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
Edit pattern, row, and step settings in the inspector in Logic Pro for iPad
You can edit a variety of settings for patterns, rows, and individual steps in the inspector in Logic Pro for iPad.
Some controls in the inspector are also available in other parts of Step Sequencer (for example, some pattern settings are available in the step grid header, and many row settings are available in the row headers). By viewing and editing them in the inspector, you can more easily compare values and copy and paste values between settings.
Open the inspector
In Logic Pro, tap the Inspector button
in the view control bar to open the inspector.
Edit pattern settings
In Logic Pro, with Step Sequencer focused, tap the Level menu in the inspector, then tap Pattern to show the pattern settings.
Do any of the following:
To change the pattern length: Choose the number of steps in the pattern from the Pattern Length pop-up menu.
To change the step rate: Choose the note value for steps in the pattern from the Step Rate pop-up menu. For information about the step rates, see Change the musical length of a pattern.
To change the playback mode: Choose a playback option from the Playback Mode pop-up menu. The choices are:
Forward: Steps play from left to right.
Reverse: Steps play from right to left.
Ping Pong: Playback alternates between left to right and right to left.
Random: Steps play in an undetermined order.
To change the swing percentage: Set the swing percentage by dragging the value in the Swing field.
To set the swing division: Choose either 8th or 16th notes in the Swing Note Division pop-up menu.
To change the key of the pattern: Choose a musical key for the pattern from the Key pop-up menu.
By default, when you choose a key from the Pattern Key menu, all rows are transposed to the new key.
To set the scale of the pattern: Choose a scale type from the Scale pop-up menu.
To not transpose steps when changing the key of a pattern or loading the saved pattern: When No Transpose is turned on and you choose a new key from the Key menu, only rows with notes that are not in the new key are transposed. If No Transpose is turned on when you save a pattern, the pattern won’t transpose when you load it in a project with a different key.
To set all rows in the pattern to use Legato mode: Turn on Legato.
When Legato is turned on, a 100% gate value is increased by one tick so that it overlaps slightly with the following step. When triggering notes on a synthesizer or other software instrument, this ensures that the steps trigger the legato behavior of the instrument.
To set the MIDI channel for all automation rows in the pattern: Choose a channel from the MIDI Channel pop-up menu. Changes overwrite any existing settings and are used when new rows are created.
To set the automation mode for the pattern: Choose a mode from the Automation Mode pop-up menu. Changes overwrite any existing settings and are used when new rows are created. The choices are:
Latch: Transitions for automation changes between steps are sudden.
Slide: Transitions for automation changes between steps are gradual.
Edit row settings
In Logic Pro, do one of the following:
Tap a row header to select the row.
In the inspector, with Step Sequencer focused, tap the Level menu, then tap Row to show the row settings for the currently selected row.
Do any of the following:
To change the row assignment:
For note rows: Choose a note value or drum sound from the Kit Pieces or Notes submenu in the Row Assignment pop-up menu.
When a pattern using a Drum Machine Designer patch is selected, the Row Assignment pop-up menu shows the kit piece names rather than MIDI note names.
For automation rows: Choose a parameter from the Automation submenu in the Row Assignment pop-up menu.
To add a custom name for the row: Tap the Row Name field and enter the name for the row. The row name is displayed on the row header, replacing the row assignment label.
To change the color for the row: Tap the color well and choose a color.
To change the icon for the row: Tap the icon and choose a new icon.
To change the step rate for the row: Choose a note value for the steps in the row from the Step Rate pop-up menu. For information about the step rates, see Change the musical length of a pattern.
To change the playback mode for the row: Choose a playback option from the Playback Mode pop-up menu. The choices are:
Forward: Steps play from left to right.
Reverse: Steps play from right to left.
Ping Pong: Playback alternates between left to right and right to left.
Random: Steps play in an undetermined order.
To set the MIDI channel for the row: Choose a channel from the MIDI Channel pop-up menu.
To set the automation mode for the row: Choose a mode from the Automation Mode menu. The choices are:
Latch: Once set, the automation parameter value remains constant until a step with a different value is triggered.
Slide: Interpolates between the last automation parameter value and the next one to produce a smooth, gradual change.
To change the loop start and end for the row: Choose values in the Loop fields.
Edit step settings
In Logic Pro, do one of the following:
Tap the Step Select button
in the Step Sequencer menu bar, then tap a step to select it.In the inspector, tap the Level menu, then tap Step to show the step settings for the currently selected step.
Do any of the following:
To turn the step on or off: Tap the Step On switch.
To change the velocity level for the step: Set the velocity value from 1 to 127 in the Velocity field.
To change the gate amount for the step: Set the gate value from 1 to 127 in the Gate field.
To tie the step during playback: Tap the Tie switch.
To change the note or sound for the step: Set the note or drum sound in the Note field.
To change the note repeat value for the step: Set the value from 1 to 16 in the Repeat field.
To change the chance value for the step: Set the percentage in the Chance field.
To change the offset value for the step: Set the percentage in the Start Offset field.
To change the step rate for the step: Choose a note value from the Step Rate pop-up menu. For information about the step rates, see Change the musical length of a pattern.
To skip the step during playback: Tap the Skip switch.
To set the MIDI channel for the step: Set the channel using the MIDI Channel pop-up menu.
To change the articulation for the step: Set a value from 0 to 255 using the Articulation pop-up menu.
To set the step to play on a certain pass out of a number of cycles: In the first Recurrence field, set which cycle pass a step plays on. In the second Recurrence field, set the total number of cycles.
For example, when setting the first field to 2 and the second field to 3, the step only plays on the second pass of three cycles of the pattern.
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