What production software is this?
I’ve never seen this program before, can someone please tell me what it is? Thanks.
Looks like Logic maybe
Yup
Is Logic better than Ableton? I was thinking of starting to use Ableton as a live aid, and get into some production as well.
That indeed is Logic. As for which to use, from the information I have gathered, it doesn’t really matter. Learning your DAW is the important part. The DAWs themselves are pretty similar.
No, it’s just another option.
PS: For anyone thinking AUs (Logic’s plugin format) are better than VSTs, on most cases they are a VST port…
THIS!!!
I have used pro tools, Logic, Live, Sonar, cubase and now I ONLY use Digital Performer.
They all have basically the same features but with different names.
Digital Performer calls timestretch, timestretch.
Logic calls it “Flex Audio” or something like that.
Pro Tools calls it “elastic audio”.
they all do the same things but with slight quality differences per program, or different names for the same things.
Below are just my opinions…
Digital Performer has the best midi editing and programming, pro tools is the worst for midi, logic is in between.
Pro Tools is generally considered the best for traditional audio tracking.
Logic is considered the most bang for the buck with its well rounded tools and large instrument collection.
Live is unique as no one else has a session view at all. (Sonar almost has one but they did it all wrong)
if you want to mix/remix live then Ableton Live is the way to go.
there are a few technical differences in the specs between AU/VST.
vst can send midi out into your DAW, AU’s could not do that until very recently, most DAW dont support that from AU’s yet.
VST can do true ramp automation, AU uses a micro stair stepping method to simulate ramp automation.
AU audio effects can have multiple inputs where VST’s only have 1 input.
its true that most AU’s are port of VST’s but there are some differences internally in the VST/AU specifications.
i use ableton and and logic 9 they both have there + and -
as i say its all about learning them and what you feel comfortably with
Its all personal preference!I use cubase on my main computer and have often used logic on a macbook.They both do the same thing in different ways.
I just cant get used to ableton though.
As a live aid Ableton is the number 1 choice so if youre using it alot you’ll probably find it the easiest for production too.
They’re not all the same…but they’re not better or worse.
Certain specific tasks are easier or harder depending on how they designed each interface. What’s easy and straightforward in one might take several steps in another. And the only way to really tell which one you like is to try all of them…or, conversely, to just pick one and not worry about it.
I’ve used–in some way–every major software DAW on the market for OS X. I never liked Cubase or Digital Performer. Logic is awesome but a little weird. Ableton is amazing at what it’s good at, but I think it makes too many sacrifices aimed at live performance to be a top-end studio tool. And Pro Tools is just good…if you can deal with Avid’s bullsh*t requirements and slower than armageddon upgrade cycle. Reaper and Ardour are kinda lousy IMHO; Renoise is awesome at what it does, and it’s really fast to build beats…but parts of its layout are too similar to Ableton Live for it to really click with me as a complete thing. And Record is just stupid. I mean…again…it’s kinda cool. And if you also own Reason, you get to work with a physical rack that really can do anything…and the mixing bus sounds good…and you get very good modeled compression…but you can’t use plugins at all. It’s a really closed system.
I’ve used Ableton exclusively since I got pissed off at Avid and sold my MBox2, but I’m probably going to move back to Logic. It was a strong second choice that in some ways makes a lot more sense to me than Ableton Live…plus it can open/save files from Pro Tools, which matters if you’re ever going to go to a real recording studio…which I apparently now have access to.
So…my suggestion is simple: if you’re running a pro studio…buy everything. If you’re working at home…buy the first one that seems to make sense to you, favoring the most open system you can get…which basically just eliminates Record as an option: you can get Reason’s audio into just about anything…but you can’t use other stuff with Record.