How do I slur midi notes?

Do you mean slur as in in the score editor, or slur as in kinda gliding between notes?

You have to understand that MIDI is just like playing a keyboard, it doesn't do anything for audio - so the audio effects largely depend on the instrument you are playing.

For instance, if you have a synth in mono-legato mode with some portamento, it may well glide when you play overlapped notes. If portamento is turned off and it's in polyphonic mode, it won't.

So, set up your patch to be mono-legato mode and a bit of portamento, and then overlap your notes.

Some synths handle this differently, so without any further info, you'll have you look in their manual as to whether or how they do legato playing.

That really depends on the sound; You can use the Legate function. It is in the Local Menu of the Piano Roll Editor, *Functions>Notes>Legato (selected/selected)* .
If you want the notes to overlap, just select them and drag the right side of one a few ticks. Having a long(er) release time (ADSR) also helps

If you want to glide all notes you can activate the Glide function, that many synths and samplers have. If you want it to happen occasionally, you better use pitch bend OR automate the master pitch setting of the instrument.

I'm just using the software instruments provided with Logic Pro 8

Like I say, it depends on the instrument. Trying to glide the EVB3 for example won't work, as organs can't bend notes. Same for the EVP88.

But the synths and samplers and stuff can all do it. The GB instruments are a bit more limited in setting these things up.

"Slurring notes together" is legato (covered above), & "gradually changing to another note" is glissando.

Glissando effects can only be achieved if the sound in question supports them. However, you can simulate the effect by using the pitch wheel to move the original note towards your intended destination, at which point you can simultaneously release the pitch wheel controller & play the destination note.

It might take a bit of practice, but essentially you are looking to insert pitch wheel events into your MIDI Regions. In fact, you can record them separately on another Track set to the same MIDI Channel, allowing you to record the note events separately, which gives you a slightly easier time of getting it just right!

Like any controller information, you can input it with the mouse using (e.g.) the pencil tool in an editor. So although an external controller might be helpful, it isn't necessary. Check in the manual for the method you would find easiest, because there are several options for inputting controller information.

Everyone posting at once… most confusing!

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You get used to it... 😉

OT: It would be nice to have a feature in Logic so one can assign Midi CC to the Mousewheel... or can this be done already? Oops, new topic...