Apple Logic Express 9 - Manual (Page 841)

3 In the Add Region to Apple Loops Library dialog that appears:
• Type in a name for the loop, choose the scale, genre, instrument category, instrument
name, and appropriate mood descriptions—to simplify searches.
• Set the file type, which can be One-shot or Looped. If the length of the audio file is not
precisely trimmed to contain a number of whole bars, One-shot is selected automatically,
and the file type buttons are dimmed (and inaccessible).
Note: One-shots do not follow the project tempo and key. This is useful if you want to
add discrete, nonmusical sounds (such as sound effects) to the loop library. It would
generally not be desirable to have such sounds affected by the tempo and key properties
of the project. These types of loops still contain metadata tags, allowing easy searching
and categorization in the Loop Browser.
4 Click Create.
The ReCycle loop is converted to an Apple Loops file (the slice points are converted to
transient positions) and copied to the ~/Library/Audio/Apple Loops/User Loops/SingleFiles
folder. The Apple Loops file is added to your Logic Express project and you can find it in
the Audio Bin. If the “Copy external audio files to project folder” setting in Asset project
settings is turned on, the Apple Loops file is also copied to a new ReCycle Audio folder
inside the project folder.
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