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305Logic Pro Effects
Utilities and tools
Logic Pro Utility processors and tools
The tools found in the Utility category can help with routine tasks and situations you may
encounter during production. Examples include the Gain plug-in, which you can use to
adjust the level or phase of input signals, and Logic Pro
I/O utility, which you can use to
integrate external audio effects into Logic Pro channel strips. Also included is Auto Sampler
which simplifies the creation of sampler instruments.
The suite also includes a Logic Pro Test Oscillator and the Tuner utility and plug-in,
which is found in the Metering tools.
Auto Sampler
Logic Pro Auto Sampler overview
Auto Sampler makes it easy to create sampler instruments that you can use in MainStage
and Logic Pro. You can create a sampler instrument from a MIDI-capable hardware
synthesizer, from a software instrument, or from a combination of synthesizers,
software instruments, and effect plug-ins.
You add Auto Sampler to an Audio FX slot in a channel strip. The type and location of the
channel strip determine what is captured to the resulting sampler instrument. For example:
• Insert Auto Sampler in a software instrument channel strip to capture a
software instrument.
• Insert Auto Sampler in an external instrument channel strip to capture a
hardware synthesizer.
Where you place Auto Sampler in the signal chain, relative to other plug-ins, determines
whether those plug-ins become part of the sound of the resulting sampler instrument.
• Plug-ins placed before Auto Sampler in the signal chain are part of the sound of the
resulting sampler instrument.
• Plug-ins placed after Auto Sampler in the signal chain are not part of the sound of the
resulting sampler instrument.
Note: Using effects when creating a sampler instrument is a creative process, but is
different from using effects in realtime in two ways: first, effects are applied to each
sampled note, not on multiple notes or chords; and second, effects parameters cannot
be edited or automated to produce changes in the sound over time.
The format of Auto Sampler (mono or stereo) matches the channel strip format.