10.6

24Logic Pro Instruments
• Add+Spec button: Use to import samples that you want to resynthesize using a
combination of additive and spectral synthesis. By default, the spectral component
is imported and played with the spectral element set to Noise-Resynth mode.
Playing the spectral data in Resynth mode produces a markedly different effect,
which you may sometimes prefer. The spectral element internal highpass control is
automatically set to a high value, thus excluding frequencies that would compete
with those produced by the additive element. If the spectral element is too subtle,
you can make it more prominent by setting the highpass control to a lower value.
• Formant button: Use in conjunction with the Additive, Spectral, or Add+Spec buttons
to perform additional analysis of formants in the sample material. The values of this
formant analysis are mapped to the Analyzed formant filter parameters in the source
subpage. See Logic Pro Alchemy formant filter controls.
• Granular button: Use when you intend to perform granular-specific manipulations
such as time stretching. The root note determines the MIDI note that plays the sound
file at its original transposition. If the filename has a pitch value appended to it,
Alchemy automatically sets the root note to match.
• Sampler button: Use to create straight sample-playback presets. The root note
determines the MIDI note that plays the sound file at its original transposition. If the
filename has a pitch value appended to it, Alchemy automatically sets the root note
to match.
• Mapping pop-up menu: Choose a mapping mode suitable for pitched or unpitched
imported samples.
• Pitch: Suitable for sounds that you want to play across the keyboard chromatically.
Use this mode to automatically place imported samples in keyboard zones for
optimum playback when re-pitched.
• Drum: Maps each sample to a single key. Use this mode to map sounds such as a
set of drum hits or chords that won’t transpose correctly if re-pitched. Imported
samples are mapped to individual keys (starting at C1).
• Preview button: Turn on to automatically audition samples when you click filenames in
the Samples column.
• Cancel button: Use to cancel the import operation. No files are imported, and the Import
browser window is closed.
• Import button: Use to start the import operation. Depending on the chosen mode, when
you click Import, an import progress dialog is briefly displayed and the Import browser
window closes. Click Cancel next to the progress bar to cancel a long import.
Drag an audio file into a source
1. In Logic Pro, open advanced view then drag an audio file onto any source select field
from one of the following:
• Loop Browser
• File Browser
• Logic Main window
• Finder: Hold Command while performing the operation.
2. Drop the file onto one of the analysis mode labels shown on the grid of the target
source.