Apple Logic (1.1) - Manual (Page 33)

Chapter 3 Navigating the Song 33
Moving to Different Song Positions
There are several ways to “jump” to specific song positions. At the top of the Arrange
window, you can see the Bar Ruler.
• Click at various spots in the lower half of this ruler and you’ll immediately jump to
that position. As you click, a vertical light gray line will appear in the Arrange area
aligned with the point selected on the Bar/Beat Ruler. This is the Song Position Line
(SPL).
• Engage Play via the Transport bar or by pressing Enter.
• Now click on the Bar/Beat Ruler, and hold down the mouse button. Take note of the
SPL, which moves to align itself with the mouse position in the Bar/Beat Ruler. You
can move to any position in the Bar/Beat Ruler, and hear different sections of your
song instantly, by moving the SPL in this way. Play must be engaged for this live
auditioning (hearing the music or audio) to occur.
If you would like to jump directly to a specific position when the sequencer is not in
Play mode (press the Stop button now, if Logic is presently running), you can also take
advantage of Logic’s Locators. To the right of the Transport buttons, the current song
position—in both absolute time (that’s hours, minutes, seconds, in plain language) and
as musical measures (bars/beats/sub-beats)—is displayed.
• Click-hold on the Song Position indicator, and drag the mouse on the vertical axis (up
and down) until the song position displays 17 1 1 1, and start playback—you know
the key command. Logic will begin playing at measure 17. Take note of the SPL as
you’re doing so.
• Another way of doing the same thing is to double-click on the current Song Position
locator on the Transport Bar. This will open a numeric entry dialog box, where you
can directly type in 17. Give it a try.
If you need to enter sub-divisions of the bar, seperate each number with a space or
colon. As an example, 17 3 2 1 (don’t forget the Space between each numeric entry),
which translates to bar 17, beat 3, sub-beat 2, clock tick 1.
Note: The resolution of the sub-beat is determined by the Format value, set in the
Transport window (see page 31).