Logic Platnium 6 shipping

[Chris Adams]

Originally posted by andrewlandry
Okay, what's so inaccurate about what he said? It's a little weak to just say something is inaccurate and not give one reason why. I think he gave a reasonably accurate assessment of the differences between ProTools and Logic. I think his numerical ratings of audio/midi capeablilities are a little exaggerated, but it's pretty much true.

If you have a differing opinion, then enlighten us.

Sorry, but if you read back a little in the thread, you'll see I answered the *original* post - not the one you quoted - a bit more concisely. If you do a quick browse around emagic.de and digidesign.com you'll see that in many respects, the features of ProTools and Logic are directly comparable. Indeed many ProTools owners actually choose Logic as their first choice front end for digidesign systems.

Ultimately your preference is likely to be based around relatively subtle differences between the two packages... If you're primary clients are musicians, Logic is the best choice... If its post pro, ProTools might be what to go for. Most likely if you serve both client groups you'll have a copy of both.

However, its worth adding that some of the new Logic 6.0 features really intensify the competition: dsp management tools, sophisticated project management, automatic system setup, direct playback of video from firewire drives to a video clip track, and encoding decoding of mp3's to name but a few.

So to sum it up, saying this:

"(the audio in Logic Audio is fine for simple audio RECORDING (not multitrack))"

....... is quite simply inaccurate - and if you care to check, easily verifiable as such;

www.digidesign.com
www.emagic.de

Cheers

Chris

 

[Nepenthe]

Personally, I know of few professional audio engineers who would do any multitrack recording on Logic Audio if they were intent on getting the best, most transparent sound possible. You can do multitrack recording on Logic, yes, but the recordings on Protools will always sound better (aspects such as individual skill in mixing and mastering aside).
No, I don't own stock in the company. But I do have a realatively decent knowledge of applications such as these. I am an electronic music producer by passion. I use Logic Audio every day for at least a few hours. Over time I have developed deep respect for Logic Audio because it is quite amazing, and is still at least 5 years ahead of its time. The ability to just drag an audio file from the desktop into the arrange window is delightful.
I have been in school for over two years now studying digital audio theory and audio recording/engineering. The school I attend is one of the few Digidesign certified Proschools in the nation. Now I'm not saying I have a damn PhD or that I'm a Nobel Prize recipient or anything to that effect. However, every day I am in the company of outstanding instructors who have forgotten more about audio than I will EVER know.
One of the few things they have managed to pass on to me is this:
The audio in Logic Audio does not sound as good as the audio in ProTools.
Crazy, huh? Well no, not really

_There is an AUDIBLE difference between the two applications_
That is the point I am focusing on. I'm not saying that your computer will crash if you record on more than one track.

-Emagic has their own digital audio encoding algorithm. It's not bad, but it needs a little work to be excellent (with the recent aquisition by Apple, hopes are high ).
-Digidesign also has their own, seperate digital audio encoding algorithm for ProTools... this algorithm is VERY GOOD. This algorithm is also VERY PROPRIETARY.

Those two statements are rather to-the-point and simplified. The real "meat" of the difference between the two apps contains much talk about the actual way the signal is "routed inside of the applications" so to speak. ProTools does it one way, Logic another (much to the aggrivation of an Emagic rep that I was able to talk to about this subject -a very tense, and high strung English gentleman whos response to the question was something like "BECAUSE THE BUGGERS WON'T DROP THE BLOODY ALGORITHM FROM THE MIXER!!" -don't quote me on that)
I've even heard people say that there is another difference between the two apps. Essentially, the digi interfaces and hardware are optimized for the ProTools algorithm. And that, until Emagic releases a good interface optimized for it's algorithm, the difference between the two apps will remain. -that theory makes sense, but isn't quite solid enough (or factual enough) for me to believe.

Let's just ignore all of the edit modes, and even the features like playlists which are SO convienent in ProTools.