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- Get started overview
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- What is Logic Pro for Mac?
- Logic Pro project basics
- Use menu commands and key commands
- Use the complete set of Logic Pro features
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- How to get help
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- Overview
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- Using loops and other media in Logic Pro
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- Arranging overview
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  - Uses for Remove Silence
- Create groove templates
- Overview
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- Use Flex Time and Pitch in the Logic Pro for Mac Audio Track Editor
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- Overview
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- Drummer Overview
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- Flex Time and Pitch overview
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- Logic Pro for Mac advanced editors overview
- Mixing overview
- - Channel strip types
  - Channel strip controls
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- Work with channel strip settings
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- Use the I/O Labels window
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- Automation overview
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- Live Loops overview
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- - Record to cells
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- Change loop settings for cells
- How the Live Loops grid and Tracks area interact
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- Sharing overview
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- Share a project to GarageBand for iOS
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- Overview of surround and spatial audio
- - Overview of spatial audio with Dolby Atmos
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    - Rendering a Dolby Atmos mix in Logic Pro for Mac
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  - Surround Panner parameters
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  - Export ADM BWF files
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- Environment overview
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- - Instruments introduction
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- - Synthesizer basics overview
  - Synthesizer fundamentals
Glossary
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Change loop settings for Live Loops cells in Logic Pro for Mac

When you select a cell, you can change the loop settings in the Cell inspector. You can create interesting variations by changing the following settings:

Start: Determines the initial starting position of the cell. By default, this is the same as the Loop Start setting, but you can change it so the cell starts at a different place initially than when it loops. This setting is ignored if the Play From setting is set to a value other than Start, or if the Quantize Loop Start position is set to On.
Loop Start: Determines the position in the cell where the loop starts after the initial start and playback of the cell. For example, if you have a cell containing a four-bar piece of musical material, you can change the Start setting so the loop initially starts at the first bar, then plays from the third bar on each time it loops.
Loop Length: Determines the length of the loop. Changing the Loop Length value can be useful when you want to loop only a particular portion of a cell.
Cell Length: Determines the overall length of the cell. This can be longer than the amount of musical material contained in the cell. When the Loop checkbox is deselected, the cell plays to the end of the cell length, then stops.

Figure. Looping parameters in the Cell inspector.

You can also change these settings graphically for audio and MIDI cells in the Cell Editor.

Change the start position of a cell

In Logic Pro, select a cell.
In the Cell inspector, click the disclosure arrow next to Play From to view the start position, then do one of the following:
- Double-click the start position, then enter a new value. Press Return to exit the field.
- Drag the specific position unit vertically. Release the mouse button when you’re finished.

When you change the start position in the Cell inspector for an audio or MIDI cell, the start marker moves in the ruler of the Cell Editor. You can also drag the start marker in the Cell Editor to change the start position.

Change the loop start position of a cell

In Logic Pro, select a cell.
In the Cell inspector, click the disclosure arrow next to Play From to view the loop start position, then do one of the following:
- Double-click the loop start position, then enter a new value. Press Return to exit the field.
- Drag the specific position unit vertically. Release the mouse button when you’re finished.

When you change the loop start position in the Cell inspector for an audio or MIDI cell, the loop start locator moves in the Cell Editor. You can also drag the loop start locator to change the loop start position.

Change the loop length of a cell

In Logic Pro, select a cell.
In the Cell inspector, click the disclosure arrow next to Play From to view the loop length, then do one of the following:
- Double-click the Loop Length setting, then enter a new value. Press Return to exit the field.
- Drag the specific position unit vertically. Release the mouse button when you’re finished.

When you change the loop length in the Cell inspector for an audio or MIDI cell, the loop end locator moves in the Cell Editor. You can also drag the loop end locator to change the loop length.

Change the cell length

In Logic Pro, select a cell.
In the Cell inspector, click the disclosure arrow next to Play From to view the cell length, then do one of the following:
- Double-click the Cell Length setting, then enter a new value. Press Return to exit the field.
- Drag the specific position unit vertically. Release the mouse button when you’re finished.

When you change the cell length in the Cell inspector for an audio or MIDI cell, the end marker moves in the Cell Editor. You can also drag the end marker to change the cell length.

Set the Quantize Loop Start position

If the start and loop start positions are different, you can choose which position should hit an upcoming quantize start point when you trigger a cell. This can be useful if the start position is set to an upbeat position, for example.

In Logic Pro, select one or more cells, click the disclosure arrow next to Play From in the Cell inspector, then choose one of the following settings from the Q Loop Start pop-up menu:
- Off: The cell starts playing from the start position when the upcoming quantize start point is reached.
- On: The cell starts playing as soon as possible, so that the loop start position is reached at the next upcoming quantize start position. Some content after the start position may be skipped.
- On, Preserve Start: The cell always starts playing from the start position, so that the loop start position is reached at the upcoming or any following quantize start position. The cell may start later but plays all content between the start and loop start positions.

Turn off cell looping

In Logic Pro, do one of the following:
- Select one or more cells, then deselect the Loop checkbox in the Cell inspector.
- Control-click a cell, then deselect Settings > Loop from the submenu.
- Click the cycle area in the ruler of the Cell Editor.
The circular waveform in the cell changes to a linear shape. When the cell starts, it plays once to the end of the cell length, then stops (one-shot).

View cell length and loop length as positions

In Logic Pro, do one of the following:

Choose View > Length as Position from the Tracks area menu bar.
Control-click anywhere in the Cell inspector, then choose Show Length as Position from the shortcut menu.

Cell Length appears as Cell End, Loop Length appears as Loop End, and both show a position value.

View start positions as an offset

In Logic Pro, do one of the following:

Choose View > Show Start Positions as Offset from the Tracks area menu bar.
Control-click anywhere in the Cell inspector, then choose Show Start Positions as Offset from the shortcut menu.

The positions appear in the Cell inspector as the distance from the beginning of the cell.

Change the resolution of the position and length values

You can change the resolution shown for position and length values from the View menu, or from the shortcut menu in the Cell inspector.

In Logic Pro, do one of the following:
- Choose View > Live Loops: Position and Length Resolution from the Tracks area menu bar.
- Control-click anywhere inside the Cell inspector.
Choose one of the following from the menu:
- Bars Only: View the position and length value for cells as bars.
- Bars and Beats: View the position and length value for cells as bars and beats.
- Bars, Beats, and Division: View the position and length value for cells as bars, beats, and division.
- Bars, Beats, Division, and Ticks: View the position and length value for cells as bars, beats, division, and ticks.

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