Max dots – Apple Logic Pro 9 User Manual
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When set to off, the score display shows the lengths of the notes fairly precisely. The
music is definitely harder to read this way, however.
The effect can be seen in the following example, which shows the same MIDI region, first
without, then with, overlap correction:
No Overlap should only be deactivated in rare cases. If, for example, a piano player
arpeggiates a chord and holds the notes, the score displays the following result with No
Overlap on:
Although you can’t see that all notes continue to sound here, the result looks like this if
No Overlap is deactivated:
The solution typically involves turning No Overlap on and using sustain pedal markings.
Logic Pro automatically displays pedal markings if notes are recorded in real time with a
MIDI keyboard and sustain pedal.
Max Dots
This parameter determines the maximum number of dots that Logic Pro allows for the
display of single notes. Unwanted dotted notes or rests can be changed by inserting user
rests (which remain invisible, if notes). See
Creating and Editing Tied Notes in the Score
for information on changing the way notes with ties are displayed).
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Chapter 31
Working with Notation