Hey Hey!
I've got a ProTools 002R rig running on a Dual 1.8 G5 with 4 UAD-1s in an Expansion Chassis. Needless to say, I love the UAD plugs.
Recently, I got tagged to teach an Intro to Music Tech class and I was given the academic version of Logic Express. I've only spent maybe 30 minutes messing with the program on a classroom workstation and I haven't actually opened my own copy of it. I'm considering whether or not I should throw in my own cash to get the full version. It's a matter of $350.00, whereas if I decide I want it later, the academic version of Logic Express is not upgradeable, so I'd be paying $500 (for the academic version)
My initial interest is mostly related to getting around the delay compensation issue. Of course, I'm very steeped in ProTools (both LE and HD3) and Logic just looks like candy, a toy.
I need to get down to business learning the ins and outs of it so I can introduce my class to it, but I'm hesitant to open the box because I'm wondering if it would be worth it to get the full version.
I'm mostly into straight up Rock and Roll and Jazz with ocassional bits of classical and some broadway type stuff. I'm not really too into electronica or expecting to do too much with virtual instruments and such, although I am leaning more and more toward interest in adding more keys and analog synth type sounds to my work. The ease of composition which I experienced in that brief half-hour WAS intriguing and definitely appeals to the musician side of me, but my living is made off of being an audio engineer and not a composer/musician.
Can any of you power users advise me? Besides the delay compensation, why do you use Logic? Would you buy it even if you already had a ProTools rig going? In my case I also make use of a full HD3, 5.1 Genelec, Augsburger designed room, so I've always considered that compatibility factor between my project studio at home and the real studio at work to be key.
Thanks,
Archmart
I've got a ProTools 002R rig running on a Dual 1.8 G5 with 4 UAD-1s in an Expansion Chassis. Needless to say, I love the UAD plugs.
Recently, I got tagged to teach an Intro to Music Tech class and I was given the academic version of Logic Express. I've only spent maybe 30 minutes messing with the program on a classroom workstation and I haven't actually opened my own copy of it. I'm considering whether or not I should throw in my own cash to get the full version. It's a matter of $350.00, whereas if I decide I want it later, the academic version of Logic Express is not upgradeable, so I'd be paying $500 (for the academic version)
My initial interest is mostly related to getting around the delay compensation issue. Of course, I'm very steeped in ProTools (both LE and HD3) and Logic just looks like candy, a toy.
I need to get down to business learning the ins and outs of it so I can introduce my class to it, but I'm hesitant to open the box because I'm wondering if it would be worth it to get the full version.
I'm mostly into straight up Rock and Roll and Jazz with ocassional bits of classical and some broadway type stuff. I'm not really too into electronica or expecting to do too much with virtual instruments and such, although I am leaning more and more toward interest in adding more keys and analog synth type sounds to my work. The ease of composition which I experienced in that brief half-hour WAS intriguing and definitely appeals to the musician side of me, but my living is made off of being an audio engineer and not a composer/musician.
Can any of you power users advise me? Besides the delay compensation, why do you use Logic? Would you buy it even if you already had a ProTools rig going? In my case I also make use of a full HD3, 5.1 Genelec, Augsburger designed room, so I've always considered that compatibility factor between my project studio at home and the real studio at work to be key.
Thanks,
Archmart
