eltorcal

Thank you, sirs. That was just the perfect amount of handholding I needed. Sure, I'll update my profile with the new gear and specs before returning with (hopefully more interesting) questions. I didn't include external drive size previously because I knew it wouldn't be pertinent to the kinds of questions I would likely be posting here. But yes, I should've included that info when starting this thread. Thanks again! ET

Thanks, Triplets... You're right - those adapter cables are stupidly expensive, but these larger docks/hubs seem to have, primarily, a bunch of USB ports that I won't likely ever need, and for that reason I'm not sure it's the right option for me at $300. I guess I could just get one USB (2 or 3) to thunderbolt cable and transfer files off the old drives that way. Then I'll be done with those drives, and won't need firewire cables at all. Really, all I'm trying to do is move my old files to a new home, and start fresh with a new drive. Most of my previous questions can be jettisoned, but I'm still wondering if a thunderbolt 3 external drive (like Samsung X5 ?) would be recommended, or if the combination of the new MacBook and a decent 7200 rpm USB 3 drive (https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/ME3QH7T1.0/ ) will be solid enough? I'm leaning toward the latter, unless anyone's found that to be inadequate.

Hi, I've recently purchased a new (2019 TB3) MacBook Pro, as well as Logic X. My member profile remains as before, so anyone can see the gear/setup I was using previously. I've been away from home recording for some time, but will have some unexpected free time. My hope is to finish some projects I started in Logic 9, and those audio and session files are on the 10-year-old OWC (Mercury Elite FW800/USB 2.0) drives. Generally, my projects consist of live tracking (guitar and various instruments). No MIDI, very little in the way of samples. Not a ton of plugins running, though I will likely be exploring all of these more ambitiously in future projects. As of this posting, I'm looking at the UA Apollo Twin MkII Duo as my choice of new interface. As expected, I've become quite confused trying to visualize and complete the new setup. Should I use a Thunderbolt 3 SSD drive for audio and session files? Or would a new OWC (Mercury Elite Pro - https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/ME3QH7T1.0/ ) drive be adequate? Or is the new MacBook so badass that I can just run everything on the native drive (and keep a decent external drive for backups) ?? Lastly (and this is embarrassing), will I be able to connect any old and new external drive(s), using, as needed, the various adapters (FW800, USB2, USB3, USB-C, etc etc), into my (four) TB3 MacBook ports and be able to transfer or "migrate" old files through the laptop and straight to new drive(s) on the fly? Of course, I will learn the answer when I try to cross that bridge. It won't hurt my feelings if no one replies, but any advice/insight would be appreciated. I'm obviously not up to speed on the tech side of things. Thanks in advance for any help, and wishing all members safe passage. ET

Thank you, that worked! I did see your previous instructions about this, but assumed my problem(s) would be a lot harder to deal with, just because it's me. Thanks again, kind sir!

Yes, 9.1.8

I'm having the same problem with Logic 9, except I'm running El Capitan, not Sierra. I'm not seeing seeing an option to disable iCloud Drive under Finder > Preferences in this OS. Logic 9 opens normally, recognizes (and acts like I can save to) a folder in my external audio drive, but when I try to navigate to an existing project to resume work, it quits immediately. I'm hoping I can get this setup working again in the short term so I can finish a specific project before making the move to LPX. Any advice on troubleshooting would be much appreciated. I'll continue browsing the forum for ideas, but haven't found the right thread yet if there is one. Thanks in advance for any help.

Hi - This is not an exciting topic, but I hope someone may have a comment or two. I've been on an unplanned hiatus from recording, but am needing to revisit and finish some projects from last year. Unfortunately, my wife updated my laptop OS from 10.6.8 to 10.11.6 recently, and Logic 9 "unexpectedly closes" when I try to open an existing project, or save. Not a big surprise, and I have caught up on some of the threads about the various initial headaches, which are old news for most of you I assume. Anyway, I see no better practical option than to get LPX (like, tonight), but I am nervous about my existing projects making the transition. Meaning, mainly, the integrity of the actual session files. Some of these projects, while not "big" file-wise, do have some (drum) tracks that are flexed and heavily comped. Can I be optimistic about picking up where I left off, notwithstanding getting up to speed on the new GUI, features, etc? Of course, I will copy these project folders, assets, etc redundantly to another external drive before I do anything, but just looking for some anecdotes, insights, advice... And if anyone thinks I should leave el capitan and update to sierra, please say so. But I'll look into that topic next. Thanks in advance!!!!

Also be sure to double check the bounce locators in the bounce dialog box. I have run into truncated bounces before because the locators were in positions that didn't correlate to what I wanted bounced. Thanks for the tip! I'll be sure to check this next time. In each instance (of a truncated bounce), I believe the audio simply ended a few seconds too soon, and in one case there was a very long (20 second?) amount of silence at the beginning of the mp3 file.

Thanks to you both for replying. Sorry, I should have avoided referring to "tracks" in this case. I loaded in two long audio files, representing the sides A and B of a cassette album. Then I simply used the scissors tool to cut the files into shorter regions which represent the different audio tracks. These regions could be referred to as "songs," although most of them are, in fact, groups of songs, since this particular cassette is a compilation of EPs. Anyway.... I dragged all of the regions quite far to the right, then grabbed one at a time and dragged it to 1.1.1.1. After the first region was bounced, then I dragged it far away, then grabbed the next one, and so on. The first time I bounced these regions to mp3, with bad results, I set the locators to the beginning and end of the region (i.e. song) I was bouncing. Later I found that some of the mp3s were truncated. The second time, I did not set locators at all, but simply clicked on the region I was bouncing, thereby highlighting it, which seemed to work equally well (though with the same mixed results). And so, I just repeated this process until all the regions had been bounced. I'll give it another shot, using locators again, and adding a second or two at both ends. Thanks lagerfeldt for the upgrade tip. I assumed that I would get automatic updates, but I see that I am one upgrade behind, so I'll look into that. If this is indeed a bug..... wow, seriously? Thanks again, ET

Hi - I have been having an odd problem while bouncing files to mp3, and I'm hoping someone won't mind providing some advice or a solution. Basically i have two long audio files ripped from an old cassette (so, Side A and Side B), which I have divided into separate tracks in Logic. Then I am bouncing these tracks to a folder on my desktop, so that I can zip and send the whole thing (hopefully in time for xmas). In the dialog box, I have "create audio tail" OFF. Some of the tracks play back in both iTunes and Quick Time Player perfectly, but others have twenty-seconds of silence at the beginning, and end abruptly before the song(s) end. I have dragged these truncated mp3 files back into Logic, just to see what they look like. And they look fine. I know this is therefore not necessarily a Logic problem, but I would love to know why this is happening, in case it occurs again during a more important project. Just to be clear, the (only) problem is that some of the mp3 bounces do not begin and end at the correct time, while others do. Has anyone experienced this? Sorry this isn't a more interesting issue. I'm sure I'll be back with something else in the new year. Thanks in advance and happy holidays, ET

OK, i figured it out. I didn't understand where I was dragging samples to. I was trying to drag them to the drum voice, where you see "sample X", not to the actual sample window in Ultrabeat. Hopefully, the fun now begins... Thanks again for your help with this one!

Thanks wip, but it did not work for me. I have loaded "drag and drop samples" in Ultrabeat, but I am unable to drag anything to the sample slots. I have tried to drag samples directly from the Loops browser, I have exported these Loops to a folder, and I have added them to the Bin, but in each instance, the sample will not load. When I drag one to a sample slot, it simply floats back whence it came, and the "kit" remains empty. I keep looking for a setting on the interface that I should enable or disable, but I can't figure out what the problem is. If you have any thoughts or ideas, please let me know.

Thanks wip - I will try this next time! eltorcal

Hi - I have been trying to learn my way around Ultrabeat, and have a couple questions that I hope someone can answer. First, I should say that I am not using a MIDI keyboard. I want to work my way through a song a couple bars at a time with the step sequencer, in order to make some little tweaks and hopefully simulate a drum kit being played somewhat organically. Before asking for help here, I read a lot of old posts, watched a couple videos, and have consulted The Book, but am still running into the same wall. I do not want to create a hybrid Ultrabeat kit, per se. I want to load "studio tight kit" and then replace the cymbals and maybe half of the other preset drum voices with some different samples. For example, I would prefer to use some of the cymbal samples from the Loop library - not from a different Ultrabeat kit. So I loaded a few of the cymbals, etc. into a project and then exported them (as .wav) to a new desktop folder created for this purpose. But when i try to "import" any of these (or any .wav files) from the Ultrabeat window, the files appear shaded, if you know what I mean, so I cannot select any of them. Someone wrote that there is a "drop-down arrow" that allows you to import a new sample, but I simply do not see that. I can't figure out how to put any of these .wav samples on the clipboard that Ultrabeat references, either. It would be ideal if I could actually delete the unwanted drum voices and then fill out the "kit" with samples or, better yet, just start with an empty template and build it from scratch. Is any of this possible? I am going to return to the forum and look for any threads I may have missed, but if anyone has any advice in the meantime, I would sure appreciate it! Thanks in advance, eltorcal Logic 9.1.7 Mac OS 10.6.8 2.66 GHz i7 OWC drives Focusrite Saffire Pro 40

Great, it worked! I thought i had option-clicked the solo button(s) in Mixer area, but apparently not. I have an unrelated problem, but can't articulate it at the moment. Will post soon if I can't figure it out. Thanks so much! ET