Apple Logic Express 7 - Manual (Page 345)

Chapter 15 Score Editor 345
MIDI Channel and Velocity of Inserted Objects
The MIDI channel and velocity of objects inserted with the mouse are determined by
the Insert Defaults settings in the Event Parameter box. These are visible (and can be
edited), when no object is selected. Click anywhere in the background of the working
area to display the Insert Defaults settings.
Ensure that “Insert Defaults” is displayed in the top line of the Event Parameter box.
When inserting events into a staff which uses a Polyphonic Score Style (see “Editing
Single-Staff Polyphonic Styles” on page 392), only MIDI channels that correspond to
those of the voices can be used.
Many symbols, apart from notes (all Meta Events), display a MIDI channel in the Event
List. Some of them even have a velocity parameter. These parameters vary in the Event
Parameter box: for most objects, the MIDI channel indicates a Staff parameter, which
determines the staff (theoretically, up to 16) that the symbol belongs to, in Polyphonic
Score Styles. BE CAREFUL: if this parameter is set to a value that exceeds the number of
staves in the Score Style, the symbol will disappear.
Insert Quantization
To make positioning of notes and symbols easier, objects can only be inserted at
certain bar positions:
• There is an invisible note positioning grid. You can imagine its resolution as if the
whole bar—beginning at beat one—were filled with notes of the chosen value. An
example: in an empty 4/4 measure, half notes can only be inserted on beats one and
three, eighth note triplets only on the first, second, or third eighth note triplet of
every beat.
• All binary and dotted values can be inserted at any position of an automatically
displayed rest. This means that if there is an eighth note on one, you can insert a
quarter or a dotted quarter note at the second eighth’s position. (In this situation,
Interpretation must be turned off in the Display Parameter box, to allow the display of
the eighth note rest on the “and” of beat one). The Syncopation setting determines
how the inserted note is displayed, in this example.
• Symbols (except those directly attached to notes) can be inserted at any position
that corresponds to the grid defined by the Qua parameter. For hybrid quantizations
(such as 8,12), the insert quantization is determined by the binary value (1/8 in this
example).