Apple Logic Express 7 - Manual (Page 344)

344 Chapter 15 Score Editor
• Simultaneous step input into several Regions is not possible. If more than one MIDI
Region is selected, the notes will be inserted into only one of them.
• If several Regions follow one another on the same Arrange track (even those with
gaps in-between them), you can step input notes from one MIDI Region to the next.
As soon as the SPL reaches the beginning of the next MIDI Region, Logic will
automatically insert the notes into it.
Mouse Input
A staff must exist before notes, symbols, and text elements (called objects in the
following sections) can be inserted. Each staff (even an empty one) is the direct
representation of one or more Regions. Empty Regions can be created with the pencil
tool in the Arrange window, where their length and position can also be changed.
These empty Regions are displayed in the Score window as empty staves. Rests are
automatically displayed (unless the automatic rest display is deactivated in the
assigned Score Style).
Input
Prior to any mouse input, you first need to select an object in the Part box, and drag it
to the desired position in the main working area. As a positioning aid, you will see a
Help Tag while you’re “holding” the object with the mouse. Drag the mouse until the
desired position is shown in the Help Tag, and release the mouse button. The Help Tag
is especially important for positioning when working at smaller zoom levels.
When working in full score view, and inserting objects between the staves (such as
dynamic symbols), you should make sure that these symbols have been inserted into
the desired MIDI Region/staff. Immediately after inserting an object, the target MIDI
Region will be selected, and displayed with blue stave lines. You can also see its name
in the top line of the Display Parameter box.
It’s generally better to change to single staff display (double-click on the staff ) when
inserting objects that are positioned between staves (especially lyrics). Although it
doesn’t matter which MIDI Region an object belongs to in full score mode (as they stay
where they are placed), such objects can be displayed with the wrong instrument,
when single instrument parts are later displayed and printed.
All Part box objects and features are described in detail in the Part box section (see
“The Part Box” on page 348).
In the Event List, notes and sustain pedal markings are listed as MIDI events, and most
other symbols and text objects as Meta events. Global symbols, global text elements,
time, and key signature changes are not listed in the Event List. Symbols attached to
notes (accents, note heads, and so on), are not listed as events in the Event List, but are
saved with their “parent” notes (the notes they belong to/are associated with).