Logic vs Ableton

josh wickham · Post by **josh wickham** » Jan 24 2010 05:22 pm

Round 1.

I'm learning Logic Pro (just got jam packs, haven't installed them yet) and its starting to look like its a better program than Ableton.

Ray Fenn · Post by **Ray Fenn** » Jan 24 2010 08:03 pm

i've never used either of them, so dunno...do they do the same things? i always thought logic might do more, so wouldn't be good to compare them, but not sure....

Brian---H · Post by **Brian---H** » Jan 24 2010 09:01 pm

I've heard Logic is better but has a steeper learning curve.

AXiS · Post by **AXiS** » Jan 25 2010 08:51 am

Logic is an excellent program, I'd def rate it above Live. They aren't really marketed to do the same thing, though. Logic has a lot more audio recording and editing tools than Live. And the included software instruments and synths in Logic blow the ones included with Live away, imo. There's some really powerful softsynths, samplers, and drum sequencers in Logic.

Adam Singer · Post by **Adam Singer** » Feb 14 2010 05:37 am

Haven't used Logic, but Ableton is phenomenal - lightyears beyond Acid and Reason. It just feels more tweakable and it's so intuitive to use. I'm able to go from nothing to something I like fairly quickly, so I spend more time writing progressions vs. always trying to perfect sounds.

Ghost would agree

Double Y Chrome · Post by **Double Y Chrome** » Feb 14 2010 02:08 pm

Adam Singer wrote:Haven't used Logic, but Ableton is phenomenal - lightyears beyond Acid and Reason. It just feels more tweakable and it's so intuitive to use. I'm able to go from nothing to something I like fairly quickly, so I spend more time writing progressions vs. always trying to perfect sounds.

Ghost would agree

Hydra is such a lurker.

Adam Singer · Post by **Adam Singer** » Feb 14 2010 02:18 pm

Oh come on YY, my last post was in August 2008 - not that long ago...

josh wickham · Post by **josh wickham** » Feb 14 2010 04:15 pm

Hydra!!!!..........

Hows my hairy little jewbot doing?

Adam Singer · Post by **Adam Singer** » Feb 15 2010 11:23 pm

Cold, but good. I'll have to make the pilgrimage back to North Florida one of these days.

Post by **dandmantra** » Feb 16 2010 09:22 am

Nice to see ya Adam. Hope all is well with you sir.

josh wickham · Post by **josh wickham** » Feb 17 2010 02:34 am

Where you living now Hydra?

I got Ableton 8 up an running again so I've not been learning Logic. I still want to but my job is keeping me rather busy at the moment.

Double Y Chrome · Post by **Double Y Chrome** » Feb 17 2010 01:12 pm

josh wickham wrote:Where you living now Hydra?

I got Ableton 8 up an running again so I've not been learning Logic. I still want to but my job is keeping me rather busy at the moment.

Hydra lives with his parents in Miami

ßéñjåmmiñ · Post by **ßéñjåmmiñ** » Feb 21 2010 12:13 pm

Adam Singer wrote:Haven't used Logic, but Ableton is phenomenal - lightyears beyond Acid and Reason. It just feels more tweakable and it's so intuitive to use. I'm able to go from nothing to something I like fairly quickly, so I spend more time writing progressions vs. always trying to perfect sounds.

Ghost would agree

I will never understand why people compare Ableton to other programs... it is a PURPOSE built program that can do many SIMILAR tasks that other programs do... but I don't think there is such a thing as a replacement for Logic/Sonar/Cubase/Nuendo/ProTools...etc... those are all very well programmed and thought out sequencers that do their job as well as you know how to use them... same for Ableton, it's only as good as you are... Reason I think was also a very purpose built app that does what it was meant to do as well as any other... and depending on what you are doing, if you know what you're doing, you can do just about anything you want with any ONE of these programs...