klinic
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I finally worked out why people say writing in Logic is awesome. I actually quite like the midi editor in Pro Tools, but the instruments REALLY blow away Pro Tools. I just select a bass instrument tweak it a bit and BAM it sounds awesome. I'm using EZ drummer, but I find the included drums to sound pretty reasonable too.
I really like Pro Tools too tough, it just seems to make more sense when tracking a real instrument and editing things. In Logic I seem to have to set the functions of left click and command + left click and then I can only switch between those two and have to go back to the drop down menu to choose a new function. Whereas Pro Tools is all context sensitive depending on where I position the pointer and it honestly seems magical a lot. Cross-fades and fades, clip gain even transposing audio files and midi is SO much easier on Pro Tools. The shortcuts seem so much more logical (Hah! shouldn't it be the other way around) and window management makes so much more sense.
The instruments are just awful though, and it's not really in my budget to go and buy a whole host of instrument plugins for Pro Tools, I also don't really want a whole bunch of flexibility when I'm writing something, I just want to slap on the plugin and go.
I could write in Logic, bounce individual audio files to disk and then import them in Pro Tools to track guitars/vocals etc. but that's pretty annoying and I think I like the sound of Logics reverbs delays and general plugins better anyway.
Is there a cheap/free way to get plugins and instruments like Logics into Pro Tools, or a way to get Logic to act more like Pro Tools?
Or do you disagree with me and like one or the other for the opposite reasons? A bunch of thoughts would be cool. Cheers!
Edit: So, apparently Logic does have a similar function, only it doesn't work if I have more than one take. Huh. I don't recall running into that in Pro Tools
Edit 2: No, I can't have. I'm pretty sure I only used fades to ensure smooth transitions within comps! What's the point if I can't do that in Logic?
Edit 2: I got access to my Pro Tools rig. Can confirm that I can crossfade my comps and even do fades on individual takes without having to flatten them first. Why can't logic do this? Also confirmed that the plug ins really sound like ass. Made it sound a bit better by running Xpand through Sansamp as if expand was a D.I. bass signal and not an amped signal which I think might by the intention. Still doesn't sound as good as Logic (which does the same thing actually, but it does it by default) Reverb sounds pretty lacking too actually.
Also, I always thought I liked the routing options more in Pro Tools, but I have to route to a bus and then route that bus back to an auxiliary input to put effects on it? In Logic I just put my reverbs and delays ON that bus. :/
I really like Pro Tools too tough, it just seems to make more sense when tracking a real instrument and editing things. In Logic I seem to have to set the functions of left click and command + left click and then I can only switch between those two and have to go back to the drop down menu to choose a new function. Whereas Pro Tools is all context sensitive depending on where I position the pointer and it honestly seems magical a lot. Cross-fades and fades, clip gain even transposing audio files and midi is SO much easier on Pro Tools. The shortcuts seem so much more logical (Hah! shouldn't it be the other way around) and window management makes so much more sense.
The instruments are just awful though, and it's not really in my budget to go and buy a whole host of instrument plugins for Pro Tools, I also don't really want a whole bunch of flexibility when I'm writing something, I just want to slap on the plugin and go.
I could write in Logic, bounce individual audio files to disk and then import them in Pro Tools to track guitars/vocals etc. but that's pretty annoying and I think I like the sound of Logics reverbs delays and general plugins better anyway.
Is there a cheap/free way to get plugins and instruments like Logics into Pro Tools, or a way to get Logic to act more like Pro Tools?
Or do you disagree with me and like one or the other for the opposite reasons? A bunch of thoughts would be cool. Cheers!
Edit: So, apparently Logic does have a similar function, only it doesn't work if I have more than one take. Huh. I don't recall running into that in Pro Tools
Edit 2: No, I can't have. I'm pretty sure I only used fades to ensure smooth transitions within comps! What's the point if I can't do that in Logic?
Edit 2: I got access to my Pro Tools rig. Can confirm that I can crossfade my comps and even do fades on individual takes without having to flatten them first. Why can't logic do this? Also confirmed that the plug ins really sound like ass. Made it sound a bit better by running Xpand through Sansamp as if expand was a D.I. bass signal and not an amped signal which I think might by the intention. Still doesn't sound as good as Logic (which does the same thing actually, but it does it by default) Reverb sounds pretty lacking too actually.
Also, I always thought I liked the routing options more in Pro Tools, but I have to route to a bus and then route that bus back to an auxiliary input to put effects on it? In Logic I just put my reverbs and delays ON that bus. :/