chrismak Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 Hey guys.I'm very keen to get into production and have been looking at a few DAW's, particularly Logic, Cubase & Ableton Live. I have done a little research and have got the following impression:Ableton: Fun! Unparalleled for live performance. Its workflow allows ideas to be captured quickly and easily. Can get claustrophobic composing in a projects with a large number of tracks.Logic: Serious conventional DAW good for composing, mixing and completing songs. Comes shipped with some quality plugins.Cubase: Similar to logic but can run on Windows as well as OSX. Some have suggested that it suffers performance issues on OSX (this may have been fixed now with patches ect.)I was wondering if any of you can offer some insight from your experience with these products.(edit)I am leaning towards logic since I have a Mac and already have a setup for performing DJ sets ect... Quote
LabRat Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 I say this to a lot of people in regards to this question and my short answer is logic. Reason I say is because if you are buying a mac, you get a program called GarageBand already installed. That's the baby version of logic. You can use that to get your head around the basics or audio, midi, mixing, structuring etc. Once you're familiar with the functions of GarageBand, logic is the next step. You jump straight into it and you only really learn a few little things that GarageBand doesn't have. Layouts and functionality are very similar Quote
Jaz Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 I've seen some logic and it looks great, although I don't know heaps about it I know that ableton has the much better live capability, and both the sessions and track view rather then just 1 like logicother then that they are pretty similar from what I know Quote
JonnyB Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 purely for production id go with logic.but in all seriousness its down to personal prefferance, a few mates use ableton purely for production and swear by it! Quote
street Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 i fucking love logic even though it is the only DAW ive used. i hadnt even played with garage band before, i just went out and bought it like that with 0 experience in production. Quote
chrismak Posted October 14, 2011 Author Posted October 14, 2011 Cheers guys. You've confirmed my own thoughts.While Ableton Live is good value, Logic still appears to be the best choice for what I want.Logic it is Store DJ seem to have the best price $679https://www.storedj.com.au/products/APP-LOGIC Quote
chrismak Posted October 14, 2011 Author Posted October 14, 2011 Logic is 500 on apple site?$749 in the Australian Apple Storehttp://store.apple.com/au/product/MB795Z/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY Quote
LabRat Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 I payed 749 for mine so if it's cheaper I'd worry about it lol Quote
Mitch Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Now I look dumb, i must have been on US site when i checked lol. Now i look dumb. Don't want to stray off topic, but does anybody know if you can order it off US site and get it posted, as it would end up cheaper with the dollar so strong? Could work out a fair bit cheaper. Or does it always redirect you to aus site? Quote
OxyKon Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Being new to producing aswell I'm not sure about the other programs, I was already familiar with logic a few years ago through a friend and when I finally started wanting to produce I jus stuck with it, it's a real great program once you start to understand it in fact I'm just about finished my 1st track Quote
OxyKon Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 u can get logic for like $500nah bro thats in US Dollars, its $750 in AUS Quote
chrismak Posted October 17, 2011 Author Posted October 17, 2011 The reason they charge Australians more is:1. GST2. Shipping3. Because they can Quote
chrismak Posted October 17, 2011 Author Posted October 17, 2011 Just bought Logic Studio 9 Full Retail brand new & sealed on ebay from a reputable UK seller.$440 Australian shipped.http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/APPLE-LOGIC-STUDIO-9-MB795Z-A-New-FULL-RRP-408-Mac-Pro-/270828349141?pt=UK_Computing_Software_Software_SR&hash=item3f0ea0a6d5 Quote
street Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 u can get logic for like $500nah bro thats in US Dollars, its $750 in AUSi got my copy from an australian ebay seller for $500 aussie dollars :/ Quote
street Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 and it was Logic Pro 9, not logic express. the whole sha-bang i guess I got hell lucky Quote
OxyKon Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 Haha yeah I guess u guys did, I bought mine from the apple store for $750, oh well at least I have it Quote
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