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Is it time to just move to Logic Pro x 10.5?
Aum , Shmaum, perhaps if they came out with a good GarageBand Pro I’d feel different but the new Logic Oro x 10.5 update is just too good . I’m thinking maybe I’ve had it with iOS “connect the dots”...
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LPX is a powerhouse. Nothing much to add to do complete productions with it, maybe a few more quality natural instruments but in the synthesis and Fx department, there's basically nothing left to be desired. And it's much cheaper than Ableton Suite - although you cannot really compare the two. Ableton is still the easiest and fastest to use IMHO, but Logic has improved a lot over the years and the included instruments are fantastic.
Not a replacement for the iPad as a sketchpad and playground though.
I just got Logic a while ago also. Still learning but I can see myself using it along with Digital Performer. It has some nice addition as you said. Regarding iOS, what works for me at this point is I would start working on iOS to generate a draft of a song—melody, harmony, rhythm, general arrangement (there are some unique apps that help me get unique ideas quickly) without being over-serious about fine details yet. Then I exported what I had to a laptop and continue working there in DP and LPX. Sometimes I even rebuilt everything there, based on what I had on iOS. I don't like “connect the dots” either 😆 so I try to stay within 1-2 apps on iOS for the draft. Seems to work well for me. 👍
With BFD3 back from the dead, I needed a DAW once again just to manage plugins to use my laptop as a sound module for my percussion controller after a three-year hiatus. I tried Logic Pro because of the new Drum Synth Kit, whose sound I liked. For my very limited purposes, though, I found that Reaper is still much better because it allows easily specifying each track's MIDI input source and channel, a crucial functionality for layering on the fly drum sounds from different plugins. As far as I could tell, Logic Pro could only do this via a kludge (creating a Monitor in the MIDI environment, then loading it as a track) that didn't even work right with the Drum Synth Kit. I'm back with Reaper, then, but having forked over the $200 for Logic Pro, I wouldn't mind trying it again if I missed something that it can do for me.
You can definitely do it in logic (but it’s also easy in reaper as you know). I can’t remember off the top of my head, as it’s not as obvious when it’s a virtual instrument track, but it’s there. I’m in the middle of a mix at the moment, just taking a little break, but as soon as I’m done I’ll make a project with an instrument track and make a screenshot. I am pretty sure it’s in the inspector (sidebar) though for the track, so try opening the different sections of the inspector. It’s not as obvious as clicking on “midi input” in reaper but it’s there.
I guess more folks would stay with iOS, if it only had a few more Audio Tracks - hint hint.
It's still June though..
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Yeah agreed. New Logic Pro has proven to be an iPad killer for me. Now I’m just curious if all my purchased AUV3 will work on the Apple Silicon Macs.
I am pretty sure it’s in the inspector (sidebar) though for the track, so try opening the different sections of the inspector. It’s not as obvious as clicking on “midi input” in reaper but it’s there.
I clicked through that stuff a million times thinking it must surely be in a track's sidebar. After googling, I found out that a track's MIDI input can only be done in unobvious ways. Here's one example. I can only assume the devs have specific design reasons for doing it this way because it's such an obvious functionality. If you find differently--particularly for a Drum Synth Kit or Drum Designer kit--'d be curious to know, but at this point, my needs are so narrow that Reaper is good enough. That only leaves my request that someone highlight other things Logic can do that Reaper can't in case I ever want to try Logic.
Logic has always been great. iPad remains an easy creative tool for me, just like hardware ... pop open AUM, load an instrument, make some music.... export stems to Logic.
I don’t know that there’s anything that logic can do that reaper can’t, but the included sound library, effects, and instruments is certainly a different world. And the logic drummer is such a good writing tool. However, you can use other things to do that if you are set on using reaper. I still love reaper, always will.
I’m almost finished with the mix, so I will check the midi input thing in logic for you.
Not being a DAW person, I don't have much preference. The rap on Logic does seem to be the sound library, which is something I might get to someday. But I don't need a writing tool these days, just a plugin mix-and-matcher for playing live percussion, and Reaper seems more streamlined for that in terms of screen usage and functionality that I actually use. On the irrational side, it's just that the look of Reaper's GUI always makes me lack a bit of confidence in it, but Logic's looks mature and integrated even if a little busy for my needs. The MIDI input difference imposes the decision on me.
I think you are correct, you can't select specific controllers easily. I was thinking of the channel select option, which is in the sidebar, so you can set different controllers to different channels but not select specific controllers. There probably is a way to do it in "the environment," but I have not checked the environment at all and don't plan to do so. My midi needs are generally super simple though, I mostly work with audio.