10.6

68Logic Pro Instruments
Inspector zone parameters
• Add Zone (+) button: Open the Import browser where you can select one or multiple
samples to import into zones. Newly imported samples are added to the current
configuration. Each new sample results in a new zone. See Logic Pro Alchemy Import
browser.
• Select MIDI button: Turn on to automatically select zones by playing your MIDI
keyboard.
• Zone name field: Displays the name of the current audio file in the selected zone. Click
to open a pop-up menu where you can select other source zones.
Note: The keymap editor lets you select multiple zones simultaneously. In this case
the zone name field shows Multiple to indicate a multi-zone selection. Any parameter
changes are applied to all selected zones. See Logic Pro Alchemy keymap editor.
• Key field: Set the root key for the selected zone with the up and down arrows. The
chosen note triggers playback of the sound at its original pitch. A pitched sample
should ideally be mapped to a matching root key. If the root note is defined as part of
the filename, the Key parameter is set accordingly when the file is imported. If the root
note is not in the filename, samples are analyzed on import to calculate their original
pitch and a suitable root key setting. Drag vertically in the field or use the arrows to set
a value.
• Learn button: Turn on to set the root key for a sample: the next MIDI note received
defines the new root key. The button is automatically turned off once the root key has
been learned.
• Loop mode field: Open a pop-up menu with five looping options.
• None: Ignores the loop start and end points, and plays the entire sound once without
looping.
• Continuous: Plays from the beginning, enters the loop region, and loops continuously
in a forward direction while a note is held and during the envelope release phase.
• Sustain: Plays from the beginning, enters the loop region, loops continuously while a
note is held, and exits the loop region to play the normal sound release phase.
• Forward/Back: Like Continuous, but plays the loop region alternately forward and
backward.
• All: Ignores the loop start and end points, and loops the entire sound continuously.
Note: The loop start and loop end points can be edited in the source main edit page.
See Logic Pro Alchemy zone waveform editor. In VA mode, a raw oscillator noise
source is used rather than loopable data, so VA synthesis elements are not affected
by the Loop mode setting.
• Volume knob: Set the selected zone output level. This parameter is also useful for level-
matching multiple selected zones.
• Tune knob: Tune the zone in semitone increments.
• Pan knob: Determine the left/right pan position for each zone or the left/right balance
for a stereo zone.
• Lo Key field: Drag vertically or use the arrows to set the lowest MIDI note that triggers
the zone. Alternatively, drag the left edge of the highlighted zone in the keymap editor.
See Logic Pro Alchemy keymap editor.