Split chords in the Piano Roll Editor in Logic Pro for Mac

In the Logic Pro Piano Roll Editor, do one of the following:

• Choose Edit > Select > Highest Notes from the Piano Roll Editor menu bar to select the highest notes in the chords.

• Choose Edit > Select > Lowest Notes from the Piano Roll Editor menu bar to select the lowest notes in the chords.

These commands can be used with regions containing chords to separate the top note of each chord (often the melody), or to separate the bottom note of each chord for a bass line. Once selected, the notes can be cut or copied, and pasted into a region on a different track.

1. In Logic Pro, select the notes you want to reassign by clicking keys on the keyboard along the left edge of the Piano Roll Editor.

   • Shift-click to select multiple keys.

   • Drag across the keyboard to select a range of contiguous pitches.

2. Choose Functions > Set MIDI Channel to Voice Number from the Piano Roll Editor menu bar.

Logic Pro assigns MIDI channel numbers (in ascending order) to individual note pitches in the selected MIDI region. The highest note pitch in each chord is assigned as MIDI channel 1, the next note down in each chord channel 2, and so on.