It is ok to learn Logic and Ableton at the same time?
Ok so I’ve been a tutorial junkie lately, and learning a great deal. But the tutorials are about 50/50 Ableton and Logic. Both are awesome DAWs and I wanna use both in the future…but should I master one before the other, or is it advisable/possible to learn both effectively at the same time? Thanks guys!
what tutorials are you using for ableton 
, I tried learning flstudio and traktor at the same time but that wasnt too hard
Well personally I think its better to put everything into learning one DAW, I started with Pro Tools almost 4 years ago now and i’ve not looked back since, I know it inside out!
But with the two DAW’s you’re looking at they’re completely different in my eyes, Logic is the best overall DAW out there for many people, perfect for production and recording, where’as Ableton is less of a recording product (in my eyes) and more useful for production and DJ’ing live.
It all depends what you want it for really?
@slpower, mostly SonicAcademy. i love em.
@towifer, i hear ya man, im mainly into production and but I use Traktor for DJing…I can see Ableton in my future for DJing tho Regardless, yes Logic is amazing, but Ableton fanboys are allover the place lol.
Maybe what I need to do is really master a VST or two instead? Or is that going to confuse things even more? :\
are they pricey there?? cause im kinda keen to get into ableton
I think if you’re already using Traktor for DJ’ing you should focus all your production energy on Logic, its a fantastic program with all the plugins you get already the ES2 is fantastic for example!
If nothing else you might just discover which suits your style best. Like towifer I stuck with one (Ableton) and know it pretty much inside out, love it to bits and find it so quick and easy to get ideas going - an essential quality for how I work.
Some people prefer Logic it’s true, but likewise ABleton has its devotees too. I’ve never once found myself wishing I used any other DAW, its just preference really, so stick with it and see which one naturally takes up more of your imagination maybe?
They’re both around £400, thats for Logic Studio and Ableton Suite 8.
thats a great call. i hear that Ableton is easier to get your ideas down quickly blah blah–I know Ableton somewhat, and Logic too, I just don’t know what fork to take.
@slpower, its like 60 bucks a yr for all their streaming tutorials. their music theory ones are spot on!
that makes sense, good call! ES2 is dope for sure
Neither is any easy than the other, they both have fantastic midi integration and they’re both packed with features that will appeal to you, it just depends how dedicated to learning one of them you are.
my slight dilemma is that Sonic Academy uses mostly Ableton, so watching their tutorials might detract me from my Logic learning…might just have to go Logic myself!
If you’ve already paid for the tutorials go with ableton?
If not you can always watch tutorials just based around logic?
I never thought about it like that. I guess the basics are the same so it’s possible to learn Logic thru Ableton tutorials? (e.g., “How to Make Glitch Step House”, but they use Ableton)
Yes you can watch Ableton tutorials and follow along in Logic and vice versa, but it will help when you know the software a bit better through continued use.
IE if they do something with ES2 in a logic video you’ll be able to copy that using Ableton’s analog (once you know its controls).
This is largely true for most broad concepts, though there might be a few minor specific things - but imo there is usually a work around.
I write tutorials for Computer Music magazine and always have to make sure they work cross platform, and its rare to find something that isn’t doable in most DAWs one way or another.
Thats not exactly what i was going for alex, but Bang is right, most of the components of each DAW are the same, the only major difference will be the visual.
Oscillators are oscillators after all aha.
Logic is a reason to get a Mac on its own.
Nuff said.
Thats a point! do you already own a mac? because if your wanting logic and dont already have one then you should go with ableton!
^^ This!! You can usually take what you learn from a tutorial and use it in the software of your choice.Different DAWs do things in different ways so it may be hard to follow step by step even though the principle is the same.
I started with cubase but have no problem opening up and using Ableton or Logic even though I never use them
How do you find Sonic Academy. From what I’ve read, they teach a lot about the DAW, but mainly at a beginner level. They might speed up the process to intermediate user, but from there, you may not learn anything you wouldn’t learn from a blog or something. Still might try them out, as the membership isn’t bad if you don’t have to download every video.
I’ve been cutting my teeth for a while, but Live (or any current DAW) are just deep programs. Tutorials or not, it takes probably hundreds of hours of use to get comfortable in them. I was wondering why I can do what I want in Photoshop so easily but w/ Live it’s taking me a while to wrap my head around it. Then I remembered I’ve been using Photoshop for 15 years. (Even that I only “know what I’m doing”. Not an expert by a stretch) :eek: