Apple Logic Pro 7 User Manual

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Logic Pro 7
Reference Manual
Contents
- Preface 9 Logic Reference
  - 9 What Is Logic?
  - 10 About this Manual
- Chapter 1 13 Using Logic
  - 13 Using the Mouse
  - 14 Input Options
  - 16 Tools and the Toolbox
  - 21 Window Functions
  - 34 Edit Operations
  - 36 Selection Techniques
  - 39 General Functions of the Editors
  - 44 Key Commands
  - 52 Step Input
  - 57 Caps Lock Keyboard
  - 59 Song Administration
  - 70 Standard MIDI Files
  - 72 Apple Loops
  - 77 GarageBand File Import
  - 78 ReCycle Import
  - 80 Audio Export and Import
- Chapter 2 85 Transport
  - 85 The Transport Window
  - 97 The Bar Ruler
  - 100 Cycle Mode
  - 102 Recording
  - 106 Chase Events
- Chapter 3 109 Arrange Window
  - 109 Overview
  - 110 Tracks
  - 120 Arrange Channel Strip
  - 121 MIDI Multi-Track Recording
  - 123 MIDI Instruments
  - 128 MIDI Regions
  - 141 MIDI Region Playback Parameters
  - 147 Quantization
  - 151 Groove
  - 152 Folders
  - 155 Aliases
  - 157 Markers
  - 165 Time and Key Signature Editor
  - 167 Arrange Window Techniques
  - 170 Altering the Display
  - 173 Reset Functions
- Chapter 4 175 Audio in the Arrange Window
  - 175 Regions
  - 184 Audio Recording
  - 190 Functions
  - 196 Freeze
- Chapter 5 201 The Environment
  - 201 Environment—Introduction
  - 202 Basic Operation
  - 207 The MIDI Signal Path
  - 211 Environment Objects
  - 243 Faders
  - 256 SysEx Faders
  - 260 Environment Exchange
- Chapter 6 265 Logic’s Mixing Facilities
  - 265 Audio Mixer
  - 269 Audio Objects in the Audio and Track Mixer
  - 295 Audio Object Types
  - 305 Audio Configuration
  - 307 Track Mixer
  - 310 MIDI Channel Strips
- Chapter 7 313 Automation
  - 313 Automation—Introduction
  - 315 Track Based Automation
  - 322 Region Based Automation
  - 323 HyperDraw
  - 328 Conversion of Automation Data
- Chapter 8 329 Global Tracks
  - 330 Display Options for Global Tracks
  - 331 How to Create, Move, Copy, and Delete Global Events
  - 332 Marker Track
  - 335 Tempo Track
  - 337 Beat Mapping Track
  - 341 Signature Track
  - 342 Chord Track
  - 344 Transposition Track
  - 346 Video Track
- Chapter 9 349 Audio Window
  - 349 Audio Window—Introduction
  - 351 Layout
  - 353 Display
  - 356 Operation
  - 362 File Administration
  - 372 Strip Silence
  - 376 Further Options
- Chapter 10 377 Audio Drivers
  - 377 The Audio Hardware and Drivers Dialog
  - 381 Audio Engine
  - 381 Realtime Sample Rate Conversion
  - 382 Distributed Audio Processing
- Chapter 11 385 Sample Editor
  - 385 Sample Editor—Introduction
  - 387 Display
  - 390 The Sample Edit Window in Use
  - 398 Functions
  - 402 Digital Factory
  - 418 Third Party Plug-ins
- Chapter 12 419 Project Manager
  - 419 Main Functions
  - 421 Scanning
  - 423 Browse Mode
  - 425 Edit Menu
  - 427 Functions Menu
  - 432 View Menu
  - 434 Navigate
  - 435 Project Manager Preferences
  - 436 Comments
- Chapter 13 439 Event List
  - 439 Using the Event List
  - 441 Display
  - 442 Operation
  - 444 Event List Structure
  - 447 Event Type Structure
  - 453 Tips for Numerical Input
  - 453 Event Float Window
- Chapter 14 455 Hyper Editor
  - 455 Hyper Editor—Introduction
  - 456 Hyper Sets
  - 457 Event Definitions
  - 463 Operation
- Chapter 15 467 Matrix Editor
  - 467 Matrix Editor—Introduction
  - 468 Display
  - 469 Editing Notes
  - 473 Multiple MIDI Region Edit
  - 474 Hyper Draw in the Matrix Window
- Chapter 16 475 Score Editor
  - 475 Score Editor—Introduction
  - 477 Elements of the Score Edit Window
  - 478 Notation Concept
  - 482 General Appearance
  - 485 Input Methods in the Score Window
  - 486 Score Display Options—a Survey
  - 487 Printout
  - 488 Graphic Export
  - 489 Realtime MIDI Recording
  - 489 Step Input
  - 490 Mouse Input
  - 495 The Part Box
  - 516 Move, Copy, and Paste
  - 519 Editing or Deleting Notes and Symbols
  - 522 The Display Parameter Box
  - 529 Score Styles
  - 548 Note Attributes
  - 552 Instrument Sets and Score Display Levels
  - 560 Song Settings for Score Display
  - 574 Score Preferences
  - 575 Text:Input and Display
  - 582 Chord Symbols
- Chapter 17 587 The Transform Window
  - 587 Transform Window—Introduction
  - 589 Transformation
  - 595 Parameter Sets
- Chapter 18 597 Tempo
  - 597 Display and Functions
  - 598 Tempo List Editor
  - 599 Tempo Operations
  - 601 Tempo Interpreter
  - 603 Real Time Tempo Fader
- Chapter 19 605 Synchronization
  - 605 Functions
  - 607 Synchronization Window
  - 614 Bar Ruler—Time Ruler
  - 616 MIDI Machine Control
  - 618 Sync Problems and Solutions
- Chapter 20 619 Video
  - 619 Synchronizing QuickTime Movies
  - 621 Video Thumbnail Track
  - 622 Automatic Scene Cut Detection/Scene Markers
- Chapter 21 625 Song Settings and Preferences
  - 626 Song Settings
  - 639 Preferences
- Chapter 22 655 Control Surface Support
  - 656 Installation
  - 658 Setup Window Parameters
  - 664 Control Surface Preferences
  - 668 Customizing Control Surfaces
  - 671 The Controller Assignments Window
- Glossary 683
- Index 713
Logic Reference
- What Is Logic?
- About this Manual
  - Conventions of this Manual…
Using Logic
- Using the Mouse
- Input Options
- Tools and the Toolbox
- Window Functions
- Edit Operations
  - Undo
    - Multiple Undo and Redo
    - History of Undo and Redo Steps
  - The Clipboard
- Selection Techniques
- General Functions of the Editors
- Key Commands
- Step Input
- Caps Lock Keyboard
  - Caps Lock Keyboard Preferences
  - Additional Caps Lock Keyboard Info
- Song Administration
- Standard MIDI Files
  - Loading Standard MIDI Files
    - Copyright
    - Bank Select
  - Saving Standard MIDI Files
    - Preparing the Song
    - Saving a Song as a Standard MIDI File
- Apple Loops
  - The Loop Browser
  - Apple Loops Utility
- GarageBand File Import
- ReCycle Import
  - Recognized ReCycle File Formats
- Audio Export and Import
Transport
- The Transport Window
- The Bar Ruler
  - Color and Display
    - Start and End Markers
  - Song Position Line
- Cycle Mode
  - Defining the Cycle
    - By Markers
  - Skip Cycle
    - Features of Skip Cycle Mode
- Recording
- Chase Events
Arrange Window
- Overview
  - Opening the Arrange window
- Tracks
- Arrange Channel Strip
  - Resizing the Arrange Channel Strip
- MIDI Multi-Track Recording
  - Layer and Multiplayer Mode
- MIDI Instruments
  - Creating a New Instrument
  - The Instrument Parameters
- MIDI Regions
- MIDI Region Playback Parameters
- Quantization
- Groove
  - Creating Groove Templates
    - Creating Your Own Quantization Template (Groove)
    - Deleting a Quantization Template
  - Importing Groove Templates
- Folders
- Aliases
  - Creating an Alias
    - Playback Parameters
    - Re-assigning an Alias
  - Alias and Real Regions
- Markers
- Time and Key Signature Editor
  - Functions
- Arrange Window Techniques
- Altering the Display
- Reset Functions
Audio in the Arrange Window
- Regions
- Audio Recording
- Functions
- Freeze
The Environment
- Environment—Introduction
  - Layers
  - Opening the Environment Window
- Basic Operation
- The MIDI Signal Path
- Environment Objects
- Faders
- SysEx Faders
- Environment Exchange
Logic’s Mixing Facilities
- Audio Mixer
  - Setting up your Audio Mixer
    - Connections
  - Object Parameter Box
- Audio Objects in the Audio and Track Mixer
- Audio Object Types
- Audio Configuration
- Track Mixer
- MIDI Channel Strips
  - Operation
  - Controls
Automation
- Automation—Introduction
  - Track Based Automation
  - Region Based Automation
- Track Based Automation
- Region Based Automation
- HyperDraw
- Conversion of Automation Data
Global Tracks
- Display Options for Global Tracks
- How to Create, Move, Copy, and Delete Global Events
- Marker Track
- Tempo Track
- Beat Mapping Track
- Signature Track
  - Handling Signature Changes
  - Cutting Bars
- Chord Track
- Transposition Track
  - Handling Events in the Transposition Track
- Video Track
Audio Window
- Audio Window—Introduction
  - Opening the Audio Window
  - Audio File Management Across Songs
- Layout
- Display
- Operation
- File Administration
- Strip Silence
- Further Options
Audio Drivers
- The Audio Hardware and Drivers Dialog
  - Core Audio
  - DAE and TDM
- Audio Engine
  - Native Audio Engine
  - Digidesign Audio Engine (DAE)
- Realtime Sample Rate Conversion
- Distributed Audio Processing
  - Enabling Distributed Audio Processing
    - Button Status
  - Other Things You Should Know
Sample Editor
- Sample Editor—Introduction
  - Opening the Sample Edit Window
  - Elements of the Sample Edit Window
- Display
- The Sample Edit Window in Use
- Functions
- Digital Factory
- Third Party Plug-ins
  - Digidesign Audiosuite plug-ins
Project Manager
- Main Functions
  - Modes
    - Browse
    - Find Mode
- Scanning
- Browse Mode
  - File Types
    - Sub-division of Audio Files
    - Drag and Drop of Audio Files
  - Browser Display
- Edit Menu
  - Cut, Paste, and Clear
  - Select
- Functions Menu
- View Menu
- Navigate
- Project Manager Preferences
- Comments
  - Displaying and Editing Comments
Event List
- Using the Event List
  - Opening the Event List
  - Structure
- Display
- Operation
- Event List Structure
  - … on the Event Level
  - … on Arrange Level
- Event Type Structure
- Tips for Numerical Input
- Event Float Window
Hyper Editor
- Hyper Editor—Introduction
- Hyper Sets
- Event Definitions
- Operation
Matrix Editor
- Matrix Editor—Introduction
  - Opening the Matrix Editor
- Display
- Editing Notes
- Multiple MIDI Region Edit
- Hyper Draw in the Matrix Window
Score Editor
- Score Editor—Introduction
  - Opening the Score Edit Window
- Elements of the Score Edit Window
  - Along the left-hand side:
  - Along the top margin:
  - The main working area:
  - Positioning the SPL Directly in the Score
- Notation Concept
  - Basics
  - Staff Display…
    - …in Relation to Position and Length of MIDI Regions in the Arrange Window
  - Aliases in the Score Display
    - Alias Editing
  - Basic Elements for Score Display
- General Appearance
  - View Menu
  - Other Options
- Input Methods in the Score Window
- Score Display Options—a Survey
  - Settings which affect all song files:
  - Settings which affect the score display of one song file:
  - Settings which can be assigned differently for each Score window, and therefore allow different s...
  - Settings which affect the score display of a particular MIDI Region:
  - Settings which can be changed for each note individually, regardless of the default settings:
- Printout
  - Using external Symbol Fonts for Display and Printout of Notes and Symbols
- Graphic Export
- Realtime MIDI Recording
- Step Input
- Mouse Input
  - Input
  - MIDI Channel and Velocity of Inserted Objects
  - Insert Quantization
  - Simultaneous Input of Objects into Several Sequences
  - Exact Graphic Position of Symbols
  - Hyper Draw in the Score Edit Window
- The Part Box
  - Selecting and Inserting Part Box Objects
    - Using Floating Palettes
  - Object Selection by key commands
  - Display Size of Inserted Objects
  - Notes
    - Allowing Diatonic Input only
  - Ties
    - Changing the Way Notes with Ties Are Displayed
  - N-Tuplets
    - Definition of Previously Recorded Notes as N-Tuplets
    - N-Tuplet Input with the Mouse
    - Changing or Deleting Existing Tuplets
    - Fast Input of Several Identical N-Tuplets
    - Editing Automatically Displayed Triplets
    - “Artificial” N-Tuplets to Bypass Display Quantization
  - Grace Notes, Independent Notes
    - Creating Independent Notes:
  - Sustain Pedal Symbols
  - Clefs
    - Octave settings
  - Dynamic Symbols
  - Note Heads
    - Invisible Note Heads
  - Symbols attached to Notes
    - MIDI Meaning
    - Quick Assignment with key commands
    - Inserting independent Symbols
  - Jazz Symbols
  - Slurs, Crescendi
    - Input
    - Fast Slur and Crescendo Input with key commands
    - Altering the Shape
    - Changing the Position
    - Change of Length
    - Particular Attributes of Certain Symbols
    - Precise Positioning
  - Key Signatures
    - Deleting a Key Signature Change
    - Moving and Copying Key Signature Changes
  - Time Signatures
    - Compound Time Signatures
    - Invisible Time Signatures
    - Editing Time Signatures
  - Repeat Signs and Bar Lines
    - Moving, Deleting
    - Invisible Bar Lines
    - 1st and 2nd Endings
  - Trills, Tremolo, and so on
  - Rests, Bar Repeat Signs
    - Automatic Rest Display
    - Manually Inserted Rests
    - Multi Bar Rests
    - Bar Repeat Signs
  - Text Objects, Chord Symbols
  - D.S., D.C., Segno, Coda Signs
  - Tempo and Swing Symbols
- Move, Copy, and Paste
  - Moving/Copying with the Mouse
    - Positioning Grid
    - Moving and Copying Several Objects at Once
  - Via the Clipboard
  - Repeat Objects
  - Copy MIDI Events
  - Nudge key commands
- Editing or Deleting Notes and Symbols
  - Editing Using Tools
  - Changes in the Event Parameter Box
  - Changing Several Selected Objects Simultaneously
    - Relative Change (Preserving Differences)
    - Absolute Change (All Values Set Equal)
  - Deleting Objects in the Score Editor
- The Display Parameter Box
  - Settings
  - Rhythmic Interpretation of Sequences
  - Name and Style
    - Title Line: Name of the Sequence
    - Style
  - Qua (Display Quantization)
  - Interpretation
  - Syncopation
  - No Overlap
  - Max. Dots
  - Score off
- Score Styles
  - Basics
    - The Concept of Score Styles
    - Assigning Score Styles
  - Predefined Styles
  - Working with Score Styles
    - Assigning Score Styles to Sequences
    - Automatic Score Style Assignment for New Sequences
  - The Score Style Window
  - Handling Score Styles
  - Editing One-Staff Score Styles
    - Name
    - Space
    - Size
    - Clef
    - Trans
    - Key
    - Rest
    - Stem
    - Tie
    - Tupl
    - Beam
    - Color
  - Editing Two-Stave Score Styles
    - Number of Staves
    - Brackets and Bar Line Connections
  - Voice Separation Method
    - Voice Assignment when Using Mouse Input
  - Editing Single-Staff Polyphonic Styles
  - Input and Recording of Polyphonic Voices
    - Via MIDI
    - Mouse Input
  - Single-Staff Score Style with Optional Polyphony
  - Multi-Stave Polyphonic Score Styles
  - Cross Staff Beaming
  - Copying Voices or Staves
    - Copying Voices or Staves into other Score Styles
    - Deleting Voices in a Score Style
  - Drum Notation with Mapped Score Styles
- Note Attributes
  - Reset Note Attributes
  - List of all Note Attributes
- Instrument Sets and Score Display Levels
  - Display Levels
  - Instrument Sets
  - The Instrument Set Window
  - Importing Instrument Sets from Other Songs
  - Additional Information on Instrument Sets
  - Full Score and Part Layout
  - Line Breaks
    - Restriction to Local Movement
    - Combining Max.Bars/Line and Line Breaks
  - Local Margins
    - Deleting all Line Breaks and Local Margins
- Song Settings for Score Display
  - Importing All Score Settings
  - Global Format
  - Numbers & Names
  - Clefs & Signatures
  - Extended Layout Parameters
  - Guitar Tablature
    - Assign
    - Some more information concerning tablature notation in Logic:
  - MIDI Meaning
    - How it Works
  - Color
- Score Preferences
  - Dashed Song Position Line
  - Show Sequence Selection Colored
  - Fast (Lower Resolution) Curves on Screen
  - Display All Distance Values in Inches
  - Use external Symbol Font (if Available)/Only for Printout
  - Open Floating Palettes
  - Double Click Note to Open…
  - Graphic Export Resolution, Graphic Export to…, PICT File Creator ID
  - Auto Split Notes at…
- Text:Input and Display
  - Text Styles
  - Text Input
    - Simultaneous Text Input into Several Staves
  - Editing Text
    - Deleting Text Objects
    - Copying Text objects
  - Global Text
    - Input of Global Text
    - Positioning of Global Text
  - Automatic Text objects
    - Example of Automatic Text
  - Lyrics
    - Some Hints for Working with Lyrcs
- Chord Symbols
  - Inserting Chord Symbols
  - Handling Chord Symbols
The Transform Window
- Transform Window—Introduction
- Transformation
- Parameter Sets
Tempo
- Display and Functions
- Tempo List Editor
  - Alternative Tempo Lists
  - Other Functions
- Tempo Operations
  - The Tempo Operations Window
- Tempo Interpreter
  - The Tempo Interpreter window
- Real Time Tempo Fader
Synchronization
- Functions
- Synchronization Window
- Bar Ruler—Time Ruler
- MIDI Machine Control
  - Switching on MMC
  - Record Functions
- Sync Problems and Solutions
Video
- Synchronizing QuickTime Movies
- Video Thumbnail Track
  - Settings
- Automatic Scene Cut Detection/Scene Markers
Song Settings and Preferences
- Saving of Song Settings and Preferences
- Song Settings
- Preferences
Control Surface Support
- Installation
- Setup Window Parameters
- Control Surface Preferences
  - General
  - Help Tags
- Customizing Control Surfaces
  - Shortcuts for Defining Multiple Assignments
  - Zones, Modes, and Assignments
    - Reassigning a Control
- The Controller Assignments Window
  - Assignment Parameters
Glossary
Index