Chop MIDI Notes in Logic

**Big.al2626** · 12-23-2011

In FL Studio theres a great chop feature when working with midi notes (Alt + U), Its my bread and butter I can't function without it! I was wondering in Logic Pro 9.1 Has any similar feature? Please Help!

**Derrick Foreal** · 05-07-2012

Can anybody answer this asap

**wodanbrlam** · 05-09-2012

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**Danarchy** · 05-09-2012

What do you need the chop to do? Press escape 5 to switch to the scissor tool...

**Snowman3300** · 05-17-2012

Damn anyone figure this out?

**Danarchy** · 05-17-2012

Depending on which version of logic you have and what type of computer you're working on, your key commands can vary. To view/modify what your chop (split regions at playhead) key command is, find it in key commands like I am showing in the first screen shot.

Key Commands.jpg

In the piano roll you have a the "Command Click" tool option available (menu open in the bottom right hand corner of this screen shot). When chopping up hats or snares for dirty south fills and such, switch your command click tool to scissors so that you can just hold command and click where you want the midi note to be split.

Command Click Tool.jpg

It seriously is simple and really efficient once you get the hang of it.

Danarchy

**nickwright35** · 05-19-2012

Scissors tool should work or just drag your notes shorter. Not really sure what the chop tool is in FL since im not a fl user, please be more specific on what it does so I can give you a better answer.

ps I would rather chop up audio rather than midi. You can quickly convert your midi to audio in logic 9 by selecting a region and clicking ctl +b or just right click on select bounce in place.

**Snowman3300** · 05-19-2012

Originally Posted by Danarchy

Depending on which version of logic you have and what type of computer you're working on, your key commands can vary. To view/modify what your chop (split regions at playhead) key command is, find it in key commands like I am showing in the first screen shot.

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In the piano roll you have a the "Command Click" tool option available (menu open in the bottom right hand corner of this screen shot). When chopping up hats or snares for dirty south fills and such, switch your command click tool to scissors so that you can just hold command and click where you want the midi note to be split.

Attachment 35004

It seriously is simple and really efficient once you get the hang of it.

Danarchy

Thanks for posting that. One question, so let's say you're inputting 1/16th notes and then want to go to 1/64 for a few... do you adjust the grid at the bottom? And then input them? Is there a faster way to do this? Thanks a lot.

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Originally Posted by nickwright35

Scissors tool should work or just drag your notes shorter. Not really sure what the chop tool is in FL since im not a fl user, please be more specific on what it does so I can give you a better answer.

ps I would rather chop up audio rather than midi. You can quickly convert your midi to audio in logic 9 by selecting a region and clicking ctl +b or just right click on select bounce in place.

I don't have a lot of experience with chopping audio. Could I ask why you prefer it?

The reason why I don't very much is I like the flexibility of changing the sound/plugins whenever I want. I guess I'm still really experimenting with compressor settings/patches so I like to keep it all flexible.

Oh, and I'm sure you're aware of the freeze feature but if anyone else isn't - that's a good alternative and saves you lots of cpu.

**nickwright35** · 05-19-2012

Yeah i agree with you that it is nice to have the flexibility to keep changing notes. But once its time to commit to a sound I like to bounce to audio to do my edits. I like chopping audio better because you can visually see the wave form and that makes it easier to know where to cut. Also sometimes midi might have an effect tail on it that when duplicating it sounds bad when overlapped with the next clip. audio doesnt have this, what you see is what you get. So lets say you are building towards a breakdown and you stutter edit your kicks, and you go from kicks that are a 1/4 apart and build to kicks that are a 1/16 or even 1/32 i have always had better sound quality with audio as opposed to midi. Also if you want to use time stretching audio is the way to go.