danielgalilimusic Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Hi all, I'm moving from Logic Pro X on a Mac to a PC. I'm not yet sure which DAW. I know how to export each project so that it would open on PC. However, I have around 500 projects. Is there any way to automate it so it will batch export all projects? Thanks, Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Not that I know of, at least not within Logic itself, you would have to do them one by one. If there's automation software that allows you to automate those kinds of tasks, I'm don't know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution fuzzfilth Posted October 7, 2021 Solution Share Posted October 7, 2021 There is no way to automate that, quite simply because a) if you think of it, no DAW manufacturer would possibly want to make it easy to leave their DAW, b) software instruments don't easily translate between DAWs and/or OSs and c) it's quite complex in itself. You may have audio tracks, in Take Folders, possibly with plugins which you may or may not have on the target DAW. You may have MIDI tracks, possibly with MIDI plugins or other modifying processes, driving either external MIDI gear or software instruments, which in turn may be Logic's (which you certainly won't have on WIN) or 3rd party (which you may have on WIN). You may have tempo and/or meter changes which modify the grid underneath the music. You may have automation which will not transfer at all. So there is no one-click process which will export all this data in a way that you could use it in another DAW. Here's one possible route: Audio Tracks - Bounce In Place (BIP) every single audio track either without plugins (if you can replicate the processing identically on the target DAW) or with plugins (if you can't) so you'll get a continuous file which starts at position 1.1.1.1. - Select all Audio Tracks - File > Export > 22 Tracks As Audio Files You will lose all edits, as you'll be getting one long file per track. If you want to keep the edits, don't BIP but: - File > Export > Project As AAF File Since AAF only deals with mono files, all stereo files will be split into two mono files. ProTools handles this well, other DAWs (including Logic) not so much. AAF carries no information about plugins and their settings. MIDI tracks - Change the MIDI data on every external MIDI- or software instrument track to one of 16 possible MIDI channels. - File > Export > All MIDI Tracks As MIDI File The MIDI file will contain the music data for 16 MIDI instruments and the Tempo- and Signature-Tracks. However, it will not contain the synths and their presets. Drummer Track This will export as MIDI, so make sure MIDI channel 1 will be reserved for this. You will lose all audio routing including Busses, Sends, Auxes, Sidechains. You will lose all FX on Auxes and their routing. You will lose all Automation. You will lose the static mix balance. On the target DAW, import or open the MIDI file, then pull all audio files in at 1.1.1.1. or import the AAF. Repeat this for all projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielgalilimusic Posted October 7, 2021 Author Share Posted October 7, 2021 Thank you both for the fast replies. I believe I will go with exporting the projects as AAF files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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