>Thanks so much for your help.
You're welcome!
>When you say I have to insert vienna strings into an Instrument track, you mean double click the track, click insert, and then I should should see Vienna Strings in there or do I have to go look for it somehow?
Highlight an Instrument track and you'll see its fader on the lower left side of the screen. Click and hold on the slot directly underneath 'I/O' and a list of available instrument plug-ins (including the Vienna Instrument) should open up for selection. (That's how it works in Logic 7 anyway!)
> So you say not to use a Midi or Audio track, in Logic Express it shows (in order) Audio, Instrument or GM tracks. I would assume I use the Intrument tracks, but once I've inserted the Instrument, and I record something, it shows up as midi data right? This makes it easy to edit.
That's right. In Logic, 'Instrument' tracks are a special type of MIDI track that have an instrument attached, so you use an Instrument track to record MIDI specifically for that instrument. When you've finished recording, the MIDI data will appear as a 'region' on screen. To edit the performance, highlight the region then hold Apple and hit '6' to open the Matrix Editor (a nice visual display for note-editing). Alternatively, you can hold Apple and hit '2' to open the Event List (useful for finding MIDI control data etc.)
Good luck!
You're welcome!
>When you say I have to insert vienna strings into an Instrument track, you mean double click the track, click insert, and then I should should see Vienna Strings in there or do I have to go look for it somehow?
Highlight an Instrument track and you'll see its fader on the lower left side of the screen. Click and hold on the slot directly underneath 'I/O' and a list of available instrument plug-ins (including the Vienna Instrument) should open up for selection. (That's how it works in Logic 7 anyway!)
> So you say not to use a Midi or Audio track, in Logic Express it shows (in order) Audio, Instrument or GM tracks. I would assume I use the Intrument tracks, but once I've inserted the Instrument, and I record something, it shows up as midi data right? This makes it easy to edit.
That's right. In Logic, 'Instrument' tracks are a special type of MIDI track that have an instrument attached, so you use an Instrument track to record MIDI specifically for that instrument. When you've finished recording, the MIDI data will appear as a 'region' on screen. To edit the performance, highlight the region then hold Apple and hit '6' to open the Matrix Editor (a nice visual display for note-editing). Alternatively, you can hold Apple and hit '2' to open the Event List (useful for finding MIDI control data etc.)
Good luck!
