Create time signature changes in Logic Pro for Mac
When you create a new project, by default it has one time signature that lasts for the entire project.
When Enable Complete Features is selected in Logic Pro > Settings > Advanced, you can add time signature changes to a project in the Signature List, Signature track, or Score Editor.
Create a time signature change
In Logic Pro, do one of the following:
In the Signature List, make sure Time is selected in the Signature pop-up menu, click the Add Signature button
, then edit the values in the Time Signature dialog.In the Score Editor, drag the time signature symbol from the Part box to the target time position.
Click the target time position in the Signature track with the Pencil tool, then edit the values in the Time Signature dialog.
When the Signature track is reduced in height, only a single Add Signature button is visible. Clicking the Add Signature button reveals options for adding either a time signature change or key signature change. When the Signature track is at full height, Add Signatures for both adding a time signature change and a key signature change are visible.
You can enter beat groups for composite time signatures in the Beat Grouping field. For example, to create a group of two beats, followed by another group of two, and then a group of three, you enter “223.” The number of beats in a bar is the sum of these groups, so 7 in this example. The sum is displayed as the numerator in the Score Editor unless you have selected the Print Composite Signature checkbox. Beat Grouping affects the way in which notes are beamed together regardless of whether Print Composite Signature is selected.
You can also change the automatic beaming in normal time signatures. In 4/4-time “1+1+1+1” produces four beamed groups (one for every beat), instead of the two groups displayed as a default.
Select the Print Composite Signature checkbox to show the breakdown of the beat grouping in the Score Editor. This is useful for indicating how a beat count should be split. For example, a 5/4 meter could have a beat grouping of 3/4 and 2/4 or 2/4 and 3/4.
Select the Hide Signature checkbox to hide a time signature change in the published score. The signature is still displayed in the Score Editor, but dimmed, and is not included in the calculation of spacing between notes and symbols. As a result, signatures may overlap notes in the Score Editor but not in the published score. This can be used for notating cadenza-like passages, which contain more notes than would normally fit the time signature.