Splitting a pianopart in to four single score lines in the score editor?
Hello out there. I have written a melodic four voiced chord block and played it in to a track. Is it possible to split the four voices in to individual scores so the players only have their one voice, or do I have to manually write them one by one on separate tracks before i make the score and print them out?
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stream,
Here is one way to achieve a 4-staff SATB type display of piano music. I'm sure there are other ways to do this as well. You said that you've played in the notes on piano but want to display the various voices on separate staffs. Also, I've assumed that your tenor part should be in treble clef sounding down one octave. If these are instrumental parts, ignore the bit on changing the clef for the Tenor.
This will require you to create your own Staff Style (in logic 7 I think this was called a Score Style).
Open your MIDI region in the score editor. Then set the staff style to Piano 1
2/34. Duplicate the Style (by click holding the name of the style and selecting "DUPLICATE" at the bottom of the list). Now open the Style and edit it. In logic 7 I think you can double click where it says "Piano 1
2/34" in the parameter box. In Logic 8 look under the local menu Layout>Staff Styles.
Once the Style is open, note the first column has only a 1 and a 2. This means that there will be 2 staves displayed. To add in more staves, click in the first column so that each row has a different number beside it going 1, 2, 3, 4. Next, change the third staff's clef from Bass to Treble-8. Last, change all of the staff's stem settings to Auto.
Now you will assign a note to a particular staff by setting the note's Channel. Note that the Staff Style shows the topmost voice is on channel 1 and the others are on distinct channels.
So, you should put all the notes you want to be sung by the soprano on channel 1. All the notes for the Alto on Channel 2, etc...
To set a note's channel, select the note in the score (you can rubber-band select multiple notes if you like) and set the selected note's channel in the parameter box (2nd from top) on the left-hand side.
stream,
Here is one way to achieve a 4-staff SATB type display of piano music. I'm sure there are other ways to do this as well. You said that you've played in the notes on piano but want to display the various voices on separate staffs. Also, I've assumed that your tenor part should be in treble clef sounding down one octave. If these are instrumental parts, ignore the bit on changing the clef for the Tenor.
This will require you to create your own Staff Style (in logic 7 I think this was called a Score Style).
Open your MIDI region in the score editor. Then set the staff style to Piano 1
2/34. Duplicate the Style (by click holding the name of the style and selecting "DUPLICATE" at the bottom of the list). Now open the Style and edit it. In logic 7 I think you can double click where it says "Piano 1
2/34" in the parameter box. In Logic 8 look under the local menu Layout>Staff Styles.
Once the Style is open, note the first column has only a 1 and a 2. This means that there will be 2 staves displayed. To add in more staves, click in the first column so that each row has a different number beside it going 1, 2, 3, 4. Next, change the third staff's clef from Bass to Treble-8. Last, change all of the staff's stem settings to Auto.
Now you will assign a note to a particular staff by setting the note's Channel. Note that the Staff Style shows the topmost voice is on channel 1 and the others are on distinct channels.
So, you should put all the notes you want to be sung by the soprano on channel 1. All the notes for the Alto on Channel 2, etc...
To set a note's channel, select the note in the score (you can rubber-band select multiple notes if you like) and set the selected note's channel in the parameter box (2nd from top) on the left-hand side.
Thank You Mitchell ! I followed You up until You where talking about the coloumns and rows. I did´nt quite understand what You meant by that but I will try it out from there.
One more thing. I hoped that this was a grafic matter, not about making new channels. I maybe had understood it if it was about giving each staff their one track, but channels, then I am lost ? I know that different tracks can have the same channel but this is harder to understand.
stream,
Give page 744 of the Logic Pro Users Manual PDF. It talks about creating a new Staff Style and includes pictures. Pay particular attention to page 747 (Adding Staffs to a Staff Style), I think that will clear things up.
As for the channels, take a look a page 753 (Assigning Notes to Voices and Staffs), especially the bit on "using MIDI channels".
in the piano roll edit page under functions, is 'select highest note', 'select lowest note'. You can use this function to cut and paste a part onto another track. if you are always playing 4 note chords this will work, otherwise you will need to do 'cleaning' up.
Thank You Mark ! This was more what I was looking for, because I just wanted to split a typical four-voiced brass/woodwind block. I think this will solve my problem!
Thanks again Mitcell, but I have read those pages several times and I still dont understand. Maybe a bit of the problem is the language, because it´s not my main language.I generally also have problems with the manual because I am a novice when it comes to midi an software studios. The manual often dont see the problems from a novice angle. I feel that it,s written for people that dont need it. I usually learned Logic by touching buttons and just observe what´s happening. I thougt midi channels was more the case if You wanted to split the keyboard to use different sounds in different octaves. There are something missing for me when it comes to explaining the midi-channel prosedyre according to staffs. Give it a try if You got the time. Thanks anyway! I don´give up yet.
