Auto Sampler overview in Logic Pro for Mac
Auto Sampler makes it easy to create sampler instruments that you can use in MainStage and Logic Pro. You can create a sampler instrument from a MIDI-capable hardware synthesizer, from a software instrument, or from a combination of synthesizers, software instruments, and effect plug-ins.
You add Auto Sampler to an Audio FX slot in a channel strip. The type and location of the channel strip determine what is captured to the resulting sampler instrument. For example:
Insert Auto Sampler in a software instrument channel strip to capture a software instrument.
Insert Auto Sampler in an external instrument channel strip to capture a hardware synthesizer.
Where you place Auto Sampler in the signal chain, relative to other plug-ins, determines whether those plug-ins become part of the sound of the resulting sampler instrument.
Plug-ins placed before Auto Sampler in the signal chain are part of the sound of the resulting sampler instrument.
Plug-ins placed after Auto Sampler in the signal chain are not part of the sound of the resulting sampler instrument.
Note: Using effects when creating a sampler instrument is a creative process, but is different from using effects in real time in two ways: first, effects are applied to each sampled note, not on multiple notes or chords; and second, effects parameters cannot be edited or automated to produce changes in the sound over time.
The format of Autosampler (mono or stereo) matches the channel strip format.