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Apparently this is a common problem. After upgrading Logic from 7 to 8, things get broken. During the upgrade things get moved around and because logic depends on a lot of garageband content, some of these files ended up missing. I looked for some way online to fix the problem. Most said to reinstall Logic or to use a program called pacifist to dig out the needed files from the Logic discs. I decided that if it is missing Garageband content, why don’t I just reinstall it. I uninstalled GarageBand recently because I don’t use it do reinstalling it was easy.

If you have missing EXS files in Logic Studio, try reinstalling GarageBand. That might fix it.

Apparently Logic Studio has some new presets. However, Apple also removed many presets that were in Logic Pro 7. I spent the morning moving presets around and installing new (old) ones. If you have any presets saved, you will most likely have to move them to the new installation. You can find them in MAC OSX/Library/Application Support/Previous Logic Settings/ The Logic Studio preset location is MAC OSX/Library/Application Support/Logic/

There is also a section of the Logic Pro Help Forum that is for uploads of presets, and channel strips. http://logicprohelp.com/index.php You can find all the old presets and others there.

Being that I don’t have negative hard disk space, I needed to find a way to install the Jam Packs and other audio content to an external drive. I figured that maybe all I would need to do is just put in the Jam pack discs and it would let me install. Wrong, all I got was a file that said use the Logic installer. Apparently the files on the disk are hidden. But doing a little search in google I found a help article on the apple site that explains everything I wanted to know.

Apples help article on how to install Logic content to a different location

Update: It took a little over 2 hours to install the extra content. However I was disappointed to find that there was no option to install the Jam Pack Instruments to a different location. So in the end I just ended up installing the Apple loops and the SoundTrack content.

Today I finally got around to picking up the Logic Studio Upgrade. It was a pretty good deal. I got it at Yodobashi Camera in Umeda. After using my point card, it came out to be about $28. That’s right $28. I had about $200 worth of points on my card.

First impression: That bad boy is heavy. Really, the box is heavy. It has 5 manuals in it and 8 discs. It weighs about as much as one of my Yamaha HSM50 monitors. I often thought about going with Logic Express 8 instead, but realized that if I got that and then felt the need to upgrade it would cost me more than actually purchasing the upgrade. If I did it that way the price would be Logic 8 express upgrade price + Logic studio upgrade price = about $100 more. Another reason why I considered the express version is that I was not convinced (and still not) that I really needed all the extra things that come with it. Off hand I can say that MainStage is pretty useless at this point in time. I guess I can use it if I decide to write music out on paper. However I could just open up Kontakt and a piano sample and get the same. As for all the additional Apple loops and jam packs, well I don’t think it could ever hurt to have that many extra samples available. With the addition of this new content, I know have more samples than I can shake a stick at.

The installation process was pretty painless. It asked me for the usual things, name serial number, etc.. After that, came a the tough part. I had to choose what not to install. I don’t have enough disk space for all of the extra content. I’ll have to see if I can install it on one of my external hard disks. I skipped all the jam packs, loops and surround sound impulses. In short I just installed the programs.

After the install which took some time about 15 minutes I fired up Logic. First thing it does is do the Audio Unit validation. It was so much faster than the Logic Pro 7 au validator. What made it fast was that it would do 2 at a time. After doing a quick check to make sure it works, I closed it and fired up Logic Pro 7 to make sure that it was still working properly and loaded up the current track that I’m working on. After reading about some horror stories about loading Logic 7 tracks in Logic 8, I decided that I’m just going to finish up my Logic 7 songs in Logic and just start fresh in Logic 8. So be on the look out for some tips on Logic 8. I plan on documenting my adventures in Logic 8 land.

After being sure that all was cool, it was time to run the Apple updater and update Logic. That went smooth. The only thing that confused me a little was that it listed the Logic 8.01 and 8.02 updates. It made me wonder if I had to do the 8.01 before the 8.02. I figured that I didn’t need to, and if I did it would tell me when I try to install the 8.02 update. I remember that for some updates to Cubase SX 2 I actually had to install certain previous updates for it to work.

After updating, I opened up everything to make sure it all opens up nicely and no errors. Everything went well. It all works as far as I know. Maybe sometime this week I’ll start a new track in Logic Studio. Next thing I plan to do is see how I can install the additional content to another drive and to setup a new default template or 2 for Logic.