Logic?

Slowly but oh so slowly, I am getting up to speed with the new Mac and software. Logic is my main focus at the moment.

I will never understand why Logic has never spawned a dedicated drum editor. Instead you have the 'hyper editor' and Ultrabeat (its step sequencer). Die hard Notator/Logic fans will doubtless tsk at this point but the lack of a dedicated drum editor in Notator was what turned me into a Cubase fan back in my Atari days. Well I have to get on with it. Hyper editing I will a go-go.

Presumably there is some kind of Germanic logic to the lack of a dedicated drum editor... and for the existence of one.

Logic is undoubtedly a powerful tool but logical it ain't. As with all programs of this level of complexity it has it's own 'special' operating paradigm. Unfortunately in that respect it seems very un-Apple.

I have made a start. Sonically it seems more harsh than Live... I really need to understand which plugins will give me the sound I prefer. I am wondering what amongst the plugins, will 'warm' the sound.

What is becoming quite clear is that I will have to spend a fair bit of time up front getting things set up the way I like it. Not just Logic, but also Reason and other software such as Stylus RMX (more on that at a later time).

First up I want to be certain/confident that I can produce a good drum sound when I need to. I have the means, I just need to learn how on the new box.

I have been rather busy of late and as a consequence haven't spent all that much time on the software. Annoying really. So the Mac remains really quite thoroughly untested.