Apple Logic Express 7 - Manual (Page 438)

438 Chapter 16 The Transform Window
Opening the Transform Window
Select Windows > Open Transform (Command-4) to open a new Transform window.
Effective Range
The Transform window is only used to edit events. As with other editors in Logic, the
operations are only performed on selected events. These might be:
• All selected events (in one of the editors),
• All events in selected Regions, or
• All events in selected folders.
You can use the link button in the top left corner to link the effective range with other
windows.
All selected events on the same display level fall within the effective transform range,
as do all events in the selected Region.
The title bar of the Transform window indicates the effective range; the song name and
the name of the first selected MIDI Region, if applicable, are shown.
Purpose of the Transform Window
Conditions
This part of a transform function defines which events will be edited. If the Select and
Operate or Select Only options are used, the transformer checks to see whether the
individual parts of the events (Position, Status, Channel, and so on) fall within the
effective range, as defined in the pull-down menus in the Select by Conditions panel.
Operations
The Operations section of the Transform window defines the edit operations that you
wish to perform. These operations are defined via the pull-down menus in the
Operations on selected Events panel.
Actions
The three main buttons at the top of the Transform window work as described below:
Select only
All events (in the effective range) that fulfil the Conditions will be selected, but not
transformed. You can use this option to refine your selection, and ensure that your
Conditions are set to only affect the events that you truly want to “transform”.
Operate only
All selected events are transformed, in accordance with the Operations settings
(Conditions has no effect). This is useful if you want to edit events that you’ve already
selected, manually.