Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Hi,

On 3-Jan-05, at 11:49 AM, GAmoore@... wrote:

>  L7 seems to take a long time to boot - updating tree or whatever. I 
> usually start it, then leave the room to make a call or get a snack 
> and come back.

Have you disabled Project Manager?  I disable it all the time.  I had 
problems under Logic 6 sometimes where it would simply get stuck 
(updating something) and I'd have to trash my prefs after killing the 
app.  I don't have problems now.  I still see a quick progress bar 
flash just before it completes booting up and immediately after the 
arrange window shows up.

>  How did you determine your RAM was the cause?

The crashes got worse and worse.  Eventually the Mac would crash on 
applications other than Logic as well (something that never happened 
before).  I decided to check it out using the hardware diagnostics 
provided by Apple on one of the CD's that came with the Mac.  When the 
RAM tests failed, I figured and hoped that that would be the end of my 
troubles.  It has been great since then.  I was a little bit miffed at 
my dealer though as I had specifically requested Kingston memory when I 
bought it.  There was some other type of memory (can't remember the 
name now but it began with an 'A').  Thankfully, it was a lifetime 
warranty and they replaced it with the Kingston memory I originally 
requested.

BTW, some people have claimed similar performance to Logic 6.  I find 
it slightly slower myself but not by much.  For me it boots up quicker 
than Logic 6 which, I believe, is because of the CoreAudio 
initialization.  I think that once a plugin is validated, the init 
process is quicker whereas Logic Pro 6 appears to go through the 
validation routines everytime.  Don't know if that's the case or not 
though.

HTH,
Fernstudio