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  1. Easy there man, nothing is messed up with the file format. Here is how I understand it - someone else who understands it better than me should chime in to clarify or correct. Space Designer accesses two different types of files to work. There are .pst files, that saves preset data for a Space Designer setting, which includes EQ and all of the tweaks you can do in Space Designer to change the sound of the reverb. And then there are .SDIR files that are the actual Impulse Response, the files that actually contain the reverb logarithm. For example, Space Designer may use the same impulse response for several different presets. Say you have three presets called Cathedral, Dark Cathedral, and Bright Cathedral. They may all access the same .SDIR called Generic Cathedral, and then EQ and other settings are tweaked in Space Designer to change the sound, which is saved as a preset that SD loads. If you're missing SDIR files, then that's a problem. But they have nothing to do with the PST files.
  2. You have to set up an aggregate device. Here's how: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1215
  3. This has been a common issue since 8 came out, and is an issue with the installer. I wrote this post on the Apple Forum a year ago that explains how to reinstall these sounds. Check it out here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1395501 If you have a Garageband 08 installer disk, you can try to reinstall that too. The missing sounds are actually GB sounds that are used in the instruments in Logic. Some people have reported success by doing this instead of following the steps I outlined in the post above. Good Luck!
  4. There was a long thread about this on the Apple Logic forums. If you go there and search around a bit you might be able to find it. If my memory serves, the issue was with the computer's 'sudden motion sensor' that will lock the hard drive head if the computer has a sudden motion, so as not to damage the hard disk. High decibel levels will sometimes trip this sensor which then locks the drive and you get an overload. There are utilities that will disable the SMS, or do a web search and you'll find console commands to disable it. Good Luck!
  5. Sounds like one of your tracks is soloed, which means it mutes all other tracks.
  6. Also check out a cool free plug-in called Turntablist. You can find it on this page: http://destroyfx.smartelectronix.com/audiounits.html You would bounce your project down to a single stereo file, then load up Turntablist on an Instrument track and import your song file into Turntablist. Then you can mess with the speed and pitch of the track as you would if it were a record on a turntable. It works quite well! Good Luck!
  7. Go into the Audio Preferences, select the Devices and Core Audio Tabs. Then look at the I/O Safety Buffer checkbox. If it is checked, try unchecking it and see if that helps. My sequences will drop out constantly with that turned on. Also if your audio buffer size is set at maximum of 1024, try it at 512 or 256. As you may know, the higher the buffer size the better the performance is supposed to be, but I have heard people say that sometimes 1024 gives them problems. Good Luck!
  8. Ronnie is right, you must INCREASE the buffer if you're getting core audio overload messages. Bump up to 256 or even 512 and that should help. I always recommend people make sure the I/O Safety Buffer checkbox in your Audio Preferences is UNCHECKED. It always kills my performance when activated. Finally, check out this article about how Logic distributes power over multiple cores. Usually when you get a core audio overload message, it is one core getting spiked that is the issue, and this article will help you understand how to distribute the load over multiple processing cores more evenly. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3161
  9. I don't think that's right. I do sound effect work, and have a lot of soundbanks of MP3s and AACs that I import into Logic all the time, and neither Logic 7 nor Logic 8 as long as I've used them have ever been able to fade a compressed audio file. I think it has to do with the fact that Logic has to decode a compressed audio file in real time. With older versions of Logic 7, and with certain older MP3's, Logic will automatically convert the file to an AIFF upon import because it doesn't recognize the format. If you imported an MP3 and then were able to use the crossfade tool on it, my guess would be that it was converted to an AIFF automatically without you realizing it. Any compressed file that you're using that you want to fade, just go to the audio bin and use the 'copy convert file' action, change the format to AIFF or WAV, and the file itself will be copied to the new format and all of the regions in your project will reference that newly created file. Good Luck!
  10. Even though there are two ports on those Macbook Pro's, both ports are connected to one firewire bus. The best thing to do if your HD and interface can't get along on the same bus is to buy an express card with a firewire port on it, and plug one of the two devices into that. Then each device will have its own bus and they both will be happy.
  11. If you search 'core audio overload' here and on the Apple forums you will find tons of information on this subject. I have found this article, put out by Apple, to be most useful in understanding how Logic distributes power over multiple cores: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3161
  12. The I/O Safety Buffer is explained in the Late Breaking News manual that comes with the electronic documentation or can me accessed through the Logic help menu. In my experience, this seting kills my performance when it's on. I always keep it off.
  13. This will also solve your problem. It looks like a pain but it's not that hard. http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1395501
  14. You need to switch the input in Logic's preferences, not in the System Preferences. With Logic open, at the top of the screen click on Logic-Preferences-Audio, then select the Devices and Core Audio tab. Under the Device drop down menu select Built In Input. This is the most basic of basic things to know about Logic. I strongly urge you to look at the Getting Started Manual and the first few chapters of the Logic Manual. If you look in the Setting Up Your System chapter, there is a heading called Configuring Your Audio Hardware, and that will tell you the answer I gave above. Logic is a VERY advanced DAW. You must be patient and learn a lot of the basics before you try to use it, or else you will end up frustrated and pulling your hair out.
  15. Well ..... There's a really easy way to answer that question for yourself. Enable Spotlight again and see what happens! Logic does use Spotlight when in the Browser tab, but I don't think this should have caused what you describe. But stranger things in the world have happened........
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