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674Logic Pro User Guide
• Step Sequencer inspector: Contains tabbed sets of controls providing a central location
to view and edit pattern, row, and step settings. See Edit Step Sequencer pattern, row,
and step settings.
• Row headers: Each header contains a row icon, a disclosure triangle to show subrows,
and a set of controls for the row, including Mute and Solo buttons, a Row Assignment
pop-up menu, Rotate buttons, and Increment/Decrement Value buttons. See Modify
Step Sequencer pattern playback and Edit Step Sequencer rows.
Pattern regions and pattern cells
Step Sequencer patterns are contained in pattern regions (in the Tracks area) and pattern
cells (in the Live Loops grid). Pattern regions and cells are used primarily on MIDI-based
(software instrument, external instrument, and Drummer) tracks. Pattern regions (but
not pattern cells) can also be used on audio tracks to automate effect and channel strip
parameters. A project can contain any number of pattern regions or cells.
Each pattern region or cell functions as an independent step sequencer, with its own
configuration and settings. You can copy and move pattern regions like other regions in
the Tracks area, while pattern cells can be copied, moved, triggered, and queued like other
Live Loops cells. You can modify pattern region and cell parameters in the Region inspector
or Cell inspector, respectively.
All pattern, row, and step settings, as well as Step Sequencer view settings, are stored
with the pattern. You can also save a pattern as a template, which contains all the current
settings for the pattern, except for the step values, so you can use it as a starting point for
creating new patterns.
Patterns can include two types of rows:
• Note rows: Generate MIDI note events (for each active step). By default, all notes in a
note row have the same pitch, but you can change the pitch for individual steps using
the Note and Octave edit modes.
• Automation rows: Generate stepped automation events for an automatable parameter.
You can assign an automation row to any automatable parameter, including MIDI
continuous controller (CC) parameters, channel strip controls, plug-in parameters, and
Smart Controls.
Each row can have its own length, step rate, playback mode, start offset, and other
settings. Patterns can be from 12 to 64 steps in length, allowing for different time
signatures and multiple bar patterns.
You can add rows to a pattern manually or using Learn mode. When Learn mode is active,
rows are added when you play notes for which no row exists, or when you manipulate an
automation parameter for which no row exists.
See Pattern creation basics in Logic Pro and Work with Step Sequencer pattern length and
step rate.