Logic Vi's Vs. Reason 2 Options

[wonx]

I logic's stuff that much better to justify the $$$ or do they just force you to buy their expensive VI's by not offering REWIRE!

What are the limitations of Reason?

[Synthetic]

it all depends on how you work... by the way, Logic 5 silver BIG BOX is $300 and comes with most of the plugs you mentioned

if you really like working with midi... such as you have external midi controllers and or sound modules like a synth... then Logic is going to give way more options and features and let you "tweak the hell out of em" plus it offers audio recording and sequencing. Yes Reason is a good deal really for what it does and it soft synths is your thang and you are happy with what Reason offers then it may be better for you but also note that while you can get new patches for the instruments in Reason... you cant add any and stuck with what comes with it. But, there are tons of VST stuff for Logic you can add on and more FX options and some FX seem better quality. Most pros use Reason in combination with another sequencer for more flexibility... they say so in Remix mag at least.

Logic has a lot more under the hood really that is geared for more than using soft synths and samplers really. Its more of a central control app for all your midi equipment, score creator and mixing station.

So, either program is good... just depends on what you want out of them as to which is better.

I was die hard Pro Tools user for several years until I finally got into Logic and love the options it opened for use with my external gear and the ESX24 sampler simply blows my mind after working with a cheap EMU ESI2000 hardware sampler that was un-mac friendly and a pain to setup. Now I still rely on PT for most straight audio work but for composing and midi I go straight to Logic and if I use Reason I just import solo tracks from Reason to multi-track in PT or Logic.