Should I Buy Logic? Options

[centipedex]

Hi. I recently switched from a PC to a G4 iMac and I wanted to know a little bit more about Logic for OS X. I used to use Cakewalk on my PC and it was good for my midi sequencing and simple recording, but I never really liked it as much as some of the mac software I had used in college such as Cubase or especially Opcode Vision. The big thing I am looking for is a good step recording feature because I am not a very skilled keyboard player (I prefer to take my time and program the notes in one at a time). I am thinking of buying the Logic Big Box and probably the EMI 6|2 or the M-Audio Audiosport Quattro. I wish there was a demo version of Logic I could try but I can't find anything like that. Should I just go out and buy Logic? What do you people think of Logic?

[ryosode]

If you will be content with somewhat restricted feature set of Logic Audio [Silver edition], I think Logic Big Box with EMI 6|2 is a fairly wise choice. emagic just released Logic 5.5 product line, which includes OS X builds of Logic Audio Silver and Gold editions, so Logic Big Box owners can finally use OS X version of Logic.

I would actually buy a Tascam US-428 instead of EMI because I get the control surface as well as Audio and MIDI I/O, but I heard some compatibility issues with OS X driver for US428 and Logic, so it may not be a wise choice for you.

As for Cakewalk/Cubase/Vision, Cubase is the only one available for OS X platform and it is no competition against Logic... at least in my opinion.