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  Select And Operate using Transform User Preset  9

Today we get a ‘Select and Operate’.

MIDI Transform window examples — Logic Pro X:

This section provides several usage examples for the MIDI Transform window.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

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  Spot Erase ⌃⌥⌫ ⇧8⃣

The documentation indicates software instruments (MIDI). I have been able to hear Spot Erase happening, and I assumed that if I was recording a software instrument (a second take) that the Spot Erase would delete events…I haven’t been able to make that happen, if it should.

Drum machines and pattern editing seem to be mentioned in online information.

Spot erase software instrument recordings — Logic Pro X

You can use spot erase to remove any unwanted notes from a recorded performance.

“Playing” notes to be erased seems quite unnatural to me. I think I would rather work in the Piano Roll or the Event List to change or delete notes.

Previously I had written that I couldn’t make Spot Erase work. I have now been successful using it. It is unnatural.

Spot erase software instrument recordings — Logic Pro X

You can use spot erase to remove any unwanted notes from a recorded performance.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

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  Event Channel =   2

Set the MIDI channel of the select(ed) event(s) to 2. Somehow I don’t think I would map a key command to set a specific channel, but I might map the ‘Event Channel +1’ and ‘Event Channel -1’ commands.

Event List overview — Logic Pro X:

The Event List is the most powerful, flexible, and complete MIDI editor in Logic Pro. All MIDI event types are listed alphanumerically in the Event List.

You can:

View all aspects of events—start and end points, length, channel, and values

View all events in a region

Filter the list to restrict this view to one or more event types, such as notes, pitch bend events, or both

Customized Event List views are saved to screensets and are displayed when screensets are recalled. This makes the selection and editing of events faster and simpler.

All functions and options are shown at the top of the Event List area. The events themselves are shown in the list below.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

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  Explode Folders ⌃F

Used in the Score Editor to show/hide contents of folders in the display. Folders are a workflow thing, and I’m just not seeing the benefits in smaller projects.

Show or hide folder contents — Logic Pro X

If the current display level allows more than one MIDI region to be viewed simultaneously (linked or unlinked), the Explode Folders setting lets you display, and print, the contents of different display (folder) levels simultaneously.

Still not seeing where it can help me…

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

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  Automation Curve Tool    W

I claimed that I wouldn’t use keyboard commands…

Set Automation Curve Tool — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day — learning at the elbow of the internet

It appears that the ‘W’ key selects the Automation Curve Tool. It is highly unlikely that I will use key commands. I have set the right mouse button to show both tools and menu commands. Lots of visual reinforcement.

but I didn’t really state it well. The ‘W’ key selects the Automation Curve tool when the Tool menu is open. The proper key sequence is ‘TW’. I doubt that I would assign a whole, special key command to replace simple two key sequence.

Some poorly worded documentation.

Common tools — Logic Pro X

Use to Automation Curve tool to bend or reshape the curve between two automation points, creating a nonlinear transition between the points.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND