10.6

418Logic Pro Instruments
• Fade In/Fade Out handles and fields: Set the fade-in or fade-out time for the zone. Drag
to reposition. Option-click, then drag either handle to move both markers. The fade
markers cannot be positioned before or after the sample start and end markers.
• Loop Start/Loop End handles and fields: Set the loop start and end points. Drag to
reposition. Drag the shaded loop area to move both markers and the crossfade marker.
Alternatively, you can Option-click, then drag either handle to move both markers and
the crossfade marker.
• Loop Length field: Displays the length between the loop start and end marker positions.
Drag vertically to move the loop end and crossfade marker.
• Loop Mode pop-up menu: Choose a looping mode. Set to No Loop to disable looping.
• No Loop: Turn off looped playback. This hides loop markers and crossfades from the
waveform display.
• Forward: Playback cycles from the loop start point to the loop end point while you
hold a key.
• Reverse: Playback cycles from the loop end point to the loop start point while you
hold a key.
• Alternate: Playback continuously cycles from the loop start point to the loop end
point, then switches from the loop end point to the loop start point, while you hold a
key.
• Play to End on Release: Turn on to continue playback to the end marker position
after you have released the key—provided that the amp release time is long enough
for the audio portion after the loop to be audible. This feature is useful for allowing
the natural decay of a sampled acoustic instrument to be heard during the envelope
release phase, for example.
• Crossfade handle and field: Drag to set the crossfade time between the end and start
of a looped sample. The crossfade marker handle is indicated with an X in the waveform
display. Option-click, then drag the handle to move both crossfades.
In a crossfaded loop, there is no step between the loop end and loop start points. The
higher the value, the longer the crossfade and the smoother the transition between the
loop end and start points. This is especially convenient with samples that are hard to
loop and that would normally produce clicks at the transition point—the join in the loop.