Advice Needed for Audio and MIDI Controller Software

I am hoping someone may be able to give me advice on how I should approach my problem.
I am currently running a live show with audio backing tracks and a small 12 par lighting system. The light system can be controlled via standard MIDI. I am using iTunes to play back sets of backing tracks, and manually controlling the lighting system using a dedicated foot controller.
What I would like to do, is be able to use software to simultaneously play audio files and perfectly sync the lighting (fades, shots, etc. via midi) with the audio track. Ideally, I would be able to have the audio/lighting paired as discreet entities that could be grouped into sets.
i.e.
Audio-MIDI_1 = Audiotrack1 would always be paired with Lightcontroller_MIDI_events1
Audio-MIDI_2 = Audiotrack2 would always be paired with Lightcontroller_MIDI_events2
Audio-MIDI_3 = Audiotrack3 would always be paired with Lightcontroller_MIDI_events3
I could the create a set of Audio-MIDI_x tracks which could be triggered in any order.
I would like to have to option to be able to activate a single track, or have a complete group of tracks activated sequentially (but be able to stop the and start the group as needed - you never know what will happen in a live situation). It would be nice to have a time-line UI as well.
Now the final requirement: it should be able to run on a PISMO PowerBook. <cringe>
I hope I am not too confusing.
I am thinking MainStage would not be the software for this task as Leo is not an option for the Powerbook.
I have looked at QLab and showcontrolpro, but I don't think theses are right for me either.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
TIA

Gary,
With a Pismo you really are confined. I've been using some software from Alien Apparatus called Solo Performer Show Controller (www.alienapparatus.com) and it has a timeline to sequence lights where you can run 32 channels of midi or dmx lighting. The only setback is it needs at least a 1 GHZ processor. There may be a company like Sonnet that has an upgrade for your processor.
The software is able to run backing tracks, send midi controls to effects units or other software, send hotkeys for apps, synchronize lyrics in a window or on an external monitor, controls a dmx fog machine, and also has a six button usb foot controller which can be configured for many things such as scrolling your songlist to select the next song, change volume of tracks, change a light scene, send a hotkey, trigger samples, etc. It is a bit pricey at just under 600 dollars but the foot control is durable, the company has excellent support and they listen to users to add features to the software.
Hope this helps
Thor

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Hi,
I am brand-new with Logic. (Just bought it yesterday!)
I was able to use it with a MOTU 828 and an M-Audio Ozone for Audio and MIDI, respectively. I've also just moved from Pro-Tools to Logic, so I also have a Digi 002 and I'd like to able to use the 002 if possible as well. So...
Now Logic shows this dialog, and does not let me go on to use the program:
“Logic Pro has detected a possible conflict between one or more third party MIDI or Audio drivers.
Be sure to install the latest drivers for all audio and MIDI equipment connected to your computer, and remove any older or unused drivers.”
I have tossed the older drivers (from my previous system, as I just updated to Tiger)
and I still get the dialog.
Should I start from scratch? If so, how??
I need help! Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Beto Hale
Dual G5 2.5 GHZ Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hi,
I am brand-new with Logic. (Just bought it
yesterday!)
I was able to use it with a MOTU 828 and an M-Audio
Ozone for Audio and MIDI, respectively. I've also
just moved from Pro-Tools to Logic, so I also have a
Digi 002 and I'd like to able to use the 002 if
possible as well. So...
Now Logic shows this dialog, and does not let me go
on to use the program:
“Logic Pro has detected a possible conflict between
one or more third party MIDI or Audio drivers.
Be sure to install the latest drivers for all audio
and MIDI equipment connected to your computer, and
remove any older or unused drivers.”
I have tossed the older drivers (from my previous
system, as I just updated to Tiger)
and I still get the dialog.
Should I start from scratch? If so, how??
I need help! Any suggestions?
You are about to enter a world where time and space
have no dimensions.A world called the Digi Zone.
This could be a little messy, so I will try and walk
you through it. First off let me get this straight, you
said you moved from Pro Tools to Logic? You know
once you leave the Matrix, you cant go back. OK,
so now your going to find out how deep the
rabbit hole goes.
First, you must go here......
http://www.digidesign.com/download/coreaudio/tiger/
This will get you to the page where you can download
the STAND ALONE core audio driver for TIGER. This is
the driver that you must use once you decide you are not going
to use Pro Tools exclusively.
Second, There is a FAQ there, read it. There are a couple
of things you will need to know. The major issues are
you will need to change the I/O buffer size the first time
you use Logic or else you will eventually have a crash.
Default is 512, change it to1024 for a little while then
you can change it back to whatever you want.
check the FAQ. Also, you wont here your system sounds
through the driver. They will still come through the internal
speakers.
This should get you up an running.
One last thing, Dont upgrade Tiger, unless you want
trouble. If you want to upgrade Tiger (10.5), wait until
Digi offers a new stand alone driver. Other wise you
will have to Downgrade back to Tiger to
get Logic to work. I have had to deal with this first
hand so, take my word on this.
Let me know if you have any questions, Phil
Duel Processor 1.8 G5, Duel Raptors drives, 2GB Ram Mac OS X (10.4.5) LP7.2,Reason 2.5,Digitech, TCHelicon and BBE Sound Processors, JBL 4311 Monitors

Solution for "Error while trying to synchronize Audio and MIDI" and "System Overload" messages

Article for those who hate Logic error windows
Seen in Logic Pro 9.1.7 on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4
and Logic Pro 9.0.0 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.5
Logic Pro:
System Overload.
The audio engine was not able to process all required data in time.
(-10011)
Error while trying to synchronize Audio and MIDI.
Sample Rate xxxxx recognized.
Check conflict between Logic Pro and external device.
The search in the help given as follows: overload occurs when you use a lot of tracks and a lot of effects on them, and the synchronization is lost when the selected MIDI track for recording or playback. Yes, this is all that is written in the resources. And here are useful tips that have been found:
The Bounce function allows the entire instrument track to be recorded as an audio file. This bounced audio file can then be used (as an audio region) on a standard audio track, allowing you to reassign the available processing power for further software instrument tracks. For more details, see "Bouncing Your Project."
You can also make use of the Freeze function to capture the output of a software instrument track, again saving processing power. For details, see "Freezing Tracks in the Arrange Area."
These tips - about the timing. About overload - there are no tips, except as "reducing the number of plug-ins" and "increasing latency". Zero useful tips - I got two errors in the test project with a blank audio track with no effects, MIDI drums and standard synthesizer, it was no aux buses, and the entire project was only a single plugin in the master track.
Here is the configuration of my computer:
iMac12, 2
CPU: Intel Core i5 3,1 GHz
Memory: 4 GB
And here's a project that almost immediately stops Logic, all instruments and plug-ins with the init-patch, ie not the most demanding settings:
It's sad.
When this happened the first time, I could start the project only if the empty audio track has been selected, a track specially designed so that you can at least start the project. Then, this problem has evaporated along with the changing conditions of work and I forgot about it until the last case.
I was looking for the cause of the problem in the console and the system monitor for two days, and finally I found that Logic ping to the network frequently. I remembered the exact time of occurrence of the problem, and system logs revealed that the problems began immediately, as soon as I deactivate the service of the Internet.
Solution: enable the Internet, or add a new network service on a computer with no Internet. I just created the Ethernet connection to the ip address 1.0.0.0
Logic immediately began to sing.

Hi gabaghoul
Yes, it worked for me on four different OS and Logic versions (10.6 - 10.8 and 9.0 - 9.1.6)
It does not work in some cases, hard enough to tell in which one, but you can try, it very easy: go to the net settings and create new Ethernet connection to the ip address 1.0.0.0 and connect LAN cable to the port.
Also you can try to figure out what happens in your system while Logic error occured - fot that you just start Console and search "logicpro"
Pay attention to repetitive events in a console and events with suitable timing, not so far from error
The problem may be related to the GUI or system memory, sometimes turning off Safari (or Chrome, others browsers) might help.
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Re: ERROR while trying to synchronize Audio and MIDI

Hi Guys/Gals
A bit of a strange one. Yes, I have posted a similar question concerning my trusted 2.7ghz G5 PPC and my Digidesign 003R which it turned out that the Digi's FW ports were to blame.
New issue. I have just completed an install on a client's machine, here's it's specs etc:
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Apogee Ensemble (with newest firmware update/upgrade)
Iomega ULTRAMAX HARD DRIVE 1TB USB 2.0/FIREWIRE® 400/800 (sorry, copied from their site)
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Reason 4 (latest 4.0.1)
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Sample Rate 45946 recognized.
Check conflict between Logic Pro and external device."
As I said, any demo played back from the internal drives absolutely perfectly..... Any ideas?
Cheers!!
Bobs

There are a lot of different opinions about partitioning in Mac OS X and you can read some of them here:
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7592_102-0.html?forumID=25&threadID=44865&messageID= 530144
and here
http://forums.appleinsider.com/archive/index.php/t-8096.html
My opinion is that partitions cam be useful when:
1. the OS can't manage big volumes (as it was in the past)
2. the OS can't optimize the space on big volumes
3. want to install 2 or more separate OSes
4. organization (like in your case).
Now, OS X filesystem (HFS+) is robust and reliable and OS X is a multitasking system that parallelizes I/O operations like reading or writing a disk.
So if you have 2 separate hard disk the system can parallelize the operations (i.e. reading from one and writing into another one) but if you have 2 partitions the system (or better the disk subsystem) have to jump back and forth among the partitions.
About the linking schema of the Audio interfaces and the FW hard disks it can change: I connect my FW disk to the MOTU and the MOTU to the mac while a friend of mine have to put the disk before of his Presonus.
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Sometimes, while playing back my software instrument songs, I get an intermittent pop-up error message, saying "Error while trying to synchronize audio and MIDI. Sample rate 42804 recognized. Check conflict between Garageband and external device."
(Sometimes the five digit number is different, but remains a five-digit number beginning with "4".)
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(rare?) Error while trying to synchronize Audio and MIDI.

Hello there,
My problem: Until today, I've been working with all my projects without any problems with my configuration, but today I've turned on the computer and when I play any project (including a new project with one or two audio tracks or the SAME PROJECT that i've been working the last night), 3 or 4 seconds later I get the fantastic and typical error from logic and an apparently more slow performance loading projects...
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I've tried all these things (searching in the forum) with NO luck:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24535
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p.s.
As a side note, I remember that same error.....
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From Logic 3.5, it's been around for that long, with different sample rates of course.
Back then it was from bad audio drivers.. it's difficult to pin down some of these errors as they can be caused by different things.
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Thanks. I appreciate the help, but I've tried all of that. I just don't get it. I've unplugged everything, I've shut down, powered down, relaunched everything a dozen times and the problem doesn't go away. I know that the problem is with Logic because the interface works perfectly fnie with everything else, from Pro Tools to iTunes.
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I keep (consistantly) getting this:
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I first did what the manual was telling me but that made no difference as the sync would drop within 5 to 15 bars... very frustrating.
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I Just launched a Logic Pro 8 session that was started a few days ago and when I click "Play" there is no audio from the recorded tracks coming through the speakers. All that comes through the speakers is a series of hi pitched (roughly 4k to 6k) beeps and then an error message: "Error while trying to synchronize Audio and MIDI". I've tried restarting everything and still get the same results. I tried switching audio device to "built-in audio" instead of the motu and that works fine, (the tracks play back correctly).
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You can reset the 828 MkII to default settings in the following way (as provided from the MOTU support page):
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Disconnect the firewire cable from the 828mkII
Press the Setup knob
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Press the Value knob
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This error recently started popping up for me while using garageband.
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When I use garageband, my input and output are usually set to my scarlett 2i2 interface and I've never received the synchronizing error before today. I am not using any Midi.
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