Apple Logic Express 7 - Manual (Page 484)

484 Chapter 20 Song Settings and Preferences
Display Preferences
These parameters alter the general appearance of Logic. Before we take a look at them,
we’d like to cover a global setting. Namely changing the:
Interface Language
Logic features a Mac OS X compliant method to set the dialog language:
To set Logic’s interface language:
1 Select the Logic application in the Finder.
2 Press Command-I (to open the Information dialog).
3 Select/Flip open the “Languages” section.
4 Choose the preferred language, and uncheck all other languages.
Display Preferences: General
Windows: Anti-aliased text
Displays all Logic text strings in the Mac OS X Anti-aliased mode.
Windows: Large local window menus
The title and items of the local menus are displayed using the normal System font. If
the is not checked, a smaller font is used instead.
Windows: Wide song position line
A thicker Song Position Line is used.
Windows: Show Help Tags
This enables help tags throughout Logic. As the mouse cursor hovers over parameters
and tools, a small pop-up description (or value) of the item will momentarily appear
onscreen.
Menus: Use hierarchical pull-down menus
Hierarchical pull-down menus are used in the Arrange window Track List and elsewhere
in Logic.
Menus: Sort Instrument menu by layers
The instruments in the pull-down instrument selection menu are sorted by
(Environment) layers.
Displays: Display Middle C as:
This pull-down menu option affects the description of notes in the editors. The bottom
C on a five-octave keyboard (note # 36) is labeled C1, and middle C (#60 or c’) is labeled
C3. According to this standard, the lowest MIDI note (# 0) is called C-2. This is the
official standard, and is used by most manufacturers. Use of the C3 (Yamaha) option
will set Logic to this “standard” mode.
Should you select the C4 (Roland) option, the bottom C on a five-octave keyboard is
labeled C2, and middle C is labeled as C4. In this standard, the lowest MIDI note is C1.