User guide

72 Chapter 3 Customizing Your Window Setup
Catch
Enable the Catch button to ensure that the visible section of a window follows the
playhead during playback or recording.
If the button is disabled, the display does not update, even when the playhead moves
past the right edge of the visible portion of the window.
The “Catch when Logic starts” (Logic Express > Preferences > Global > Catch) option
enables Catch mode whenever you press Play or Pause.
The “Catch when moving playhead” preference enables Catch mode whenever you
move the playhead.
Scroll in Play
The View menus of all windows that display time horizontally (Arrange area, Score
Editor, Piano Roll Editor, and Hyper Editor) offer the View > Scroll in Play setting. If the
Catch function of the window is also activated, the playhead will remain in the middle
of the window, while the background scrolls smoothly from right to left.
No Link, Same Level Link, and Content Link Modes
These display options allow you to define how information is shown when working
with related editor windows.
To set any of these modes:
m Control-click (or right-click) the Link button, and choose the required mode from the
menu.
 No Link: Unlinks the window from others.
 Same Level Link: When activated in a given window, this window always displays the
same contents as the key focus window. The display updates whenever the selection
(of data) in the key focus window changes. Here’s an example: Imagine the key focus
window is a Piano Roll Editor. In Same Level Link mode, the Score Editor and Event
List will display the same data in another form.
 Content Link: This mode results in the window always showing the contents of the
region selected in the key focus window. The display is therefore always one level
below that of the top window. Here’s a Content Link example: If the Arrange area is
the active window, any opened MIDI editor window will show the events of the
selected MIDI region. Selecting a different MIDI region in the Arrange area will
update the display of the linked editor to show the contents of the newly-selected
region. You could also use Content Link mode in one Arrange area, to display the
folder contents of another Arrange area.
∏ Tip: You can also quickly switch between these modes by clicking the Link
button: clicking it once switches between No Link and Same Level Link mode. Double-
clicking the Link button switches to Content Link mode.