Instrument plug-ins in Logic Pro for iPad
Logic Pro for iPad provides an extensive suite of software instruments that can be used in your productions. See Intro to recording and Intro to plug-ins. Also see Add, replace, reorder, and remove plug-ins in the Plug-ins area and Work with plug-ins in the Mixer.
Sample-based instruments include Sampler and Quick Sampler. These enable you to play back recordings of acoustic instruments. Sample Alchemy is a synthesizer that lets you import and warp audio to create new, playable sounds. Also included are the sample-based Studio Bass, Studio Piano, Studio Strings, and Studio Horns plug-ins. The latter two offer a variety of individual and grouped instruments with multiple articulations.
Specialized percussion synthesizers and instruments include Drum Synth, Drum Kit Designer, and Drum Machine Designer. Drum Machine Designer is a track instrument that directly integrates and interacts with the Mixer and Step Sequencer.
Four vintage instruments emulate the classic B3 organ; Rhodes, Wurlitzer, and Hohner electric pianos; the Hohner Clavinet; and the Mellotron. See Vintage B3 Organ, Vintage Electric Piano, Vintage Clav, and Vintage Mellotron.
When it comes to synthesizers, you have a huge range to choose from. These include simple plug-ins such as ES P, ES M, ES E, and EFM1. More advanced options include Retro Synth, ES1, and ES2, up to the extremely sophisticated Sculpture and Alchemy instruments.
Sculpture is a modeling synth that you can use to recreate physical instruments or to create instruments that don’t exist. It has a number of unique modulation facilities and can generate a huge array of sound types.
Rounding out the collection are the External Instrument and Klopfgeist utility instruments and the EVOC 20 Polysynth. This instrument tracks incoming MIDI notes and processes audio signals to create classic robotic voices and choirs that follow played note and chord pitches.
User Guide conventions
Logic Pro for iPad plug-ins have two primary views:
Tile view, which shows a few key parameters in the Plug-ins area
Details view, where you can access all plug-in parameters
Throughout the guide, parameters available in Tile view are indicated by .
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