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Re: Logic Pro X

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Post by retrogradeorbit »

marknutter wrote: post #2

Can any musicians in the know about music software comment on how this compares to say, Ableton Live?

I've used a lot of DAWs. Namely Logic, Sonar, Nuendo, Protools, Reason, Ableton, FLStudio and Reaper. And my conclusion is that Reaper is by far the best. Your opinion may be different, but give it a try. It has a free trial period and the full version is very cost effective. Add in the SWS extensions and the scripting support (I'm using python) and it becomes very powerful. Put the House of White Tie skin on it, add in some reamote slaves and combine with the fact that it is rock solid and never crashes... and you have, IMHO, what is currently the worlds best DAW.

Re: Logic Pro X

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Post by cocoflunchy »

OMBUG wrote: post #40
cpenner461 wrote: post #27

As mentioned in another comment ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6052122 ) I've been considering getting a DAW to hobby shop around with. I've lightly dabbled with several over the years, and am very comfortable on my actual instrument, but am a bit overwhelmed when I look at some of these for doing anything other than just recording and basic mixing/editing (would be nice to build some background/accompanying…

If you're looking to get into it, but reluctant to spend $200 off the bat, I'd recommend taking a look at REAPER (www.reaper.fm) - it's significantly cheaper ($60) and the only area it's really lacking compared to Logic and the like is the bundled samples/synths.

I was about to say that, Reaper is great, it's only $60 and the guys that make it seem great too ;)

Re: Logic Pro X

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Post by enen »

Holy crap... my upgrade from Live 8 to Live 9 costs 250 euro. And this is 200 bucks. I wish I was not so deeply in love with Ableton so I could move to Logic.

Re: Logic Pro X

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Post by stevebenjamins »

NamTaf wrote: post #46

For a company that just threw out skeuomorphism as a design principle, the amount of drumkit, pedal, amp and mixing deck images this thing has is surprising. The pitch correction stuff is cool - I dreamed of that sort of stuff a while ago, but never made any attempt to try to work out how it'd work. I wonder how it works with voices and the like, as opposed to string instruments.

It's a little different in the DAW world. Skeuomorphism is extremely common.

Re: Logic Pro X

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Post by retrogradeorbit »

mhax wrote: post #6

The $199.99 price tag is a surprise. Could anyone speculate as to why they'd be pitching it this low, given the price of competitors products?

Reaper is $60 and a much better DAW (IMHO). See my other post in this thread.

Re: Logic Pro X

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Post by icefox »

kunai wrote: post #42

For all the talk about how Apple hates skeuomorphism, when I got to this part I started wondering if I was looking at an April Fools' joke: http://imagebin.org/264732

Is the ipad "pairing" a new feature or an old one?

"The Logic Remote app lets you wirelessly pair your Mac and your iPad — giving you the freedom to control Logic Pro from anywhere in the room."

Having audio buttons I push with the mouse always seemed silly, but when I get to use my fingers it seems at least not as bad.

Re: Logic Pro X

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Post by wavesounds »

Has anyone tried using Github to manage and share a Logic Pro project?

I work on music with someone 300 miles away and I'd love to have the power of git. Right now were both using different DAWs and export audio to dropbox. This release of Logic looks great and my partner is already using Logic so if I switch over and implemented git we could ideally be working off the same files all the time with version tracking, backups and branches.

I could see it potentially being very large though and merging audio files probably wouldn't be possible so maybe this is something that still needs to be built?

Re: Logic Pro X

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Post by calinet6 »

bsaul wrote: post #44

The price tag really reflects that the music industry is the poorest of all creative industries (aka video, photo, 3D and web). When i think about all the genius algorithms and technologies that products like Ableton or logic Pro ship it really saddens me.

As with many of Apple's recent price drops (OSX, iWork, etc. etc.) I think it's a highly strategic and intentional move, not reflective of the greater market, but showing that Apple is enabling the larger success of their brand by enabling more people to purchase and use these pro apps at a lower price point. Plus, it will sell Macs, both laptops and Mac Pros. Smart.

Re: Logic Pro X

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Post by louthy »

NamTaf wrote: post #46

For a company that just threw out skeuomorphism as a design principle, the amount of drumkit, pedal, amp and mixing deck images this thing has is surprising. The pitch correction stuff is cool - I dreamed of that sort of stuff a while ago, but never made any attempt to try to work out how it'd work. I wonder how it works with voices and the like, as opposed to string instruments.

There's the argument that the quirkiness of the original hardware control methods translated into unique sounds and programming.

If you look at something like a 303 which was originally designed to be a bass guitar support for guitarists, and ended up being the sound of Acid House; you'd be less likely to produce that method of programming if it were set up like a standard synth.

Re: Logic Pro X

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Post by [deleted] »

bsaul wrote: post #44

The price tag really reflects that the music industry is the poorest of all creative industries (aka video, photo, 3D and web). When i think about all the genius algorithms and technologies that products like Ableton or logic Pro ship it really saddens me.

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