 Logic 7, An embarrasing day |
 Sun 19 Dec 2004, 09:37
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Yesterday in the studio I decided to risk Logic 7.
The reason for this was three-fold. Firstly you gotta do it sometime - and with all the exciting synths etc .. Secondly the singer for the band I was recording could sing in tune so I wasn't so worried about a lack of Autotune .. Thirdly - the Bass Player in the band is my local Mac dealer - so if I got any problems - he could check out the hardware side of things. I've got to say this was the most embarrasing day in the studio I have ever had. And I've been working on music production for 5 years (3 with logic). When I first started using logic on a PC and got hold of an "evaluation" version I used to get loads of crashes - but I expected that - and it showed me what a great engine Logic was - and encouraged me to go out and buy the full version. Yesterday was worse than PC time. I logged all the crashes I got in a notebook - I had 15 throughout the course of the 6 hour session - for reasons as diverse as cancelling a bounce - to saving (!?!) - to editing a frozen track. Even the track automation wouldn't work properly in places. We got several instances of files that were okay being converted from 24 bit to 8 bit format - which meant lost takes - nightmare. One of these files was two days old! I think my local dealer was even more embarrased than I was - fortunately it was his takes that were lost. Our conclusion - you're better off running a crap PC with a hacked version of Logic than running Logic Pro 7 on a G5 powermac. Our recommendation - use Logic 6.4 - which we ended up doing after 6 hours of hell and lost takes. Definately don't use Logic 7 if you have a paying customer sat next to you - it will cost you more than you paid for the software. When will Apple sort out some bug fixes? majn -------------------- Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5 / 2 x 19" Formac Monitors / Hammerfall Digi 9652 / Mackie d8b / 2.5 gig RAM
iMac G5 1.8 17" / M-Audio 1814 Firewire / Tascam TM-D1000 / 2 gig RAM Lacie Firewire Drives Logic Pro 7 / NI Battery - Guitar Rig - B4 / GMedia MTron / Crystal / LinPlug RMIV / OSX 10.3.6 |
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 Mon 20 Dec 2004, 20:31
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 Maniac Member Group: Members Posts: 899 Joined: 12-Oct 01 From: Kirkland Member No.: 2,002 |
I suggest you update to OSX 10.3.7, I was experiencing random crashes due to firewire drive issues, seems to sorted out with the update.
Also it's a little early to go exclusively with Logic7, it's been fairly solid for me, but I'm not giving up Logic6 just yet. 
-------------------- G-Dub
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majn Logic 7 Sun 19 Dec 2004, 09:37
ktron Any of the problem tracks on the LaCie drives? Sun 19 Dec 2004, 12:45 Dreadman718 I love my 1.8dual G5 and Logic Pro 7.0 Rocks for m... Mon 20 Dec 2004, 06:41 keemo Also mine is Rock solid !! on a Dual 2 Ghz... Mon 20 Dec 2004, 08:50 zakary keeemo, what latency do you get when playing audio... Mon 20 Dec 2004, 09:26 majn Interestingly - I keep all of my Audio on external... Mon 20 Dec 2004, 10:13 Playmade QUOTE Our conclusion - you're better off runni... Mon 20 Dec 2004, 13:36 BobbiStyle Hey Majh
Sorry to hear about your troubles. Maybe... Mon 20 Dec 2004, 19:09 majn I'm running 7 on 10.3.7 at the moment
I don... Mon 20 Dec 2004, 19:58
jellobelt I'm hoping to find some help jumping into this... Mon 11 Dec 2006, 02:37 majn I had some problems configuring my M-Audio Firewir... Mon 11 Dec 2006, 10:10 |
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