Restricted loop time in logic pro 9

There seems to be a limit of about 1000 repetitions. Makes sense, as it gets pretty boring after 100 times already. Get creative.

Christian

christianobermaier wrote:
There seems to be a limit of about 1000 repetitions. Makes sense, as it gets pretty boring after 100 times already. Get creative.

Wow. That's helpful.

So if you've sketched out a rough drum loop (or found a rough approximation of what you're going to be building later on) and just want to loop it as a basic frame to build upon, you're obviously just not creative enough?

I see.

I appreciate that you obviously create complex orchestral arrangements out of pure vacuum by the power of your thought processes (I assume you don't use a metronome for guidance, as it hampers creativity), but us lowly humans who simply lack the genius to just write it down might require a slightly different approach for actual work.

FWIW:
I just opened up a new project, dragged an audio loop in from the loop browser and hit "L" to loop it, and it loops way longer than 2 mins.

Tried the same thing with a plain AIFF file from the Finder, and it worked just fine, as well.

Maybe I'm just more creative than christian can imagine?

christianobermaier wrote:
There seems to be a limit of about 1000 repetitions.

Yep... it seems that there IS a limit to the number of loops... 1000 loops only.


Perhaps in the OP's case, the Project End point has been reached?


CCT

Yes... definitely check out the Project End point (which can be dragged further in the Bar Ruler or drag the numeric value in the Transport bar).

🙂

spheric wrote:
I just opened up a new project, dragged an audio loop in from the loop browser and hit "L" to loop it, and it loops way longer than 2 mins.

I take it that you didn't count the number of repetitions. If you used a 16th hihat note at tempo 120, that would add up to 960 repetitions in two minutes. Close enough to be reasonable, no ?

So if you've sketched out a rough drum loop you're obviously just not creative enough?

If you don't know what to do if it stops, then yes. I would have suggested pasting the Region once more at position 1001, or merging 4 bars of the source Region or throwing them in a Folder and loop that, but then I thought mentioning that would insult your intelligence.

I appreciate that you obviously create complex orchestral arrangements out of pure vacuum by the power of your thought processes (I assume you don't use a metronome for guidance, as it hampers creativity), but us lowly humans who simply lack the genius to just write it down might require a slightly different approach for actual work.

Thanks for the appraisal, but it's on the contrary, not vaccum but pressure seems to help in my case.

Christian

christianobermaier wrote:

spheric wrote:
I just opened up a new project, dragged an audio loop in from the loop browser and hit "L" to loop it, and it loops way longer than 2 mins.

I take it that you didn't count the number of repetitions. If you used a 16th hihat note at tempo 120, that would add up to 960 repetitions in two minutes. Close enough to be reasonable, no ?

Just tried it, and yes, playback stops after pretty much exactly 1000 repetitions of a 16th note loop.
It didn't occur to me that this would be the original poster's problem, as I can't really figure why anybody would loop a sixteenth note constantly.

I was more in this mode of working:

So if you've sketched out a rough drum loop you're obviously just not creative enough?

If you don't know what to do if it stops, then yes. I would have suggested pasting the Region once more at position 1001, or merging 4 bars of the source Region or throwing them in a Folder and loop that, but then I thought mentioning that would insult your intelligence.

Thanks for the flowers, but you may note that I'm not the one who ran into this problem in the first place.

Thanks for the appraisal, but it's on the contrary, not vaccum but pressure seems to help in my case.

This, I can get behind. 🙂

spheric wrote:
I can't really figure why anybody would loop a sixteenth note constantly.

Well, for all we know about the OPs intentions, it can't be ruled out.

Christian

christianobermaier wrote:

spheric wrote:
I can't really figure why anybody would loop a sixteenth note constantly.

Well, for all we know about the OPs intentions, it can't be ruled out.

It's certainly an explanation that makes sense.

Feathers unruffled.

rounik music wrote:
Project End point

That is probably it... I just tried things out with a MIDI region 1/16 bar long! and I could loop it, well, forever - I stopped after the help tag indicated 25,000 + repetitions... is the 1,000 repetitions limit perhaps only for Apple Loops? It seems for "normal" midi-regions there's No Limit
Nono, nononono, nono There's No Limit!

Eriksimon wrote:

Nono, nononono, nono There's No Limit!

LOL! thanks for reminding me of days gone by... eek... glad those tunes are gone too 😉

Eriksimon wrote:
I just tried things out with a MIDI region 1/16 bar long! and I could loop it, well, forever - I >stopped after the help tag indicated 25,000 + repetitions... is the 1,000 repetitions limit perhaps >only for Apple Loops? It seems for "normal" midi-regions there's No Limit
Nono, nononono, nono There's No Limit!

Hi


The looped regions can appear to have as many repeats as you like, but they will not actually play past 1000 loops with audio regions (ordinary or Appleloops).

It does seem that this "restriction" does not apply to MIDI regions... ie they will play.


CCT

rounik music wrote:

Eriksimon wrote:

Nono, nononono, nono There's No Limit!

LOL! thanks for reminding me of days gone by... eek... glad those tunes are gone too 😉

Are they? These 'things' tend to return in 'updated' forms... and the fact that you, as a "deficionado" of these tunes, probably immediately heared the melody in your head when you read those words, tells me that they are by no means gone. The sad fact may be that when Alzheimers has mushed your and my brains to near vegetative conciousness, we will probably still be able to hum this "classic" 1-4-5 phrase by 2U... 😟

regards, Erik (...who's still hoping for a drug that can erase the entire ABBA/Boney M/2 Unlimited/Status Quo/Vengaboys etc songcatalog... 😉 )

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