Add Apple Loops to your projects in Logic Pro for Mac

After searching for loops in the Loop Browser and finding the ones you want to use, you add them to your project. In the Tracks area, you can move, copy, and make other changes to the loops.

Add a loop to your project

In Logic Pro, do one of the following:

Drag a loop to an empty area of the Tracks area, below the existing tracks.
A new track of the appropriate type (audio or software instrument) is created, and the loop is added to the new track.
Drag an audio loop (blue) to an audio track.
Drag a MIDI loop (green), a pattern loop (violet), or a Session Player loop (yellow) to a software instrument track.
Drag a MIDI loop (green), a pattern loop (violet), or a Session Player loop (yellow) to an audio track to convert it to an audio loop.

Add chords from Apple Loops to your project

Many Apple Loops contain chords that you can use in your project. If you drag loops with chords to the tracks area, you can keep the chords in the resulting region or add them to the global Chord track to quickly create a harmonic structure for Session Players to follow.

Apple Loops with chords have a Chord symbol in the Key column. See Overview of chords and Control transposition with the Pitch Source parameter.

Figure. Pattern loops with chords in the Loop Browser.

In the Logic Pro Loop Browser, click the Play in Key pop-up menu , then choose one of the following options:
- Keep Region Chords: When you drag an Apple Loop with chords to the Tracks area, it follows the region chords it contains.
- Replace Global Chords with Region Chords: When you drag an Apple Loop with chords to the Tracks area, the region chords contained in the loop are pasted to the Chord track at the drag destination.
- Automatic: When you drag an Apple Loop with chords to the Tracks area and there are no chords on the global Chord track at the position where you place the loop, the region chords are added to the global Chord track at that position. If chords already exist on the Chord track at the position where you place the loop, the loop follows its region chords. Session Player loops are an exception; If chords exist on the Chord track at the position where you place a Session Player loop, they follow the chords on the Chord track.

Choose a different loop in the same family

Many Apple Loops are part of a loop “family.” Loops that are part of a family have the same name, but each has a unique number at the end. For example, Classic Rock Guitar 01 and Classic Rock Guitar 02 belong to the same family. Loops in the same family work well together. You can quickly try out different loops in the same family to see which one you like best.

In Logic Pro, click the up and down arrows in the upper-left corner of the loop.
Choose a new loop from the pop-up menu.

The loop you chose replaces the original loop.

Extend a loop so it repeats

With the loop selected in Logic Pro, do one of the following:

Drag the upper-right edge of the region for the desired number of repetitions.
Click the Loop button in the Region inspector (or use the Loop Regions key command).

To learn more about looping regions, see Loop regions.

New projects default to a project tempo of 120 bpm and a key of C major. If the first content added to a project is an Apple Loop (meaning, before any audio or MIDI has been added or recorded to the project), the project tempo and key are adjusted to match the Apple Loop. When a project already contains content (either by recording directly into the project or adding content), Apple Loops automatically match the current project tempo and key on the Signature track at the position where you place the loop.

If you subsequently change the project tempo, Apple Loops automatically conform to the new tempo. If you create key changes on the Signature track, the regions created from the loops follow the key changes and are transposed to the new key. See Transposition and the Pitch Source parameter.

In the Logic Pro Sound Library, you can download additional sound packs containing Apple Loops, patches, drum kits, and other material that you can use in your projects.

Download the guides:

Logic Pro User Guide: PDF

Logic Pro Instruments: PDF

Logic Pro Effects: PDF

Control Surfaces Support Guide: PDF

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Logic Pro User Guide for Mac

Add Apple Loops to your projects in Logic Pro for Mac

Add a loop to your project

Add chords from Apple Loops to your project

Choose a different loop in the same family

Extend a loop so it repeats