Specifications

64 Chapter 8 Using Apple Loops
Working With Favorites
The Fav (Favorites) column in the list at the bottom of the Loop Browser offers a
checkbox for every displayed loop. Simply check this box to add the loop to the
Favorites category.
This facility is ideal for compiling a collection of Apple Loops that you use regularly. As
a producer of dance-floor music, you may often construct songs by starting with drum
loops. You could conceivably have a basic “four on the floor” kick pattern, eighth and
sixteenth note hi-hats, two or four beat snare or clap patterns and so on, and use these
favorite loops as a groove construction kit—at least while creating your shell
arrangement.
These loops can be easily replaced or added to as your project advances, but the use of
favorites may form a great starting point for many of your songs.
Creating Apple Loops
You may wish to create an Apple Loop from an existing audio recording as Apple Loops
offer the advantages of automatic time stretching and transposition over other audio
file formats.
You can save both Audio and Audio Instrument Regions as Apple Loops in Logic. The
set transients are based on the song’s tempo information. For more information on this
method, see the following section.
You can also use the Apple Loops Utility to create Apple Loops from Audio Regions.
The Apple Loops Utility is a companion application to Logic Pro that allows you to
manage metadata tags and transients in audio files. The Apple Loops Utility offers
sophisticated tag editing functions for audio files. You can, for example, set the
transients manually—independent of the song tempo. (for more information read
“Creating Apple Loops in the Apple Loops Utility” on page 68).