Editing audio

Hi,
I'm new to Logic, trying to "import" my large audio editing skills from Pro Tools.
I'm editing an apple loop by slicing parts of it on the main arrange window, and when I try to transform it by gain change, for instance, I get a warning message saying "This Audio File can not be changed. Volume or file is locked."
How can I unlock it?
On the other hand, I'd like to apply this change to only a section I created by slicing the original large audio file, an apple loop. I'm not even sure this gain change, when I finally unlock it, will only affect the edited portion. The sample editor, does not recognize this section as a "new region". It still shows the big original audio file.
Finally, I tried to compress/expand, another slice from an apple loop, and I followed instructions from the manual (p. 525: How to adjust the region length to match the locator positions", but nothing happens.
Any advice?
Thanks,
Alex

Sounds like the permissions for the Apple loops are set to "read only".
Find the apple loops folder, hit Apple/I to open the info box. At the bottom, open the "Details" pane, set permissions to "Read & Write", as well as "apply to enclosed items", so that all the loops in the folder are set to "Read & write".
As for editing the loops, I would suggest first making a new copy of it, before doing any destructive editing. But yes, the example of gain change would happen only on the selected area within the sample edit window, even though the rest of the loops waveform is still visible outside that selected region.
Can't help with the time stretching... haven't used that at all myself yet.
See if any of that helps...

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