Apple Logic Express 8 - Manual (Page 978)

978 Chapter 39 Project Settings and Preferences
Editing Preferences
 Right Mouse Button: This pop-up menu determines the right mouse button behavior,
assuming you have a suitable mouse. By default, this is assigned to Opens Shortcut
Menu (which can also be accessed by Control-clicking with the left mouse button).
The Is Assignable to a Tool setting allows any tool to be assigned to the right mouse
button. The Opens Tool menu setting does just that, when the right mouse button is
clicked.
 Limit Dragging to One Direction In: Piano Roll and Score: When this checkbox is turned
on, you can only move notes in one direction (horizontally or vertically), per
operation, when editing in the Piano Roll or Score Editors. This means that a note
may be either transposed, or moved in time, but not both at once. This prevents
accidental alterations of one or the other parameter.
 Limit Dragging to One Direction In: Arrange: This restricts the direction you can move
regions (including folders) in the Arrange area, in a similar way to, and for the same
reasons, as the option above.
 Double-clicking a MIDI Region opens: This menu determines the editor that is opened
when you double-click on a MIDI region in the Arrange area. Settings are the Score,
Event, Piano Roll (default), and Hyper Editors.
 Number of Undo Steps: Determines the number of undo steps.
 Add ‘Last Edit Function’ to Region Name: After performing any edit operation (cutting,
for example), the description of the edit operation is added to the name of the
region (or resulting regions).
 ‘Living Groove’ Connection: When active, this option breaks the living connection
between a MIDI region and a quantization template derived from it (if applicable). If
the MIDI region is edited, this has no effect on the quantization template. If there is
no check in the box, editing the original MIDI region will also alter the quantization
template, which will in turn affect all MIDI regions that are quantized with this
template.
 SmartLoop handling of Scissor and ‘Split by Playhead’: This option determines how
Logic Express handles the cutting of looped regions.