Cobalt

This is a great metaphor! I think you meant 7 instead of 6 feet, though?

You gotta elaborate, buddy! As long as you're not getting ugly clipping, you can mix however you want.

I didn't watch the video, but I don't think you can adjust sample length and pitch independently with the EXS. Some other options: -Logic's various Pitch Shifting effect plugins -Open the audio file in the Sample Editor, select "time and pitch" or whatever it's called, and adjust as you see fit Or... you could get a more full-featured sampler like Kontakt.

Thank you for the info on "fader events." This is a term I'm not familiar with. I look forward to trying some of this stuff when I take the Logic X plunge! I believe in Logic 9 you can automate Pitch Bend, Mod Wheel etc. through a sort of "hidden" track modulation system, but if I recall correctly it was grossly inconvenient and awkward.

Oh, btw I'm realizing that I interpreted your "looping" to mean Project Cycle, not adding loops of regions.

I too have felt this pain. I believe it can sometimes be because there are no automation nodes at the beginning of the loop area, so Logic carries over whatever value it was at when when stopped. To fix that, add redundant nodes to the beginnings of automation in your regions ("hyperdraw"), and consider setting loop playback a beat early. Also, I believe this is more commonly a "hyperdraw" i.e. region-based automation problem as opposed to track based automation. Always has peeved me that you can't easily automate Pitch Bend, Mod Wheel etc. as track automation!

One thing you might do is bounce a short white noise burst through the desired Space Designer preset, edit out the noise burst, and use that as your impulse response in whatever Convolution reverb plugin in Pro Tools! I'm not familiar with Space Designer (Logic Express user), but I think this would get you dang close to the desired sound.

Another thing you can try is using Compressor with extreme settings: no attack, max compression and -1dB threshold for example. Try the different Algorithm options and you may find something you like.

I have always suspected this! Where others see "too many plugins" I see too few, and far too few aux channel strips. Seemed fishy to me. My guess was that they did lots of bouncing of external plugins or hardware processors. I'd love to learn more, where did you hear about this? Regardless, the mixes are very solid and serve as great inspiration for what can be done with the toolset. Most beginners, myself included, would bust their asses trying to get a mix that good.

I for one, welcome our invisible overlord.

I think you're looking for Melodyne, a 3rd party plugin. Logic's Flex Pitch might be able to do something like that. I wouldn't know I'm still on 9!

As Rick Sanchez said, "who isn't a musician?" Personally I loathe apple loops. I would much rather work with static WAV loops that don't change tempo or key. To answer OP's question, Apple Loops are made the same way all contemporary records are made: By producers using any combination of their preferred software and hardware. Yes, you can even make professional results using Logic's stock plugins alone. This is what Lady Gaga's producer RedOne does.

+1 I would love to learn how to do this. I imagine you would need something like Apple's Automator, but more advanced. I'm near certain there's no way to do this with Logic. Maybe Reaktor...?

Hmm. I don't understand what you mean. Not necessarily what? If I wasn't clear, I was referring to a phenomenon where for example, I have synth that peaks at -5 dB according to the channel strip meter. Then I use Channel EQ to low-cut at 200 hz for example. Now, magically the meter reads -3 dB even though all I did was remove, never add. This really puzzled me at first, now I just... accept it.

Channel EQ is fine IMO. Granted I thought it was weird that it often boosted the level whenever I cut the low end. My guess is it has to do with the "phase distortion" David mentioned above. Will have to read that article! Truly, I think you can mix a great record using any full-featured PEQ.