Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

On Dec 26, 2004, at 4:15 AM, GAmoore@... wrote:

> I have fairly decent results bouncing down in Logic - albeit the 
> occasional click or silent track. Some people say that you get a 
> better mix by going through a mixer. Gareth Jones (who produced for 
> Depeche Mode) said that he uses a RME as a summing buss, but there are 
> dedicated units like the one by Dangerous. In fact, there were some 
> raging discussions on the LUG about whethere the sound is different if 
> added digitally or via an analog device. I don't know the answer 
> myself. It would seem like a "poor man"'s summing bus to route through 
> a Mackie back in to a separate audio track, and then mix this track in 
> with the rest (after time correcting) - and maybe doing some A/B tests 
> by burning separate tracks to audio and seeing if you can hear a 
> difference. I have also read of people playing their mixes through 
> speakers, and micing them and recording that back to the original 
> project.
>
Hey everyone.
thanks for the abundance of thinking here.

I've just made the switch to Logic 7 and the reason why this question 
came up is my Waves Native Power Pack including the L1 doesn't work 
now.  And since it'll be a paid upgrade when it does come, wondering if 
I should explore other options.  The whole issue of summing is 
interesting and I'm wondering if I would be able to hear the difference 
on something like the RME or the slew of others that have come out.

Also having the ability to just route everything through the mixer 
without having to digitize certain tracks (MIDI) would be accelerated 
workflow.

Here's my setup:
I'm on a dual G4 (upgraded) 1.2 Gigahertz with 1.3gig RAM
LogicPro7
Atmosphere
Trilogy
Stylus Classic
Absynth2
Vienna Symphonic Library and a bunch of others living on separate 
firewire disks
Logic Control
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Lexicon MPX500
Roland XV5080
Unitor 8
Motu 2408 MKII
Roland DS-90 monitors
Mackie 1202



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