Or you could just stick with a Mac because they work fine and you
don't need to upgrade hardware How about Deck? If you like Peak so
much it's basically what you're looking for it sounds and it's pretty
reasonably priced. Depending on what you're looking for. I don't know
what all your needs are. I like logic fine. Especially logic 6. It's a
lot cleaner than it ever was. 7 is coming and i hear that one is going
to be killer. Logic has always had the whole "we're a midi program but
we're tacking digital audio on" feel. It's becoming less so lately.
VS. Protools which quite the opposite. "We're an audio program but we
do midi check us out." Personally I like to just do my midi in Logic
and then either export the midi out and import it into protools or
just record the midi and bring it up as an audio track in protools.
Seems to work great for me. There is no law that read "Thou must be
loyal to only one DAW Application" If you like Logic for MIDI use it.
Check out Protools. I've been using it since version 3. It's kind of
pricey and you have to use their hardware but I've never had a problem
with it other than the price. It's just stupid easy. Other programs
look nice and do all the same features but stability? as clean as
protools? I dunno. Why mess with a good thing.

YMMV

garrett

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"stef" wrote in message
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Hello,
I've been using Logic for a little while now, working mostly with Midi
and virtual instruments such as the sampler EXS. But I'm working less
with midi and more with audio these days. And I'm a bit ennoyed by the
audio editor of Logic. It's often stopping me while playing/creating.
I find PEAK so convenient, quick to cut, paste, replace (...) without
any calculation time... So I would like to find something like Peak
but multitracks, some Midi and virtual Sampler would be a plus
What about Pro-Tools, Digital Performer...? It takes some time to try
them all so I would appreciate some advices. Thank you for any help.
Stephane

Best advice: lose the Mac.
Dollar for Dollar the PC is absolutely crushing the Mac in DAW applications.
Once you jump to the PC you have many choices for DAW applications, such as
SONAR 3, Cubase SX, Nuendo, Traktion, Acid, Vegas, etc.....

5

Best advice: lose the Mac.
Dollar for Dollar the PC is absolutely crushing the Mac in DAW applications.
Once you jump to the PC you have many choices for DAW applications, such as
SONAR 3, Cubase SX, Nuendo, Traktion, Acid, Vegas, etc.....

5

Let's not start another PC versus Mac war.

Truth be told, each has its benefits and drawbacks. And a lot that has
to do with the software running on those machines (we run both Windows
and Mac DAWs). And, with the 3rd party DSP cards out there (Protools
farm cards, UAD-1, etc.) plugin processing power becomes a bit less of
an issue. Also, most of the major DAW programs can be had on each
platform (and that is a great advantage for those DAWs).

That being said, as a person who has lived with each of the major
DAWs, I suggest giving Nuendo and Protools a whirl (and, both are
available on both platforms).

Protools, simply because it is such a widely used program that your
experience will carry from studio to studio (and lots of projects are
handed to you in Protools format). One of the big plus-es for Protools
is number the high-end TDM plugins that exist in no other format.

Nuendo, because IMHO, it is the setup that more closely reflects a
really good mixer. Also, it happens to be more intuitive, faster to
record/mix on and less problematic than all we have bought (including
Logic, Protools, DP).

But, after all is said and done, the DAW that YOU find best will be
the one that fits best for the way in which you like to work (budget
and availability factors aside). There is no use in buying the newest
ACME DAW (just because Joe Pro recommended it) while you find the
program totally counter-intuitive.

Hassan Davis
Lisa Lopes Studios
Atlanta

well I just checked DECK before I got any answer. It works with
PEAK which is a good point for me since I like its editing features.
Does anyone knows if there´s a way to add a little VST Sampler or the
VST Instruments I already have?
I tried to drag them in Deck's VST folder but they don't appear. I saw
some Midi functions but I don´t know if it´s possible to plug a kboard
and play with virtual instruments with this program...

About Pro-tools and Cubase, they are both softwares I used a couple of
years ago, and then I chose Logic and forget about them, but they have
pbbly improved a lot since then. So I´ll spend another day trying them
again, even if Deck looks like the "immediate soft" I was looking for
(by this I mean that I don´t get lost playing around in the software
instead of playing music and giving shape to my ideas...

Thanx!!!

Stéphane