How did I create my sample tracks?

To create sample tracks the EXS24 sampler is a must have plug-in. It comes with the
logic software and functions either through logic library sounds or the use of your
own recorded audio. To begin my sample tracks, I first recorded in some audio. These
were short, simple sounds, as my plan was to manipulate them using the internal plugins. My aim was to then create three 2 minute & 30 seconds long tracks using 1 sound
if not, maximum of 3 sounds.
To begin with I recorded in audio like so,

The little blue

sign indicates
that the track is
an audio track.
No midi can be
recorded with
audio tracks,
only live
sounds.

The RED R button

means that the
channel is armed.
This means that once
this is pressed you
can begin recording
your
sounds/instruments.

The green bar is the same as on the

mixer. It enables you to see the tracks
levels and can help you avoid
clipping in your track when
recording. You want your level to be
green allowing slight yellow.
Anything red will cause distortion to
your track.

Once my audio was all recorded in I had to bounce them into an mp3 so that I can
import them into the EXS24 sampler. I did this by clicking bounce on the right
channel (bottom left) and saved it to the appropriate folder. I did each sound
individually so that I didnt bounce two sounds onto one mp3.

These are the

options on the
bounce window.
They allow you to
choose from MP3,
PCM, DVD OR
MP4.
Bounce
button

Once I had created all my sounds I then put them into the EXS24 sampler like so;
1. First of all I selected a software instrument track

2. I then went across to the far left column at the

bottom left and where it says instrument I
selected the EXS24 sampler stereo output.

3. After the sampler had loaded, I

clicked on the small edit
button (top right hand corner)
where it provided me with a
pop up window.

4. On the tabs at the top of the window the only buttons necessary are zone and
instrument.
5. I clicked zone which then had a drop down menu. From the menu, I chose
the option load multiple samples.

6. This then created

another window where
I could browse my files
to find my bounced
MP3 sounds. Once I
found them I selected
add then done and
they loaded up with the
previous pop-up
window.

7. You can decide what key

you want the sound to start
at. C1 is the example given
so I just pressed select and
my sound appeared as a
little grey box, which I
then stretched out across
the keyboard.

8. After I did this I then clicked instruments and saved it to the sampler
instruments folder in logic.
9. Once I could get the sound up in logic I then started to experiment with other
plug-ins such as tape delay, reverb, distortion etc to manipulate the same
sound in different ways.

10. Once I had all my sounds in the sampler and edited I began to structure my
track.