Apple Logic Pro 8 - Manual (Page 883)

Chapter 39 Working in the Environment 883
Style
The Style parameter can be set to any of the available staff styles. Whenever a region is
created on one of the instrument’s tracks, it will be assigned the staff style displayed
here. If the Auto style is chosen (the default), Logic Pro will pick an appropriate style
based on the pitch range of the notes in the region. For more information on staff
styles, see “
Working With Staff Styles ” on page 741.
Multi Instruments
A multi instrument is like a collection of 16 standard instruments (see above) in one
package.
There is a separate sub-instrument (or sub-channel, if you prefer) that mirrors the 16
MIDI channels—as indicated by the numbered squares on the multi instrument object.
Clicking on any of these numbered squares selects the corresponding sub-channel, and
displays its parameters in the Object (or Track) Parameter box.
Each sub-instrument has a complete set of instrument parameters (identical to those
outlined in the Standard Instrument section).
Multi instruments have 15 name banks—each of which can hold 128 preset names. All
sub-instruments share the 15 banks of program names, and use the same format for
their bank select message. All sub-instruments of a multi instrument use the same
output port.
You will generally use multi instrument objects to address multi-timbral hardware
synthesizers or samplers. A multi-timbral sound module is one that can receive on
several MIDI channels at once—playing back a different sound on each channel.
As most modern MIDI devices are multi-timbral, the multi instrument will probably be
the most commonly used instrument object in your Environment.