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62Logic Pro Instruments
Inspector group parameters
• Group (+) pop-up menu: Open a pop-up menu with two group creation commands.
• Empty: Create a new empty group. The new group name is added below existing
group names in the Group list shown under the Group pop-up menu. A sequentially
assigned number is appended to the new group name.
• Import: Open an import window where you can choose one or multiple samples to
import as a group. See Logic Pro Alchemy Import browser.
• Group list: Double-click a group name to open a text name field and change the Trigger,
Fade, and Poly values. Control-click a group name to choose the Delete command.
• Trigger pop-up menu and field: Set a trigger mode for all zones in the group. Attack
triggers group zones when note-on messages are received. Release triggers group
zones for note-off messages. This mode is useful for instruments with a distinctive
end-of-note sound such as a key click or hammer thump. Such sounds can be
included as a separate group with release triggering enabled. You can also use this
feature creatively to add abstract reverb tails or to create a pad sound that changes
dramatically during the release stage.
• Fade pop-up menu and field: Apply a fade out time value ranging from 0 to 100 for
note-off events when the attack trigger mode is active. Apply a fade in time value
ranging from 0 to 100 for note-off events when the release trigger mode is active.
This parameter is primarily intended for use in conjunction with release triggering, to
create a crossfade between the main body of the note and the release sample.
• Poly pop-up menu and field: Set a maximum polyphony value for the group. A
common use of this feature is to create a group containing an open and a closed
hi-hat sample. If you set group polyphony to one, either the closed or open hi-hat
sample can play, but not both at the same time.
• Group rules pop-up menu and field: Define when each group will trigger. You can create
and combine multiple rules using boolean logic. The normal state for any newly created
group is a single rule set to Always, unless that group was defined as a Round Robin
group in the Import browser Dropzone. Click the field to choose a rule. This adds a new
rule pop-up menu below the first and displays a Logic pop-up menu to the right. Choose
Delete from the pop-up menu to remove a rule.
• Always: Zones in the group always trigger when a note-on event arrives within the
specified zone key and velocity ranges.
• Round Robin: Choose to automatically switch between layers for each note-on, so
that striking a given note multiple times triggers variations of the sample rather than
the same sample being played repeatedly.
• Order pop-up menus and fields: Set the playback order of round robin groups. At
least two round robin groups must exist for this parameter to have an effect. Each
group is assigned a different value. If two groups are assigned to the same value,
both zones are triggered simultaneously. Each note-on sequentially triggers
a round robin group from lowest to highest. Once the highest group number
is triggered, the sequence starts again from the lowest group number. Drag
vertically in the field or use the arrows to set a value.