Is it possible to trigger an audio sample via a midi file in logic?

E.G. If i had a midi kick drum track. Could I sample an audio file of a kick drum ?
I knwo this can be done in programs like fruity loops but im not sure if logic has this ability too?

Create a software instrument track. Double click the instrument name in the channel strip to show the Ultrabeat editor. Choose the Ultrabeat instrument and then choose the default setting for importing samples, which can be chosen from Ultrabeat's patch selection menu just like any other software instrument. In the lower right hand corner of the editor you will see a button that says "full view". It chooses between a fruity loops style sequencer view and a drum synth editor view. To import your sample, you need to be in the drum synth edit view. In this view there are three sound source controls which combine to make an ultrabeat sound. The one you need to choose is the sample source in the lower left corner where you should see a picture of a waveform. Double click on the waveform to open Finder, where you can browse for the location of your sample. The name of your sample will then appear on the left side of the editor as one key of a virtual keyboard. Click on the key with your mouse and you should be able to hear your sample playback. Play all the keys / pads on your controller and one of them will trigger your sample through Ultrabeat. You can also trigger ultrabeats pattern sequencer to play the sample from ultrabeat, and then trigger ultrabeats patterns to play in sync with Logic. You can even trigger different ultrabeat patterns using notes from your MIDI controller. Put ultrabeat on several tracks and then switch between tracks while triggering different patterns on each track..while recording it all as a performance in realtime . Check out Ultrabeat. The list goes on.

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Hi. This might be unbelievably simple and obvious (but not to me!).
I am wanting to assign/map individual audio samples to individual 'note' or midi events, same kind of set up as how say any of the drum sets work in ultrabeat. I suspect something like this might be possible through ultrabeat dragging samples in to the sample window but I still haven't managed conclusive success.
I'm working with a novation 49 sl compact.
I have searched extensively in the manuals and the discussions and suspect the 'way' I'm thinking about this might be wrong. I'm sure it must be possible and started my search with L7.
Any help/thoughts etc greatly appreciated in advance.

Where there's a will there's a google. And it led me to the macprovideo discussion at the link below
http://www.macprovideo.com/forum/logic/logic-pro-express&id=5356
which was enough to send me into the right direction.
So I've solved my dilemma by using the exs24 sampler and creating a new key map.
Ain't it always the way? Its only obvious when you know how but hopefully this might help someone else one day.

Javax.sound.sampled - Writie PCM audio samples to an AIFF file?

Greetings,
I've been going at this for awhile and seem to be stuck.
I'm importing data from an old system that stored audio recordings in raw PCM. I can easily use a Clip object to convert that PCM into a DataLine (Clip) object and play it.
Now I need to write out that audio data as an AIFF file (actually I need to capture it and store it in a database, but the AIFF file format seems like a good, portable, format).
To write a file using AudioSystem.write() you need an AudioInputStream. To create an AudioInputStream you need a TargetDataLine. However, I can see no direct way of creating a TargetDataLine that can be populated with raw data.
Reading the documention (I know, it's a bad habit), it seems like what I needed to do is get a mixer, create a SourceDataLine with my data, then pump the SourceDataLine with the audio samples. The mixer would do nothing but pass the data on to the TargetDataLine where it would be captured and written to disk. Here's my code:
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try
// First, find a mixer (we assume it will be a software mixer) that can provide us with
// both source and target datalines that can handle the desired format.
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DataLine.Info targetInfoRequest = new DataLine.Info(TargetDataLine.class,format);
Mixer ourMixer = null;
// Get all of the available mixers
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for (int i=0; i<info.length; i++)
Mixer mixer = AudioSystem.getMixer(info);
if (mixer.isLineSupported(sourceInfoRequest) && mixer.isLineSupported(targetInfoRequest))
ourMixer = mixer;
break;
if (ourMixer==null)
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// Get the source and target lines from the mixer
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TargetDataLine targetLine = (TargetDataLine)ourMixer.getLine(targetInfoRequest);
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My problem is that the code never finds a mixer. The statement (mixer.isLineSupported(sourceInfoRequest) && mixer.isLineSupported(targetInfoRequest)) is always false.
So here's my question (finally): Am I going about this the right way? My other thought is just to create my own TargetDataLine object and populate it with the data myself.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
P.S. I hope this is the right place for this question -- this is the first time I've used this forum
P.P.S. Java 1.3.1 (MacOS X and Windows 2000)

Solved -
This was way over engineered! Overlooked in my reading was a constructor for an AudioInputStream that can use any input stream as it's source.
This was all I needed:
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i have logic pro 8 and i was wondering how to send chopped up samples of an audio file to my midi controller which is an axiom 49. for example, i wanna chop up some vocals and instrument loops from a song called dazed and confused to create a hip hop song and i ve seen it done before on youtube just wondering how to do it.

Not sure what you mean by sending audio samples to your MIDI controller. Maybe you'd like to play or trigger these samples from your controller? One way is to cut them up (lots of ways to do this in Logic) and then assign the resultant bits of audio as samples in the EXS sample player. You can also assign these samples in Ultrabeat.
You'll need a basic familiarity with editing in Logic, as well as some fundamental knowledge of the EXS sampler or Ultrabeat.

Audio sample at variable frequency

I think this is the right forum for that question.<BR>
Do anyone know if it is possible to play an audio sample an modify the frequency while playing according to a variable value?
Any example?

write yourself a Mixer that can change the frequency of the data flowing through it.</p>
Mixer
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Or find one on the internet that does it.
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matfud

Turn a MIDI file into a audio File?

I am having some problems turning a midi file into an audio sample file. Can some one walk me through this. I'm sure I'm doing it right but the result is not!
Any help would be appreaciated
Maxx
G5 Duel 2 gig Mac OS X (10.4.5) 4 gigs memory / 192 digital interface / Logic 7.1.1
G5 Duel 2 gig Mac OS X (10.4.5) 4 gigs memory / 192 digital interface / Logic 7.1.1

OK, a little groundwork first. The one thing MIDI isn't is anything to do with sound! Sounds like a bold statement but I want to make that clear just in case.
MIDI controls things like external synths and VST plug-ins which are what make the sounds.
So, in order to convert MIDI to audio you need something to play the MIDI file. Logic of course has plenty of great built-in synths which you can use if you don't have external hardware.
Simply associate a Logic synth with each MIDI channel and then conduct a 'Bounce'. The resulting file is a recording of the synth sounds your MIDI file was controlling.
I apologise if that lot sounds a bit patronising but I have no idea what level you are at. Either way I hope it helps.
Rik

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I am a student studying a digital media degree and am
currently developing an interactive music app in Flash CS3.
This is a long shot but does anyone know if its possible to
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the mouse is released?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

No that's not a long shot at all.
Have a look at the Sound and SoundChannel classes for playing
and controlling audio. Play a sound with Sound.play(). This has a
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Audio sample rate does not match (HDcam to dvcam)

I'm trying to import clips and keep getting this message:
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Posted: Fri, Feb 15 2013, 1:27pm Post subject: AUDIO SAMPLES FROM ZIP 100 TO MACBOOK PRO / LOGIC?
HI THERE
I HAVE LOADS OF OLD AUDIO SAMPLES ON ZIP DISKS ( ZIP 100 using akai cd3000 sampler ) THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TRANSFER TO MY MAC BOOK PRO FOR LOGIC EX24.
IS IT A SIMPLE CASE OF A 'SCSI TO USB LEAD' , WILL MY MAC BOOK PICK IT UP FROM THERE OR DO I NEED SOFTWARE OR DRIVERS FOR MY MAC TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEM?
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Please Help. How do I assign a short audio sample to a specific note?

Hi. Happy new year to all!!
If any one can please please offer advise it would help to get my new year off to a much better start.
I am wanting to assign/map individual audio samples to individual 'note' or midi events, same kind of set up as how say any of the drum sets work in ultrabeat.
Is it something to do with ch assignment?
The result I'm looking for is if I hit C0 on my keyboard, I get one sample. If I hit G4 on my keyboard, I get a different sample and so on.
I'm working with a novation 49 sl compact.
I have searched extensively in the manuals and the discussions and suspect the 'way' I'm thinking about this might be wrong. I'm sure it must be possible.
Is it possible? How?
Any help/thoughts etc greatly appreciated in advance.

Hi Thanks for that.
Since my posting, I discovered another option, by using the Sampler exs24 and creating a new key map, this seems to be exactly what I was after. Like all things, its straight forward when you know how.
I looked into the ultra beat sampling a bit further as I understood it, before seeing your reply, to discover that the sampler window was about chopping/or linking a sample to a preexisting rhythmic sequence. This was not quite what I was after but I'm interested to look further in to your suggestion which seems a bit of a different thing again.
Where theres a will theres a way and I googled my question leading me to the macprovideo discussion group with the following link:
http://www.macprovideo.com/forum/logic/logic-pro-express&id=5356
so this was enough to send me in the right direction.
Not being inundated with answers form the forums, your responce is very appreciated.
Thankyou.

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