Apple Logic Express 8 - Manual (Page 440)

440 Chapter 17 Editing MIDI in the Hyper Editor
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Tip: When editing or constructing complex rhythm patterns, it can be useful to create
several event definitions (see “
Selecting and Creating Event Definitions ” on page 448)
for one drum note, each with a different quantization grid. As an example, if there are
two lanes for a snare drum, one with a 1/16th and the other with a 1/96th grid, you can
use the Pencil tool to add individual hits in the coarser grid, and drum rolls in the finer
grid.
When defining the Grid parameter to add a succession of controllers use the motto, “as
coarse as possible, and as fine as necessary” to minimize data output. Logic Express can
deal with very large amounts of data, but unfortunately the same cannot be said of
MIDI itself.
You can also alter the width and style of event beams to make event creation and
editing easier.
To set the width of event beams:
m Choose the desired Pen Width menu value in the Event Definition Parameter box.
The exact event position is always marked by the left edge of the beam, regardless of
the beam width.
When you set the Pen Width parameter to Note Length, note event beams are
displayed at their actual length. The Status parameter must be set to Note for this to
work!