Using logic as a sampler - old school beat looping

I'm new to Logic Pro 8, and the first thing I want to do is to basically pull in some of my old favourite drum loops and beginning looping them, editing them, mashing up the beats and breaks, etc.
My question is, which part of Logic should I be using to do this. I'm talking basically taking an MP3, cutting part of it out to use as a loop, editing the loop - changing/adding snare/bass drum positions etc - in order to create a drum part for my song.
Any advice, or links to existing tutorials/threads would be great. Thanks

Well, I'm also new, but I might be able to help. You can go to the media button in the top right, then go to the browser, and search the mp3's on your hard drive and pull them into Logic Pro 8. Just drag and drop. Once the mp3 that you want is in there you can cut it and loop it however you want. From there, you can add software instruments and such to add snare and bass, or whatever. Hope this helps.

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