Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

On 22/09/2008, at 8:39 AM, GAmoore@... wrote:

> Hey what do people use for a music notation program? Logic does it,  
> but it
> seems a bit inflexible. I outputted things to midi, and was able to  
> open them in
> the demo versions of the Finale and convert to sheet music. It more  
> or less
> did everything I wanted, eventually when I went to the higher end  
> products, but
> it just seemed unfriendly. Even some thing like setting a tempo  
> quarter note
> = 120 bpm, took a number of steps, and you could not copy and paste  
> chords and
> things.
>
>
In Sibelius it is pretty quick.  There are keyboard shortcuts but  
using a mouse (the longest process for many of us) you just...

1/ Highlight the note/position you wish the  tempo to start at
2/ Mouse select Create | Text | Metronome  
mark                            (keyboard shortcut Option+Command+T    
(on a MAC))
3/ Right mouse click           (or type tempo the info you want)
4/ Pop up menu appears.. you select the note value (the symbol) ala  
quartet note (Crotchet)
     then type   =    and then type the BPM  ala 120 and wham it is  
done.

There are also keywords you can type instead ala "andante" etc which  
have preset default BPM  but I nearly always write mine our as above  
because it is clearer when reading...


Seems long but in reality is only a couple of key strokes and a  
number...

Steve Currington
Wellington, New Zealand

24" iMac 2.8Ghz, 4Gb RAM, 320 Gb HDD, 1Tb Ext HDD,
Sibelius 5.2, Logic Studio v8



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