
68 Chapter 8 Using Apple Loops
You can use one of the following options to ensure that loops created from Audio
Instrument Regions will sound the same as the original Regions:
 Drag your SIAL (the original of which was assigned to bus sends) to an audio track
instead of an Audio Instrument track. When you create an Audio Instrument loop, the
audio file that is rendered will include any bus processing. This will sound identical to
the original.
 When creating a loop from an Audio Instrument Region, insert all effects needed to
reproduce the desired sound directly into the instrument’s channel strip. This will
allow a faithful recreation of all sound elements when you subsequently add the
loop to an Audio Instrument track.
 When using SIALs, manually set up the sends and bus effects needed to reproduce
the sound of the original Region.
Creating Apple Loops in the Apple Loops Utility
The Apple Loops Utility provides sophisticated functions for creating Apple Loops from
Audio Regions. It can detect transients present in an audio file, and you can add
markers for additional transients. You can also move these markers to new locations.
You can add and edit metadata tags; you can also tag multiple files, a process known as
batch tagging. The Apple Loops Utility can read both AIFF and WAV files. If you save
changes, the file is automatically saved as an AIFF file.
To create an Apple Loop in the Apple Loops Utility:
1 Select an Audio Region in the Arrange window.
2 Do one of the following:
 Choose Audio > Open in Apple Loops Utility from the local window Audio menu.
 Use the Open in Apple Loops Utility key command.
If the length of your audio file does not match the beats, the following dialog appears:
There are two possible reasons for the wrong length:
 The audio recording was recorded at the song tempo, but not cut correctly. In this
situation, you can reduce the length of the recording, via the dialog.
 The loop uses a different tempo. In this case, you can set the length of the audio loop
in the “Loop length” box and choose “Use set length”.
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