Nice to hear about Logic again.
Interesting watching the developments with FCut X and applying the same concerns to Logic X.
Im currently using Logic 9 in a professional multi workstation operation. Been using logic since version 4. In my opinion, logic has been slipping as a professional app ever since Apple purchased it (V7). There have been heaps of enhancements and such, sure, many of them great, yet the slow progression of the app away from professional production and into the prosumer realm have been obvious to me.
-Noise Bursts and feedback - I can actually create the feedback issue consistently on moderate sized 5.1 projects by switching a stereo instrument to output 5.1 while the song is playing.
-Moderate sized surround sound projects breaking latency compensation (forget using a Liner Phase EQ on the master)
-Multiple automation copying / moving problems. Love the one when you drag out the start of the song into minus bars. Then hit undo. Notice the automation stays where it is. There are other subtle ways that cause the automation to freak out and offset.
-Broken features that are still listed, say "Cut Insert Time"
-Flex Time Issues when flexed tracks move out of time occasionally / often in loaded sessions.
-Flex time on surround interleaved files only outputs as stereo
-Audio editor cant do much with surround interleaved files
-Quicktime VIdeo export down the drain with Quicktime 7. Only usable in 32bit mode, and broken is OSX lion.
-Arrange page Waveform and MIDI drawing sucks. GO check out reaper to see how much nice it could be, and how much of a difference it makes
- Smart Snapping in the arrange is a little buggy (and or some object drawing) and really isn't as nice as it could be.
- Live mode and processor threads how they relate to plugging chains can be a pain…maxed out core 8 anyone?
And a hundred other little things that are messed up that require experience and workflow changes so as to not put your foot in it and break and ankle.
blah blah vent I know. Many of these issues only really get unmanageable once you start to push the system hard with leads of tracks, instruments, 5.1, Reverbs, etc.
But, honestly:
I would actually love logic to be Taken in the FCPX direction. Seriously.
Logic Pro its roots is legacy software. I think it really needs a full Audio Engine rewrite, automation rewrite, and for the devs to go over all those features that are broken, neglected, or just excess baggage for the prosumer, and trim them off.
Id like to see logic as a slimline mean machine again. As I cant ever see Apple addressing a whole bunch power user concerns that most users never encounter, I think logic should be dumbed down, and tightened up.
I can then play around with logic on the weekends.
And work with Nuendo for projects, cause their focus is on people like us.
R3k
P.s. Happy they're bringing Waveburner into Logic, I thought they'd left that one out in the sun to die.
