If you open a song with the Open, Open Recent or just by double clicking on the song file, you don’t know for sure what kind of song it is, Regular
Song or Project Song. If it is located in the “Song Templates” folder, then it is most likely a Regular Song, which acts as a Template when opened from
with the “New” command. (Technically you can store Project Songs in the Song Templates folder too). If you open a song from the Song Templates
folder with any command other that the “New” command” , then it will not behave like a Template!
Save:
When using the “Save” command on any of the loaded Songs overwrites the original file in its location. Any Song Backup functionality from the
Preference menu will apply
Save as:
When using the “Save as…” command on any of the loaded Songs opens the file selector box and you can choose a new file name and location to
create a new Song file
• A Regular Song will be saved again as a Regular Song
• A Template Song, which in this case is just a Regular Song, will be saved as a Regular Song
• A Project Song will be saved again as a Project Song. NOTE: If you save the Project outside its Project Folder then all the media files which
where copied to its Project Folder keep the reference path to that location, but all the media files which where setup to be copied or moved to
the Project folder will from now on copied or moved into the same folder where you saved the new Project Song. In other words, the Folder in
which you save the Project Song to becomes the new parent Project Folder!
Save as Template…
When using the “Save as Template…” command on any of the loaded Songs opens the file selector box with the Song Templates directory pre-
selected. The song will be saved as a Regular Song into that folder which makes it behave like a Template Song when opened with the “New”
command.
NOTE: This command acts like a “Save copy as…” command.
NOTE: This will actually convert a Project Song into a Regular Song
Save as Project…
Using the “Save as Project…” command on any of the loaded Songs opens the “Save as Project” dialog box, which is an extended file selector box. You
choose the new name (Project Song) and location (Project Folder) and setup the checkboxes for the media files. The checkboxes determine what to do
with the media files that have a reference in the current song. The behavior on how to copy/move/leave media files once the new Project Song is
saved, will be setup in the “
File > Projects > Settings
”
Unwanted Project Song confusions
Although you should stick to the Project Song commands inside Logic to ensure the best file integrity and proper functionality of the Project Manager,
it is technically possible to do some “forbidden” actions. What happens then?
Just remember what makes a Project Song a Project Song: A Project Song has specific Project Settings stored in its file: When using media files in the
song, don’t just reference them to their original location but follow the rules of the stored Project Settings to copy/move them to the parent folder,
which is the folder the Project Song is stored and therefore considered the “Project Folder” of that Project Song.
• Move Project Song file in the Finder
All the media files which where copied or moved would stay in the original Project Folder, so when moving or copying a Project Song out of its
Project Folder, The reference path to the media would be still intact. When opening the Project Song in its new (“dis-placed”) location and
adding more media files to it, will copy/move the new media files to the new Project Folder which is the parent folder where the Project Song
now resides. Use the “Consolidate” or “Save as Project” command to clean up the references and media files. To create a proper Project Folder.
• Move Project Song file into the “Song Templates” folder
The Song file, opened with the “New” command, will behave like a Template and looses all its Project Settings. However, when opened in any
other way it will open like a Project Song and the “Song Templates” folder becomes its parent directory (Project Folder) and will contain all the
Projects sub-folders.
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