Chord changes in Apple Loops

I'm trying to use an Apple Loop in Logic Pro to play a bass line in the song I'm writing. In the Loops tab in the Media Window the loop plays in E, which is fine when the chord progression is in E, but when I move to A or C or whatever's next, how do I get the loop to match pitch?
Thanks.

If it's a blue Audio loop just copy the Loop and transpose it in the Inspector +/- 12 semitones (of course you can't change tonality from major to minor like that) - if it's a green Midi loop just edit the Midi data contained in the region.

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Per Apple's TOU, I am required to state my affiliation with Eigentone Research.
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