro, tap the Cell Edit button in the Live Loops menu bar, then tap a scene to select it.
Tap the Inspector button to open the Scene inspector.
Tap the Trigger Mode value, then choose any of the following from the menu:
- Start/Stop: Scenes start and stop playing when you tap them in Cell Trigger mode.
- Momentary: Scenes start playing at the next quantize start point when you touch and hold the scene triggers, and stop playing when you let go.
- Retrigger: If a scene is playing and you trigger it again, it starts playing from the beginning at the next quantize start point.

Change the Quantize Start value for a scene

In Logic Pro, tap the Cell Edit button in the Live Loops menu bar, then tap a scene to select it.
Tap the Inspector button to open the Scene inspector.
Tap the Q Start value, then choose another mode from the menu.

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