![]() I was lucky in that I received an introduction from a music specialist, then spent hours with the software, but I still used my favourite video training courses to drill deeper. This new version takes away nothing - but it adds a lot more than just enhanced usability, in an ever expanding universe of more complex features and details once you start drilling down. Any fears Logic would become GarageBand Pro or worse, 'Logic Lite' have turned out to be 100% unfounded. When it first appeared, Final Cut Pro X got branded (unfairly, actually, but people were angry) as 'iMovie Pro'. Also check your System Requirements - this is too powerful for some Macs, or you might at least need more RAM. Most plugin manufacturers have caught up with 64-bit by now, but it might pay that you check. Even my current MacBook Pro has 16GBs of RAM so the fact Logic Pro X and it's plugins can address all that if they need it is great, and I'm glad of the check. This new version is fully 64-bit, and when you first boot it up it checks that your plug-ins are compatible. and this can total up to around 35GBs of download should you tick them all, so be warned to set aside the time for this and make sure you have the data capability in your bill cycle. And on that note, the initial install of Logic from the Mac App Store is a couple of gigs but it unpacks when you open it and offers you the additional packages. Talk about bang for your buck - it's more like an all-you-can-eat deal. There's the new Bass Amp Designer, which I eagerly look forward to, with guitarists having been spoilt before, plus an entirely new Sound Library with an updated loop collection and over 1500 instrument and effect Patches that make creative use of new features like Track Stacks, Smart Controls, the Arpeggiator and other new plug-ins. New Vintage Keyboards are realistic models of electric pianos, B3 organs and clavs, with sophisticated tone-shaping controls. Note that if you just want the amp models, keyboards and other software instruments for live play, but without the ability to record, Mainstage is just NZ$38.99 in the Mac App Store.Īpart from all the instruments, loops and plugins already packed into Logic Pro 9, if you already have that, Logic Pro X adds a diverse collection of professionally recorded snare drums, toms, hi-hats and cymbals you can mix, match and fine tune to get the right drum sound for your song, plus nine new MIDI plug-ins, plus the new Retro Synth which emulates classic synthesiser tones from the '70s and '80s. If you've never had Logic, it's an incredibly low entry point (just $259) for such slick software with so many features. I remember when the full Logic package cost more like $1000. Some have complained there's 'no upgrade price' for existing users of Logic, but the way I see it, this new X is so cheap it's about what an upgrade price used to be. Some say it's the songwriter's recording software. ![]() ![]() While Logic required another long investment in time, I immediately enjoyed its focus on creativity as its entry point. Pro Tools had been a mission to learn, and I was loathe to switch, but going months with unusable software while waiting for Avid to catch it up, while witnessing its near instant response to Windows' changes had me spit the dummy. I once played in bands (don't worry, you won't have heard of them) many years ago and after that became a Pro Tools user and switched after its repeated failure to keep up with Mac OS X changes. I will post the full, possibly several-part review on my macnz site when it's finished. A couple of key features were missing and this was either glossed over or not taken into due consideration, and the trust of the pro video community was lost, and this was never going to be easy to win back.Īpple did, let it be noted, go on to fix pretty much all of Final Cut Pro X's defects via free updates, and I stand by my (at the time controversial) assessment that it's great software.īy comparison to all that, I reckon the audio pro community has every reason to happily stay loyal to Apple with the brand new Logic Pro X, which I have been busy evaluating for the last ten days. There was Apple's terrible mistake with the introduction of Final Cut Pro X, in which the Inc introduced good, but radically different software as a fait accompli. ![]() Longer term users constantly worry (well, I do) that Apple might become so entranced with consumer markets that pro markets could be sidelined. ![]()
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