I think if you take Logic Pro, an Apple Mac Pro with 8 cores, max out the RAM, and buy a decent quality interface you'll have a system that's every bit as powerful as the Pro Tools HD setups, if not even more so. I still love 'em but will never purchase anything from M Audio now. Before Digidesign purchased M Audio I bought some BX-8 monitors. Pro Tools is the big name so therefore I avoid it. They hear about it being in the "big studios" and want it used on their recordings. Pro Tools is just a name and unfortunately the general public (primarily those who don't have home studios) has no clue and usually want to go to studios that only have Pro Tools. I can't imagine there would ever be something it couldn't do for me. From my experience I just didn't like it. I haven't tried out the new version and really don't want to. I didn't think it was anything special, but that was years ago.
CPU and RAM Both pieces of software are particularly intensive on computer usage with Logic requiring 8GB of RAM to run and a minimum of 6GB disk space for minimum installation. Logic Pro is popular among modern musicians.
And I tried it on my computer back when you could still get the free download version. Primary differences between Logic Pro and Pro Tools: Logic Pro is only available on Mac. It was the LE version and an M Audio interface. Did you use exactly the same hardware (mics, preamps, etc) for both recordings? If not, do you think that maybe hardware differences can account for some of the difference in sound quality you observed?Ī friend of mine had Pro Tools on his computer. It's a genuine question - I use L9 - Not PT. So this begs the question, why then is PTHD the primary mainstay in the pro-audio world? I remember back when I worked at Universal Studios going to look at the dubbing stages and the recording studios on the lot and chatting with all of the engineers and folks and ALL of those were PTHD systems. Someone linked to an article on the Digi forums where some dude bounced the same project out of LE, HD and L8 and asked people to pick what was what from the 3 and a lot of folks picked the L8 version as the HD recording. Posting that on a Logic forum I suspect will not elicit any dissent. Anyone out there reading this who has pro tools, I heard it with my own ears, Logic is catagorically superior to pro tools. Logic sounds so superior to pro tools that it has convinced me to make the switch. I will never use pro tools again unless I have to and neither will the engineer with whom I did the tests. I have seen people arguing about things with logic and protools but its never the sound that they argue about, they are always arguing about practicalities. we played and recorded the same files through both systems and the poor quality of pro tools is not subtle, it is blatently obvious. The sound of pro tools is horrendous compared to logic, its narrow and clanky. It pains me to say but I have to admit that Logic is massivly superior in sound quality. I feel compelled to write on this forum because I recently did some tests with logic and pro tools.
i have always used pro tools and I never considered using anything else as my main software. As a composer, I WOULD definately take the MOTU, LOGIC, or CUBASE host of programs over the Pro Tools system.I am a pro tools user for twenty years and I have flirted with logic on ocasions. I simply use it for interchange with other studios and with MAC based studios in NY - it makes it easier. As as audio tool, it's limited to 32 tracks at playback and 16 buses for extra stuff - typically enough, but you never know. The point is for about $1200, you'd GET the hardware AND software - I don't know what Logic Platinum costs now, it used to be in the $600 range, but you'll have to get decent hardware - perhaps the MOTU line, as you mentioned.Īs software, I use Pro Tools for AUDIO ONLY - as many here have eluded to - it's MIDI is basically useless (it's something like cakewalk 2.0 from the early 90s). The ProTools LEplug-insbundled with digi 002 are nothing special nor is the hardware (8 analog i/os and 8 ADAT i/o, SPDIF i/o) - but it's functional. I invested in the PTLE (Digirack 002) and, quite honestly, was not that thrilled with it. As I'm on a Wintel machine, it's no longer really an option (though I still have my copy and use it from time to time).
L= 90 screensets HD3= 2 windows whose position is rememberedįor what it's worth - I used logic for almost a decade, and got to really love that program. L=AU and VST (converted) HD3: Pro Tools and soon VST (converted) L=1:1 HD3= IMO (that's personal) bad sound plugin processing at 56 bit with 24 bit truncation or dithering at every plugin instance L=32 bit floating point in the whole audio flow Instrument tracks with no need to have Midi/AUX/Audio tracks separately L=15 per tracks unlimited CPU with freeze