Dp Or Logic Pro 8? Why Not Both?, The Experiment Options

[deepplay]

I'm posting this thread to request your opinions and experiences in using Logic Pro 8 IN ADDITION to DP. How dare could I ask for this you ask? Well, give a read to the DP Corner posted at audiomidi.com titled "DP or Logic Pro 8" and then come back and share your thoughts. As I begin my experiment with using both I plan to post my findings here. So what do you think? Can they or should they both co-exist on the same system? Is there a reason to have both? How do you use them? Why would you or would you not switch?

[jlaudon]

I have to say as a longtime DP user who bought Logic 7 (used it for 6 months and sold it) and then bought Logic Studio (a lot of stuff for 500 bucks for sure, esp. for people starting out) I used Logic 8 for a couple projects, but hardly ever use it now, after trying out the VIs and Jam Packs - I have NI Komplete 5, DFH, BFD, etc, so I'm spoiled for great sounds, so the VIs didn't impress.

Some people have mentioned the MIDI editing in Logic being arcane. This is true, and since midi is such a crucial aspect of my workflow, this is my main frustration with Logic. The MIDI editing and workflow is quite primitive and unintuitive IMHO.

Someone also wrote that Logic can import multiple audio tracks and add names, etc - have you ever tried dragging almost any kind of audio into the left side of DP's track overview - it does this automatically, converts, and the file name is there automatically. I can bounce down faster than realtime - using UAD's stuff works fine -not sure about TC's stuff. DP's VIs definitely need some help though. Logic is more CPU friendly, but I ran the same dance project in DP, and I still had room to spare on my Quad G5, just not as much :-).

There's all kinds of stuff I can do in DP that Logic still lacks (and this is DP 5 - wait until DP 6!) - pitch correction, clippings, non destructive audio editing (ever try to reverse an audio bite in Logic?), logical midi editing, much more flexible and sensible VI handling, chunks, more visual choices, easier on the eyes (IMO) and on and on. No, I don't work for MOTU, but have shelled out lots of bucks for Logic 7 and 8 (I can figure things out - I was even giving tips to a Logic trainer that had just upgraded to Logic 8!), and always come back to DP. Again, if you're starting out, Logic is a great all-in-one and works for lots of people - it's just not near what it's hyped out to be (and when I was doing a VI intensive dance project, bouncing all the tracks to audio resulted in all kinds of weird buggy responses that hopefully will be fixed in an update - I ended up saving the midi files and recording to audio in DP for the same project so I could get it finished).

Hope this biased report balances out the Logic hype a bit