Intro to Session Players in Logic Pro for iPad
The Session Players in Logic Pro for iPad let you add realistic bass, piano, and drum performances to your project. Just like an expert backing band, the Session Players can quickly create musical performances and respond instantly to your input and direction in a near-endless variety of ways.
The Session Players feature the Bass Player, Keyboard Player, and Drummer. You can choose Session Players from a wide range of styles, from pop rock to R&B. Each Session Player comes with their own patch and a distinct playing style.
The harmonies played by the Bass Player and Keyboard Player follow the global Chord track or region chords. By using the Chord track, you can have multiple Session Players follow the same chords so that they play in sync. You can use region chords with Session Players so that the Session Player for that region plays chords different from those on the Chord track. For information about working with chords, see Intro to chords.
Session Player performances are contained on Session Player regions on software instrument tracks. You can create multiple Session Player regions on a track, each with a different playing style, allowing you to give different sections of your project a unique musical feel.
In the Session Player Editor, you can change the Session Player’s performance by changing to a different style, choosing different presets, selecting a predefined rhythmic pattern, and creating your own pattern from scratch. You can then fine-tune the performance using various settings and regenerate the performance based on the current settings. You can also edit region chords and have the Session Player regions incorporate the rhythm of another track.
The Bass Player and Keyboard Player come with plug-ins—the Studio Bass and the Studio Piano—to give you control over the players’ sound. The plug-ins are optimized for the two Session Players and for Session Player regions. Each plug-in has a selection of sample-based instruments and settings that you can use to faithfully reproduce bass and piano sounds.
The Drummer can play both electronic and acoustic kits. Acoustic Drummers use Drum Kit Designer, and electronic Drummers use Drum Machine Designer.
For even greater flexibility, you can influence the sound of Session Players by choosing patches in the Browser, adding plug-ins, and adjusting plug-in parameters. With the Drummer, you can exchange individual kit pieces and edit their settings in Drum Kit Designer or Drum Machine Designer.
The Browser features Session Player loops that you can add to your project the same way as other loops, which allows you to quickly build a song or find inspiration. See Add Apple Loops to your project.
Note: You can convert Session Player regions to MIDI or pattern regions so that you can edit them in other editors.
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