Apple Logic Express 9 - Manual (Page 961)

Note: The Automatic Key Transposition project setting affects the whole project, but still
indicates the nontransposed basic key signature. Hide Key suppresses any key signature
display.
Rest
The automatic rest display can be turned off (Hide), or set to display beat slashes (slash)
instead of rests. This is useful for rhythm section parts, and improvised solos. In this
situation, the number of slashes per bar is determined by the nominator in the time
signature (4 slashes in 4/4-time, 6 slashes in 6/8-time, and so on). Inserted notes and
symbols are still displayed, but automatic rests are shown only if shorter than one beat.
You can insert user rests manually, to replace individual beat slashes, if needed.
Stem
This controls the direction of stems. The default setting is Auto. Up or Down forces all
stems, regardless of pitch, in the corresponding direction. Hide makes all stems (and
beams and flags) invisible.
Tie
Determines the vertical direction of automatically displayed ties. The default setting is
Auto. Up or Down forces all ties in the corresponding direction.
Tuplet
Controls the direction of N-tuplet brackets and numbers. The default setting is Auto. Up
or Down forces all N-tuplet brackets and numbers in the corresponding direction. Hide
prevents the automatic display of triplet brackets and numbers. In this situation, the
numbers are still displayed in brackets on the screen, to allow edits to these triplets. These
bracketed numbers do not appear, however, on the printout.
If you set this parameter to Hide, you can still make particular triplets visible: Double-click
the bracketed number (3) to open a tuplet dialog. If you close this dialog by clicking OK,
you convert the automatically displayed triplet to a forced triplet, which is displayed in
accordance with the parameters set in the dialog.
Beam
Controls the appearance of beams. The default Slant setting allows slanted beams. Horiz.
only allows horizontal beams. Vocal prevents the display of beams, as is typical in classical
vocal parts, where notes are only displayed with flags.
Color
Sets the color of the voice’s notes. The color options are Black (“---”), Pitch, Velocity, and
the 16 colors of the user palette. (See
Color Settings .)
These settings only affect regions if the View > Colors > Normal item is chosen in the
Score Editor (default setting).
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