The piano roll editor is the default Logic Pro MIDI editor. It has the most features and is designed for speed and complete control. Inspired by player pianos, which use grid-based punch cards to make music, this Logic Pro editor is user friendly and your go-to MIDI editor. To open Logic Pro’s piano roll editor, do one of the following:
- Double-click a MIDI region.
- Choose View → Show Editor or press E with a MIDI region selected.
- Choose Window → Open Piano Roll or press ⌘-4 to open the piano roll editor in a new window.
The score editor is the choice for notation and traditional music representation. It is great for composition and scoring, and is a requirement for getting your music played by other professional musicians. If you enjoy reading music, you’ll appreciate the score editor. To open the score editor, you can do any of the following:
- Double-click a MIDI region to open the MIDI editors, and then click the Score tab.
- Choose View → Show Editor with a MIDI region selected, and then click the Score tab or press N.
- Choose Window → Open Score Editor or press ⌘ -5 to open the score editor in a new window.
The step editor works well at building musical patterns, especially drum patterns. It mimics step sequencers, in which you build a sequence of notes by using a grid. Even though it’s grid-based like the piano roll editor, the step editor has a different layout that allows you to quickly edit MIDI event types other than notes, such as velocity or MIDI controller data. To open the step editor, do the following:
- Double-click a MIDI region to open the MIDI editors, and then click the Step Editor tab.
- Choose View → Show Editor with a MIDI region selected, and then click the Step Editor tab.
- Choose Window → Open Step Editor to open the step editor in a new window.
The event list editor might not be the most attractive MIDI editor, but it’s probably the most complete editor, listing every MIDI event you record. To open the event list editor, you can do one of the following:
- Choose View → Show List Editors with a MIDI region selected, and then click the Event tab or press D.
- Choose Window → Open Event List to open the event list editor in a new window or press ⌘ -7.
The MIDI environment used to be a more fundamental, and often intimidating, part of the Logic Pro workflow. With Logic Pro X, the environment has been pushed into the background, but you wouldn’t be able to sequence without it. The MIDI environment is integral to the input and output of your audio and MIDI. Do one of the following to open the MIDI environment:
- Choose Window → Open MIDI Environment to open the MIDI environment in a new window.
- Press ⌘ -0 to open the MIDI environment window.
The MIDI transform window alters your MIDI and can save you from time-consuming and repetitive editing tasks. Whenever you want to automate the transformation of large amounts of MIDI data, use the MIDI transform window. You can open the MIDI transform window in a couple of ways:
- Choose Window → Open MIDI Transform to open the MIDI Transform window in a new window.
- Press ⌘ -9 to open the MIDI transform window.
To enable the full MIDI editing features of Logic Pro X, you must have Show Advanced Tools selected in the Advanced Preferences pane. Choose Logic Pro X → Preferences → Advanced Tools, and then select Show Advanced Tools and the other additional options.
Logic Pro X Score Editor Chords
The Score Editor displays MIDI regions on software instrument (and external MIDI instrument) tracks as music notation, including notes, rests, key and time signature, and clef signs. Bar lines show the division between measures. Gaps between regions are filled in to display a continuous staff. If the track contains software instrument Apple Loops, notation is displayed for each loop iteration, but only the original region of the loop can be edited.
The Score Editor has three views, optimized for different kinds of work:
- Linear view: Shows a single software instrument track in a continuous, horizontally scrolling view. Linear view is the standard view for editing the score.
- Wrapped view: Shows one or more tracks in a lead sheet–style, line-wrapped view.
- Page view: Shows the full score on facing pages. Page view displays as many pages as possible (depending on the size of the Score Editor window and current zoom level). You can work on the score layout and print the full score in Page view.
You can also move through display levels, to view a MIDI region, a track, multiple tracks in a folder, or all tracks in the project.
Note: Because the Score Editor displays the contents of MIDI regions, any MIDI notes located outside of a region (in the Piano Roll Editor, for example) are not displayed in the Score Editor.
View a track in the Score Editor
Do one of the following:
- Click a track header, click the Editors button in the control bar, then click Score.
- Click a track header, choose View > Show Editors, then click Score.
Change the Score Editor view
Do one of the following:
Logic Pro Score Editor Multiple Parts
- Click the Linear View button to display a single track in a continuous, scrolling horizontal view.
- Click the Wrapped View button to display the selected track or tracks in a line-wrapped, lead sheet–style view.
- Dawn of war hd. Click the Page View button to display the full score on facing pages, including headers, margins, and other layout features.
You can also change the view using the View > View Mode menu commands in the Score Editor menu bar.
Set the Link mode for the Score Editor
- To set the Link mode to Same Level: Click the Link button in the Score Editor menu bar. Speedconnect internet accelerator 8 0 with activator 1. The Link button appears purple.
- To set the Link mode to Content: Double-click the Link button in the Score Editor menu bar. The Link button appears yellow.
For more information about using Link modes, see Control window relationships using Link mode.
Move through score display levels
- To show a single track: Double-click the staff of that track (or select the track in the Tracks area).
- To move to the next higher display level: Click the Display Level button in the Score Editor menu bar.
- To show all software instrument tracks in the project: Double-click the background of the Score Editor.
When viewing the score in Linear view, the following controls appear in the Score Editor inspector to the left of the score display (when Show Local Inspector is chosen in the Score View pop-up menu):
- Insert pop-up menu: Choose the note value for notes to insert.
- Time Quantize pop-up menu (with Strength and Swing buttons): Quantize the timing of notes.
- Scale Quantize pop-up menu (with Strength and Swing buttons): Transpose notes to a different key.
- Velocity: Change the velocity value of selected notes.
In addition, the Grid pop-up menu appears in the Score Editor menu bar, so you can set the visual quantization of notes in the Score Editor.