Logic Studio:Basic Tips - Looping

Fundamental Tips when working with Logic Pro 8 for beginners

August 6, 2009, 04:51 PM

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Another fundamental technique for the budding music producer is looping samples and midi. There are a number of ways to go about this but I will show you two of the most efficient and easy ones.

The way I’m teaching these techniques aren’t necessarily the best or most efficient, these are just things that work for me. So it is really important that you find the right style for you, as this makes you more comfortable with Logic and makes it easier for you to get creative.

Continuous looping: This is a useful tool when maybe practicing a drum beat or just coming up with a melody. Extremely handy for drum samples.

I have taken just a simple bass kick from my sample folder (I will explain in another tutorial on how to do this if you have absolutely no idea.) Pop this sample up in your arrange window on an audio track.

Like so:




Above the kick sample you will see “1 2 3 4 … “ . This is in basic terms the number of sample bars if you like. So to loop a 4 bar beat, simply click in one of the light grey numbered bar boxes:




This in turn will turn green. Now press play (shortcut default is spacebar) and you have a four bar continuous loop. The amount of bars can be adjusted by using the mouse to drag the green bar.
The second way I’m going to explain is very helpful when structuring your work. Move your mouse curser over to the top left corner of the sample box. The curser will change into a vertical line with an arrow. Just click and drag to the appropriate size.




There are other ways to go about this like I said, but these are better for my work flow. Happy looping!

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