I want to buy some midi loops for Logic Pro 9. (I am not interested in Audio Loops.) I am interested in hearing what packages people like. In a related question, I would like a comparison of Reason to Native Instruments. I am only interested in using these for instruments and midi loops. I will continue to use Logic for all recording/sequencing. Thanks!!

I did watch the music for picture video course but I still have a question. I am scoring for a film and need help with an issue. Let's say the film is 15 min long and there are 3 sections: a, b and c. I can export the audio in sections and do my syncing in 3 separate sections but what if she changes the timing of section b? Then that throws c out of sync too. The problem would be solved with three different video files corresponding to the sections of video, separately synced with three separate audio files. But I would like to do this in the same project so that I could also see the flow of the entire piece. This problem would be solved too if I knew how to do the following: import 3 different mov files, one after the other, into the SAME project. I don't see how to bring in another mov file without removing the first one. If I could "open movie" 3 times, to bring in mov files a, b and c successively on the SAME timeline then I could have three different audio files to send to the director, each starting at specific smpte positions (all sections have burn-in time code displayed). So she could easily sync each audio file, I could still view the entire movie in one project and I would have access to all project audio components. Then if she changed the timing of one section, it would not affect the next section because it would have a different starting sync point. I am using Logic 10.0.7 on OSX 10.9.4

If I have worked on a particular software instrument sound in a project and I want it to be available for other projects, how do i save that? How do i access it from the new project? Am I trying to save the channel strip? How do i do that? Separately, does this procedure change if I am saving something that includes a Komplete 7 instrument or FX set up?

Thanks. You guys are great. I didn't even know there was a blog. If I follow the instructions on the blog link to save the entire channel strip (not just an individual plug-in) will it also be saving the settings for the Native Instruments programs that are instantiated on that channel strip?

I have just finished my first music soundtrack, but I am confused as to how to export the music to the audio mix professional so that he can sync it with the film. The film editor is using Final Cut 7 but the audio mix guy is using some other program to mix. I have Logic Pro 9. I can of course export an AIFF file, but that has no sync data. I can also use "Export to a movie" function and choose PCM but of course the filmmaker already has the movie. I did 3 things to try to get the sync set up: I defined the start point of the movie, I set up a cross-reference point ("bar xxx plays at SMPTE point xxx) and then I selected all regions and Locked SMPTE. I also set the frome rate to 24 which I was told was the frame rate of the film. Yet I still notice that the TCG displayed on the movie within Logic does not agree with the timecode displayed in Logic's transport counter. Did I leave out some step? Still the playback in Logic is fine. In any case, is there a standard way to export the music soundtrack from Logic so that the filmmaker and the audio mix guy have the sync data they need? I have a very short deadline from here so I am hoping that you can help ASAP. Thanks very much!!!

Thanks so much for helping. I will double check about the framerate, but 24 fps is what the filmmaker told me it was. Once the movie is imported into Logic is there some way to tell? Maybe she made a mistake or I misunderstood her. Is the relevant framerate the fps of the original footage or the fps of her quicktime export to me? Do they need to be the same? How would she tell about that? (She is fairly new to this type of collaboration also.) This is a 10 minute narrative film, no animation. The footage was all taken with one of those really expensive "red" cameras. I can actually do the export with just 2 cue points. I can of course tell the filmmaker as well as the audio guy what the corresponding TCG SMPTE code is for each start point. I did set the framerate before I locked anything and I will unlock it before doing changing anything. I could specify these points and just do two AIFF bounces at 48K and 24-bit. I suppose I could do an extra one at 16 bit just to be safe, since I can't reach the audio guy now and I will be out of town by the time he is available.. So standard practice is just an AIFF bounce with a note showing SMPTE starting point?

This is great. So I think that what you are saying is that I find the exact spot, go back to the previous frame and then advance one bit at a time in Logic's transport, although I am still going by the burn-in code, not the the Logic transport. One last qustion. As I have said, the filmmaker is a bit new at this. I believe that she incorrectly set the framerate at 24 fps when she set up the TC Generator. She probably should have set it at 23.976. If she made this mistake at the time of generating the burn-in timecode, then are my reference points still correct? Maybe the TCG burn-in is actually wrong, because Final Cut was assuming the wrong fps when it generated the code?

Just one problem. The music starts before the film does, when the screen is still black. Could I just start the bounce at the very beginning of the timecode (at 00:00:00:01)when the screen is still black even though the music starts a bit later? Perhaps that wouldn't give the code any time to get out of sync with the framerate

Can I add multiple movie clips (in succession) to one timeline? I am working on a movie in sections, but wanted to keep entire movie in one project if I could. What if there is an overlap bewteen clips, still possible? Separately, I was having trouble getting the SMPTE display on Logic to match the burn-in timecode. when I tried to set a bar position to a SMPTe position, Logic wanted to assume that the beginning of the clip was 1:00:00:000 - which it was not. So logic just shifted the clip instead of matching the SMPTE display on Logic to the burn-in timecode.

Can I add multiple movie clips (in succession) to one timeline? I am working on a movie in sections, but wanted to keep entire movie in one project if I could. What if there is an overlap bewteen clips, still possible? Separately, I was having trouble getting the SMPTE display on Logic to match the burn-in timecode. when I tried to set a bar position to a SMPTe position, Logic wanted to assume that the beginning of the clip was 1:00:00:000 - which it was not. So logic just shifted the clip instead of matching the SMPTE display on Logic to the burn-in timecode.