>Ok I decided to come over to Logic and I'm not just sticking my toe in the >water, I'm diving in head first! I just purchased Logic 5.5 (ordered >upgrade to Logic 6) and all the Synths (EXS24, ES2, EVB3, EVD6, and EVP88) >and have my order in for the VSL library for EXS24. For Logic 6 I've ordered >a new G4 1.42 Ghz with two GIG of RAM and two 20" Cinema Displays. By the >time my G4 arrives Logic 6 should be in my hands so I'll just wait to >install Logic 6 and run it all in OSX. I have a couple questions for you >experienced Logic users. >[snipped] Mike, firstly, you have way too much money on your hands! The VSL is one find sample library and would be keen to know your thoughts on the quality (or anyone on this list) about them [Privately pls!]. To answer your questions re: manual, I've never really found it that intuitive to learn from. My initial learning comes from either tutoring, or using the guide and online help as a reference to figure out a shorter way of doing something. My personal recommendation would be to find someone in your local area that can show you some basic navigation and short cut tricks to get you up and running! There was mention of the logic 6 manual coming out in the next few weeks, so hopefully the version you will receive shipping will contain the manual. Apparently it has been written from the ground up. For tidiness, I would recommend a second drive on the ATA-100 bus. Leave the primary partition for the OS, programs and personal documents & projects. Keep the second drive for samples and other, larger projects. An 8 meg cache will improve disk performance, but that depends on whether your going to be streaming lots of audio from the disk or from RAM - VSM (A logic feature introduced with V5) allows you the option of streaming from disk or ram with regards to samples, predominantly the EXS (from memory). The caching of data will also benefit the OS, and samples, especially when swapping in/out memory. Hope this helps. Jase.