its really not hard or involved. it takes 15 seconds to do this : take a single loop, hit a key command to loop it indefinitely. then option drag, as many copies as you want. take one of the copies and hit m to mute it. shorten it to one bar and turn off its looping by hitting the same keycommand as above. then drag the muted one to any place you want the loop to stop. and drag a live one to where you want it to start again. voila. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Currington <steve@...> To: Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, Sep 8, 2009 2:46 pm Subject: Re: [Logic_Cafe] Logic Express and MIDI Hmm or I guess you could loop it then use Automation to zero the volume for specific areas - effectively muting it. Just off the wall ideas Steve Currington de Composer Wellington, New Zealand On 9/09/2009, at 9:40 AM, Steve Currington wrote: > Hmm I thought there was but maybe I am wrong. > I guess the other way would be place it once.. Repeat it X times then > mute (or remove) the ones that you don't want to hear. There is not a > lotta point in this except to keep the spacing exact x beats etc > > Steve Currington > de Composer > Wellington, New Zealand > > On 9/09/2009, at 9:30 AM, GAmoore@... wrote:=0 D > > > 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 &g t; > 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/=2 0I 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 improve20the > > 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?=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?=0 D > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] =0 A
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Re: [Logic_Cafe] Logic Express and MIDI
2009-09-08 by GAmoore@aol.com