Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

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>   I have used Logic since ATARI 1040ST starting in the late 80s 
and this 
> is absolutely the most unstable version to date, in fact you could 
add 
> all the other issues I had with previous versions and that still 
would 
> not match the problems I have with L7. I have earned a living for 
the 
> last 15 years using Logic and I don't consider myself a power 
user , 
> but I move fast enough to keep clients coming back , but this has 
> changed as of November 04.
> I'm trying to keep the faith!
>   Alan Hayes
> Memphis,Tn.
> >


Hey Alan


Yah I still have my 1040 running, but I tell yah, I have watched 
several Atari monitors go up in flames in my day.(2 actually....they 
just start smoking and burning inside). At least my mac doesn't do 
that. The last time my Atari smouldered I went out and got a Mac 
system (aroung 1996) although I still went out and bought another 
Atari monitor.

At any rate, regarding your constant crashes, do you use the scroll 
bars? I had issues with that for awhile, until all my plugs were 
updated (the scroll bar updates, not the very first Logic7 Au 
updates)
I also found that putting all the files in the locations Logic wants 
was beneficial as well, ie where they are recommended in the PDF 
update file. I put all my old presets in the places they recommend 
(see the PDF for specifics)
Although I hear that that wasn't really all that important, I find 
it works for me. 
I also trashed all my old Logic preferences, as well as emptied the 
cache (~/library/cache and library/cache). 
I don't use waves but I do use RMX and Stylus with no problems at 
all.
Ok you probably don't want to hear this (or maybe you do) but my 
system doesn't crash at all anymore. I use it 7 days a week about 10-
16 hours a day. I never turn it off and I never defrag. I have a 
raptor internal as well as the standard mac one, and I record audio 
freely to both (the Raptor clicks when recording but otherwise works 
fine). I haven't partitioned my drives and I keep all my samples in 
the logic folder (ie~/library/applicationsupport/logic/samples...the 
one that has channel strip settings, plug-in settins, sampler 
instruments, templates etc.) 
My application itself is in ~/applications and the autoload song is 
in ~/music/logic folder. Since I put everything where it was 
recommended I no longer get crashes on saving (only had that a 
couple of times at any rate).
The only real problem I have is with my firewire 410, which fucks up 
every time I switch the external sample rate (it reads it from my TC-
finalizer via spdif) to match the different rates I have recorded 
projects on in Logic. Sometimes it might crash Logic, but as long as 
I switch sample rates when Logic is not running it usually works 
(although it takes forever to recognize 48 )

I have a G5 2x2 with 2.5 gigs of Ram and osx 10.3.7
I could never get the old Logic 6.anything to work with Logic 7 
unless I trashed the preferences (I do have 6.4 still on and it 
loads fine, but I haven't set it up or created new preferences) so I 
lost it all, and kept 7. Garage band won't work, but that's all 
right.

Ok I hope this helps, good luck, and don't shoot your mac (yet)