Browsing for apple loops – Apple Logic Express 9 User Manual

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To limit the loop display to a particular Jam Pack or other category

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Choose a setting from the View menu. You can choose between:

Show All: Choose this default option to display all Apple Loops on your system. This

option is handy if you are unable to locate a loop that you know is installed and indexed
on your system, but do not know what Jam Pack it belongs to.

My Loops: Choose this option to display all Apple Loops in the

~/Library/Audio/Apple Loops/User Loops/Single Files folder (~ denotes the username).

Shared Loops on my Mac: Choose this option to display all Apple Loops in the

/Library/Audio/Apple Loops/User Loops/Single Files folders. This setting is only visible
if Apple Loops are shared with GarageBand on your system.

GarageBand: Choose this option to display all Apple Loops installed with GarageBand.

Jam Pack x: Choose this option to display all Apple Loops from a specific Jam Pack. Jam

Packs are professionally created genre or instrument-specific Apple Loops collections,
available from Apple.

Vendor x: Choose this option to display all Apple Loops from a specific third-party

vendor.

Other: Choose this option to display all loops that you manually added to the loop

library by dragging them into the Loop Browser.

To limit the Loop Browser display to a particular scale

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Open the Scale pop-up menu, and choose from Any, Minor, Major, Neither, and Good for
Both.

Use of these options limits the search for Apple Loops to the selected scale type, within
the chosen category. For example, if Country, Acoustic, and Relaxed categories were
selected, you would be presented with 20 or so files that matched your choices. Selection
of the Minor Scale setting would reduce this list to ten possible Apple Loops, making the
task of auditioning and selecting the most appropriate material faster.

To limit the Loop Browser display to a particular time signature

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Choose a time signature from the Signature pop-up menu.

Browsing for Apple Loops

There are three browsing views available in the Loop Browser: Column view, Music view,
and Sound Effects view.

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Adding Prerecorded Media

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