Logic Pro X: Adding Patterns To The Loop Library

The Loop Library is what we might refer to as a ‘marmite’ resource (apologies to overseas viewers!). What this means is that some people love it and some people hate it. And that’s understandable; some of us recoil at the idea of using sounds available to all Logic users, whereas others will see those resources as a jump-start for their own creativity. But maybe we’re thinking about the Loop Library all wrong; what if we view it as a database for the patterns, sequences and sounds we use and want to ‘catalogue’, to ensure they’re available to all of our projects. In this episode, we’ll see how to create content in exactly that way.
00:00 Intro: What can the Loop Library be?
01:20 Prepared Pattern playback
01:59 Adding a Pattern Region to the Loop Library
06:19 Creating Loop Pattern for Beat Loop
07:09 Locating the Loops in the Loop Browser
08:03 Importing Patterns
09:19 Using Pattern alongside original
11:06 Thinking of the Loop Library as a database

[@jezharris]

As always, a very elegant Logic video - Keep them coming!

[@jonobuchananmusic]

Thanks Jez. I sure will!

[@richardoakley7567]

Looking forward to a Deep Dive on Logic 11 from you. I always learn from your videos, even the second time around.

[@jonobuchananmusic]

Thanks Richard. A proper splurge on Logic 11 will be arriving soon. As you'll probably have noticed, I didn't want to get lost in the '11 things you MUST know about Logic 11' clamour. But there are some great new features I'm really looking forward to exploring with everyone.

[@leefoster4171]

Excellent as ever and yes it is very marmite !! Been using it a while but as always an excellent over view .

[@jonobuchananmusic]

Thanks so much, Lee.

[@peterwaringofficial]

A VERY handy tip. Thank you! 👍

[@jonobuchananmusic]

No problem!

[@andrewhertzberg6889]

Really clever and useful. Massive thanks.

[@jonobuchananmusic]

Thanks Andrew. All well with you I hope.

[@MrPovilytis]

I remember you having only few thousands subscribers and now it's more than 7k. glad that the number is getting bigger. You deserved it. :)

[@jonobuchananmusic]

Thanks so much - and for being a part of this channel's journey! Greatly appreciated.

[@bernardclarke8573]

Fascinating, thank you!

[@jonobuchananmusic]

Thanks - you're welcome!

[@guzzoofoz]

Thanks Jono. 👍🇦🇺

[@jonobuchananmusic]

You're very welcome.

[@davidpurple3698]

Great video, thanks. Very useful

[@jonobuchananmusic]

Glad it was helpful. Thanks David.

[@danielel9191]

Thanks again!

[@jonobuchananmusic]

You're welcome!

[@geraldtir]

Thank you very much for doing this video, I had no idea you could do this in logic still finding my way around.

[@jonobuchananmusic]

Great! Glad it was helpful.

[@andyk5495]

Thanks for starting and stopping playback in a musical way

[@jonobuchananmusic]

You're most welcome.

[@issiewizzie]

If you want to take this up a notch, export the pattern as a MIDI file, then import the midi file into Alchemy's arpeggiator, which means you can now play and transpose in real-time.

[@jonobuchananmusic]

That sounds FUN! Thanks for sharing it.

[@candormind3159]

Nice 👍

[@jonobuchananmusic]

🙏

[@oneguy.2046]

Thank you JB for sharing this tip!
Great tips for archiving patterns!
By the way, you mind to share what shortcut you use (@10:50 - 10:52) to transpose the pattern from C to D ? Thanks again.

[@jonobuchananmusic]

Thanks so much. Option-Up/Down (up/down arrows) for semitone Transposition, Shift-Option-Up/Down for octave Transposition jumps.

[@oneguy.2046]

@@jonobuchananmusic Great tips, thanks again !

[@nordiclightphototours153]

Excellent tutorial as usual Jono. Thank you. I have from time to time a strange behaviour when exporting to the Loop Library. Many time the "loop" - "one time" - "Scale" and "Key" are greyed out. No idea what is causing this. Sometimes it works (not greyed out). Very weird behaviour. Cheers, Hendrik

[@jonobuchananmusic]

Thanks Hendrik. That is strange. Does it happen with a particular 'piece' of data - MIDI, Pattern or Audio? I'll do some digging this end and let you know if I find anything out, or come across the same issue.

[@nordiclightphototours153]

@@jonobuchananmusic It does happen with Midi data. Interesting is that it is not the case on all tracks. When I move the MIDI in question to another track, it remains a problem. It seems that it is backed into the MIDI or is the header information of the MIDI. It is an intermittent problem, which makes it difficult to isolate. I have the issues on a Logic Pro releases. Hope this helps.

[@PerplexedMuse]

🤍🤍🤍

[@jonobuchananmusic]

🙏🙂🙏