Apple Logic Express 8 - Manual (Page 152)

152 Chapter 7 Working With Projects
Adjusting Project Settings
The project settings encompass a number of options that can have a dramatic impact
on the behavior of Logic Express. Project settings are saved independently with each
project, which means that different projects can have different project settings. You can
change project settings at any time, but it is generally best if you start off with the
required settings, as this will make your workflow smoother.
To open the project settings, do one of the following:
m Choose the desired File > Project > Settings (Synchronization, MIDI, Score, and so on)
menu entry (or use the corresponding key command).
m Click the Settings button in the Toolbar, then choose the desired menu entry.
Detailed information on all project settings can be found in “ Project Settings ” on page 962.
Handling Project Assets
The project settings also include an Assets tab. If you saved your project with its assets,
you can use this tab to determine how files imported from external locations (locations
outside the project folder) should be handled.
To open the Assets project settings, do one of the following:
m Choose File > Project Settings > Assets (or use the Open Assets Project Settings key
command).
m Click the Settings button in the Toolbar, then choose Assets from the pop-up menu.
 Turn on any of the copy checkboxes to copy the respective file types into the project
folder.
 Turn on the “Convert audio file sample rate when importing” checkbox to
automatically convert the sample rate of all imported files (with a different sample
rate) to match the project sample rate.
 If you turn off the Copy EXS Samples to Project Folder option, only EXS instrument
files will be copied to the project folder when saving, not the samples associated
with the EXS instrument files.
Files are only copied into the project folder when the project is saved.
Once saved, the project is “safe,” allowing you to move or copy the entire project folder
without losing any references that point to files within the folder.