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--- In logic-ot@y..., "Eric Baird" <eric_baird@c...> wrote:
> Hi Dave! 
>    As someone who's moved from logic to SX, were there any 
immediate 
> weak points that jumped out at you that might affect others 
> crossgrading to SX?
> 
> I figure that if I do eventually move my copy of logic to a mac 
next 
> year, I'll still want some sort of PC workstation program to run in 
> parallel via mLAN to run on my existing fast PC(s) to take load off 
> the mac, and since emagic no longer sell Winlogic, this would 
> presumably have to be the Steinberg product.
> 
> OTOH, if I /do/ keep the thing running under Windows, I'll probably 
> want to commit to a platform that the software house consider to be 
> current, which again sounds like getting Steinberg SX and keeping 
> logic on another PC (or my laptop) just to run the emagic 
> softinstruments.
> 
> So either way, migrate-to-mac or not, comparative info on SX would 
be 
> appreciated.
> 
> 
> --- In logic-ot@y..., "daveporter32043" <porterpe@m...> wrote:
> > I am one of the MANY, MANY PC Logic users who have switched 
> > to Cubase SX. Cubase SX is a very capable DAW program. Once 
> > I took the time to really get to know Cubase SX, I began to 
> > really like it. Now, even if EmApple announced that they 
> > were going to support the PC after-all, I would never switch 
> > back.


Eric,

I have found nothing that I could call a "weak point" to report to 
you. However, having said that, there are a number of differences 
between Logic and Cubase SX. As with most things in life, sometimes 
you have to give up something to get something. There is 
no "environment" to tweak in Cubase SX as there is in Logic. Also, 
the way software instruments are loaded in Cubase SX is different and 
not quite as convenient as in Logic.

Now with Cubase SX, Rewire 1 and 2 work great (and as you most likely 
know, Logic does not support Rewire 2 at all). Multiple outputs for 
VST instruments are much easier to use in Cubase SX then in Logic. 
Also, VST works great in Cubase SX and not very well in Logic in many 
cases. Cubase SX is also much easier to use...I just loaded it up and 
went to work without our ever reading the manual (or event he getting 
started guide).

As I said earlier, I believe that Cubase SX is a much better DAW then 
Logic now that I have taken the time to understand how it works.

With EMapple announcing that VST would not be supported in Logic for 
OSX, I can't believe that anyone would even consider switching from 
the Logic PC to Logic Mac. Also, the cost of Macs is so much greater 
then for an equivalent PC I didn't even consider the switch. I guess 
I'm not the only one that feels this way, from what I understand very 
few PC users took Apple up on its "Switch and Save" offer (in fact 
Apple has extended the offer for another month, IMHO because of the 
low rate of acceptance of the offer).

Best of luck.

Dave