How do I batch export logic files (50+)

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How do I batch export logic files (50+)

Hi guys

I used to use Logic to record phrases or musical ideas that I had through the MBP's inbuilt mic. I switched to Audacity a while ago when I realized that using Logic was overkill and I couldn't listen to the ideas without opening up the full file.

I want to export all of the logic files I have (doesn't matter what format) into one folder so that I can quickly preview them and listen to them for ideas when I'm songwriting.

Is this possible? I've looked at scripting it but Logic doesn't seem to have an applescript dictionary.

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Mar 20, 2010 2:54 AM

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tbirdparis

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Mar 20, 2010 5:54 AM in response to Dantiberian

If all you want to do is to be able to listen to audio files that you recorded with Logic, then there's absolutely no reason why you'd have to launch Logic just to do this. The catch is that the audio files get saved with Logic.app as the creator ID. This means that when you look at the files in the finder, they have a Logic icon on them, and they'll by default launch Logic when you double-click on them. This has been, IMO, a pretty st*pid thing about Logic for a while.. When you want to just listen to an audio file, the last thing you want to do is go through all the rigmarole of launching a massive app like Logic.

Options are to either just use the finder preview function to listen to any selected audio file right there and then. Or alternatively, you can just go to the folder(s) with the audio files in them, select all, then do alt commandi. This will open the 'about this file' box, but for all of the files selected in the one box. You can then simply change the default launch application for those files to something else - I usually make it QT player, you could make it audacity if you want.

I want to export all of the logic files I have (doesn't matter what format) into one folder so that I can quickly preview them and listen to them for ideas when I'm songwriting.

Do you even need to export anything? All of the audio files you recorded are already in the audio files folder for each Logic Project you recorded in. You could just grab them all and dump them in another folder if you want. Done.

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Dantiberian Author

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Mar 20, 2010 6:06 AM in response to Dantiberian

Hi Tbirdparis

Thanks for your help, that's pretty much all I need, the only thing is that some of my logic files are me fiddling around with a midi keyboard through a soft synth, but there aren't that many so if there isn't an easy way of exporting them in a batch I could do one at a time.

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tbirdparis

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Mar 20, 2010 6:12 AM in response to Dantiberian

Just offline bounce them, or select all of the midi regions and do a bounce in place to render them as audio all in one go. Then you'll have the audio files in the relevant audio file folder for that project, you can take them elsewhere and do with them whatever you wish. Just be careful not to accidentally double click on an audio file that still has the Logic icon on it (ie before you changed its settings to open with a different app), or you'll sit there cursing as you watch Logic start to launch. I know I used to. 🙂

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