Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Hey Tim,

Sorry for the late reply..  I was away...

The new Mac Books are Intel Chips and the old G4 is well.. a G4 chip..lol ! G4 to Intel is a 
big step, so you'll need to do a little foot work. You'll need to check for updates on the 
plug-in sites for Universal Binary versions of the Audio Unit [AU] for those plug-ins. I have 
Kontakt2 myself and had to switch over to the "Universal" version, before logic would see 
it on the new Intel Chip.  

Get info on the Kontakt2 or Garritan standalone version or the installer app or plug-in, it 
should say "application (universal)" right at the top. If it doesn't you'll need to search the 
sites for the Universal version. If it does say Universal and you still don't see it in Logic, try 
re-running the plug-ins manager [under preferences] in logic.

Also remember there are still a lot of companies that have NOT ported their applications 
and plug ins to Universal Binary yet [espeially smaller companies].  What I do in those 
situations is I still keep a few "old" NON Universal Binary versions of music apps [Logic - 
Live, etc] around, and run my old plug-ins that way. It forces "rosetta" to run them in G4/
G5 mode and your old stuff should be available. I then process and save the tracks-plug-
ins I needed as audio files, and import that audio file into the newer version of Logic for 
mixdown, etc..

There is also a "VST to AU Adapter" by FXpansion, BUT.. I'm not sure it actually converts or 
"wraps it" to a compatable Universal Binary format. Either way, its a inexpensive program 
you may want to have .I got it, ran my plug-in thru it and suddenly a chunk of my VST 
plug ins were available in Logic.

Hope all this helps. At last hope, you can try calling Apple for support.

Thanx !

-Man Parrish
http://www.ManParrish.com


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--- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Stephen" <tim.stephen@...> wrote:
>
> I have logic 7.2 on a new macbook.  I installed Kontakt2 and I
> installed Garritan personal orchestra.  Neither show up in Logic (or
> garageband).  The GPO site information does not seem to be helpful.
> When I previously installed Kontakt2 on my old G4 it didn't need
> anything special to be recognized by garageband.  Now I'm stuck.  Can
> anyone help?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tim
>