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DreamSampler in Logic Pro

Load the DreamSampler instrument on a track in Logic Pro, play the live buffer, and record what you play.

Install DreamSampler first

Add DreamSampler to a track

  1. 1Create a Software Instrument track (Option+Command+S).
  2. 2Click the Instrument slot at the top of the channel strip and choose AU Instruments > Daydream > DreamSampler (the current alpha build shows as DreamSampler - Alpha).
  3. 3Click Sign in and finish in your browser if you haven't yet, then load a source and click Connect. Once the live buffer fills, its waveform appears and the pads are playable.

Play it

  1. 1In Slice mode (the default), trigger slices from the on-screen pads, the z x c v … / a s d f … keyboard rows, or MIDI notes from C1.
  2. 2Switch to Classic or 1-Shot to play the whole buffer chromatically or as one-shots — both are MIDI-driven, so feed the track a MIDI clip or your controller.

Record the output

  1. 1On the DreamSampler track's channel strip, click the Sends slot and assign it to an unused Bus (e.g. Bus 1). Logic creates an Aux track automatically — delete that Aux track.
  2. 2Create a new Audio track and set its input to the same Bus (Bus 1).
  3. 3Record-enable the new track, hit Record, and play.
The buffer stays essentially the same until parameters change — a replayed MIDI clip sounds the same as long as you leave the controls alone. Once you tweak the prompt or a control, the buffer regenerates and the old audio is gone, so record takes you want to keep.