15 Ultrabeat

While EXS24 is cool, and you can use it to load drum libraries, there’s also a dedicated drum synthesizer and sequencer in Logic: Ultrabeat. As a drum instrument, Ultrabeat goes well beyond what EXS24 is capable of, offering you the ability to use samples and/or a variety of synthesis types to create up to 25 drum sounds (one that can be used for chromatic pitched sounds). You can route the different sounds collectively to the main outputs or use Ultrabeat as a multi-output instrument to allow for processing of different sounds in dedicated channel strips. Two oscillators plus noise, a filter, distortion, a ring modulator, two LFOs, four envelopes, and an EQ give you plenty of creative power. Add a dedicated step sequencer, and the potenti....Figure 15.1