Apple Logic Pro 9 - Manual (Page 1012)

3 Click Create to have all exported files placed in one folder, which is named after the
exported file. This is the convention used by the Tascam MX recorders, so it is
recommended.
4 Next, Logic Pro asks 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 Next, Logic Pro asks 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 Pro then creates two sub-folders in the folder that contains the OpenTL file: Audio
Files and Track Files (which is the suggested structure for OpenTL exports). The Audio
Files folder contains copies of all exported audio files. If you choose Don’t Copy, the file
references in the OpenTL file points to the original audio files.
Opening and Importing OpenTL Files
The following procedure is identical for both importing and opening OpenTL files.
Importing a file copies the OpenTL data into the current project, whereas opening an
OpenTL file creates 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
assignment: Command-I).
• Choose File > Open (or use the corresponding key command, default
assignment: Command-O).
• Locate the Open TL file in the Browser, then click the Open button.
2 Choose OpenTL files from the dialog. Note that if you choose the OpenTL files option in
the File Type pop-up menu, only files with the “.TL” extension are shown.
3 Depending on where the first event in the imported project starts, one of the following
dialogs appears:
• If the first event in the imported project starts at a time greater than one 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.
• If the first audio part found by the OpenTL import has a start time greater than zero
(less than zero is impossible), but less than one hour:
1012 Chapter 32 Project and File Interchange