Apple Logic Express 7 - Manual (Page 107)

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MIDI Regions
MIDI Regions are containers for the MIDI events within them. Containers for audio data
are referred to as Audio Regions (or simply Regions). Audio Regions can be compared
(see “MIDI and Audio Regions Compared” on page 140) to MIDI Regions as far as how
they are used and edited. The purpose of MIDI Regions is to make things clearer and
easier to deal with. They also correspond to the musical convention of treating a phrase
or a riff as a single unit. It’s often better to perform operations (such as quantization) on
these units, rather than on individual notes.
Note: MIDI Regions can overlap one another, partly or completely, within a track. This
should generally be avoided, for clarity’s sake.
Remember that all operations described in this section with a plural in the heading
(MIDI Regions, for example), apply to one or more selected MIDI Region(s).
Creating a MIDI Region
Normally a MIDI Region is created automatically when you record on the selected track.
It begins at the start of the bar in which the first event was recorded, and stops at the
end of the bar in which the last event was recorded.
Note: MIDI Regions can also be created by directly inserting events (see “Special
Functions” on page 115) from the Clipboard into the Arrange window.
Creating an Empty MIDI Region
Click at the desired position in the Arrange area with the Pencil tool to insert the empty
MIDI Region. You can now manually enter events into this new MIDI Region in one of
the editors.