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The Logical Editor, Transformer, and Input Transformer
• Expressions within brackets are evaluated first.
If there are several layers of brackets, these are evaluated “from the inside
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.
Selecting a function
The pop-up menu at the bottom of the Logical Editor is
where you select the function – the basic type of editing
to be performed.
Below, the available options are listed. Note that some
options are not available in the Transformer effect.
Delete
Deletes all elements found by the Logical Editor. In the case
of the Transformer, this function will remove (or “mute”) all
found elements from the “output stream” – the actual ele
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ments on the track are not affected.
Transform
Changes one or several aspects of the found elements.
You set up exactly what is changed in the action list, see
“Specifying actions” on page 447.
Insert
This will create new elements and insert these into the
part(s) (Logical Editor) or the output stream (Transformer).
The new elements will be based on the elements 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 elements, transforms them according to
the action list and inserts the transformed copies among
the existing elements.
Insert Exclusive
This will transform the found elements according to the
action list. Then, all elements that were not found (that did
not meet the filter conditions) are deleted (Logical Editor)
or removed from the output stream (Transformer).
Copy (Logical Editor only)
This will copy all found elements, transform them accord-
ing to the action list and paste them into a new part on a
new MIDI track. The original events are not affected.
Extract (Logical Editor only)
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 (Logical Editor only)
This will simply select all found events, highlighting them
for further work in the regular MIDI editors.
Specifying actions
The lower list in the Logical Editor window is the action
list. This is where you specify any changes that are made
to the found events (relevant for all function types except
Delete and Select).
The handling of the action list is similar to the filter condi-
tion list, but without the brackets and booleans. You sim-
ply add lines by clicking the “+” button below the list, and
fill out the columns as required. To remove a superfluous
action line, select it and click the “-” button.
Action Target
This is where you select the property that is changed in
the events:
Option Description
Position
(Logical
Editor only)
Adjusting this value will move the events.
Length
(Logical
Editor only)
Lets you resize the events (notes only).