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252Logic Pro User Guide
• To insert multiple notes at different pitches at the same time: Click the Chord button.
The notes are “stacked” at the same position, resulting in a chord. The playhead
doesn’t advance until the Chord button is clicked again (turned off). Chord mode
prevents the playhead from moving after the insertion of a note, allowing you to
insert as many notes as you like at the same bar position. Before you insert the last
note into the chord, click the Chord button again to turn off Chord mode, and the
playhead advances as usual after a note is inserted.
Insert notes using a MIDI keyboard
• In Logic Pro, inserting notes with a MIDI keyboard is similar to using the Step Input
keyboard. However, you press keys on your real-world MIDI keyboard, rather than
clicking onscreen keyboard notes.
Insert rests
In Logic Pro, you can insert rests using step recording techniques.
• If the Musical Typing window is displayed, press Tab without a key that represents a
note.
• Using the Step Input keyboard, make sure the previously created note is unselected in
the Piano Roll Editor and click the Sustain inserted note(s) button.
• Using your MIDI keyboard, without any keys being pressed, step on the sustain pedal.
• Using the steps described in the Assign key commands in Logic Pro section, assign the
Rest and/or Step Forward key commands to keys on your keyboard. Then press the key
command to insert a rest.
Use the metronome in Logic Pro
Logic Pro includes a metronome, which plays a steady beat (like a “click track”) to help
you play and record in time. You can turn the metronome on or off when you’re recording,
or any time your project is playing. The metronome always plays at the project tempo.
This means that if a tempo map has been created by Smart Tempo, the metronome
automatically follows it. It also means that if Smart Tempo is automatically adapting the
project tempo to the performance being recorded, the timing of the metronome adapts
along with it. For more information about Smart Tempo, see Logic Pro Smart Tempo
overview.
The included metronome uses a dedicated software instrument named Klopfgeist to
generate clicks. You have the option of using any audio or MIDI instrument to generate
metronome clicks. You can also access a pop-up menu to set if you want the metronome to
play during playback, recording, or both.
You can also set the metronome to play a one-measure “count-in” before recording starts.
Turn the metronome on or off
In Logic Pro, do one of the following:
• Click the Metronome button in the control bar.
• Press the key command assigned to toggle the metronome on and off.