Well after all the hassle of trying to get Logic TDM to work successfully on my new Mac Pro I made the switch to Pro Tools full time.
Im still not up and running for various reasons but Im nearly there.
How does it compare? Well Pro Tools still crashes now and again- not as often as Logic did though so thats one positive I suppose.Im working ProTools very hard with lots of Audio tracks and Instrument tracks and so far so good-I love the mixer environment much better than Logics-The TDM PlugIn interfaces are much prettier than in Logic-They are Automation ready with more Coloured Knobs etc on all TDM plugins-Im still missing the EXS24 though-Ive still not successfully transferred my library to Digidesign Structure-Its still quite buggy-So the news here is that there is still not a very good ProTools sampler available which Im frankly quite gobsmacked about! Kontakt 4 doesn t translate it very well either and that too is quite buggy-Ive had crashes galore with that old thing! Logic certainly got it right with the EXS24 and I now believe that it has never been bettered elsewhere.(That works well in ProTools anyway!) If only EXS24 TDM still worked in ProTools! That aside I believe that typically it is the third party Instrument manufacturers that cause most of the problems within the Protools environment-ReFx has caused a few problems too mainly the Nexus Synth.
Editing wise I think that ProTools is way superior and I love the elastic time facility-I also love XForm(Its up there with Serato Pitch N Time for quality) So changing BPMS in real time is a pleasure-Great for Dance Music Production which is what I do mainly.
On the negatives it really annoys me that after purchasing ProTools 8 they still charge extras for things like Xform(£100) DigTranslator(£350) MP3 Option(£30)Structure sampler(£300) These are all essential extras that everyone will need at some point-So in terms of value for money Apple wins hands down-I compare Digidesign to BMW(Brilliantly built cars but very expensive and if you want extras then you have to pay a huge premium)
And Apple Logic on the other hand are the Lexus car manufacturer(Brilliantly built cars too but not as quick and not as pretty as the BMWs but they make up for this by pricing their cars cheaper than the germans and then throwing in every conceivable extra as standard with no extra charge)Which one would you go for???????????????????????
Sorry for my comparison here-Ive drunk rather too much whisky!
Both Bits of software are great in their own way.but with TDM cards it has to be ProTools-Its seriously very good indeed.
Im still not up and running for various reasons but Im nearly there.
How does it compare? Well Pro Tools still crashes now and again- not as often as Logic did though so thats one positive I suppose.Im working ProTools very hard with lots of Audio tracks and Instrument tracks and so far so good-I love the mixer environment much better than Logics-The TDM PlugIn interfaces are much prettier than in Logic-They are Automation ready with more Coloured Knobs etc on all TDM plugins-Im still missing the EXS24 though-Ive still not successfully transferred my library to Digidesign Structure-Its still quite buggy-So the news here is that there is still not a very good ProTools sampler available which Im frankly quite gobsmacked about! Kontakt 4 doesn t translate it very well either and that too is quite buggy-Ive had crashes galore with that old thing! Logic certainly got it right with the EXS24 and I now believe that it has never been bettered elsewhere.(That works well in ProTools anyway!) If only EXS24 TDM still worked in ProTools! That aside I believe that typically it is the third party Instrument manufacturers that cause most of the problems within the Protools environment-ReFx has caused a few problems too mainly the Nexus Synth.
Editing wise I think that ProTools is way superior and I love the elastic time facility-I also love XForm(Its up there with Serato Pitch N Time for quality) So changing BPMS in real time is a pleasure-Great for Dance Music Production which is what I do mainly.
On the negatives it really annoys me that after purchasing ProTools 8 they still charge extras for things like Xform(£100) DigTranslator(£350) MP3 Option(£30)Structure sampler(£300) These are all essential extras that everyone will need at some point-So in terms of value for money Apple wins hands down-I compare Digidesign to BMW(Brilliantly built cars but very expensive and if you want extras then you have to pay a huge premium)
And Apple Logic on the other hand are the Lexus car manufacturer(Brilliantly built cars too but not as quick and not as pretty as the BMWs but they make up for this by pricing their cars cheaper than the germans and then throwing in every conceivable extra as standard with no extra charge)Which one would you go for???????????????????????
Sorry for my comparison here-Ive drunk rather too much whisky!
Both Bits of software are great in their own way.but with TDM cards it has to be ProTools-Its seriously very good indeed.
