Apple Logic Pro 7 - Manual (Page 553)

Chapter 16 Score Editor 553
Explode Folders
If the current display level allows the display of more than one MIDI Region at a time
(Linked or Not Linked), the option Explode Folders in the View menu will affect how
things are displayed: unlike the other editor windows, the Score window can display
(or even print) the contents of different display (folder) levels at once. If the current
Display Level contains folders, their contents will also be displayed in the score. (If this
option is not activated, Folders will appear as grey beams in linear view. In page edit
view, they won’t be visible at all.)
Changing between Single Sequence and Full Score Display
At all Display Levels, a double-click on a MIDI Region or folder will take you to the next
lower level (into the Folder or to the display of only that particular MIDI Region). A
double-click in the empty space below or above the staves will bring you up to the
next higher level (the next higher Folder, or in case of the highest level to the full score
display of all Regions of that song). Basically, the same principle applies even if you
don’t use Folders at all: the highest of all levels (the complete song) could also be
regarded as a folder, which contains all MIDI Regions.
Special Cases Concerning Score Display
In some cases, 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, there is also the system of
Instrument Sets in the Score window. This allows you to determine which (track)
instruments should be included in the score display of a particular Instrument Set. Each
song can contain as many Instrument Sets as you like. 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 only a certain part of the score, such as a particular group of
instruments. This also allows faster editing in very large files, since screen redraws are
much faster when less instruments are displayed.
• exclude tracks from display that are only relevant for playback, but not for the score
(tracks containing only MIDI controller data, for example).