My review of Apple’s Logic Studio (including Logic Pro 8) is now live at Macworld.com (it’ll also be in the January 2008 print issue).
Summary:
Pros: Single-window view speeds editing and setup; MainStage program ideal for playing instruments and effects live; powerful, easy-to-access editing and take management tools; bundles Soundtrack Pro but halves the price; no more dongle; can sync with others via .Mac or Bonjour.
Cons: Some MIDI features are still obscure; MainStage doesn’t integrate with Logic or ReWire.
Or, to put it more simply: take away a dongle, slash the price, and make Logic easier to use, and you’ve got a winner.
Logic Studio: All-in-one music creation package is easier to use, more playable
I do hope competitors are taking a notice of what the Logic team at Apple has done with the interface. Logic 8’s ease of use wasn’t about reducing functionality — even the modular Environment is still there, and a lot of people still find it useful. Nor is it an aesthetic-only “reskinning.” Bringing everything into a single edit window and simplifying track creation and preset management really does make existing tools more useful. There have been attempts to that in the other DAWs, but this to me is the most successful, at least among traditional programs in this category. (Ableton Live is different enough that it’s almost an unfair comparison, but it also demonstrates why bringing editing into a single window can boost efficiency.)
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Summary:
Pros: Single-window view speeds editing and setup; MainStage program ideal for playing instruments and effects live; powerful, easy-to-access editing and take management tools; bundles Soundtrack Pro but halves the price; no more dongle; can sync with others via .Mac or Bonjour.
Cons: Some MIDI features are still obscure; MainStage doesn’t integrate with Logic or ReWire.
Or, to put it more simply: take away a dongle, slash the price, and make Logic easier to use, and you’ve got a winner.
Logic Studio: All-in-one music creation package is easier to use, more playable
I do hope competitors are taking a notice of what the Logic team at Apple has done with the interface. Logic 8’s ease of use wasn’t about reducing functionality — even the modular Environment is still there, and a lot of people still find it useful. Nor is it an aesthetic-only “reskinning.” Bringing everything into a single edit window and simplifying track creation and preset management really does make existing tools more useful. There have been attempts to that in the other DAWs, but this to me is the most successful, at least among traditional programs in this category. (Ableton Live is different enough that it’s almost an unfair comparison, but it also demonstrates why bringing editing into a single window can boost efficiency.)
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