Apple Logic Express 9 - Manual (Page 668)

• Region Colors: Applies color in accordance with the color of the MIDI region that contains
the notes.
• MIDI Channel Colors: Applies color in accordance with the MIDI channel that processes
the notes.
To change the color of notes
Do one of the following:
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Choose the required color assignment from the Piano Roll Editor’s View menu.
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Control-click (or right-click) the Piano Roll Editor’s background, then choose the required
color assignment from the shortcut menu.
Splitting Chords in the Piano Roll Editor
The following functions divide chords horizontally (by pitch), making the Piano Roll Editor
the ideal place to perform chord-splitting tasks.
To select the top or bottom note of one or more selected chords
Do one of the following:
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Choose Functions > Note Events > Select Highest Notes to select the highest notes in
the chords.
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Choose Functions > Note Events > Select Lowest Notes to select the lowest notes in the
chord(s).
The latter command may be perfect for separating a walking bass line in a piano region,
for example. Once separated, the lowest notes can be cut and pasted into a new region,
which is played on a track assigned to an EXS24 mkII Upright Bass instrument channel.
Note: Select Highest Notes and Select Lowest Notes are purely selection commands,
which can be used in conjunction with any of the editing commands, such as Cut, to
move a voice into another MIDI region, as per the example above.
To assign individual note pitches to different MIDI channels
1 Select the note pitch(es) you want to affect by clicking the Piano Roll keyboard.
• Shift-click to select multiple noncontiguous pitches.
• Drag across the keyboard to select a range of contiguous pitches.
2 Choose Functions > Note Events > Voices to Channels.
Logic Express assigns MIDI channel numbers (in ascending order) to individual note
pitches in the selected MIDI region. The highest note pitch in each chord is assigned as
MIDI channel 1, the next note down in each chord channel 2, and so on.
Note: Use of these commands results in changes to the MIDI region, which will contain
information spread across multiple MIDI channels, following the operation.
668 Chapter 23 Editing MIDI Events in the Piano Roll Editor