Re: OT: In praise of Logic Express

[Chris Sewell <lunamusic@mac.com>]

Mainstage is awesome as well. It's now the app I use for Live  
performance. Its a little buggy, but once you figure out how to deal  
with it, its amazing. I use it with Sooperlooper. Sounds incredible.
On Jun 10, 2008, at 1:01 PM, Warren Sirota wrote:

> I've been goofing around for about a year with Ableton 6, not  
> seriously trying to stretch it for performance - just using it as a  
> recorder/editor/mixer, and I just decided to give Logic Express a  
> try, simply because so many of the people here commend the sound of  
> Logic. Oh yeah, and I got ticked off that the $500 Live package  
> doesn't  come with an integrated audio editor.
>
> I haven't played that much yet with Logic Express, but I have to say  
> that what you get for $200 is extremely impressive, and so far seems  
> to fit my way of working and thinking much better than Live.
>
> Here's a small sampling of what is included, that's not in the  
> ableton base pkg:
> - Notation (and not bare-bones, either, tho I'm sure it's no Sibelius)
> - audio file sample editing
> - some very nice guitar effect presets and amp simulations
> - a number of very interesting synths and drum machines
> - a sane, multi-dimensional interface to loop management
> - the most intelligent approach to take management that i've yet seen
>
> It's harder to learn than Live.  It thinks quite differently than  
> Live. But I'm producing so much cool stuff just going through the  
> tutorials that I'm having a great time.
>
> My feeling with Live after a year (blame it on my own lack of  
> creativity if you like) was: man, i sure am going to have to spend a  
> lot to get really tricked out here. My feeling with Logic Express is  
> that there are months of exploration ahead with the resources  
> provided out of the box.
>
> Warren