Logic Pro 9

[dmacintyre]

Looks like I made the right decision (for once!)

http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/whats-new/

[promixr]

How do you mean?

[dmacintyre]

Really thought twice about leaving PT8 because of it's elegant notation and elastic audio but it looks like Apple took care of those in the update. It remains to be seen if Apple's timestretching and manipulation is up to EA standards but it certainly looks like it is as user friendly and intuitive. Logic notation has received a facelift too.

[docbop]

I first started with Logic then moved to PT because that is what is used where I work, so I hang out in both here and at Logic boards. What is funny is reading both you sometime forget which site your on because the message all sound the same. These bugs are so old, I'm switching, When is <fill in appropriate company> going to listen to us, when will they tell us something, when will it be 64-bit. And on and on only the names of the posters change.

Today on the Logic board some are happy, many are hoping Logic 9 fixes a laundry list of old bugs. Many upset Logic 9 is Intel only. Others feel it should of been and 8.2 free update not a paid upgrade. So the grass isn't alway greener all software has bugs and and the complexity continues to increase there will be more bugs and how long they hang around will increase too.

So again the grass isn't always greener. its still software and all software has bugs.

[dmacintyre]

Originally Posted by docbop

So again the grass isn't always greener. its still software and all software has bugs.

Agreed.

[peppertree]

I tried to do a serious mix on Logic 8 and couldn't even get effects routing to work reliably. My outboard reverb sends were glitchy and dropping out all over the place. Unbelievable.

Wave Burner couldn't even burn a CD properly.

Yes I know a helluva lot about debugging software. Obviously more than they do.

One would hope L9 has grown a brain.

[RussUK]

Originally Posted by peppertree

I tried to do a serious mix on Logic 8 and couldn't even get effects routing to work reliably. My outboard reverb sends were glitchy and dropping out all over the place. Unbelievable.

Wave Burner couldn't even burn a CD properly.

Yes I know a helluva lot about debugging software. Obviously more than they do.

One would hope L9 has grown a brain.

For once I have to agree with Pepper, I too have used Logic and couldn't work out what the fuss is all about, constant freeezing and out of resource issues. Today's release gives a whole new meaning to Eye Candy and it looks like Digi have them thinking, most of the new features are already in PT.

[dmacintyre]

Originally Posted by RussUK

For once I have to agree with Pepper, I too have used Logic and couldn't work out what the fuss is all about, constant freeezing and out of resource issues.

That explains everything. I obviously have a polar opposite system because that's what happens in PT for me whilst the exact same project in LP barely registers on the CPU meters.

Originally Posted by RussUK

Today's release gives a whole new meaning to Eye Candy and it looks like Digi have them thinking, most of the new features are already in PT.

(Unfortunately) nothing much has changed aesthetically so I am not sure what your "eye candy" statement means.

I don't think Digi have Apple "thinking". Apple took an already comprehensive product with ADC, track freeze and unrestricted track count then slashed the price, bundled all the instruments and jam packs, included Soundtrack, Mainstage and Waveburner, etc, included a full printed manual set and removed the dongle. What has happened with the latest additions is they resolved a weakness in their product and copied what they liked in a competitors product just like when Digi emulated the GUI layout of Garageband. And it's not restricted to copying PT features - bounce in place, convert to sampler track and improvements to their (included) convolution reverb and (included) fully featured guitar amp sim for example, not to mention all the Mainstage developments.

Logic Pro always was the natural choice for Mac users who worked predominantly in MIDI but now it looks like the most cost effective and comprehensive product for audio people too.

But each to his own as they say.

[RussUK]

Originally Posted by dmacintyre

But each to his own as they say.

Quite!

[dmacintyre]

Originally Posted by RussUK

Quite!

Hooray! We agree on something.