XML updating between FCP & Logic: DP has it, does Logic?

Question

Hello,
While at NAMM, I watched the Digital Performer 6 and they touted a great feature. If you have both DP open AND FCP open, and are working on the same project, whatever you do in FCP will automatically be updated in DP, and vice versa. I think they called it XML interchange, or something like that, but they made sure to state that if you have BOTH programs running at the same time on the same project, any edits you do in one will be updated in the other! VERY COOL!
Does Logic has this feature as well? According to the manual, Logic will import/export XML files, but unless I missed it, it doesn't say anything about the ability to automatically update the same project if both programs are running. I find it difficult to believe that DP would come out with this before Logic, so I though I'd ask more knowledge users if Logic has such a feature. Thank you very much for your reply!

Answer 1

For those interested, here is part of an article on how DP's XML interchange works: http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM08/Content/MOTU/PR/Digital-Performer-6.html
[quote]XML file interchange with Final Cut Pro
Both Digital Performer and Final Cut Pro™ (FCP) offer complete end-to-end production workflow: Final Cut for picture and DP for complete soundtracks including music, dialog, foley and sound effects. While recent advances in DP have made it the undisputed leader in film scoring features, DP6's new Final Cut Pro XML file interchange features could very well revolutionize the way film scoring and soundtrack production is done. The two most pressing challenges for any soundtrack producer are tight deadlines and last-minute picture edits. DP6 now allows for a dynamic link between the FCP editor and the soundtrack producer working in DP6. This link can be easily managed remotely via emailed XML interchange files (which are very small) or via a dynamic link between DP6 and Final Cut running side by side on the same computer.
Here's how it works. When picture edits are made in Final Cut, the FCP editor can export an XML file that describes all current edits, which the DP6 composer/editor can simply import to then compare and conform all music and audio tracks to the latest picture edits. All changes are displayed in DP6's new "Import Final Cut Pro XML" window, which provides a complete, detailed list of every new picture edit. Double-click any edit in the list, and DP6 scrolls to and highlights the location of the edit in the Sequence Editor time line. The highlight shows a blue border (old position) and red border (new position) for each picture edit. The DP6 composer/editor can then adjust their conductor track, audio data and/or MIDI data as necessary to conform to the new edit, "snapping" their edits to the vertical red line if necessary.
If DP6 is running on the same computer as Final Cut Pro, the "Export Final Cut Pro XML" command sends all tracks (and all sequences) in the current DP project to the project currently open in Final Cut Pro (or any FCP file on disk, if desired), allowing easy transfer of all work done in DP6 into Final Cut at any point during the production process, from previewing dailies to final conform and export from Final Cut.
In the pressure-cooker world of film and broadcast, soundtrack production most often happens late in the overall production cycle, and these time-saving features offer the possibility for a quantum leap forward in up-to-the-minute delivery of changes to music and sound for picture.[/quote]
I guess it doesn't sound a sexy as how the demo man made it seem. Is this the same as Logic import/export of XML files?