Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Traditionally, PT has been something of a standard for digital recording studios, while Live has bee a looper/techno tool. Logic was mainly been a tool for composing and recording in my view. So they have different audiences or users. 

Yes, we would all like more frequent updates, but perhaps its better to have them thoroughly tested and the bugs worked out first.

Almost no company advertises that their product doesn't crash. But Logic has been pretty stable for me for the past few years - which was not always the case.


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Ok, I hear what you're saying but as far as I remember, Word 2004 did auto-update itself 
on a semi-regular basis.
Bug-fixes can be necessary and are kind of important to me... If nothing else, it gives a 
user some sense that the programmers are on top of real-world issues that can hamper 
the functionality of the program. 
I too use Word 2004 and was receiving auto-updates regularly the first few years I had it.

Since becoming a Logic user, I can count on one hand the number of times there was a 
Pro update that included Logic among its fixes. (Granted I started using Logic in 2005.)
Is Logic so steady that it does not need ANY upgrades or fixes? Hardly. 
Just read these forums to hear of the duplicatable problems that have plagued the 
program for years.

I do not think my being concerned with the way Apple treats their Logic customers is 
wrong.
If the program is as rock-steady as you claim then Apple would be touting that in ads or 
at trade-shows. If Logic were really that buttoned-up, Apple would at least be luring 
droves of customers from Pro-Tools or Live. 
Sadly, it's not.

I really don't quite understand this die-hard defensive posturing about Logic being above 
updates and Apple support... Wouldn't your workflow improve if Apple actually addressed 
issues that everyone complained about? Wouldn't it be helpful if Apple actually had some 
sort of dialog with their customers? I mean, to me a Pro Application means there's pro-
support. ANY kind of support. That's what usually separates consumer programs from the 
pro ones...

So, I guess we will just have to wait for the ivory towers of Apple to grant us the next 
version of Logic... When will that be again? 2010? 2011? 2015?
As much as I'd love to wait around for that, I don't know if I can afford to.
I want a program that grows with technology its users. 

Please Apple, don't shut us out...

charlie

--- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, GAmoore@... wrote:
>
> I just got Microsoft Office 2008. I think the version I was using was MS 
> Office 2004. So despite being a big important company, MS Office does not get 
> updates every three months - more like three years. Logic is pretty well developed 
> already, and pretty stable. I think most people are spending their time 
> getting things done and producing music, rather than wait for some minor new 
> feature or miniscule bug fix.
> 








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