Apple Logic Express 8 - Manual (Page 662)

662 Chapter 29 Project and File Interchange
4 Next, Logic Express will ask if the project’s SMPTE start time should be added to event
start positions. In this scenario, audio parts in the resulting OpenTL file will have the
same SMPTE start time as in the Logic project. If you click Don’t Add, the part positions
are calculated relative to the project start position (an audio part that starts at bar 1 will
have a start time of 00:00:00:00.00).
5 At the next step, Logic Express will ask if a copy of all audio files should be made. You
should choose Make Copy if you want to copy the resulting OpenTL file, including all
audio data, to another hard disk.
Logic Express will then create two sub-folders in the folder that contains the OpenTL
file: namely Audio Files and Track Files (which is the suggested structure for OpenTL
exports). The Audio Files folder will contain copies of all exported audio files. If you
choose Don’t Copy, the file references in the OpenTL file will point to the original audio
files.
Opening and Importing OpenTL Files
The following procedure is identical for both importing and opening OpenTL files.
Importing copies the OpenTL data into the current project, whereas opening an
OpenTL file will create a new project.
To import or open an OpenTL file:
1 Do one of the following:
 Choose File > Import (or use the corresponding key command, default: Command-I).
 Choose File > Open (or use the corresponding key command, default: Command-O).
 Locate the Open TL file in the Browser, then click the Open button.
2 Choose the desired OpenTL files from the file selector box. Note that if you choose the
Open TL files option in the File Type menu, only files with the “.TL” extension will be
shown.
3 Dependent on where the first event in the imported project starts, one of the following
dialogs will appear:
 If the first event in the imported project starts at a time greater than 1 hour:
Set SMPTE start time of project so that events start at the same SMPTE time as they do in
the imported project?
Choose Set if you want the SMPTE start time of the project to be changed
accordingly, or click Don’t Set if you don’t want to change the SMPTE start time of
the project.
 Should the first audio part found by the OpenTL import have a start time greater
than zero (less than zero is impossible), but less than 1 hour:
Set the start time of first imported event to start of project?
If you choose Set, the first audio part imported will be placed precisely at the project
start position.