Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

I don't think you can make a loop and mute certain parts and have it 
continue. You can get that affect in several ways...basically stop the 
looping by dragging the upper right corner, or have infinite loop, then 
put an empty object in its path to stop it. Then to restart you need 
another instance (copy or alias) of the original or something new.

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Currington <steve@...>
To: Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, Sep 8, 2009 2:12 pm
Subject: Re: [Logic_Cafe] Logic Express and MIDI



I am also pretty sure there is also a way to do a loop (for a long

period say 15 times and then mute specific looped "regions" within

that long loop but I forget how to do that.



Steve Currington

de Composer



On 9/09/2009, at 3:48 AM, GAmoore@... wrote:



> 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.

>

> ===========================================

> 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 the20
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

&gt; section would be represented in all the new, linked or ref

> erenced

> setions?=2
0To 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.

>

>



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