What are apple loops how to#
What are apple loops software#

What are apple loops software#

Blue Apple Loops cannot load on software instrument tracks, only on audio tracks. I'll take it back up to the Analog Flange Stage and bring down the volume a bit. (music playing) I think I like that first one. (music playing) Just by changing the Channel Strip Setting, it might lay into our track better. Let's go to the library, and maybe I'll try, in the keyboard folder, some of these warped electric pianos. I could easily change the instrument playing back the pattern. (music playing) It sounds exactly the same, but we have some advantages with it on an instrument track.

I'm dragging adjacent to the empty space and it built out the instrument that was used to create it, and there is the MIDI file. However, if I drag it onto a software instrument track or an empty track, it loads the actual software instrument and effects used to create that Apple Loop, as well as the MIDI file. Now, if I drag it on to an audio track, it builds an audio Apple Loop. (music playing) Let's try that one in the track. I like to say the green Apple Loops go both ways. Blue Apple Loops have the icon of an audio waveform. Green MIDI loops have this icon of the music note. The blue Apple Loops are audio-only, the green ones contain the original MIDI performance plus software instrument and effects. There are two types of Apple Loops identified by color. (music playing) They do lock in pitch, but it requires a few steps in the global tracks, which I'll cover later. All the loops conform to the tempo, or we could speed this up, no problem. (music playing) I'll bring that down to 90. I can change the tempo from 100 to 90 or 20, no problem. (music playing) So, the tempo sync is automatic. You notice it takes a minute to actually hear the loop preview, and we just drag it right into the project. (music playing) I'll drag this one in, and this Indian Tabla. Let's preview, listening against the track. So, I'm going to reset the tags and select Percussion > Processed, and I'll scroll down to a couple that I liked. They have metadata with key words, called tags, used by the Loop Browser to filter searches by instrument, genre, and mood. They're available here on the right, under the Loop's tab of the Media area. So, what are Apple Loops anyway? Apple Loops are audio or MIDI files with metadata that allow them to lock in real time immediately to the tempo and key of your project and can repeat seamlessly.

What are apple loops how to#

I'd like to share with you the basics of what Apple Loops are and how to use them to quickly make a really cool professional beat.