Reversing Midi in Logic Pro

Question

Hey all-
I am having a hard time reversing a piano chord so that you get the effect of the decay growing to the actual hit. Is there a way to do this? When I have done the reverse position command it doesn't do anything. Help?
Thanks.
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Answer 1

Mlanders way is the way to do this.
It can't happen in MIDI, because the samples themselves aren't recorded in reverse.
If the piano is in the EXS, you technically could select all the zones, and reverse the sample in each zone, so essentially all the piano samples were playing backwards. But then the whole piano part would be playing backwards.
And besides, as you'll soon find out, for what you're wanting to do, you don't want where the actual note ends on the piano sample to be where it starts once it's reversed. The volume is too low. It would take to long to go from nothing to the point where it's audible.
Trust me, Mlanders way IS the easiest. And it really is very easy to do.
If you want the reversed piano chord to last, say, 2 bars, simply play it normally for at least 2 bars (not much longer though). Make sure that those 2 bars is it's own region. Then select File>Export>Region as Audio File. Drag that new audio window to the arrange page, and put it in place on a stereo audio track (you could also drag it any where in the song, and select "Move to original record position", and it will snap into place).
Then go to the sample editor, and select reverse. Done.
You will find that you will probably need to scoot this new audio region earlier in time, so that the loudest part of the reversed sample (where the keys were first pressed), lines up with the point where you want it to end, which is usually a downbeat.