logic 6 versus cubase SX

[interferron]

good ol' cubase vs logic discussion pops up in every production oriented forum at least four times a year .. after let's say about ten messages people usually begin using good arguments like "true, but then again your mom is a ****" and the standard reply to that goes "no no you got it all wrong, YOUR mom is a ****" :)

i prefer logic (audio platinum), having used it for years.. and one of the reasons:

Logic is geared slightly more towards a hardware setup, and SX slightly is more soft synth/plugin friendly.

...is my hardware oriented setup. logic's "environment" is truly something unique and a very flexible system once you learn to use it (may take a while). for those that don't know: you get to set up your production environment as objects like "roland jv-1080", "filter box", "audio channel 5" etc. all the MIDI is routed through this environment and you can do the "virtual cabling" as you wish. it includes functional helpers like sliders, transforming events as you like, arpeggiators. all this affects your whole logic environment so each window shows your equipment in the order and detail you want and need.

someone has built a fully functioning 16-step sequencer in the style of the TR-909 with logic's environment, which should tell us something about the systems flexibility and power :) i use it for programming things like MIDI-CC routing from my Oxygen8's knobs to control different audio channels at realtime for the dubmix-style, and more interesting tricks like launching sysex-messages from MIDI-notes to change an external FM-synth's operator algorithms on the fly etc..

all very interesting, yes i'm getting excited now... ;)

You WILL have a steep learning curve learning Logic, if that's the way you go.

yeah not the easiest of systems to learn.. after using it for years i bought a book about it which i found very useful (i can check the name if anyone's interested). learned a lot of small tricks and about the process which the writer was using himself. if anyone would start using logic now, i'd definitely recommend buying a good book, a weeks supply of food, drink and good shit to smoke, turn off your phone and take a week's intensive course in it. it'll be worth it.