Lesson8.Advanced MIDI Editing

Lesson 8. Advanced MIDI Editing

Lesson Files	Advanced Logic 7_Song Files > Lesson 08 Project Files > 08_Sintra_Start.lso
Media	Advanced Logic 7_Song Files > Lesson 08 Project Files
Time	This lesson takes approximately 1 hour to complete.
Goals	Create duplicates of MIDI Regions using several techniques Split multipart MIDI Regions into their individual parts for editing Edit Regions by applying playback parameters Use quantization techniques to change the rhythmic feel Use several selection techniques to edit MIDI events Execute complex MIDI data transformation with helpful functions

At its heart, MIDI is a command protocol consisting of status messages indicating when and how an event is performed. While audio (whether digital or analog) represents actual sound, MIDI numerically represents the actions that are used to create or control the sound generation. This can make the editing of MIDI somewhat counterintuitive.

Therefore, it is important to approach MIDI editing differently than you would approach editing digital audio. Logic provides similar editing tools and parameters for both forms of input, especially at the Region level (for example, when copying and dividing). However, editing the two differs significantly at the finer, note level.

Even with the powerful tools available in Logic to massage digital audio, MIDI has a distinct advantage when it comes to editing, offering extreme flexibility through real-time and nondestructive processing of all data.

In this lesson you will use several editing techniques to create expressive musical parts out of existing material, as well as learn selection and editing options to work efficiently at the note level.