Apple Logic Express 7 - Manual (Page 335)

Chapter 15 Score Editor 335
When you open a new Score window with several MIDI Regions selected in the
Arrange window, an Instrument Set will automatically be created and displayed in the
Score window. This Instrument Set only contains the instruments of the selected MIDI
Regions.
Score Styles
Each Score Style (see “Basics” on page 380) contains a collection of score settings. Their
function could be compared to that of text formats in word processors and layout
programs. In place of text settings, Score Styles contain the staff size, display
transposition, stave distance, number of independent voices and so on. Obviously,
defining all of these settings each time a new MIDI Region is created or recorded would
be painful. Fortunately, you can assign any desired Score Style to any MIDI Region. In
fact, any number of Score Styles may be created and assigned to individual MIDI
Regions. There are a number of Score Styles included in the template files that come
with Logic, and in Logic’s default song. Please see the Score Styles section for details.
Text Styles
These are user-definable text formats for all types of displayed text.
Display Parameter box
The parameters of the Display Parameter box (see “The Display Parameter Box” on
page 374) mainly affect the rhythmic display of selected MIDI Regions. They can be
different for each Region. Some of these parameters can be overridden for individual
notes, by using Note Attributes.
Song Settings
You can set general display options that affect the whole song in the Song Settings
(see “Song Settings for Score Display” on page 410) window. These include; spacing
between notes, page margins, line thickness, display of instrument names, bar and
page numbers, and a lot more.
Note Attributes
The Note Attributes (see “Note Attributes” on page 398) affect single notes or—when
assigning them to a group of notes—all selected notes. The following parameters can
be defined individually for each note:
• Enharmonic changes.
• Settings for Interpretation and Syncopation, independent of the settings in the
Display Parameter box.