Installed it on emilie's mac as mine is too slow at the minute to install it...(I shall buy and install some new RAM very soon!!!) and had a quick go at it
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I had a go with Logic Pro 8 on Dave's laptop and I fucking hated it. But admittedly it was only a 10 minute go.
I didn't fancy paying an extra £100 or whatever for one extra effect, a better audio editor (when I use Peak for that anyway) and what looks to me like a complete dumbing down of the GUI.
Unlike skinfitz I don't find a dongle a massive inconvenience that makes me cry in agony. Sure I'd LIKE no dongle but I'm not willing to pay the rather extensive price of a cocked up GUI.
Mainstage would be good if my live sets were done like that (I took a look on Dave's Laptop) but they're completely different to that as you know so Mainstage would simply be sat there eating HDD space.
They have many software added and I guess it would suit a large amount of people although I feel they should have worked more on logic and in ways of integrating everything within logic instead. I'm sure a lot of Logic Pro 7 users will welcome some of the additions... but I also fear a lot of them are just a hype...
Yeah it is quite awful... although having said that I know for a fact that you would find some of the addition incredibly useful compared to Logic Express 7 ;)
Yeah the interface is really pants!!! I wished they stayed more in tune with the e-magic spirit on that one... because it was what made it so incredibly awesome...
I couldn't agree with you more... it should have been the other way round... let's make garageband look a bit more like logic as that's what we're trying to sell... a cheap and easy version of logic...
Hopefully when I start working on it in depth things will start to blow me away...
... so far I've been happy to find all the features of pro versions over the express version I had... but as mentioned above I will give a verdict when I start using it extensively as I might have a nice surprise in the end...
if your using an ibook g4 you cannot upgrade to 2 gig requirement [as i found to my hatred!] so i might switch to cubase some time in the future when i go to a next level DAW.
Yeah that's why I always go for the Pro series (Powerbook, Mac book pro etc.) because you can upgrade to a certain extent... you can't upgrade the processor and stuff.. but you can upgrade the RAM
Actually you might want to look into MOTU Digital Performer!! incredibly versatile with some amzing built in effects as well as some really interesting functions... plus unlike logic it accepts VST as well as Audiounits and MAS.
Maybe Pro Tools 7 would be interesting to you if you have a M-audio sound card or a digidesign interface ?
Cubase sounds a bit to "home studio" when it comes to mixing if you ask me... Nuendo maybe...
I've never used it (not even in the Emagic days), but I've heard nothing but good things. I have used Garageband before though, and it's a little weird, and I can see why Apple would try to change the interface so that they're similar.
I've been keeping my eye on Steinberg Sequel, because my live keyboardist is a big Cubase fan, and from what I've seen, it seems to me to be very much like Garageband. Kinda weird...
Well they blatently changed the interface to make it more accessible to new users and beginners... which is good on a commercial value... but I feel like I'm using a toy... although after reading more about it there seems to be some incredibly interesting features that I will look into quite soon...
I abandoned Cubase when they were Cubase VST 32 (that was quite a while ago - before SX got released) and I tried SX1 out of interest but thought it was incredibly bland compared to logic 5. I even worked on Pro Tools for a while... but the whole MIDI integration on Pro Tools 5 and 6 was abysmal.
I don't know sequel, but from what I have seen cubase users might want to switch to Sonar as it seems to offer a lot more and with less quirks... but at the end of the day it's each to their own... but I know that like apple when you switch to logic you hardly ever come back to another application...
Maybe Logic 8 will be the day where logic users switch to other applications
I really like Cakewalk. I got the Rapture softsynth a while ago and I absolutely love it, and a friend of mine has Cakewalk Project5 Version 2 and it's an absolute blast to use. I myself really want to look into Sonar 7, because the more read about it, the more I say, "Holy crap! That's incredible!" However, I'm certain that it's a little too much for my computer, and I don't want to slow down my progress even further by trying to learn a new program. So, I'm just going to stick with what I've got for a while. Being that I've been progressing damn slow lately anyway.
My problem with Cubase is the interface. It makes me feel really meh, and it sucks the inspiration right out of me. I can't feel like I'm doing a piece of art in it, for some reason.
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I didn't fancy paying an extra £100 or whatever for one extra effect, a better audio editor (when I use Peak for that anyway) and what looks to me like a complete dumbing down of the GUI.
Unlike skinfitz I don't find a dongle a massive inconvenience that makes me cry in agony. Sure I'd LIKE no dongle but I'm not willing to pay the rather extensive price of a cocked up GUI.
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I think that for logic Pro 7 users, the really interesting bit is probably some of the external additions like mainstage or other...
but I agree you're probably better off with 7.
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It's like Korg going, "lets be more like casio"
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Hopefully when I start working on it in depth things will start to blow me away...
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Maybe Pro Tools 7 would be interesting to you if you have a M-audio sound card or a digidesign interface ?
Cubase sounds a bit to "home studio" when it comes to mixing if you ask me... Nuendo maybe...
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I've never used it (not even in the Emagic days), but I've heard nothing but good things. I have used Garageband before though, and it's a little weird, and I can see why Apple would try to change the interface so that they're similar.
I've been keeping my eye on Steinberg Sequel, because my live keyboardist is a big Cubase fan, and from what I've seen, it seems to me to be very much like Garageband. Kinda weird...
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I abandoned Cubase when they were Cubase VST 32 (that was quite a while ago - before SX got released) and I tried SX1 out of interest but thought it was incredibly bland compared to logic 5. I even worked on Pro Tools for a while... but the whole MIDI integration on Pro Tools 5 and 6 was abysmal.
I don't know sequel, but from what I have seen cubase users might want to switch to Sonar as it seems to offer a lot more and with less quirks... but at the end of the day it's each to their own... but I know that like apple when you switch to logic you hardly ever come back to another application...
Maybe Logic 8 will be the day where logic users switch to other applications
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I really like Cakewalk. I got the Rapture softsynth a while ago and I absolutely love it, and a friend of mine has Cakewalk Project5 Version 2 and it's an absolute blast to use. I myself really want to look into Sonar 7, because the more read about it, the more I say, "Holy crap! That's incredible!" However, I'm certain that it's a little too much for my computer, and I don't want to slow down my progress even further by trying to learn a new program. So, I'm just going to stick with what I've got for a while. Being that I've been progressing damn slow lately anyway.
My problem with Cubase is the interface. It makes me feel really meh, and it sucks the inspiration right out of me. I can't feel like I'm doing a piece of art in it, for some reason.
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