Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

I think Logic always is able to open up previous projects. When they 
are really old, it does some type of conversion. You probably should 
just give it a try.

The non-intel versions of Logic will probably run in emulation mode in 
some way. I would just go straight to L9 and try to open and save as 
new files. However, no matter what version you use, it will take a 
while to hunt down any audio files. This can be really time consuming. 
There used to be a way of starting logic whilst holding the shift key 
or something to ignore audio and just open the files.

The settings will probably be saved if the same plugin is present - but 
things like Absynth 2 will not be transferred over to Absynth 4 at all 
- they are like separate plugins and you lose all the info - except the 
original midi track.


-----Original Message-----
From: jvtalbert <jvtalbert@...>
To: Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, Sep 25, 2009 5:47 pm
Subject: [Logic_Cafe] Converting Logic 5.5 PC Projects

 






Hi folks!



There appears to be a similar thread to this, but it seemed to be more 
hardware centric and going from Mac to Mac.  My question is a bit 
different.



I was a Logic Platinum 5.5 user on PC for several years.  I recently 
picked up an Intel Mac Book Pro that I'd like to run Logic on when I'm 
not working on my PC desktop.  I'd now like=2
0to go back and convert my 
old 5.5 projects. The end goal is to get up to Logic Pro 9, but I've 
got to first get past this huge project conversion task (about 70 
projects).



So here are my questions:



- What's the minimum version of Logic I need for the conversion on a 
Mac/Intel machine? Version 7? 8? 9?



- What flavor do I need minimally: Pro or Express?  Would it matter 
given that I also utilized EXS24, EPV88 and EVOC20 plug-ins? Would 
Express keep these settings through the conversion or just throw those 
settings away?



- Not clear to me if 7.0 works on Intel.  If not, can I still get the 
Universal Binary/Intel upgrade from somewhere if I could only find a 
copy of 7.0 to buy?  If so who has the upgrade? I can't find anything 
on the Apple site about it anymore.



- Will the "built-in" plug-in settings carry over (EVP88, EXS24, etc.)? 
  And if not, will I at least be able to save a Logic Preset file (.PST) 
from 5.5 and load the settings that way?



This information would be a BIG help!  I've been researching this for 
several days now and I still feel I have clear direction.  I'd like to 
get moving on this as soon as possible so I can include some of these 
songs in near-term as well as future project work and it's just too 
risky to put any more effort into such an obsolete version.



T
hanks much!



John