Logic 6 Or Digital Performer?, which one is right for me? Options

[bishop263]

I have been working with digi 001. I've used performer 3 for a short time. I thought it was great for midi. My old g4's main harddrive crashed on me, so I Purchased a 1.25 ghz machine (osx only). Lately I've been using digi 001 for midi as well as audio. I know there are much better programs that I can use for midi, but I'm just stuck on which one would be right for me. I'm working on a Hip Hop track right now but I also do stuff like bjork, jazz, and house. I just started getting a system going when my computer crashed. It's becoming very frustrating...( I create music so well, but these technical difficulties are just really slowing me down.) I checked out logic 6, and found it a little confusing; however, so many people seem to be using it. I am more familiar with performer, but I'm still torn between the two. I use some outboard gear (mc505, proteus 2000, controller jp8000). I also started using unity sessions which, when it worked was great, but I always had some problem with. I basically need a program that will be user friendly and allow me to let my creative juices flow. Instead of being frustrated , a getting a tenth of creativity recorded. If you can help me, please feel free to write. Thanks

[urbanmatador]

well, i've got dp4 installed and i played around with it for about a half hour, and so far i really like it. coming from protools free, it is a pretty steep learning curve; it's based on a different design philosophy than protools. but i like it. here are my first impressions.

dp is essentially a midi sequencer that happens to have a multitrack recorder built in. once your audio is recorded, and here's the big thing, it's treated essentially as if it were just another block of midi data. you can slice it up, loop it, move it around, etc. just like a chunk of midi data. you can do this in protools too, but it feels different. in protools, it feels like you're working in an audio environment that happens to do midi...

something borrowed from vision (in fact, the program reminds me a lot of vision) is the concept of "chunks." any sequence of audio or midi or both (which you or i would consider to be a song) is referred to as a chunk, and projects cna contain multiple chunks. this means you can have one set of audio and midi recordings, and make entirely different songs out of them. not just different mixes, either. a whole new set of windows opens up when you create a new sequence, a new edit window, and new mixer window, a new tracks window, and they all start from scratch. so basically, you can have a complete environment for one chunk, and a completely different one for another, but they're both part of the same project file.

one little complaint i have right off the bat is the fact that dp does not use standard os windows, widgets, scroll bars, etc... so far, i don't see why not, and it would really have cut down on development time, processor overhead, etc.

still waiting on the 828; should get it next week. mook, i'm interested to hear your thoughts.

i will be writing a full, detailed review of both within a few weeks, as well as continue to post here as i discover new things, etc.

cheers all.