Apple Logic Express 8 - Manual (Page 810)

810 Chapter 33 Working With Notation
Customizing the Score Editor’s Appearance
The following section outlines the various options for changing the general
appearance of the Score Editor. The different view modes can accelerate editing, or are
required for particular operations.
Choosing a Color Mode
The settings in the Score Editor’s View > Colors menu set the color mode for the active
Score Editor window. These settings have priority over all other color settings.
 Normal: Colors are assigned in accordance with the color settings in staff styles and
note attributes. As long as these settings haven’t been changed in new projects, this
will result in a regular black and white printout—and black notes on a yellow
background onscreen.
 Show Pitch: Applies colors in accordance with note pitches. The colors of notes can
be edited in the Layout > Colors window. This window also allows you to determine
whether notes with accidentals will match the color of those without accidentals, or
if each note in the chromatic scale will have its own color.
 Show Velocity: Applies eight different colors, in accordance with MIDI velocity. These
colors can also be edited in Layout > Colors.
 Show Voice Assignment: Assigns different colors to different voices. This only makes
sense in staff styles that contain more than one voice. This mode employs the colors
of the user palette, which can also be found and edited in Layout > Colors.
 Force Black & White: Does exactly what the name implies. This mode is useful when
color options have been used in staff styles, or have been assigned to notes using
note attributes—but you want to print a regular black and white score—and then
return to the colored display.
Displaying Folders
If the current display level allows more than one MIDI region to be viewed
simultaneously (linked or unlinked), the View > Explode Folders setting will affect how
things are shown: unlike the other editor windows, the Score Editor can display (or
even print) the contents of different display (Folder) levels at once.
If the current display level contains folders, their contents are also displayed in the
score.
Note: If this setting is not activated, folders will appear as gray beams in linear view,
and won’t be shown at all in Page view.