Logic 9 - eeeeew!

Looks like a toy..... glad I discovered Reaper when I did!

I've got to the age now where i make decisions based as much as possible on a companies ethics, customer service and overall "smart thinking" (in the google sense) and for me logic since the take over have done nothing for me personally, behind the facade is a very old program that has took a long time to get where it is and still lacks the features i need personally but thats not to say it does not rock for a lot of people and for my students on a budget and for a lot of people it works out well :)

we have logic 8 pro and i never use it. i would prolly look at it more with 9 though. nothing more "toyish" looking to me here than in 8 though..

don't care how it looks. found it difficult to get it to do anything though! - kind of creaky. I'm sure once you learn it it is fast and deep and all... but if '?' doesn't bring up an actions list then fugetaboutit.

As a long time Apple user and supporter, I do find that Logic isn't logical for me. It looks so damned attractive in terms of features, but every time I get near it it seems small, confined and cluttered looking, especially once I'd used Reaper. My friends make records with Logic, so it's obviously working for those who put the work in. I also blame some of this bias on my preference for intuitive GUIs. Reaper and DP were very easy to learn to a usable degree. But the more I use Reaper, the uglier even DP gets. Just a thought. (I also don't miss the Cockos plugins not looking like an ancient warship console)

I'm enjoying it very much... and Reaper 3 (until my license expires Aug 1) and Cubase 5. :) None of them are toys. They are all serious professional applications at various stages of development. Logic 9 (at least what I've seen so far into my current exploration) is a pretty good daw from what I can tell. The editing paradigm is a lot like Reapers (splitting everything) and the "action list" of key commands looks long ... still exploring.

Logic is a hell of a lot easier to learn and use than Reaper is.. and a hell of a lot more powerful as well. It's nice you all have your favourite DAW and all, but you're acting like a bunch of kids with all your stupid remarks. Reaper has got a lot to learn from applications like Cubase and Logic.

I moved over from Reaper to Logic 8 because the plugs were great. I don't like the audio editing but I find I work quicker in it, I don't need much, just reliable recording and decent effects, logic does that for me. Maybe one day Reaper will to. (for me this is dont go and all get above yourselves with my view) Thats why I still check back on Reaper to see how its doing. But they are correct on here when suggesting how these big boys still have the lead because they are powerful programs and Reaper is still clunky in places.

Plugs??? 

re routing: reaper lets you route any track to any track - audio, midi, some channels and not others, whatever. audio and midi can live together on a track. And tracks can have multiple channels - plugins can run in parallel etc. for me the kicker is the actions window. I can find and run just about any action from the keyboard. No need to remember where to find or how to invoke a command. And can build macros for frequently used combinations. For someone who has had RSI and can't mouse that much its a lifesaver. and R has the edge in terms of business philosophy. REAPER allows folks to write extensions: sws ReaConsole is a terrific tool for example - nothing like it in Logic that I could find... great value frequent updates this forum etc etc etc.