Get started with Apple Loops

Apple Loops are prerecorded musical patterns that you can use to quickly add drum beats, rhythm parts, and other musical phrases to a project. Apple Loops contain musical patterns that can be repeated over and over, seamlessly. After you add a loop to the Tracks area, you can extend it to fill any amount of time. When you add an Apple Loop to a project, it automatically matches the project tempo and key.

Apple Loops are available in a variety of instruments, genres, and moods in the Loop Browser.

Figure. The Loop Browser, showing keyword buttons and matching loops in the Results list.

There are two types of Apple Loops:

Open the Loop Browser

Browse for loops

Preview loops

Add a loop to the Tracks area

Do one of the following:

After you add the loop to the Tracks area, you can drag it left or right to adjust the point where it starts playing.

You can also search for loops by name, key, or time signature. For more information about using Apple Loops in your projects, see What are Apple Loops?.