User Guide

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 Toggle Selection (also available as key command): Toggles the selection between the
currently selected zones or groups and all currently unselected zones or groups.
You can also click on zones and groups in the Parameters area:
 Clicking on the parameters of a single zone or group selects that zone or group.
 Shift-clicking multiple zones in the Zones view selects all the zones between the two
clicked zones.
 Command-clicking multiple zones selects each clicked zone.
You can also use the Up Arrow key and Down Arrow key to select the previous and
next zone or group.
Select Zone of Last Played Key
If you enable the Select Zone of Last Played Key menu item in the Zone menu, you can
switch between zones by pressing a key on a connected MIDI keyboard. You can still
select zones by clicking on them in the editor even when this feature is enabled.
Setting Zone Parameters
The zone parameters provide extensive control over each zone (sample) in your
sampler instrument.
Zone Name
New zones are numbered consecutively. Double-click a zone’s number to enter a name
instead.
Audio File
This column displays a zone’s audio file. Mousing over an audio file reveals a help tag
with additional information about the audio file, such as format, bit depth, sample rate,
and so on. If you press Command before the help tag displays, the help tag will also
include the full file path of the audio file. Clicking the arrow button opens a shortcut
menu that offers the following commands:
 Load Audio Sample: Opens a file selection box in which you can select an audio file.
See “Zones” on page 428 for more information.
 Open in Sample Editor: This opens the selected sample in the Logic Pro Sample Editor
(or the sample editor chosen in the Open External Sample Editor preference) for
further editing.
 Reveal in Finder: Shows the (loaded) audio file in the Finder.