User guide

768 Chapter 33 Working With Notation
No Overlap
No Overlap, when turned on, prevents the overlapped display of notes in melodies that
are played with an exaggerated legato. The displayed length of notes is truncated
(shortened) to the beginning of the next note (unless a polyphonic staff style is used—
see “Working With Staff Styles” on page 775 for details). Notes beginning
simultaneously (chords, in other words) are displayed with the (note) length of the
shortest note in the chord.
When set to off, the score display shows the lengths of the notes fairly precisely. The
music is definitely harder to read this way, however.
The effect can be seen in the following example, which shows the same MIDI region,
first without, then with, overlap correction:
No Overlap should only be deactivated in rare cases. If, for example, a piano player
arpeggiates a chord and holds the notes, the score displays the following result with
No Overlap on:
Although you can’t see that all notes continue to sound here, the result looks like this if
No Overlap is deactivated:
The solution typically involves switching No Overlap on, and using sustain pedal
markings. Logic Express will automatically display pedal markings if notes are recorded
in real time with a MIDI keyboard, and sustain pedal.
Max Dots
This parameter determines the maximum number of dots that Logic Express will allow
for the display of single notes. Unwanted dotted notes or rests can be changed by
inserting user rests (which remain invisible, if notes). Take a look at the information on
changing the way notes with ties are displayed (see “Creating Tied Notes” on page 730).