Friend in High School wants Logic Studio?

[nylock10]

I have a friend who will be replacing a few seniors at his High School job of doing $5 sound recording jobs for students' bands.

The school apparently has recording "hardware", but I can't imagine it'd be that good considering they are very low on money after blowing it all on a nice building.

The seniors recommended my friend get Logic Studio and that it didn't matter where he got it or if it was downloaded, since he told him I knew a lot about "downloading programs" (I bet you know what I mean ).

I thought it was absurd the seniors would recommend a kid get Logic Studio, who wouldn't know how to use it (I don't even think the seniors know how to use it). After-all, don't you need a college degree in audio engineering to fully-understand how it works?

I'm trying to get him to just use Garageband and then graduate to Logic Express after a while, but he keeps insisting to get the "best software" because he "heard" it was really good (which I can't argue with, Logic seems to be great software if you have the studio and know what your doing).

 

[119576]

It's cheap with student discount.

It's easy to use.

It's powerful.


Tell him to buy it.

 

[nylock10]

Logic Studio or Logic Express?

I think I over-reacted a bit though, sorry for such a whiny thread lol

 

[119576]

Logic Studio or Logic Express?

I think I over-reacted a bit though, sorry for such a whiny thread lol

You should be honoured that I actually read it all

I think if he wants Logic Studio; he should go for it.

Express would do him fine; but IIRC, Studio isn't much more expensive.

 

[nylock10]

Thanks for reading the whole thing, I just shorten it a bit realizing I had to scroll down to read the rest lol

I just saw it's only $499, I was thinking it was $1,299 but that was actually Final Cut.

But will the software run smoothly on just a MacBook? I know it isn't intense video rendering, and he does have a pretty good MacBook (2.2GHz, 2GB of RAM).

I'm just concerned if it will come into practical use.

 

[119576]

It will run well on that machine.

The decision to buy Studio or Express over here is a no-brainer. Studio is £118 with student discount, express is £129 or something absurd like that. Haha.

 

[nylock10]

Apple has high school discounts, or would this be on some sort of academic store?

 

[119576]

Apple has high school discounts, or would this be on some sort of academic store?

Ah, it's on the University store.


Still; like I said, Express will do him fine for what he wants. He isn't doing any professional high-quality mastering or anything. Garageband is severely underpowered for any sort of mixing; and like you said, Studio may be overkill for him, but if he's going to invest - he might as well do it properly.