Applying new score staff in Logic 8

When in the Score window you are shown all the different notes etc on the left side (the Part Box). Here you can click on the bass clef, and then choose the right clef and drag this into the staff.

I think this is what you are asking for... 🙂

• with the region selected, open the score editor
• look in the upper LH corner of the window, in the Inspector, and look for the "style" parameter
• change the style parameter to what you need it to be

If you need to change clefs mid-region, you have two choices:

a) (most typical scenario) -- drag a clef from the partbox into the staff

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b) cut the region at the point where you need the clefs to change, duplicate the staff style you're currently using and re-name it; change the clefs to what you want them to be +in the staff style editor+; now select that new staff style from the style menu.

Depends on the content of your regions and which staff style you've selected.

If you select "Piano", it contains a split point parameter. Adjusting it will determine which notes appear in the bass and treble.

But if a fixed split point doesn't work for your music, you then have to assign the bass notes to a different MIDI channel. For example, if you assign all of the bass notes to ch. 3 and leave the treble notes on ch. 1, you can assign the "Piano 1/3" staff style and the score will look correct.

There are many ways to achieve this separation. One way is to use the voice separation tool. Here, you'd first select Piano 1/3, and then use the tool to separate RH and LH.

I do things differently tho... I look at the score in the regular "Piano" staff style and manually select the bass notes. Then I use the key command "Event Channel + 1" and I it 2x. Then I apply the Piano 1/3 staff style to the part.

And if any notes appear on the wrong staff (e.g., RH in the bass), I use the "Event Channel -1" k/command and hit it 2x.

TresRoque wrote:
I've attempted to follow the manual - but, really, its so dense it's hard to find the right topic. I have to use the PDF manual, as I work abroad and the printed ones are excess baggage. But a search for 'staff styles' brings up everything with each word, and Youtube hasn't anything. Help!

I have a tip for you for at least this part of your problem: You should type it like this: "staff styles" now it will only search for the exact combination. The "" trick also works in Google. Unfortunately I know little about working with the Score editor, but plenty others here do.