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Chapter 1 Using Logic 67
There are two additional buttons at the bottom of the window, the Assets button and
the Save button.
• Assets button: Shows and hides the Assets drawer.
• Save button: Saves your changes to the currently selected files in the Assets drawer.
GarageBand File Import
Logic supports the importing of GarageBand files via the File > Open menu option.
On opening the file:
• Logic will automatically create the required number, and type, of tracks to mirror
those used in the GarageBand song.
• Apple Loops audio data should import without issues.
• The tempo of the GarageBand song will be used.
• Software Instrument parts will be played by GarageBand Instruments in Logic.
Further to this, any mixing data and effects (plus their Settings) used by Software
Instruments or Apple Loops-based tracks in GarageBand will also be imported into
Logic.
Once the GarageBand song is loaded into Logic, you may freely change parts, mixing
levels, instrument, and effect parameters as in any Logic project.
GarageBand Instruments are automatically installed with Logic.
You can insert them exactly as you would with other software instruments:
1 Click-hold on an Audio Object’s Instrument slot.
2 The Instrument menu appears, showing all of Logic’s available instruments. Move the
mouse through the different levels to Mono/Stereo > Logic > GarageBand Instruments
and choose an Instrument by releasing the mouse.
The Channel Strip settings of GarageBand translate 1:1 into Logic—with the nice
exception that you can now access the individual plug-ins that are inserted into a
GarageBand channel strip. The GarageBand Channel Strip setting files are visible in
Logic’s Channel Strip menu in a subfolder called GarageBand. Logic’s Channel Strip
menu is accessible via a long click on the word Inserts on each channel strip.
GarageBand’s two bus effects (Reverb and Echo) are also translated when opened in
Logic. They are replaced by the Platinum Verb and Tape Delay on Busses 1 and 2.
Note: GarageBand projects will only open in Logic Express 7 and Logic Pro 7—not in
older Logic versions. It is not possible to open Logic songs in GarageBand.
More information about GarageBand file support in Logic can be found in the
“Introduction to Logic for GarageBand Users” tutorial.