Apple Logic Pro 9 - Manual (Page 645)

This chapter provides an overview of where you can best edit different types of MIDI
events in Logic Pro. Logic Pro offers several MIDI event editors: the Score, Piano Roll, and
Hyper Editors, and the Event List and Transform window. Each editor provides a different
view of MIDI events and offers unique editing functions. These differences make particular
MIDI editing tasks easier, and you will often switch between multiple editors to get a part
just right.
Important: You cannot perform any event editing operations—in the Arrange area or
the editors—unless the MIDI data resides in a MIDI region that exists in the Arrange area.
This chapter covers the following:
• Getting to Know the MIDI Editors (p. 645)
• Opening the MIDI Editors (p. 646)
• Hearing MIDI Events When Editing (p. 649)
• Editing MIDI Events in the Arrange Area (p. 649)
• Monitoring and Resetting MIDI Events (p. 651)
Getting to Know the MIDI Editors
The following is a brief introduction to each of the MIDI editors:
• Score Editor: Used to create printed notation. Ideal if you like working with dots, dashes,
and lines.
• Piano Roll: Perfectly suited for making changes to the pitch and length of MIDI note
events. Note events are represented as horizontal rectangles on a grid. The length of
the rectangle is directly proportional to the note length. The pitch of the note is
indicated by the vertical position of the rectangle, with higher notes being placed
toward the top of the screen.
• Hyper Editor: Useful for creating MIDI drum parts, and altering the levels of individual
note events. It can also be used to create and edit MIDI controller information, allowing
you to draw curves that result in a filter sweep in an external synthesizer, for example.
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