Apple Logic Pro 7 - Manual (Page 476)

476 Chapter 16 Score Editor
Logic’s Score Edit window basically serves two purposes:
• As a MIDI editor for users who prefer to use traditional music notation as an interface
for MIDI sequencing. Input, editing, copying, or deleting of MIDI events and changing
their musical position can be done directly in the Score window. One can also
change between different display levels (that is, view single or multiple parts at
once).
• To prepare and produce printed music. The number of staves in a score is only
limited by the paper size. Also, each staff can contain up to 16 independent
(“polyphonic”) voices.
In addition to the notes (which always represent MIDI events), numerous musical
symbols can be inserted. Text (and thereby any symbol which is part of a text font) can
also be integrated into the music.
Single pages, or parts thereof, can be exported to graphic or text based programs,
using the camera tool. The selected area can be saved as a graphic file, or copied to the
Clipboard, and then imported or pasted as a picture in another program. This is
especially useful for preparing teaching material.
MIDI sequencing and preparing music for printout are closely related in Logic.
Recorded MIDI notes are immediately displayed in the score. On the other hand, notes
which are inserted with the mouse on the screen, or changes to existing notes are
immediately reflected in the MIDI playback.
Opening the Score Edit Window
There are several ways to open the Score window:
• Main menu Windows > Open Score
• Key command Open Score Window (Default: Command-3).
• double-click on a MIDI Region in the Arrange window, if Double-clicking a MIDI Region
Opens Score Editor is selected in Logic > Prefereces > Global > Editing.
• To recall an already opened window (which is hidden by other windows), select that
window’s name in the main Windows menu, where all currently opened windows are
listed.
Several Score windows can be open at once. This can be used for example, to display
different groups of instruments, by using different Instrument Sets.