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697Logic Pro Instruments
Decay slider: Make the harmonic, or bright, portion of the sound sustain for a longer
time at slow values. Faster values move to the sustain level more quickly.
Richness slider: Subtly detune each played note from the others, making the sound a
little thicker, particularly when high parameter values are used.
Distortion slider: Distort the overall sound, making it quite nasty and aggressive.
Important: Be careful with the Distortion parameter, which can significantly increase
the overall volume of the instrument and possibly cause damage to your speakers or
ears.
Logic Pro Legacy Digital Stepper
Digital Stepper, which is based on the ES2, is a digital synthesizer that can step through a
number of tones, creating a rhythmic pattern.
Volume slider: Set the overall volume level of the instrument.
Balance slider: Set the balance between a harder and more spiky sound (digital) and a
warmer, softer sound (analog).
Modulation slider: Apply more or less modulation, making the sound more lively when
high settings are used.
Harmonics slider: Increase or decrease the number of harmonics, or overtones, in the
sound, with more values making the sound a little thicker and less values making it
thinner.
Harmonic Steps slider: Determine how noticeable the tonal steps are. Large values
make them more noticeable and small values less noticeable.
Cutoff slider: Allow less sound through at low values and more at high values, damping
the sound or making it brighter.
Cutoff Steps slider: Set the amount of cutoff applied to each step. Large values make
the cutoff effect more pronounced and small values less pronounced.
Duration slider: Set the length of the steps.
Logic Pro Legacy External Instrument
You can use External Instrument Legacy to route external MIDI sound generators through
the Mixer, which you can then process with effects.
You can also use External Instrument Legacy to transmit and receive MIDI information
through the instrument channel strip that it is inserted into. This enables you to control an
external sound module—both MIDI and audio—from within one element.
To avoid constant repatching of devices, it is best to use an audio interface that supports
multiple inputs and outputs. The plug-in is inserted into instrument channel strips in place
of a software instrument.
Note: It is recommended that you swap External Instrument Legacy instances with the
updated and more flexible External Instrument plug-in immediately after importing your
project.