"Audio Music Apps" Folder

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"Audio Music Apps" Folder

I recently upgraded to Logic Pro 10.0.7, I migrated from Logic Pro 9 before and have used Logic X ever since it came out.

If I try to load a Channel Strip Setting in the Mixer view, the menu is now completely empty, with all the Logic and Garage Band settings in a "Old Versions" subfolder. After doing some research I found out there are now three locations where settings are saved:

/Library/Application Support/Logic/
~/Library/Application Support/Logic/
~/Music/Audio Music Apps/

Saving new Channel Strip Settings defaults to folder 3. Content in folder 1 seems to appear in the "old versions" menu within Logic.

Is there any documentation about these folders and how they're used by Logic? Is it save to move my content to the "Audio Music Apps" folder, so that my settings appear at the top level menu again? Is it save to delete folders 1 and 2?

I'm currently on OS X 10.9.4, Late 2013 Retina MBP (2.6 GHz, 8 GB RAM)

MainStage, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4), Mac Book Pro

Posted on Aug 11, 2014 3:20 AM

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Answer 1

Aug 11, 2014 9:53 AM in response to kkrepp

First of all, DON'T DELETE FOLDER 1. This is a system folder that you should not touch.

Folder 2. and 3. are technically the same folder. They are pointing to the same files/folder on the hard drive. Try this: have bothe windows open and move a file into the Patches folder in one window. It will appear also on the other folder. Move a file into the Drummer folder. It will appear in the other folder too.

Leave Folder 2. It is just for compatibility reasons for Logic 9. If you delete it, the files would still be in the "Audio Music Apps", but you would have no access to them from Logic 9.

Everything you do in LPX, GarageBand X and MainStage happens in the same "Audio Music Apps". They all access now the same folder. This makes file management so much easier for the three apps because they don't need their separate Library directory anymore.

I explain that ned concept throughout in great details throughout my manual "Logic Pro X - How it Works". Here is just a screenshot from the Library chapter that discusses all those different settings files (Patch, Channel Strip Settings, Plugin Settings, EXS Instrument)

Hope that helps

Edgar Rothermich

http://DingDingMusic.com/Manuals/

'I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.'

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Answer 2

Blueberry

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Aug 13, 2014 10:00 AM in response to kkrepp

These two directories are identical (it's called a hard-link in the UNIX world), if you delete content in one directory, it will disappear in the other one, because of that.

~/Library/Application Support/Logic/
~/Music/Audio Music Apps/

Also: the directory structure in older versions and newer versions of Logic have not changed.

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Answer 3

kkrepp Author

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Aug 13, 2014 2:21 AM in response to EdgarRothermich

Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately the Co-Location you described is not working for my installation. If I copy or move files in one folder, it doesn't keep synced with the other. Also, all the contents from the System-Library only appears within the "old versions" menu within logic (e.g. if I select a Channel Strip Setting).

I have the feeling there's something wrong with my installation... I will re-install 10.0.7 and give it another try.

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Answer 4

Dec 25, 2014 9:56 AM in response to Blueberry

Since the title of this thread is very general I dare to add another question about these folders. With Logic Pro 9 I synced ~/Library/Application Support/Logic/ with another computer. Now that they're hard-linked I can't access those folders over the network anymore. When I select the content of this folder, they disappear in the network view. They actual folders still exist, I just can't access them from another computer. Any ideas?

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