Apple Logic Express 9 - Manual (Page 1248)

General Display Preferences
This pane allows you to alter the appearance of several onscreen components that are
used throughout the program.
• “Large local window menus” checkbox: The title and items of the local menus are
displayed in the normal system font. If unselected, a smaller font is used.
• Wide Playhead checkbox: A thicker playhead is used in all windows.
• Show Help Tags checkbox: This enables help tags throughout Logic Express. When you
hold the mouse pointer over parameters and tools, a small pop-up description (and/or
value) of the item appears onscreen. When editing, the function name, region or event
name/number, position, and parameter values are shown.
• “Show default values” checkbox: When selected, this option displays default values for
parameters in help tags. This makes it easier to determine the amount of variance from
the default value.
• Display Middle C As pop-up menu: This pop-up menu affects the description of notes in
the editors. The bottom C on a five-octave keyboard (note # 36) is labeled C1, and
middle C (note # 60) is labeled C3. According to this standard, the lowest MIDI note
(note # 0) is called C–2. This is the official standard used by most manufacturers. Use
of the C3 (Yamaha) setting will set Logic Express to this standard mode. If you select
the C4 (Roland) setting, the bottom C on a five-octave keyboard is labeled C2, and
middle C is labeled as C4. In this standard, the lowest MIDI note is C–1.
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