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The Logical Editor, Transformer and Input Transformer
Ö Expressions within brackets are evaluated first.
If there are several layers of brackets, these are evaluated “from the in-
side out”, starting with the innermost brackets.
You add brackets by clicking in the bracket columns and
selecting an option. Up to triple brackets can be selected.
Editing filter conditions as text
The area directly below the filter condition list shows you
the current filter conditions as text. It also allows you to
enter and edit the filter conditions in textual form. For tips
on the syntax, please study the included presets.
Ö There is no additional functionality involved when edit-
ing filter conditions as text; it is simply another way to
make settings.
When you enter something in the text field you will see the correspond-
ing settings appear in the filter condition list (provided that you have used
the correct syntax).
Selecting a function
The pop-up menu in the top left corner of the Logical Edi-
tor is where you select the function – the basic type of ed-
iting to be performed. When you select an option from the
pop-up menu, the field to the right displays a comment,
making it easier to see what the function does.
Below, the available options are listed. Note that some op-
tions are available in the Logical Editor only – not in the
Transformer effect.
Delete
Deletes all events found by the Logical Editor. In the case
of the Transformer, this function will remove (or “mute”) all
found events from the “output stream” – the actual events
on the track are not affected.
Transform
Changes one or several aspects of the found events. You
set up exactly what should be changed in the action list,
see “Specifying actions” on page 375.
Insert
This will create new events and insert these into the
part(s) (Logical Editor) or the output stream (Transformer).
The new events will be based on the events found by the
Logical Editor’s filter conditions, but with any changes you
have set up in the action list applied.
Another way of expressing this is that the Insert function
copies the found events, transforms them according to the
action list and inserts the transformed copies among the
existing events.
Insert Exclusive
This will transform the found events according to the ac-
tion list. Then, all events that were not found (that didn’t
meet the filter conditions) are deleted (Logical Editor) or
removed from the output stream (Transformer).
Copy (not available in the Transformer)
This will copy all found events, transform them according
to the action list and paste them into a new part on a new
MIDI track. The original events are not affected.
Extract (not available in the Transformer)
This works like Copy, but will cut the found events instead.
Or in other words, Extract will transform all found events
and move them to a new part on a new MIDI track.
Select (not available in the Transformer)
This will simply select all found events, highlighting them
for further work in the regular MIDI editors.
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In the Logical Editor, processing isn’t performed until
you click the Do It button. When using the Trans-
former MIDI effect, there is no Do It button – the cur-
rent settings are automatically applied in real time
during playback or live playing.