So i’m trying to get into a bit of production and can’t decide whether to go with Ableton or Logic as my main DAW.
Recently i’ve been messing around with a version of Ableton Live I got with my Novation soundcard and have been pretty impressed with it. Unfortunately, it is really limited due to it being a Lite version.
I’ve also heard that when it comes to production, Logic is the way to go. Supposedly the sound quality is better and it offers more professional mixing and mastering features than Ableton.
On the other hand, results seem to be achieved a lot quicker using Ableton and Logic is supposed to have a bitch of a learning curve.
I’m not sure what one to choose and I wouldn’t be able to afford both.
Logic is really great, but from what I have heared, it has a very steep learning curve.
Ableton Live might be the tool to start out with from these two.
You’d be amazed how far you can get with Ableton.
I know I sound biased, but for me Ableton perfectly fits my way of production workflow.
Honestly, I think that Logic Express would be enough, unless you plan on doing film scoring or anything really advanced, Logic Pro might be a bit much for starting.
But that’s just from what I’ve been told. Ableton Live seems like a great choice to start. The learning curve can be steep, but it is with almost everything.
i think it really depends on what type of music you produce, whether you want to record audio, work with midi etc…
i use reason, simply because i dont record audio, and the instruments in reason suit the kind of music i produce, i’ve had experience with logic, and well i prefered reason.
at the end of the day id go for the software that most suits what you want it for.
If you ask me all the DAW’s are basicly all the same thing wrapped up with different workflows, for the most part they are all capable of achieving the same sounds. Find one that you like the work flow of and dont worry about the whole “sound quality” thing because thats just a load of crap, all the DAW’s sound quality is all pretty much the same.
Id suggest Ableton because at the same time your learning to produce you will be learning an enviroment you can use on the stage too - killing 2 birds with one stone is quite nice
Down the track you could give logic a go, its a mac only product so i havent tried it personally.
Why not use both I have been and am super happy . Then again if you’re startin out just figure out Ableton and you’ll be straight . Try pickin up Massive and or FM8 and you’ll be set with a killer set up .
I agree 100%. A friend of mine uses Fruity Loops and the stuff he produces is pretty awesome. It doesn’t matter on the software but how well you know the software.
I’m learning to use Ableton because I can end up DJing and producing with it. It’ll save some time from having to learn two new sets of software.
But to answer your question, Ableton but only because I’ve never used Logic before.
I used to use fruity loops <3 that proggy, its only problem for me was that the entire effects section is run on a single thread so you can max out one of your cpus and start to get audio clipping if you go too hardcore
Ableton has a multithreaded effects section which is a nice touch - but i prefer FL’s interface for production.
I never had a chance to learn FL Studios. I only had EEE PCs back then and they didn’t work too well with it. Then I switched to mac and just started learning with ableton. Oh another reason why Ableton may be better, the APC 40. I got mine on pre order =D
I was thinking about buying an iMac and Logic but now I think I’ll buy a new PC laptop instead and upgrade to the full version of Live.
I’ve spotted a cracking wee laptop with a 2.6 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4GB of ram for a bargain price. Should take care of all my Traktor and Ableton needs for the foreseeable future…
I’ve been learning Logic Pro at college, and it is huge. Our tutor has been using it from the day it was released and he admits he hasn’t even used every aspect of it yet.
That said, I have used Cubase before, and would reccomend logic over cubase any day.
If you are looking at pc software - give Cakewalk Sonar a try
BTW do pc’s need 4gb of RAM, I didn’t even think windows could use that amount yet?
