Logic Pro User Guide for iPad
- What’s new in Logic Pro 1.1
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- What is Logic Pro?
- Working areas
- Work with function buttons
- Work with numeric values
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- Intro to tracks
- Create tracks
- Create tracks using drag and drop
- Choose the default region type for a software instrument track
- Select tracks
- Duplicate tracks
- Reorder tracks
- Rename tracks
- Change track icons
- Change track colors
- Use the tuner on an audio track
- Show the output track in the Tracks area
- Delete tracks
- Edit track parameters
- Start a Logic Pro subscription
- How to get help
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- Intro to recording
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- Before recording software instruments
- Record software instruments
- Record additional software instrument takes
- Record to multiple software instrument tracks
- Record multiple MIDI devices to multiple tracks
- Record software instruments and audio simultaneously
- Merge software instrument recordings
- Spot erase software instrument recordings
- Replace software instrument recordings
- Capture your most recent MIDI performance
- Use the metronome
- Use the count-in
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- Intro to arranging
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- Intro to regions
- Select regions
- Cut, copy, and paste regions
- Move regions
- Remove gaps between regions
- Delay region playback
- Trim regions
- Loop regions
- Repeat regions
- Mute regions
- Split and join regions
- Stretch regions
- Separate a MIDI region by note pitch
- Bounce regions in place
- Change the gain of audio regions
- Create regions in the Tracks area
- Convert a MIDI region to a Drummer region or a pattern region
- Rename regions
- Change the color of regions
- Delete regions
- Create fades on audio regions
- Access mixing functions using the Fader
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- Intro to Step Sequencer
- Use Step Sequencer with Drum Machine Designer
- Record Step Sequencer patterns live
- Step record Step Sequencer patterns
- Load and save patterns
- Modify pattern playback
- Edit steps
- Edit rows
- Edit Step Sequencer pattern, row, and step settings in the inspector
- Customize Step Sequencer
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- Effect plug-ins overview
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- Instrument plug-ins overview
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- ES2 overview
- Interface overview
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- Modulation overview
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- Vector Envelope overview
- Use Vector Envelope points
- Use Vector Envelope solo and sustain points
- Set Vector Envelope segment times
- Vector Envelope XY pad controls
- Vector Envelope Actions menu
- Vector Envelope loop controls
- Vector Envelope release phase behavior
- Vector Envelope point transition shapes
- Use Vector Envelope time scaling
- Use the Mod Pad
- Modulation source reference
- Via modulation source reference
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- Sample Alchemy overview
- Interface overview
- Add source material
- Save a preset
- Edit mode
- Play modes
- Source overview
- Synthesis modes
- Granular controls
- Additive effects
- Additive effect controls
- Spectral effect
- Spectral effect controls
- Filter module
- Low and highpass filter
- Comb PM filter
- Downsampler filter
- FM filter
- Envelope generators
- Mod Matrix
- Modulation routing
- Motion mode
- Trim mode
- More menu
- Sampler
- Copyright
Find sounds in the Browser in Logic Pro for iPad
In the Browser, you can use keywords, filters, and other search criteria to quickly find instrument and audio patches, Apple Loops, and samples contained in sound packs downloaded from the Sound Library.
An extensive set of filters lets you refine your search based on criteria such as genre, instrument, musical properties, sound packs, and more. When no filters are applied, two rows of suggested filters are displayed above the results list. When you tap a filter, it is applied to the results and moves to the top row. The bottom row continues to show suggested filters based on the current applied filter combination.
When you add and remove keywords and filters, the results are automatically updated based on your filter criteria. Exact matches appear at the top of the list, followed by any partial matches.
In the All Filters window, you can access all available filters grouped into various categories.
Advanced filters
Some filters have additional functions to help you find what you’re looking for.
Some filters have a More button 
that you can tap to view a list of related subfilters you can use to narrow your search even further. For example, you can use the Drums filter by itself and see all drum-related sounds. However, you can also choose specific drum kit pieces (like Kick or Hi-Hat) from the subfilter menu to see just those pieces.
Group filters in the All Filters window have a pop-up menu containing a list of filters that describe an amount, value, or other attribute pertaining to the name of the enclosing button. For example, in the Loops view of the Browser, you can tap the Key group filter in the Musical Properties category and choose one or more keys from the menu to limit your search to loops in those keys. You can’t use a group filter on its own; you need to choose one of the options in the group filter menu.
Paired filters contain two mutually exclusive descriptors (for example, Analog/Digital, Cold/Warm, or Bright/Dark). When you choose one of the descriptors, you exclude the other.
If you add patches, loops, or samples from the Browser to your project and want to find something that fits well with what you’re working on, you can find similar items in the Browser. You can also negate a filter to exclude certain criteria from the results.
Search by keyword
In the Browser in Logic Pro, you can use keywords to search for sounds. In the Browser views for instrument patches, audio patches, loops, and samples, the suggested search results include filters and various items whose name contains your keyword.
Tap the Search button, then enter a search term in the search field.
As you type, matches for filters or material containing your search term are updated in the list below the search field.
Do any of the following:
Tap Search on the onscreen keyboard, or tap “Name Contains” at the top of the list.
If your search term exactly matches the name of a filter, the filter is applied to the search results.
Tap one of matching results.
Tap the Preview button to the left of a matching patch, loop, or sample to hear a preview.
Touch and hold the name of a patch, loop, or sample, then drag it to your project.
Use filters
You can filter the results in the Browser views for instrument patches, audio patches, loops, and samples. When no filters are active, two rows of suggested filters are displayed above the results list. Once you apply a filter, the top row shows any active filters. The bottom row continues to show suggested filters based on the active filters.
In the Browser, do any of the following:
Apply a filter: Tap one or more filters above the results list.
Clear a filter: Tap the Clear button
next to the filter name.
Clear all search criteria: Tap the Clear All button.
Show all filters
Tap the All Filters button
.The All Filters window opens.
Tap different filters in the All Filters window to refine your search.
Tap active filters to remove them from the search criteria.
Tap Done or tap anywhere outside of the All Filters window when you’re finished.
View material from a particular sound pack
After you download sound packs in the Sound Library, you can set your filters in the Browser to view material from one or more sound packs.
In the Browser, tap the All Filters button
.In the Sound Packs category of the All Filters window, tap the filter for the sound pack you want to see in the results.
To view filters for all sound packs, tap the disclosure arrow on the right.
Find similar matches in the Browser
You can find similar matches in the Browser for instrument and audio patches, Apple Loops, and samples.
In the Browser, tap an item in the results list to select it.
Tap the More button at the bottom of the Browser, then tap Find Similar.
Find similar matches in your project
You can find similar matches for instrument and audio patches, Apple Loops, and samples used in your project.
In Logic Pro, do one of the following:
Find similar instrument or audio patches: Tap the track header of a selected track, then tap Find Similar in the menu.
Find similar Apple Loops or samples: Tap a selected region or cell containing an Apple Loop or sample. In the menu, tap Browser, then tap Find Similar.
The Browser opens to the corresponding view, and the results are filtered to show similar material.
Recall original search criteria in the Browser
If you use any combination of filters to find an item in the Browser and then add it to your project, you can recall the original search criteria you used to find it.
In Logic Pro, do one of the following:
For instrument or audio patches added from the Browser: Tap the track header of the track, tap it again, then tap Show Original Search.
For Apple Loops or samples added from the Browser: Tap a selected region or cell containing an Apple Loop or sample, tap Browser, then tap Show Original Search.
Save and access your favorite patches, Apple Loops, or samples
You can save patches, Apple Loops, and samples you use frequently as “favorites” so that you can quickly access them in the Browser. This feature is ideal for compiling a collection that you use regularly. You can easily replace or add to your favorites as your project advances.
To add a patch, Apple Loop, or sample to your favorites in the Browser, drag it slowly to the left, then tap the Favorite button
.To add a favorite in a single gesture, swipe all the way to the left.
When you save a favorite, a Favorite icon appears to right of the item in the Browser.
To access your favorites, tap Favorites in the top-level view of the Browser.
Negate search criteria
You can negate filters and matches so that any similar matches are excluded from the results. For example, imagine your search criteria is filtered to include results for the genre Hip Hop, the descriptor Aggressive, and the instrument Drums. If you negate the filter for Drums, the results match Hip Hop and Aggressive but exclude all matches for Drums. Likewise, you can exclude matches that are similar to a particular match from the results list.
In the Browser, do one of the following:
Negate a filter: Tap the name of an active filter, then tap the NOT operator.
Negate a match in the results list: Tap a match in the results list to select it, tap the More button
at the bottom of the Browser, then tap Find Dissimilar.
The negation is indicated by a strikethrough added to the filter name. To remove the negation from the filter set, tap the filter, then tap the name in the menu.
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