Here's the scenario: I recorded a live performance on a firewire drive and brought it back to the studio to mix it. I tried playing the 20 tracks from the firewire drive but logic would lock up every time(OS 9) so I copied the tracks to the internal drive in the G4. I did some mixing and now I'm ready to troubleshoot the firewire drive issue. So I'd like to change where Logic looks for the files to the firewire drive without deleting the originals. The online help says to click the file and select "Update file information". This causes the waves logo to spin (got some waves plugs in the song) a couple times and that's it. No dialog box to select a new file like the help says. The only other option I think I have is to move the files another drive (where logic can't immediately find them and select the files one by one on the firewire drive when logic opens the song. The problem is that there's a lot of data here and space for it is at a premium right now. Any ideas? Warren

--- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, "chmedly" <chmedly@y...> wrote: > Here's the scenario: > I recorded a live performance on a firewire drive and brought it back > to the studio to mix it. I tried playing the 20 tracks from the > firewire drive but logic would lock up every time(OS 9) so I copied > the tracks to the internal drive in the G4. I did some mixing and now > I'm ready to troubleshoot the firewire drive issue. So I'd like to > change where Logic looks for the files to the firewire drive without > deleting the originals. The online help says to click the file and > select "Update file information". This causes the waves logo to spin > (got some waves plugs in the song) a couple times and that's it. No > dialog box to select a new file like the help says. The only other > option I think I have is to move the files another drive (where logic > can't immediately find them and select the files one by one on the > firewire drive when logic opens the song. The problem is that there's > a lot of data here and space for it is at a premium right now. Any > ideas? Select all the audio files in the audio window, then from the "audiofile" menu, copy/convert or move the files to a different or new folder. It's best to do all file/folder management from this menu in Logicf rather than moving or copying files with finder. You will end up with more hair and fewer bruises on your forehead. Pete www.petethomas.co.uk

> Select all the audio files in the audio window, then from the > "audiofile" menu, copy/convert > or move the files to a different or new folder. It's best to do all > file/folder management > from this menu in Logicf rather than moving or copying files with > finder. You will end up > with more hair and fewer bruises on your forehead. Thanks but I don't want to move or copy the files. I already have them in two different places. I want a fast way to get logic to look for the files in a different place. I guess what I'm basically asking is if the process outlined in the online help works for anybody else because it isn't working for me. But thanks for the help, I definitely appreciate the audio window file functions. I just wish some of the file handling would be more flexible and more obvious in its function. Warren

--- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, "chmedly" <chmedly@y...> wrote: > I recorded a live performance on a firewire drive and brought it back > to the studio to mix it. I tried playing the 20 tracks from the > firewire drive but logic would lock up every time(OS 9) so I copied > the tracks to the internal drive in the G4. I did some mixing and now > I'm ready to troubleshoot the firewire drive issue. So I'd like to > change where Logic looks for the files to the firewire drive without > deleting the originals. The online help says to click the file and > select "Update file information". This causes the waves logo to spin > (got some waves plugs in the song) a couple times and that's it. No > dialog box to select a new file like the help says. The only other > option I think I have is to move the files another drive (where logic > can't immediately find them and select the files one by one on the > firewire drive when logic opens the song. The problem is that there's > a lot of data here and space for it is at a premium right now. Any ideas? OK, you need to confuse Logic into not knowing where the files are. This can be accomplished in the Finder by moving them to a different folder. Done? Now boot up Logic and open your song. Logic tells you it can't find the first Audio file (it will ask for it by name) and gives you the option to "Find" or "Skip" so click "Find" and locate the first file *from the Firewire drive* When Logic looks for the second file, the first place it looks is the last place you pointed it, which is still the Firewire drive, so presto, all your files are found there and the song opens up. If you select "Show File Infos" in the Audio window, you'll see the files are all on the FW drive now. To go back to the other copies, just reverse the process! Sonny Keyes SKa Music Toronto