Turnstile Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Im a newbie with Logic Studio and was wondering if there is a way to do loop style song arranging such is how I would with my MPC 4000? Meaning, creating parts (verse 1, chorus, pre-chorus, intro, etc) and then arrange those parts into a song through the use of a list. It seems Logic is timeline based. Thanks, Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 No, there is no way to do loop based arranging in Logic, it is, as you said, timeline based, so any arranging is linear. For loop based arranging you may want to look into Ableton Live or maybe MOTU Digital Performer which has a playlist feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnstile Posted October 9, 2011 Author Share Posted October 9, 2011 Thanks for the fast response. When writing within Logic and say your sequencing a verse idea and want to add an intro to the verse you've come up with. Do the majority of people just use copy and paste to do this? Im curious as to how people are writing/building songs inside LS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 When writing within Logic and say your sequencing a verse idea and want to add an intro to the verse you've come up with. Do the majority of people just use copy and paste to do this? Im curious as to how people are writing/building songs inside LS. Logic has many arranging tools, things like copy, repeat section, skip section, cut section, insert silence, insert section, etc etc... In your case, I would determine the length/position of the desired intro with the locators (cycle area in the time ruler at the top) and choose Edit > Cut/Insert Time > Insert Silence Between Locators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n6smith Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 There is a way I saw someone do MPC style arranging by means of the region Mute command and automation that worked well for him. He simply made every track the same length (though with different length regions for different tracks) and then automated the mutes to turn on and off specific regions. Not as easy as Ableton of course but it worked well for him as a substitute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnstile Posted October 9, 2011 Author Share Posted October 9, 2011 Thanks again to you both for the info! Im just getting into Logic as I normally work within Pro Tools but have an NFR of Logic Studio 2 that Apple gave me some time back. I have really been liking the easy of use of the app. Lots to learn however. @n6smith - I'm just about to pull the trigger tomorrow on one of the MMS. Been reading your posts regarding your experiences with yours. Do you find 8G a limiting factor when using the machine for VI's and MIDI? The other option I was looking at was the iMac 21.5 2.8Ghz i7 Quad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n6smith Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 @n6smith - I'm just about to pull the trigger tomorrow on one of the MMS. Been reading your posts regarding your experiences with yours. Do you find 8G a limiting factor when using the machine for VI's and MIDI? The other option I was looking at was the iMac 21.5 2.8Ghz i7 Quad. No, not really but then I understand the new iMacs can easily and cheaply be upgraded to 16 gigs... (4X4GB mem chips.. the same ones as the MMS takes) so that might be worth thinking about... I'll probably upgrade my MMS to 16 gigs once the cost of 8Gb chips comes down a bit...The thing for me about the MMS was also about the portability as well as the onboard twin 7200 drives.. but for an all in one package, for the price, the newer iMacs are pretty darn good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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