Hi:

Can one have more than 64 audio intruments in a Logic file? Is it possible to create multiple instances of EXS to increase the number of possible intruments? If so, how is this done?

If anyone could clarify this I would appreciate it.

Michael Matthews

Hi John:

I JUST received my Logic 7 update (there was a shipping delay). I have not yet installed it, but this news will spur me on.

Did you have any difficulties with the upgrade?

Thanks and best wishes,

Michael

The upgrade was pretty smooth for me, but for some it has been a nightmare.
There was a thread on the LUG this week from George Leger III (I think it was) about versions 6 & 7 co-existing peacefully, so check that out.

In general L7 is an improvement over 6, but there are some new annoying quirks (eg sometimes one can copy/paste a SMPTE time from the transport window, sometimes not - great, I need this all the time as I'm scoring to picture right now)

If you're desperate to finish on a deadline I would consider sticking with 6 til the project's done.

best,
John

George Leger III

I quote from the LUG Digest:

On 12/1/04 6:35 PM, "ridil7" <> wrote:

G-5 1.8 Dual
1.5 gig mem
360 gig HD
896HD MOTO
1604 VLZ Mackie

Spectronics & Guitarrig crashed in Logic6. Upgraded to 7. Re installed
Atmoshphere's,
Guitarrig and RMX. Midi records fine for Atmosphere's and RMX. Guitarrig does
not
register. But more importantly now I can't seem to record ANY outside Audio (
guitar,
Triton Pro, vocals) And even stranger, RMX grooves won't record either. The
signal for
audio registers on the meter but will not record. I know it's got to be
something simple. I
have been working at this for a few weeks now very part time and I have
resorted to ask
for Help! Any one? Please!

Rich Diller
Citrus Groove



And I'll bet you just installed L7 over the L6 stuff. L7 worked like garbage
for me, until I did a series of things...


I hope it makes you Mac a stable as mine, which hasn't crashed in??? And
FYI, I have a UAD-1, Powercore, and about 171 AU plugin components being run
on my system, and some of them are betas..

Try this out...


After attempting to figure out the new Logic 7's methods of
using older settings file, I did this.

WARNING:I NON LONGER AM USING LOGIC 6. IF YOU DO THIS, IT MIGHT NOT WORK
PROPERLY! IT STILL WORKS FINE HERE THOUGH.

1) I moved my Logic 6 folder to the desktop

2) I deleted all Logic 6 prefs, including the setup assistants. ( Just put
them on the desktop for now.)

3) Install Logic 7

4) Made a copy of my Logic 6 "Sampler Instruments" folder, and my "Plug-in
Settings" folder, and placed them into my user / library / application
support / Logic folder. Logic 7 will now see them.

5) Made sure all my plugins were updated to the Logic 7 compatible versions.

6) Booted Logic. It will take a while for it to check out the AU's.

7) Logic's setup assistant opened up (if not, open it after Logic 7 has
booted up). Configured the settings to match my hardware and midi devices.

Saved my file as my Autoload. If you have special layers, import them
into your new autoload now. Make sure the Autoload is saved in the "Song
Templates" folder in your Logic folder you saved you plugin settings into.

9) If you have any special key commands, import them from you old prefs
file.

10) Go through and change your Logic prefs, and Song prefs to the way you
want them. Don¹t forget to resave your file, or your autoload won¹t have
these new song prefs.

After doing this, Logic 7 runs perfect. I have not had one crash, and
everything works nicely. When I did my first install before doing these
steps, I couldn't figure out what goes where, and Logic 7 crashed more than
a few times.

My old Logic 6 folder is still on my desktop. I don¹t use it, and will more
than likely throw it away, but not just yet...

Hope this helps.

George

HTH,
John

Yes, that's useful!
Do you have a tip for re-assigning the Audio Object to EXS Instrument 65 not 1, 66 not 2 etc, after copying?
It always looked as though the Apply Buffer Template to thing will do this but I have never been successful with that.

best,
John
edit - oops, forgot the word NEVER...

Well, for the project that I am working on now, perhaps three or four more channels. But for the full orchestra piece that I am embarking on, I would ideally like the full 128 channels to be able to use performance samples, lots of percussion, etc...

Michael

Logic 7 can do 128 EXS Instances? How? Can someone enlighten me?

THANKS!

Evan Evans

JohnA, you can highlight a bunch of audio objects (channel strips) and assign them all to the same Device or Channel, but there's no way to assign them to successive Audio Instruments or Tracks at once. That would be useful, I agree.

Thanks, John.

I will think about making new EXS super instruments. As a matter of fact I am just about to upgrade to a new dual 2.5 G5 with 4 MB RAM. It is there that I plan to install Logic 7 and then I will fiddle around with the 128 audio instruments. In the meantime I will write again to Make Music and ask them to expand the 64 midi channel limit of Finale. Would you be willing to do the same? They do log request numbers when making upgrade decisions.

Where would I find info on Evan Evans' expanded violin instument? I will do a search in the VSL forum, but please let me know if you have a link to info on this.

Best,

Michael

Michael, do you know who to write to at MM to ask about more Ports?
I've had a miserable time in the past trying to request features. The response I usually got was "We don't understand your question"

best,
John