iCreate - UK (2020-04)

Logic Pro X

Piano Roll

Editor

shortcuts

L

ogic’s Piano Roll Editor is like a MIDI

operating theatre, where you can surgically

delveintoyourMIDI regions and tweak

themendlesslyusinga vast number of tools and

techniques.Chop,trim, lengthen, copy and paste,

movearound,transpose up and down, increase

anddecreasevelocity– pretty much anything is

possiblein thiswindow.

Key to working efficiently in the piano roll is

knowing how to get to your most-used commands

and functions quickly. There are tons of hidden

keyboard shortcuts and features that can really

enhance your workflow and make your editing

sessions fly much quicker, so to this end we’ve put

together just a few of the less obvious tips to help

take your editing skills to the next level.

Enhance your editing workflow with

these nifty Piano Roll shortcuts

Roll with it

Turbo-chargeyourMIDIediting withsome shortcuts

Knowing the Piano Roll Editor shortcuts can really boost your productivity

Takea shortcut

It’snotjustthePianoRollthatbenefitsfromspeedy

keyboardshortcuts– theycanbeassignedto

controlalmosteveryfunctionwithinLogic,and

aretotallycustomisable.Justgoto Logic>Key

Commands>Editto finda completelist.It’sa long

list,sotypethenameof a functionin thesearchbox

in thecornerto findoredititsallocatedcommand.

Knowledge base

20

Timeneeded

Developer

Apple, Inc

Difficulty

Take note

You can display the names of the note

pitches (and their velocities) within each

note – just like in Ableton Live – by selecting

View>Note Labels from the local inspector.

Background check

You can choose between dark (default) or

light background for the Piano Roll Editor. Just

head to Logic>Preferences>Display>Editors

and tick the Bright Background box.

Windowdressing

ResizethePiano Roll window by

draggingupwards on its upper

boundary,justabove the Piano Roll tab.

Alternatively,you can open the Piano

Rollasa floating window (Cmd+4) and

resizethisaslarge as you like.

At your command

Click this button to select a second

tool that will appear at the cursor

position whenever you hold down the

Command key.