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?

[srhickman]

Mac Daddy:

Thanks for the compliment. We had helped my daughter with some money and wanted to do the same for my son. When he expressed an interest in music production I was both surprised and proud. After only a month, he's still learning and excited. I think he'll stick with it. By the way, the controller I bought him was the Akai MPK-49 which I was really impressed with (in case anyone is looking for a small keyboard).

I understand that DP isn't as popular in Europe. Logic and Cubase seems to rule there. However, DP is used by a number of pro's in the US and throughout the world, especially those working with film and video. It's also popular as a live sequencer due to it's stability (see Tim's other DP Corner articles at audiomidi.com). It has been around longer than Logic, but it is not PC software. It has always been Macintosh software. Check out a little of it's history at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Performer

May your Mac never explode! Here's to 16 more years of virus-free computing!!

jlaudon:

Thanks for posting your experiences with Logic 7 & 8. You sound like a happy MOTU guy, like I have been for most of 19 years. I have NI Komplete, DFH Superior, Spectrasonic's VIs, Vienna, EWQL, Waves, Altiverb etc. too, and still in the brief time I spent with it, Logic's VI's, loops, and plugins impressed me. MIDI is crucial to my workflow, too. I have to assume that Logic can do what DP can do in terms of MIDI, it's just not in the way I've gotten used to. And surely all those Logic users in the world aren't as frustrated as I was. Thanks also for letting everyone know just how good DP is. I'm looking forward to DP 6, too. I'm glad to see that they've added easier track comping similar to Logic 8. I'm also glad to see that MOTU is finally giving us the ability to chose an audio format and supporting interleaved files. I did expect a price cut from MOTU in order to compete with what Apple has done with Logic Studio. Street prices are similar. Still, for the new user looking at the "what you get" to "what you pay" ratio, Logic seems to still win. But, you're probably right, it may be too hard for me to completely switch to Logic at this point in my career.

Which brings us to "the experiment" that brought us all together. Tim, it's been several weeks now, how's it going?

This post has been edited by srhickman: Mon 4 Feb 2008, 16:26