Apple Logic (1.1) - Manual (Page 32)

32 Chapter 3 Navigating the Song
Note: Clicking on the downwards pointing arrow beside the Song End box will open a
menu of Transport bar display options, which allow you to customize the appearance
of the Transport bar to meet your requirements. We suggest that you select the Legend
menu option, which will turn on the function titles, as shown in the image above, while
learning Logic.
• The SMPTE/Bar Position area indicates the current bar number occupied by the Song
Position Line (more on this in the next section). In the figure above, the display
shows 1 3 2 181, which means: first bar, third beat, second 16th, and 181st clock
pulse. The time position, 01:00:01:05:38 means—1 hours, 0 minutes, 1 seconds, 5
milliseconds/38 frames.
• The lower two sets of numbers, from top to bottom, are the left and right Locators,
used for setting cycle area points, which will be discussed shortly.
• The Tempo display indicates the tempo accurate to 1/10,000th of a Beat Per Minute.
• Beneath the Tempo, the maximum number of MIDI events that it would be possible
to record on this particular computer is indicated.
• The /16 below the Time Signature of 4/4 indicates the Format of the note and bar
display, so that any edits performed on your MIDI or audio data can be carried out
with more precision. The /16 refers to the number of divisions in the bar.
• The MIDI Activity display shows all MIDI input and output and also serves as a Panic
button. If you have hung notes, you can click once in the MIDI Activity Window to
send a MIDI reset message, or double-click to send a Full Panic Reset which
systematically works through all MIDI channels and ports and resets all connected
MIDI devices. This guarantees absolute silence.
• The Song End box displays the bar number that the song will end at, and sets a
maximum song length. By default this is set to 201 bars.
Note: You can resize the Transport window by dragging the lower right corner to the
left or right.
Transport Key Commands
By default, there are several key commands assigned to the transport functions. They
are assigned to the numeric keypad of your computer keyboard. See the following
chart for these commands, and try to remember and use them while working through
the guide.
Key Command PowerBook Key
0 Stop (if stopped: Return to Zero) Return
Enter Play (if playing: play again) Enter
* Record (if recording: record again) Backslash
, Pause (toggle) Shift-Return
Space bar Play/Stop (toggle) Space bar
/ Cycle (toggle) /