Apple Logic Express 7 - Manual (Page 403)

Chapter 15 Score Editor 403
Special Cases Concerning Score Display
In some situations, certain MIDI Regions will not be displayed in the Score window, no
matter what the Display Level or Instrument Set settings are. These cases include:
• Muted MIDI Regions, if Hide Muted Sequences is activated in Layout > Global Format.
• MIDI Regions on muted tracks, if Hide Muted Tracks is activated in Layout > Global
Format.
• MIDI Regions with Score set to “off” in their Extended Sequence Parameters (global
menu Options > Extended Sequence Parameters or key command).
Instrument Sets
Apart from the system of display and folder levels, the Score window also features the
Instrument Sets system. This determines which (track) instruments should be included
in the score display of a particular Instrument Set. Each song can contain as many
Instrument Sets as required. Instrument Sets allow you to:
• arrange the (vertical) order of instruments in the score, independently from the order
of tracks in the Arrange window.
• assign a name and an abbreviated name to each track instrument, which will then be
displayed and printed as instrument names in the score.
• determine which of the staves will be connected by brackets and/or bar lines.
• display or print a certain part of the score, such as a particular group of instruments.
This also allows faster editing in very large files, as screen redraws are much faster
when fewer instruments are displayed.
• exclude the display of tracks that are only relevant for playback, but not for the score
(tracks that only contain MIDI controller data, for example).
• simultaneously reduce or enlarge all staves which are part of an Instrument Set, by
using the Scale parameter. This allows you to use the same Score Styles for printout
of full scores and parts.
• select from two different parameter sets (Score or Part) for page margins, header
space height, vertical distance between stave systems, and the maximum number of
bars per line.
An Instrument Set is selected in the Instrument Set Box, below the Catch and Link
buttons. If Instrument Sets already exist in the current song, a pull-down menu
showing all available Instrument Sets will appear when you click-hold on the box. New
songs will only show the ALL INSTS. entry which—depending on the display level—will
display all instruments. Double-click this box to open the Instrument Set window.