Customer Reviews and Ratings

I've used this software since the Notator Logic days on the Atari. It was mind-blowing then and it continues to impress. Nothing is a comprehensive or powerful. Get it.

22 of 22 people found this useful

Don't be a skeptic, m-kay! Well, I've used this software extensively now, and I must say it is one of the DAW's that is ranking the highest of all DAW's I've ever used. Fantastic user interface and usability. I do however enjoy ProTools interface quite well and the fluid flow that comes with pt software. Logic, however, have outdone themselves with the amount of plug-ins and loops. No one comes close to the amount of options in Logic. Thank you Apple!

21 of 22 people found this useful

Been using Logic for years. Always the application preferred over the others. There are a few very minor shortcomings which need not be mentioned here, but for its intuitive and core abilities this program is absolutely rock solid. Have never, ever had a crash! That says volumes if you've ever had one (a crash) with one of those applications which are primarily written for the clunky operating system they call Windows, and then massaged to work on a Mac. Don't like that idea. Logic was initially written for the Mac and is strictly for the Mac. No confusion about it.

That said, I wanted only to extol those virtues of Logic, that it does exactly with art and grace what it's supposed to do, and, just happens to include (even if you don't have use for all of them), a fabulous array of instruments, tools, loops and effects. A very complete, hardworking and professional digital audio application. By the way, for those who don't know it, Garage Band is Son of Logic, and not the other way around.

16 of 20 people found this useful

Right now, there are two main missing features, which make the workflow pretty difficult under Logic 9:
1. The ability to change the gain of an audio event on the arrangement, without automation or process (just by dragging down a line - as in Cubase)
2. VariAudio-like feature - It's a shame that Logic doesn't have this engine! Why we should use Melodyne for such a basic feature? give us the ability to correct pitch as midi notes please!

By adding these features Logic can be perfect.
BTW I hope you'll include some virtual guitar, bass, piano and drums as you did on Garageband for iPhone and iPad, but more professionally (more playing samples and variations), on the next version of Logic.
Since Steinberg discontinued their Virtual Guitarist and Virtual Bassist series, there is a serious lack of rhythm guitar virtual instruments in the market. Apple - take care of us musicians - we are very loyal customers!

Waiting for Logic 10! (no serious update since 2009, come on!)

21 of 23 people found this useful

I've been using logic for the past 3 years and can't get enough of it.....it's still as fresh and fun to use today as it was the first day I fired it up......and I'm still figuring things out on it that I didn't notice before....I perform as a single act and put all my backing tracks together on logic......I gotta say.....I'm loving the loops and virtual instruments......I always tell everybody.....you buy the studio and you get the musicians with it......I bought my macbook 3 years ago just for the pupose of running logic.....the thing I've noticed most about mac and logic is the ease of use and the dedication to details

19 of 23 people found this useful

Gives DP a run for its money.

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If logic's notation could write tabs for a 6 string midi guitar (or even just smartly translate it's piano roll), that would very useful to me. If it could slave to the midi clock of outboard sequencers, that would be very useful to me.

As far as I know neither of these things work like they could. For notation, it really is surprising how virtually NOTHING in the digital world can track and print tabs without eons of editing improper note placement.

35 of 57 people found this useful

I use Logic Studio a lot and I cannot help but feel the program is overly clunky - the interface needs to be streamlined - it takes multiple clicks to get even the simplest of tasks accomplished.

Another jibe I have is that the virtual instruments and effects that come with Logic are mediocre and sound out-dated:

The EXS, ES2 and Ultrabeat have graphical interfaces that look like they were designed in the mid-90s and sound very thin and microphonic.

The Amp Designer is an especially weak effect and sounds nothing like a real guitar amp, all the amps are very brittle and digital sounding. Instead of poorly modelling 20 amps, they should have modelling 4 amps really well - quality over quantity please.

I hope they can improve Logic in the next update.

35 of 44 people found this useful

i was working before on Adobe Audition ( Cool Edit ) then i try to shift to Pro Tools , but i found that there is no easier , smooth , and powerful like logic studio 9 since it provide you with a huge library of loops to help you start kicking your projects , its awwwwwwwwwwwsom

26 of 28 people found this useful