Logic freezing

[Perry Parkas]

Logic Platinum 4.7 works relatively stabil ordinarily, but I now have bounced all the tracks to audio, and the trouble begins. I cannot work with the file with the bounced tracks for more than a few seconds before everything locks and I have to restart the machine with the restart-button (on the cabinet, not in windows), and the disk I/O does not show more than about 5-10 percent. I have a M-Audio Audiophile soundcard and Windows 98.

What can I do?

[xanto]

Hi Perry:

I am not sure what can happen to you. I use also Logic, but only for MIDI. My audio work is made in Samplitude. Normally when I was using Logic as Audio Editor, I never had such a problem. It seems to me that you may be having trouble with your system configuration or maybe is time to reformat c again.

Make a image of your system using Drive Image after you install your Audio PC with all the things you use. Then backup with Drive Image. If problems arrives, just bring the image back and you are done in minutes.

Since I do this, all the troubles I had before are gone forever. Let me know if you need advice in doing so.

greetings
xanto

[Bach]

Although it's not the topic of this thread, I'm very curious why you (xanto) changed into Samplitude for your audio work? Better quality? Easier? More reliable?

[xanto]

Hi Bach:

Well, not really easier. I can say more or less difficult as getting Logic to work; but it has a much better quality output, it is more reliable to the point that you are really in front of a High End Audio Production Studio. The mixer in Samp is even better than hardware mixers, it has a great Object Editor and posibilities to edit audio is such great that there is always something new that shows up and amaze you. The built in FXs are amazing, you can run very many tracks and plugings in the same machine without fuzz than trying to do it with Logic where I had so many errors and endless problems; in fact I can mention so many other things why I changed. In other words, Logic is such a great combi aplication but it is "nothing" when you compare it to audio manipulation/editting/mastering like the tools in Samplitude. I have both of them linked and it works for me very great. Midi in Logic and Audio in Samplitude. Man! Top combination this one...

gretings
xanto
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[Bach]

Since I'm usually converting my final midi tracks into audio tracks for the final mixdown, I should probably look into Samplitude, right? I agree that using Logic for audio still asks for a decent sample editor (SoundForge, in my case). I suppose Samplitude should do it all. Thanks for the advice, man!

[xanto]

Hi Bach

Sound Forge is OK. But for Audio Samp is the real stuff. Let me tell you that I enjoyed manipulating audio in Logic, but it is slow at times, rendering plugins makes some problematic things. I have a lot of memory and now and then Logic was telling me not enough memory for this or for that. Also some other errors arised as well. Those little situations made me changed completly to Samp for Audio. I use Samp since a long time, but I used it also Logic for Audio as well until I understood that Samp makes it and makes it better. Clean design, runs very smothly and it is very robust in all its features. Since then all is ok. By the way, you can import MIDI files made in Logic into Samp and convert them to audio in Samp by recording in another track the midi sound into audio. Very easy. Also you can record midi in Samp, but it it limited though. Samp has a full arrey of tools impossible to mention here. Very many indeed.

xanto

[Perry Parkas]

Originally posted by xanto:
It seems to me that you may be having trouble with your system configuration or maybe is time to reformat c again.

I would like to thank everyone for their replys and help. :-D I'm sorry I couldn't come back to this sooner.


My problem disappeared when I got another harddrive for my audio. Allthough I/O showed little strain, that seemed to be the problem. Alas trouble has come in my way again, and I'm ready to do the inevitable format c:/ thing. http://www.audioforums.com/forums/frown.gif