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Introducing Melody

Once you’ve set up your foundation, you can add melodic elements to really make your song come alive. Melody is what makes a song a song—it’s the part you hum to yourself.

Audition other instruments while you cycle the rhythm section of your song. Try the loop categories of single instruments for distinctively melodic loops.



Tips

Try the Single loop categories first

When you’re trying to choose a melodic element, you might want to start by auditioning loops in the Single category. These loops feature music played by a single instrument in which the melody can be heard clearly.

Lock a track

To prevent unintended changes to a track, click the lock icon in the track heading. This renders the track to your computer’s hard disk and can reduce the processing power required to play your track. If you want to make changes later, you can unlock the track, make the changes, then lock the track again.

Steps

Add melodic elements to your song

  1. Click the Cycle button and then click the Play button to play back your drum and bass loops repeatedly.
  2. In the loop browser, click Reset.
  3. Click the Guitar category, and then click Single.
  4. Click a guitar loop to audition it.
  5. When you find a guitar loop you like, drag it to the track editor to create a new track with that loop.
  6. Drag the cycle indicator to play the portion of the song that includes all three loops.
  7. Click Reset.
  8. Click the Piano category and audition piano loops with your mix.
  9. Drag the piano loop you want to the track editor under your guitar track to create a piano track.