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478 Chapter 16 Score Editor

Positioning the SPL Directly in the Score

The Song Position Line can be set directly in the Score window by clicking into a staff

at the desired position, while pressing Option. This function is only available when the

sequencer is stopped. It is especially helpful in Page view, where no Bar Ruler is

displayed. The selected position is displayed in the help tag as long as the mouse

button is pressed.

Notation Concept

MIDI sequencing and score display are closely related within Logic. Every note in the

score represents a MIDI note event. MIDI Regions are interpreted for display by Logic,

using methods that can be influenced by the user to a great extent. The goal is to

retain the feel of real time recordings, while still rendering a readable score.

If notes are put into the score using the mouse or step input, they are also played back

via MIDI, since they represent MIDI events.

Basics

Recorded MIDI Regions are automatically displayed in the Score window. If you like the

sound of the playback, but not the score display, you can usually get the desired result

by changing some of the settings in the Display Parameter box, in the different Song

Settings dialog windows, or Note Attributes. You can control the display even further by

selecting or creating Score Styles, Instrument Sets, and Text Styles, which best fit your

music.

If you generally prefer mouse input, you first need to create one or more empty MIDI

Regions in the Arrange window, using the Pencil tool. These will then be displayed as

empty staves in the Score window. Rests are usually displayed automatically in Logic,

and don’t need to be inserted.

If you want to use the mouse to insert new notes into a previously recorded MIDI

Region, you can select a rhythmic note value from the Part box, and drag it to the

desired bar and pitch position, in any of the visible staves.

No matter which input method you decide to use, the selected display settings will

always be applied to the inserted MIDI events. This means for example, that a thirty-

second note can only be displayed if the Qua parameter in the Display Parameter box of

the corresponding MIDI Region is 1/32, or shorter. If that value is set to 1/8, an inserted

32nd note will be displayed as an eighth note (but will still play back as a a 32nd). The

display is also affected by the Interpretation setting in the MIDI Region’s Display

Parameter box. These settings can be different for each MIDI Region, even for MIDI

Regions on the same track. To use different display parameter settings in the same staff,

just cut the MIDI Region with the Scissors tool. Now you can assign different display

settings to the resulting shorter MIDI Regions, although they will still be displayed as

one uninterrupted staff. MIDI playback will not be affected by this procedure.

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