Hi Ed
Completely agree with you. I think it really depends on what job you’re trying to do.
If you a composer then you need a DAW that will work flawlessly with all plug-ins (such as Logic, Cubase, Sonar etc.). I’ve never properly used PT, but I get the impression it’s more for mixing/mastering. I’m sure plenty of people will disagree with that though.
Plus I REALLY don’t like the idea of being tied to particular hardware and I REALLY don’t like the idea of software deliberately crippling your hardware unless you pay them more money (e.g. audio track limit in PT LE, Vista processor usage etc.)
So in that respect Logic is brilliant. No more dongle (that in itself is VERY important to me, I certainly will not ever consider Cubase until the dongle is gone) and it works efficiently. When I’m on the road with my 2Ghz White MacBook (not MacBookPro!) I can still compose a lot of music. There is easily enough power for many tracks/VIs/Effects, in many cases enough for a song/cue.
1) Totally agree. Many users were hoping for this in LP8, but as we know, the audio part was hardly touched. Logic must now be one of the very DAWs not to have this capability. Sorry to say this, but Apple should have a look at how Cubase does it. Audio editing and warping with full offline undo history per audio file?! That’s what’s needed in Logic.
2) I don’t know about this.
3) Auto-tune in Logic? Are you sure?
4) I don’t know about this either.
5) Yes! First thing I noticed in Logic is that solo can take about 4 bars to kick in! Or that things can be soloed and hidden with nothing showing on the arrange page. Every other DAW I’ve used has mute/solo working intuitively and quickly. I imagine that this will be a big change for Apple to make – but it’s needed. Hey – they can do it when they rewrite the audio engine for elastic audio!
But I still think the worst part is us sitting here wondering if there is even going to BE another version of Logic, and what bugs they are (or are not) going to work on.
