Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Get a dual. Hands down faster.
Maybe not as indicated by the benchmark tests,
but personal experience with logic and music apps as my
only apps running on my dual g4 1000MHz w 1.5Gb of memory, the way logic uses the dual
processors makes for really astounding results. I am running
Logic 6 pro ver 6.4.1 on OSX ver 10.2.8 with no problems of any kind
can do lots of tracks and audioinstruments without problems
never have to restart as a matter of fact I have mine on a UPS
and never shut it off I just put it to sleep.
I run as many as 4-5 plugins on 40+ tracks to 8 stereo buses
with 2-4 plugs on each bus as well. I won't upgrade to Logic 7 for several basic reasons.
EMagic did not write ver 7 Apple did. Without any track record of
releasing bulletproof software I won't risk my livelihood and that of my employees
or the creative genius of any of my clients or our in house creative staff
on at the very best a novice attempt at professional recording software.
Companies like Apple and Microsoft and many others in the software business
for that matter have demonstrated an inability to
release "mission critical" software. They rely on an attitude of "who cares we'll fix
that bug in the next release". The results of which is what I have been reading here.
Many on this list are completely furious and bewildered by version 7 and it's 
obviously flaky operation. Remember that apple may have no real motivation
to make ver 7 work correctly on a G4 anyway. They made the G5 and if 
Logic 7 only runs well on that....well their solution would be "buy a G5".

Howard
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It really surprised me that the iMac was faster


I find that hard to believe. And I wonder if they just ran one test on each machine and if some background processes might have been going on (there are a lot of those in X), or if they ran the same test multiple times, or different tests then took an average. I think a single test can always give screwy results. Just look at itunes when its ripping a CD to MP3... it can vary from 5 to 14x on the same CPU.

>This should be very helpful for me to eventually decide on the iMac or Dual

CPU 1.8 PowerMac.



It would have been more interesting for us if they ran logic - with a lot of tracks and a lot of virtual instruments.

I seem to recall something from a few years ago when the dual processors came out - that the midi timing is far superior on the dual processor since one was dedicated to audio only. I hope that the other processor is not just doing mundane tasks. If so, Apple could offer a dual G5 & G4 for less money where the G5 does the heavy lifting and the the G4 does the screen redraws and midi.



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