Logic Pro User Guide for iPad
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- What is Logic Pro?
- Working areas
- Work with function buttons
- Work with numeric values
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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
- 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
- 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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- 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
Intro to Session Players in Logic Pro for iPad
The Session Players in Logic Pro for iPad let you add realistic bass, piano, and drum performances to your project. Just like an expert backing band, the Session Players can quickly create musical performances and respond instantly to your input and direction in a near-endless variety of ways.
The Session Players feature the Bass Player, Keyboard Player, and Drummer. You can choose Session Players from a wide range of styles, from pop rock to R&B. Each Session Player comes with their own patch and a distinct playing style.
The harmonies played by the Bass Player and Keyboard Player follow the global Chord track or region chords. By using the Chord track, you can have multiple Session Players follow the same chords so that they play in sync. You can use region chords with Session Players so that the Session Player for that region plays chords different from those on the Chord track. For information about working with chords, see Intro to chords.
Session Player performances are contained on Session Player regions on software instrument tracks. You can create multiple Session Player regions on a track, each with a different playing style, allowing you to give different sections of your project a unique musical feel.
In the Session Player Editor, you can change the Session Player’s performance by changing to a different style, choosing different presets, selecting a predefined rhythmic pattern, creating your own pattern from scratch, and then fine-tuning the performance using various settings. You can also edit region chords and have the Session Player regions incorporate the rhythm of another track.
The Bass Player and Keyboard Player come with plug-ins—the Studio Bass and the Studio Piano—to give you control over the players’ sound. The plug-ins are optimized for the two Session Players and for Session Player regions. Each plug-in has a selection of sample-based instruments and settings that you can use to faithfully reproduce bass and piano sounds.
The Drummer can play both electronic and acoustic kits. Acoustic Drummers use Drum Kit Designer, and electronic Drummers use Drum Machine Designer.
For even greater flexibility, you can influence the sound of Session Players by choosing patches in the Browser, adding plug-ins, and adjusting plug-in parameters. With the Drummer, you can exchange individual kit pieces and edit their settings in Drum Kit Designer or Drum Machine Designer.
The Browser features Session Player loops that you can add to your project the same way as other loops, which allows you to quickly build a song or find inspiration. See Add Apple Loops to your project.
Note: You can convert Session Player regions to MIDI or pattern regions so that you can edit them in other editors.
Add a track with a Session Player region
In Logic Pro, tap the Add Tracks button
above the track headers.In the New Tracks dialog, choose the Session Player you want to use (Keyboard Player, Bass Player, or Drummer) in the pop-up menu in the Session Player button.
To choose a different Session Player style, tap the More button
in the Session Player button, then choose a style in the Style pop-up menu.For the Bass Player or Keyboard Player, if you want the Session Player region on the new track to not use the default progression, tap the Use Default Chord Progression for New Regions switch to turn it off. See Use chord progressions.
To create the track, tap the Session Player button in the New Tracks dialog.
Note: If there are no chords on the Chord track, a default eight-bar chord progression is added (unless you deselected the Use default chord progression for new regions checkbox).
Create a track with a Session Player loop
In the Browser, you can find loops for all Session Players. Loops for the Bass Player and Keyboard Player are annotated with chords.
Tap the Browser button
, then tap Loops.Tap the All Filters button
.In the Type category, tap Session Player Loop.
Tap the More button
in the Browser, then tap New Track with Loop.A new track is created, and the loop is placed on the track at the beginning of the project.
When you add a loop containing chords to the Tracks area, you can choose to have the chords copied to the Chord track so that they can be followed by the Session Players in the project. See Add Apple Loops to your project.
Create an additional Session Player region on a track
In Logic Pro, with no other region selected, tap an empty area of the software instrument track, then choose Create Session Player Region from the shortcut menu.
You can choose whether a new Session Player region loads with the default chord progression for the style or loads with only the tonic chord of the project’s key. See Turn off adding a default chord progression.
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