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189Logic Pro Instruments
Edit the sound of a kit piece
You can use Smart Controls parameters to process and affect the overall kit or selected kit
piece.
Note: If the Smart Controls pane is not visible, click the disclosure triangle at the lower left
of the grid.
1. In Logic Pro, click the icon or a pad background of the kit piece you want to edit.
2. Click the Pad Controls button in the pad controls bar.
3. Adjust the Smart Controls parameters for the kit piece.
To learn more about how each control affects the sound, see Kit Piece Tone and Effect
Smart Controls.
Note: If a Drum Machine Designer subtrack or pad uses a Quick Sampler or Drum Synth
plug-in, you will see additional Q-Sampler Main, Q-Sampler Details, or Drum Synth view
buttons alongside the Pad Controls button below the grid. Use these to access the
respective instrument plug-in interface and parameters directly at the bottom of the
Drum Machine Designer window. See
Quick Sampler overview and Drum Synth overview for details on editing parameters that
you can view in the lower portion of the Drum Machine Designer interface.
Save an edited kit piece sound as a kit piece patch
1. In Logic Pro, click the icon or a pad background of the edited kit piece you want to save.
2. Click the Save button at the bottom of the Library pane. If the Library is not visible, click
the Action menu on the pad, then choose “Open Library”.
In the Finder window:
3. Browse to the file location you want to use. The default folder location is User Kit Piece
Patches. If required, create a new folder.
4. Type the kit piece patch name, then press the Save button.
Reorder kit pieces
In Logic Pro, you can reorder kit pieces in the following ways:
Drag a pad to an empty location in the grid.
Drag a pad between two pads in the grid. A vertical blue line is shown to indicate the
target location. The pad is placed between the target pads. Adjacent (and other) pads
move to accomodate the dropped pad.