Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

1/ You can drag the bottom or the top of a midi region. The bottom 
changes the size and the top changes the looping ... but only if you 
are zoomed in enough. You can also use a key command to turn on looping 
(infinitely) for a region without any dragging at all - which I use all 
the time. You can also use a key command to repeat a region any number 
of times.

2/ You can also look into ALIASes of loops. Thats what you are looking 
for.

3/ you can just copy and paste. Its slightly easier if you set up a 
cycle loop for the first chorus. Then if you select the tracks you want 
to copy it will only select ones that fall within the cycle zone. Then 
simply option + click drag these to the right to make a new chorus, 
then again and again.

4/ I think Apple loops are single track (stereo) audio tracks with 
timing info imbedded. Not what you are looking for here. although if 
you had audio for your chorus and wanted to change the timing from one 
chorus to the next it might be useful. I think you can save loops 
anywhere. You can also save the entire project with loops that are used 
in it. Check the manual for that. I just make a library of loops and 
have a folder for each song to keep the audio organized.

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1) LOOPING INDIVIDUAL TRACKS
If I create and layer a couple=2
0of MIDI tracks - I found out to to drag
each of them out but instead of extending the Track, the track loops.
Perfect. If the track I want to loop is selected, then hovering over
the right hand side says Loop OFF and it essentially draws the track
out but no loop. If the track is NOT selected, then hovering over the
right edge of the track shows a loop icon and dragging it out loops
it. Is there a more technical way to do this? IE: if a track is
selected and you drag it out, you add length but if it is not
selected, dragging extends as a loop?

2) REPEATING A TRACK
So now, I have an 8 bar track that I loop 2 times. Perfect. After n
bars of silence now, I need to start the loop again. I guess I can
copy the root 8 bars and then extend them as a loop from the new
location - but is there a way to do this in Logic that would be more
like a reference to the original 8 bars? If I improve the original 8
bars, I don't want to have to go around to every copy of the 8 bars
and 'improve' 'them also? What would you call that? A reference?


3) REPEATING A SECTION
For clarity, I am referring to a group of tracks as a SECTION. Lets
say I've got the Chorus completed ... 24 tracks of pure goodness.
Well, that chorus is going to come back around 4 times. How, in Logic,
can I 'repeat' that section such that, a change to the original
section would be represented in all the new, linked or ref
erenced
setions? To further complicate, what if I'd like to add a unique lead
line to chorus iteration 4 ... does the SECTION expand out in the
tracks window such that I could easily add another track and not mess
up the SECTION?

4. I did notice something called Apple Loops. Does that work for MIDI 
as
well as Audio? Would that feature apply to any of my questions here?
Would I create a SECTION as described and then save it off as an Apple
Loop - and then can I drop that anywhere in the song? I was
disappointed in that it appears you create a loop and then it gets
stored in a central repository ... well that's not good. I need that
loop stored or archived with the song. I don't want to use it in other
programs on the Mac - I want to use it in my song.