Reviews for Logic Studio

It looks cool with all the effects and so on but after really working with it I hate myself I have not got something really proffesional. E.g. wave editing is horrible. The graphic reproduction is bad, you never get this nice thin line to cut, it always goes back out of zoom when switching windows and zooming in is bulky as all the rest of the operations. Everything is so miniature you can't even see it. I fight the software more then I work with it. It is a real nightmare for me. As the whole Apple/Mac experience actually.

I would love to give it a 5star rating but i can't because the lack of updates and also we've been waiting too long now for an upgraded version of this product .

I have been producing music on logic since before Apple acquired it from the previous developer.

I purchased Logic Pro 7 from Apple for $1000, and i have since spent another $500+ in "upgrades" to get to the current format of logic Pro 9. Shortly after my reluctant upgrade from 8 to 9, Apple released a promotional price of $300 for the entire program. That is just a little more than I paid to upgrade. Still no discount for upgrades though. In short loyal long time customers have now paid over $1,500.00 to get a $300 program. A slight kick in the pants for its Pro oriented customers. As a pro user you can add 7 computers, 4 iphones, 3 ipads and some ipods to that shopping cart as well.

In that time I have watched Apple drop Key production features out of Logic in order to make room for programming codes that dumb down the DAW interface and create undesired glitches within the frame of what was an excellent platform from Emagic.

Now that Mac has solidified its abandonment of the professional grade market by dropping the mac pro and pretty much all R&D for Logic as well, I find myself more and more disappointed with logics performance. Another product that has let go of functionality for aesthetics.

I have, in fact, spent well over 40 hours reverting and reformatting my system back to Snow Leopard (very difficult as Mac firmware no longer supports reverse compatibility) but also reverting logic to a version of LP9 that is stable within that operating system. I had to do this as there is no version of LP9 that works properly in any operating system after SL.

OS 10.6.8 + Logic 9.1.6/7 is the most stable combo that will run on intel based Mac. Trust me.. I tried the rest. I would prefer to go back to logic pro 7 but once again No reverse compatibility.

Hopefully the 2software developers... Yes two... still working on logic will at least make it stable again so we can finish our mixes and move to another software manufacturer.

Sorry Mac but after years of total loyalty you left me and the Professional market out in the cold.

One of the most comprehensive and intuitive DAWs on the market.

Good stuff

I love using logic. Its simple and easy to learn and has very decent instruments in the library. And very nice effects, plug ins, ect.

We used to be a [big name DAW] university (30k enrollment). It took me about 40 minutes with Logic before I started a memo advising we switch. Now the entire music dep. and campus library is Logic (hundreds of stations). A handful of faculty and students resisted, but five years later even they are all hard core Logic users. Reasons: we can use any hardware, it's an Apple product, it really is better than [big name DAW], the physically modeled instruments, the reverbs (Space Designer), the comping feature, non-real-time bounce, and the Apple interface. It was designed by musicians. I also use it to record the Utah Symphony. They love the sound.

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.

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!

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.