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Here is a quick little tip to help those of you who sometime stuggle with "Audio Overload" messages in Apple Logic Pro. In general, reducing CPU load by using the "Freeze Track" function is a very simple and useful way of dealing with the problem, but this doesn't always work in every situation. In particular this tip is useful if one of your CPU meters is peaking while the others are only moderately loaded, or if you often get random CPU spikes. For example:

How to use RTAS (Pro Tools) Plugins Inside Logic Pro

The following article describes a way of using Pro Tools RTAS plugins inside another host such as Logic Pro. "Why?" You may ask. Well, because quite simply there are some pretty cool plugins for Pro Tools that you just can't get anywhere else - one of my favourites is the Sansamp PSA-1 distortion plugin. This thing just growls on the bass :)