Logic express & pro file diffrences

im sure that its possible to open LE files into LP but is it also possible backwards? (open logic pro files in logic express)?

Yes, it should be possible.
But be warned that Logic might not find all the plugins needed, so you'll have to replace them with substitutes of lower quality. Example Space Designer -> Platinum Verb. Or EVB3 -> EVB.
Fox

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Is Logic express pro enough for me?

Guys
I would just like to know if getting Express will deny me of the professional world? Will I miss out on essential things (only for the mean time), until I get Pro in about a years time, is it that express (unpro)?
I just haven't got the money for pro in the meantime but will upgrade in time to come.
What are the major differences that would effect professionalism?

Depends on how "Pro" you think you need to be, but I'd say VERY PROBABLY YES.
The power available to you under Express is very, very considerable. Sure, there are things that Pro has that Express users might want to have, but I've always been a believer in the creative power of limitations. Jam & Lewis became hot producers -- arguably -- BECAUSE they had to come up with creative ways around the limitations of their instruments.
My recommendation -- and I can't speak as a gazillion-selling artist here -- is to spend a year or two with Express. Learn it. Live it. Work the heck out of it. When you've exhausted its capabilities and you can't work around its limitations any more, THEN it'll be time for a well-deserved upgrade.
Major differences: check out the comparison chart on the Apple website. For my purposes, I miss out on some of the more esoteric editing stuff, and I would absolutely LOVE to be able to create 'on-the-fly' clusters of my Macs, offloading virtual instruments and effects to other machines. Some of the virtual instruments are missing, too -- but that gets us back to the issue of creative sweat and adapting to circumstances.
I don't want to flog a dead issue here, but consider that my Logic Express, running on an aging eMac, coupled with a few hundred dollars' worth of outboard hardware, gives me a studio with more capabilities (in some respects) than the afore-mentioned Jam & Lewis. Or Todd Rundren. Or -- heaven forbid -- George Martin. Or W. Carlos. Or... you get the idea.
Just my semi-philosophical perspective. Your mileage may vary.
Cheers,
Michael

How to connect my Alesis to Logic Express Pro, running on an Intel Mac Mini

Hi,
would anyone possibly have an idea how to connect my Alesis Multimix 8 USB to Logic Express 7,2?
The Alesis has a USB out. But I don't see anything in the L/E documentation on USB connections.
I'm hopeful there's another way.
Thanks very much.
-peter

LE documentation won't give instructions for use of 3rd party equipment, except possibly generically.
Have you downloaded the latest drivers? If it is a USB item, perhaps you are meant to plug in the USB cable rather than wishing it was something else.

Garageband and Logic Express duplicate files

Hey,
I've been using Garageband 3 and am interested in upgrading to logic express 7 series. Are any of the loops, sounds, amps, software instruments,etc that are in garageband also in logic express. I guess what i'm saying is it worth the money to upgrade or will I be getting the same sounds and amps and things in I already have in garageband with some extra features and the ability to record in 24 bit. Does logic express have many more sounds, filters, software instruments, samplers than does garageband.thanks
imac g5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)
imac g5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Hi when you upgrade to LE7 you have 4 gigs of sounds that are not in GB
plus you have the option of installing GB sounds but if you already have them on your computer then Logic will recognize them
hope this helps
12 inch-PowerBook G4 1.5 mghz Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Which Logic Express Preference File to delete?

In my user/library/preferences there are 2 instances of logic preferences.
One resides in the u/l/p folder, and the other lives in its own Logic folder within the u/l/p folder.
Which one contains useful info like keyboard shortcuts, and which contains info about Logics internal workings?
If Logic were to start acting strangely, which preferences should I trash?
Cheers
A

The file in preferences (com.apple.logic.pro or express.plist) contains all the resources/library/loops/instrument etc. locations. You can read this file in a text editor.
The file in ~/Library/preferences/Logic (com.apple.logic.pro or express) is the one containing your key commands. You can move this out of its folder, to your desktop for example, and rebuild your preferences. From this file, you can import your key commands.
You could trash both of them, but you'll lose all your settings. In extreme cases of corruption, this might be a good idea, but if you have an extensive KC setup, you probably want to try importing them into a newly created prefs file within the Logic folder, by using the import command in key commands window (which I assume is also available in Express).

How do you change your song made on Logic Express(Iso. file) into MP3 file?

I've been meaning to put a song on a c.d or just to transfer it to other people, and it is required to be an MP3 file. Does anybody know how to change the original file of the song (Iso.) into an MP3 file?
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.9)
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Ahhh, an easy one even I can handle. This is what is refered to in Logic-speak as a bounce (I would think export would be a better term). In the old days bouncing meant rerecording and premixing several tracks into another to free up more of a limited total number of tracks. How quaint! I remember those days, during the Lincoln administration if I recall correctly. Enough levity. Assuming that your mix is to your liking, go to the file menu and select bounce. You have a couple of choices in the dialog window, select mp3 for the destination choice. Also make sure your start and end postions are appropriate and select a save as title for your mp3 such as RTFM (just kidding). The realtime bounce mode allows you to listen to the mix as it's being exported to mp3 format. Once this is done you can find your new mp3 by selecting music in any finder window, and then logic>bounces. Another way to bounce is easily available from the mixer or arrange window on your output channel strip. There's a little "button" marked Bnce which opens up the bounce dialog box as well. I initially thought it was the Beyonce button but the manual cleared that up. Good luck with your mixdowns!

Logic express, pro or studio?

hello
could somebody please help me to choose which is best for me
i am new to producing & wish to create edm, i have a mac mini 1.66 dual core with 160g hard drive & 2gb ram
cheers

Ableton Live.

Opening a Logic Pro file in Logic Express

Hi my Nephew is thinking of buying Logic Express (He can't afford Logic Pro) so we can collaborate together on some toonz. Now if I send him a song I have created in Logic Pro will it be OK for him to open in Logic Express to work on that song?
What will have happened to all the parts that I have created on the instruments in Logic Pro which are not available in Logic Express? would it just be MIDI notes/ data? and vice versa.
Many Thanks

Hi there...
When i'm in the studio I work with LP7, but on the road (and its more often then not) I use LE7. This 12" powerbook 1.5gz w/ 1.25mb 80hd has the FULL LP7 install and the FULL LE7 install, as well as lots of Garageband loops, and most free, AUs.
In Express (with a LP7 install, on the same machine) the ONE thing that is poor, is opening a LP7 project that leverages PLUGS for LP7. But that's ok as Sculpture and all those other goodies are too cpu hungry for a single G4 (IMHO).
So you will not get those working, BUT, with a real LP7 install the EXSp24 can OPEN the instruments from the much much larger library of material inside LE7. It's kind of like Logic Express-PRO...sounds strange i know.
Oh, and don't forget that LE7 need to really be the 7.1.1 version as that one adds the HybredMorph inst from GB. Keep your bus counts down and no auxs in the LP7 sessions if you KNOW a LE7 users will pop them open
YMMV... but Good luck.

Opening logic pro songs in logic express

both versions running 7.2
logic express said "file either damaged or not logic express song"
is there a way around this, like saving in a different format or something?
Thanks!

I'll take a crack at it.
I'm not 100% certain, but I don't think that LE can open LP song files. If I'm right, then the only thing to do would be to bounce each track and import them into an LE project....but why would you want to drive a VW Beetle when you have a Porsche 911?
X

Error message when I open Logic Express 7

Hi!
When I opened Logic Express 7 today, I got an error message, telling me that Logic had problem with the file com.apple.logic.express.cs.
I then searced the net and found out that the problem could be solved if I deleted that file, so I tried that (I didn´t deleted it, but just removed it to the trash, so I could replace it back if Logic wasn´t fixed with the file removed). And Logic was still not working. No sound when I tried to play back my songs or when I tried to play with the audio instruments. So now I have just replaced back the com.apple.logic.express.cs file, since that did not seemed to be the problem.
I also tried to remove the com.apple.logic.SetUpAssistant.standard.plst file, but that did not seem to help either.
Have anyone here experienced the same problem?
PS. Why is the solution to remove those files to get it work, when they are ment to be there in the first place?
Best from Asle
Composer/guitarist from Norway

Hi!
Thank you for the answer!
Will all the songs I have made in Logic be safe and still be 100 % as before if I reinstall Logic?
Asle

$5 Starbucks card to first successful answer: how to import midi timecode into Logic Express 9 from Roland VS-880 or Ensoniq ASR-10

I will literally mail a $5 Starbucks card or gift $5 via paypal to the first person whose response gets me success. Then after all responses are provided and I'm successful with my issue, I'll also raffle off $5 to one of ALL respondents by random pick.
Problem/question:
I can't figure out how to import midi timecode data from either an Ensoniq ASR-10 or Roland VS-880 Vxpanded into Logic Express 9, so I can then use Logic Express 9 as the master. No manuals seem to explain that; I just can't find it.
Background/basics:
1. My ultimate goal will be to move all midi data from the Ensoniq ASR-10 floppies and all digital audio files from the VS-880 into Logic Express 9. Once the midi timing is imported into a Logic Express 9 file, I'll import the data from the Ensoniq & Roland via steps 2a & 2b below.
1a. Ten years ago I somehow (am in the process of re-learning what I did 10 years ago) imported the midi timing into the Roland VS-880 Vxpanded from the ASR-10, and then used the VS-880 as the Master to control the ASR-10. So my current status is that I use the Roland VS-880 as the master, and the Ensoniq ASR-10 as the slave.
2. FYI for anyone who might be in the same boat, wanting to transfer stuff from an Ensoniq ASR-10 and Roland VS-880 to the computer:
2a. I will import all midi sequence data from my ASR-10 floppy disks via a utility purchased here, which will all a PC to read Ensoniq-formatted disks, and then just hopefully cut/paste midi files into Logic Express 9 (FYI only): www.chickensys.com
2b. Then will import all the individual WAV files from my Roland VS-880 to Logic Express 9 using a method learned here (FYI only): http://www.vsplanet.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=985974&PHP SESSID=b1d2f57be4a1d37d49787400213b22df
2c. I'll then combine them all into Logic Express 9.
So - how the heck do I capture/import the midi timecode into Logic from either the roland or ensoniq using midi?
I'm don't think that cutting/pasting the midi data into a Logic Express 9 sequence file (step 2a above) will do that, because there are all kinds of tempo & time signature changes in the midi files unfortunately.
THANK YOU and Merry Christmas!!
Andy

OK doesn't look possible. Closing discussion.

Working with Logic Express and Sibelius Student

Help! I just downloaded Sibelius 6 Student edition and my Logic Express 9 files are playing back with all voices as piano. What's the fix?

Hi,
you probably have to change the program select value at the start of each MIDI track and/or select another MIDI channel for this track.
Fox

Deleting plug ins + Logic Express

Hi I have recently bought Logic 8 studio and dont need logic express 7. i cant seem to delete the entire program. does anyone know how to completely wipe Logic express 7 from the system drive?
also im using Toontrack's DFH Superior drum sample plug in. i dont need this anymore and would like to uninstall this too. how do you unistall audio plug ins on a mac?
cheers

Josh since I've never used Logic I really can't say. I did however find this:
Another approach you might consider is reinstalling Logic Express. To do this effectively, you need to remove the application and its receipts, then install Logic Express and use Software Update to install additional updates. You don't have to remove everything that was installed with Logic Express. Follow the steps below to completely reinstall a fresh copy of Logic Express. Note: Make sure that you have your installation discs and serial number handy before starting this.
Open the Applications folder.
Drag the Logic Express application to the Trash.
Go to /Library/Receipts.
In the Receipts folder, select the "Logic Express.pkg" file.
Choose View > as List to view the contents in a list.
Click the Date Modified column header so you can easily see all of the receipts that were installed at the same time as Logic Express.
Drag the Logic Express.pkg receipt to the Trash, as well as any other items that have the same modification date within 3 minutes of the Logic Express.pkg's modification date.
Click the Name column header to sort the list alphabetically.
Drag any other receipts whose names begin with "Logic Express" to the Trash.
Insert your Logic Express installation disc and install Logic Express.
When finished, use Software Update (under the Apple menu) to update your software to the latest version.
It concerns removing Logic Express and reinstalling as a troubleshooting measure. However I would assume you could use it as a guide in just plain uninstalling.

Using Logic Express 8 to open .aif or iso song files from Logic Pro

I can open the song but only the lead vocal track has volume. I get a message that some of the files are "5 bit" and can't work with Logic Express 8. Is there a problem converting these files from Logic Pro to Logic Express 8 or do I have another problem

assuming no one else responds with a more complete answer, can you be a bit more specific of exactly what the message says in full.
Does it give you any indication which files?
Logic Pro does have more plug-ins and features that will not be backward compatible, especially if it some plug in that is required that comes with LP but not LE.
I haven't been able to find any reference about 5-bit - hence the need perhaps for a more complete message output.

HT4229 Does Logic Pro or logic express allow me to plug in a Halion VST player or to import and play VST wave files on any other player plugin?

Hi
Can I plug Halion 2 into Logic Pro or Logic Express? Or another VST player?
I cant find out how....

Logic unfortunately does not support any VST's by themselves. Rather they support AU's (Audio Units). So you cannot plug Halion 2 into Logic easily.
However, I have heard that you can install an AU called Plogue Bidule that allows you to run VST's. It acts as a sort of middle man so that you open the AU that opens the VST. I don't know too much about it, but it appears that they have some content on their website to look at if you are interested.
Hope this information helps!
Ryan

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