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946Logic Pro User Guide
• Text: Text faders function like numerical faders, but can display text for each of the 128
possible MIDI values (0 to 127). Double-clicking the surface of a text fader opens the
Text Fader window.
• Click a position in this window to send the corresponding fader value. (This is similar
to selecting programs by name in the Multi-Instrument window.)
• Double-click a position in the window to enter new text. By default, when you create
a text style fader, the text positions contain numerical values. You can use this
feature to create numerical style faders with colored backgrounds.
You can modify the following parameters in the Text Fader window:
• Options pop-up menu: Provides Cut, Copy, and Paste functions. You can use these
operations to transfer the entire list of names to a text editor, for more convenient
editing.
• Empty lines (and lines that only contain spaces) are ignored.
• If you want to insert blank positions in the list, use Option–Space bar.
• Behave as Menu checkbox: Makes the text fader act like a pop-up menu. When
unselected, the text fader acts like a scrolling menu.
• Text Fader Range: Determines the number of names that can be entered into a text
style fader object. If you set a text style fader’s range to 0, 1 you can only enter two
values.
You should always set the minimum necessary range for a text fader, as this saves
memory. In any case, remember that the first name corresponds to the lowest value
in the range (not necessarily 0), and the last name corresponds to the highest value
(not necessarily 127).
If you force a text fader to a value outside its range (with MIDI input) it displays “---”
for values below its range and “+++” for values above. The one exception is when
the fader’s range is 0, 1; in this case, all values above 1 display the name for value 1.