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The Project Logical Editor
Introduction
On the Edit menu you will find the function “Project Logical
Editor…”. This opens a Project Logical Editor for the entire
project. It works similar to the Logical Editor on the MIDI
menu, see the chapter “The Logical Editor, Transformer
and Input Transformer” on page 380. The most important
difference is that the Logical Editor for MIDI works at the
event level, whereas the Project Logical Editor works at the
project level and is therefore a very powerful tool for
“search and replace” functions in your entire project.
Ö The MIDI events in the MIDI parts will not be affected
by the Project Logical Editor operations. If you want to
change MIDI notes or controller data, you have to use the
Logical Editor.
With the Project Logical Editor, you can combine filter
conditions with actions to create complex procedures,
e.g. for special track type operations on tracks that are
named identically. You can use its functions to delete all
muted MIDI parts or to toggle the open state of all folder
tracks in your project, etc.
Included with the Project Logical Editor are a number of
presets that give you an impression of the great possibili-
ties that this feature offers, see “Working with presets” on
page 399. Many of them can also be used as starting
points when you set up your own editing operations.
The principle for the Project Logical Editor is this:
• You set up filter conditions to find certain elements.
This could be elements of a certain type, with certain attributes or values or
on certain positions, in any combination. You can combine any number of
filter conditions and make composite conditions using AND/OR operators.
• You select the basic function to be performed.
The options are Transform (changing properties of the found elements),
Delete (removing the elements) and Select (selecting the found elements).
• You set up a list of actions, which specify exactly what
should be done.
This is not necessary for all functions. For example, the Delete function
does not require any additional action specifications – it simply removes
all found elements.
• In the Macro pop-up menu you can choose an additional
macro that will be executed after the actions you defined.
Use this to extend the possibilities offered by combining the filter condi-
tions and actions specified in the Project Logical Editor even further.
By combining filter conditions, functions, the specific ac-
tions, and additional macros, you can perform very power-
ful processing.
Opening the Project Logical Editor
1. Open the desired project.
All elements in the project will be affected, you do not have to make any
selection.
2. Select “Project Logical Editor…” from the Edit menu.
Window overview
To understand the Project Logical Editor, it might be a
good idea to start by exploring the included presets. These
are found on the Presets pop-up menu at the top of the
window. For information on how to create and handle your
own presets, see “Working with presets” on page 399.
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The Project Logical Editor allows all kinds of settings
that may not always make sense. Experiment a bit be-
fore applying your edits to important projects. You can
undo the operations by using the Undo command on
the Edit menu.
Function and Macro pop-up
menus
Presets pop-up menu List of filter conditions
Action List
Apply button