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758Logic Pro User Guide
Increasing the number of transients can be useful when beat mapping regions with less
distinct accents—such as soft drums in a loud mix. However, a high setting can result in
extraneous transients, with no real meaning for the rhythmic structure, being displayed.
In general, it’s better to begin with a lower setting, and move to a higher setting only if
transients are missing for obvious rhythmic elements in the music.
You can also make beat mapping easier by moving one or multiple selected audio regions,
so that the first transient marker in any of the regions is located on the nearest whole beat
position.
Sometimes, MIDI recordings may contain note events falling on musically meaningful
positions, which should not be affected by beat mapping applied to audio recordings.
In this case, you can choose the Protect MIDI option to keep those MIDI events at their
current ruler positions when beat mapping audio regions.
Audio recordings may contain flex markers falling on musically meaningful positions, which
should not be affected by beat mapping applied to MIDI recordings. In this case, you can
choose the Protect Flex option to keep those markers at their current ruler positions when
beat mapping MIDI regions.
Change the threshold of transients displayed
In Logic Pro, do one of the following:
To decrease the number of transients displayed: Click the Minus button (−)in the
header of the Beat Mapping track.
To increase the number of transients displayed: Click the Plusbutton (+) in the header
of the Beat Mapping track.
Protect MIDI events from being beat mapped
In Logic Pro, click the title “Beat Mapping” in the Beat Mapping track, then choose
Protect MIDI from the shortcut menu.
Protect flex markers from being beat mapped
In Logic Pro, click the title “Beat Mapping” in the Beat Mapping track, then choose
Protect Flex from the shortcut menu.
Move the first transient marker in a region selection to the nearest whole
beat position
In Logic Pro, Control-click the beat mapping header, then choose Move Selection with
First Transient to Nearest Beat from the shortcut menu (or use the corresponding key
command).
The first transient marker in the region selection is moved to the nearest whole beat
position, with all selected regions moving with it.