Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Thanks for the thorough explanation Dennis. But...I don't think I would ever 
try to monitor off a round trip - preferring a line off of the input direct to 
the headphones before hitting the computer at all - a cheap and easy way to 
get zero latency. As for trying to double track a second guitar part to the 
pre-recorded first part, I am not sure to what extent delay compensation will 
compensate for both A/D and D/A... but I don't worry. I just cut the start off 
most audio files anyway to get them in line.

More generally, the situation you're talking about has been the apple story 
all along. The windows world has always been a more free-wheeling wild west - 
whereas Apple has maintained stronger control over developers in many ways, 
including the user interface. (In fact, thats why its so strange that Logic 7 
doesn't seem to use the same buttons and has the gray backgrounds which is not 
common.)   Maybe those extra buffers make the system more stable (in theory ... 
because I have driver problems all the time with m-audio).

The one part of that scenario that doesn't fit, is that Apple makes computer 
"for the rest of us" but they also push their high end systems as alternatives 
to graphics workstations and (I imagine) Protool rigs. Who is going to spend 
$3k on a CPU, $3k on a monitor, and $1k+ on ram, hard drives, audio boards, 
etc.... $7k system without the software...thats not aunt marie's email system.