> hey all, > > I just switched to Mac, and installed Logic Gold 5.3 ... If what you are using is an iBook, it would probably be better for you to keep using your PC... Anyway, don't panic - your problems may be solved > > 1. .LSO files created on a PC aren't recognised by MacOS, even > though they have the same file extension. Does this mean I have to > re-create ALL my existing song projects, importing each piece of > audio one-by-one? I presume you are using Mac Os 9. If you choose Import in Logic, instead of open, and locate your file from inside the dialog box, you sould be able to open it correctly. While they are Logic files, they aren't exactly the same files. Another solution you can try is going to Control Panels (Apple Menu > Control Panels) and open File Exchange, which is a utility that's there exactly to ensure compatibility between PC files and the Mac apps able to open them (not only, but also). Once in there, you will see a TAB called PC exchange, and a button called ADD. Click on it. You will see a box telling "search for applications". After the box changes to other, you will see a dialog box with several items. On top, there is the extension - type LSO. Behind, you will see a list of Application. If Logic appears there - fine, If not, click on the button labeled Select, and locate the application. In the file type, leave what is selected (should be EM3F). Then click ADD, and that's it. Next time, these files should even be displayed with the appropriate icon. Or, you can download a script made by someone on this list (I think it was Henrik Van Neestra), and change the file headers for Logic to recognize these files automatically. > > 2. Names of audio files transferred from a PC are only showing 8 > characters of their title. for example, a file called > mygreatsong.wav on my PC shows up as mygrea~1.aiff. this is making > it very hard to find which audio files are which as I import and > rebuild my songs from scratch. If you recorded these files using a CD, you probably recorded it using Joliet format. Therefore, you must install an extension named Joliet Volume Access (look for it on the Internet). Version 1.4 is free, while version 2 is a paid shareware. This in a much needed extension, since Mac Os 9 cannot recognize long file names on a Joliet format CD (the joy of working on a "user friendly" OS). If you have it installed, you will notice that you CD file nemaes will display correctly now. Anybody migrating from Windows absolutley should get and install this Extension while working on OS 9 > > 3. Most un-nervingly, when I open a plugin that has a graphical > window (like GoldVerb, Compressor, Tremelo, etc) I get a MacAV error, > and it shows the plugin in 'slider' form, like AVerb and > SilverCompressor. Is this just because I'm using MacAV, or is it a > localised problem. Seems like your installation misses the Res folder. Check inside your Logic folder if there is a Res folder. If there is one, check of the files there have the creatyion date of Thursday 22 August 2002. These are the correct ones for Logic 5.3 If in doubt, try a new installation USING the install CD from Emagic. > > I know I'm asking alot, and I WILL be calling me Emagic distributors > on Monday and hassling them for answers too. Any help that any of > you can give is greatly appreciated. >