Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

I was running LP 6 on a dual 1G G4 for about a year and a half, 
then did the upgrade to 7 last November. The response of the 
program in general was similar to LP6, but I found things like 
Sculpture were taking up around a third of a processor, and 
Garritan Personal Orchestra was suddenly *very* flaky. 
Problems became bad enough that I decided I had to get a G5, 
despite being smack in the middle of a big project that I needed 
to get done quickly. The switch (to a dual 2.5 G5) took a total of 
about 6 hours, and LP7 has been running, for the most part, very 
reliably. I still get occasional crashes - mostly when trying to 
make some global change in a notation window, or when 
changing a preference in GPO, but on the whole things have 
gone very smoothly, and I was able to finish my project 3 days 
ahead of time. 

I'd say if you're planning to run any of the more processor-heavy 
instruments, effects, or 3rd-party plugs in L7, you'll want to 
upgrade to a G5. 

 - PH

> > > If you have G4, how does the performance of Logic 7 
compare to 6?
> >
> > 7 is slower.  I've found it not totally unworkable, though.  I've 
been
> > using it sort of tentatively.
> 
> As far as I can tell (on a G4/400) Logic 7 particularly takes a 
long time 
> responding to keypresses and clicks in the arrange window, 
but this delay 
> depends on the number of tracks you're using. Actually this 
delay is so 
> consistent (and seems so unnecessary) that it looks like a bug 
in the 
> eventhandler or something, instead of a real performance 
issue. (However, on 
> a G5 the delay is not noticeable). I haven't really noticed a 
performance 
> difference between 7 and 5 (I skipped 6) with regards to 
plugins etc, but I 
> haven't really carefully compared them.
> 
> Overall I find it usable on my humble G4 but slightly annoying 
on larger 
> projects. :o) A G5 is planned though, but mostly because I want 
to make much 
> more use of softsynths and the heavier effects than I did so far.
> 
> (A single Guitar Amp Pro instance without anything else going 
on, eats 1/3 of 
> my processor power, or 2/3 if I use the spring reverb on it). :o)
> 
> Maurits.