hey all, I just switched to Mac, and installed Logic Gold 5.3 on my iBook this afternoon. Nothing ever goes according to plan it seems, and I am having a few problems I hope my learned Logic brethren can assist with. 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? 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. 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. Audio plays back fine, and latency between volume changes, panning, etc and hearin ght corresponding change is next-to-minimal. I will be getting an Mbox for this setup on Monday, but I don't think it will fix the above problems. 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. Reply directly to heathskerman@... if possible. thanks.

"supaheef" <heathskerman@...> wrote: > 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? No. You need to understand that Macs organise files differently to PC.s PC files are recognised by their file extension (.WAV, .TXT etc). Mac files have an extra bit inside the file that determines what type of file it is. If you move PC files directly onto a Mac, they don't contain this information. You need to change the filetypes of your lso files - someone here will be able to tell you exactly what to do, I'm not really a Mac person. (I have a feeling you can do an "import" and Logic *will* see non-Logic filetypes - worth a try). > 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. This is a PC thing. How did you transfer your files - via CD? > 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. Hmm, is this a quicktime thing? I've heard stuff like this before which was solved by enabling/installing quicktime... Ben Hall www.benhall.co.uk

Ben Hall wrote: >> 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 think if you use "import" and navigate to the correct directory they should work "add audio file" on the audio page has no problem recognizing .wav

Firstly, a HUGE thank you to everyone who has offered excellent advice. The IMPORT function has helped, but all the files I have transferred from my PC are .wav files, and while Quicktime recognises them as QT files and will play them, the aren't recognised as the files Logic is looking for when I import a song. Will I need to convert all my audio files to .aiff on my PC, then transfer the project folder to my mac? Are there any file-convertor programs that you recommend? I'm still worried about my plugin interfaces. EXS24 is really hard to use in 'slider' form! Thanks again, and keep those fixes coming!! I previously wrote: "hey all, I just switched to Mac, and installed Logic Gold 5.3 on my iBook this afternoon. Nothing ever goes according to plan it seems, and I am having a few problems I hope my learned Logic brethren can assist with. 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? 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. 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. Audio plays back fine, and latency between volume changes, panning, etc and hearin ght corresponding change is next-to-minimal. I will be getting an Mbox for this setup on Monday, but I don't think it will fix the above problems. 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. Reply directly to heathskerman@... if possible. thanks."

> 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. >

>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? There's a VERY useful app for Mac called FileTyper. Here: http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~dazuma/filetyper/ It allows you to re-configure the File Type and/or Creator of any Mac file. So, you could drag an entire folder of 100 .LSO files on it, choose <same as> any "real" Mac Logic song and all your "unreadable" files will be converted in one shot. Regards - Colin

What OS are you running and are you networked to your PC? This makes life much easier than the CD thing for doing the file translation, especially if you can boot into OS10. Randall