Change the note key from Do, Re to C,D, etc

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Change the note key from Do, Re to C,D, etc

Hey everyone,

First time here, but long term Apple fan. I recently upgrade my Logic Pro X and a change in the scale notes, like C ,C#, D, D#, E, happened, and it changed to the solfège scale, like Do, Re, Mi, etc, is there a way for me to change it? It weird thing is, if i open an old project it changes back to the C, C#, D, D#,... scale, but i don't seem to find a options to change it back. Anyways if someone could help, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks guys,

Logic Pro X, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Mar 3, 2016 4:46 AM

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Answer 1

Eriksimon

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Mar 3, 2016 5:19 AM in response to Andre T.

It is a project setting, not a global preference.

You must have unwittingly changed it at some point.

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Andre T. Author

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Mar 3, 2016 5:47 AM in response to Eriksimon

Hey Erik, so it did change the scale to be C, C#, D, D#, but when you input midi it changes back to the Do, Re, Mi, scale, and i don't know why, i will post a couple of picture for you to see.

So as you can see here it changed back to the scale that i want.

But when i input some midi it changes back to the other scale. am i missing something? it is supposed to be like these?

Any though?

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Andre T. Author

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Mar 3, 2016 5:55 AM in response to Eriksimon

Hey Erik, so it did change the scale to be C, C#, D, D#, but when you input midi it changes back to the Do, Re, Mi, scale, and i don't know why, i will post a couple of picture for you to see.

So as you can see here it changed back to the scale that i want.

But when i input some midi it changes back to the other scale. am i missing something? it is supposed to be like these?

Any though?

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Indyuser

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Mar 3, 2016 7:24 AM in response to Andre T.

The Key of the Song (in the control bar) and the chords in the score are driven as Eriksmon indicated by the language setting in the score chords and grids tab parameter setting.

The chord display in the control bar is driven based on the language of the system (OSx). So you must not be using English. There is a trick in Logic to have Logic open up in English regardless of the system language ( but I have to go back and recall how to do that). It may not be what you want to do anyway.

So basically - if you Mac is setup for say.... German and Logic is being used in German. Then you can change Key and Score chords to be International as described in the previous posts, but the Note/Chord display will remain as you see it. ( that is my recollection on how it works)

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Eriksimon

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Mar 3, 2016 5:28 AM in response to Andre T.

Andre T. wrote:

Hey i will give it a try, and replay back with the results, but as far as changing it i don think i did it, because it was after the new update, or it was really me and i just don't remember do it.

Not remembering something is no guarantee for not having done it. 😉

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Eriksimon

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Mar 3, 2016 6:09 AM in response to Andre T.

No, I've never seen that, and I must say I only found that one Score setting and nothing else (I looked through all Preferences and Project Settings); but when I set it to Do, re, mi, nothing changes in my MIDI monitor, I still get "normal" note names. And I have looked for other settings or prefs influencing this, but I couldn't find any. So the last option I can think of is that it may have to do with the language your (qwerty) keyboard is set to in the OS X preferences. Sometimes setting everything to English can clear up strange issues.

EDIT: see my later post for a correction. I didn't account for the specific LCD setting used.

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Eriksimon

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Mar 3, 2016 6:16 AM in response to Andre T.

Ah, I just tried again and it is expected behaviour with that specific LCD screen setting combined with the Do, re, mi... setting. Because the MIDI monitor changes to a static display of the song key once no MIDI is being put in. This song key is always displayed according to the Score=>Language setting. The input MIDI is displayed Internationally (regardless of the setting).

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Andre T. Author

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Mar 3, 2016 10:54 AM in response to Indyuser

That makes sense, but i have my Mac for a year now, and i always had the same language, and Logic Pro showed the Chords in the way that i said. Anyway, it will have to do.

Thanks guys for your help.

P.S: If i change my system language do i have to reinstall LPX?

P.S.S: i think i got it if i change the time to US time, it works just like i wanted, so i guess that fix the problem.

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Andre T. Author

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Mar 3, 2016 6:04 AM in response to Eriksimon

When i input some midi it changes the key, as you can see in the 2nd image, am i missing something?

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Eriksimon

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Mar 3, 2016 6:15 AM in response to Andre T.

When you input MIDI it does NOT alter the key, it shows you what MIDI you are putting in. It even says so right under it.

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Andre T. Author

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Mar 3, 2016 6:36 AM in response to Eriksimon

Ohh ok, i got, i thought it would change, but take a look at this, this is a still image from an youtube video, see in the bar how it changes

what is what i mean, if it makes sense.

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Indyuser

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Mar 3, 2016 4:56 AM in response to Andre T.

Do You mean the notes up in the display in the control bar when you hit a key?

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Andre T. Author

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Mar 3, 2016 5:25 AM in response to Eriksimon

Hey i will give it a try, and replay back with the results, but as far as changing it i don think i did it, because it was after the new update, or it was really me and i just don't remember do it.

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Andre T. Author

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Mar 3, 2016 6:13 AM in response to Eriksimon

Heu Erik sorry for the post, something is wrong with Safari or something because i can't see or replay in safari i had to go over to Chrome to see it, so sorry for that.

Ok i will give it another try.

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Andre T. Author

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Mar 3, 2016 6:19 AM in response to Andre T.

Well, in costume view, in the bar up top, and with the international scale selected, it does the same thing.

An it should appear like a C maj chord instead of Do maj or something like that

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