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michaelpv
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I've been in this position before. Because of that, one thing I always do as I finish a project is to export all tracks in both raw and processed forms, so I can build up a new session from scratch if needed. This is, in my opinion, a must, because one never knows when compatibility might break. It's also convenient because you may switch DAWs during the years (it was my case).
Logic is no Pro Tools in this specific topic, but I've opened old Logic 9 sessions last year without issues on LPX. Of course many plugins wouldn't work, but it is possible.
I think this is a good approach. and I can even rebuild a project from scratch if I really need to.
I've opened sessions made in Logic 5 not so long ago, they're full of bugs but just about work.
I guess I do wonder whether it's better that you can open a project that's 20 years old, or would it be better for them to overhaul the innards of the software which clearly need to be revisited.
as time goes by, there's also more and more 'stuff' that's cluttering up Logic and it's leading to the UI becoming less and less useful. I don't mind the touch tracks style Ableton sequencer and it's not such an issue that it's there, but I would have preferred that screen real estate to have been dedicated to something more useful for Logic owners. people who want that functionality surely will be looking to Ableton.
it's not that you can't hide it, but it could have been better deployed I think.
by the same token, touch tracks was, and is still, available in the environment, since around 2001. it more or less does the same thing as the 'blocks' business. it's a shame they didn't put the time into developing the environment into something fully modularised that can, for example, send cc data to an audio effect on a channel (without a workaround).
meanwhile you've got a whole window devoted to the environment, which they haven't really developed or adapted since Apple took over.
in this respect it does slightly resemble a mutant DAW lol, it's like someone spliced Garage Band and Ableton together with a bit of Logic thrown in for good measure.
I'm transitioning to Luna, meanwhile. have paid for Kontakt so that my EXS instruments remain accessible. it benefits from being quite new, everything's close to hand, there's no unnecessary features. it sounds good, loads fast, seems to handle multithreading a lot better etc.