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Logic Pro X

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What is Logic Pro X?

Apple offers Logic Pro X, an audio editing application.

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Professional yet Easy-to-Use

Incentivized
David CalvertView profile
Pastor for Creative Arts at Grace Community Church (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Logic Pro X to record and mix re-arranged songs for congregational worship, and we have used it to prepare demo recordings for rehearsal purposes of existing songs for worship. Volunteers have been able to use the program as well as fully-trained audio engineers, allowing it to be useful for a wide range of folks in our church. We have also used Logic Pro X to edit weekly sermons for posting to our podcast, and to record or edit other podcast content.

Pros

  • Recording audio
  • Mixing audio
  • Mastering audio
  • Handling multiple inputs
  • Serving as a DAW
  • Mixing livestream content

Cons

  • Onboarding for new users
  • plug-in availability
  • interaction with more digital consoles

Most Important Features

  • Ease of use
  • Robust gain control
  • Flexibility as a DAW

Return on Investment

  • We've been able to record and release high-quality audio to streaming
  • It has made our mixes more consistent, with templates established for our band and volunteer teams
  • It is available on multiple computers in our church, so folks can record or mix from multiple places and share files seamlessly between workstations

Alternatives Considered

GarageBand

Other Software Used

GarageBand, Planning Center, Canva

Amazing Features for the Money

Incentivized
Matt Eddy
Creative Director in Marketing at The Buzz Lab (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • Incredible breadth of features... it feels like there's literally nothing the program can't do
  • Time stretching... amazing features to change tempo and length with adding sonic weirdness of pitch changes
  • Vast library of virtual instruments and effects included in purchase

Cons

  • File management for underlying resources (samples, etc.) is complex

Most Important Features

  • Importing and exporting different sound/music formats
  • Easy, powerful sound editing and mixing
  • Lots of virtual instruments and effects to create simple soundtrack music

Return on Investment

  • Powerful sound tools, centralized in one place for relatively very little money (when we purchased it, it was $200/user for a perpetual license)
  • Simplified workflow, since we handle all our sound needs in one place
  • We used to do our sound editing and mixing in Adobe Premiere, right along with the video. Moving sound production to FPX has DRAMATICALLY improved the quality of our soundtracks.

Alternatives Considered

Avid Pro Tools

Other Software Used

Adobe Premiere Pro, SketchUp, Ziflow

Podcast Editing with Logic

Incentivized
Beth Loeb DaviesView profile
Host at Career Curves (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • Stable and reliable--never worry that we'll lose content.
  • UI is uncluttered
  • Was easy to transition from GarageBand to Logic Pro X

Cons

  • Logic Pro X is designed for music editing, so the help documents and videos don't often address my needs--would love tutorials for podcasts
  • It's designed for someone with more technical expertise than I have, so it can be overwhelming at times
  • Would like to color code segments more easily

Return on Investment

  • Allows me to produce podcast episodes at a professional quality level
  • Far superior to free DAW solutions

Alternatives Considered

GarageBand and Descript

An excellent all-purpose DAW for music and podcasting.

Incentivized
Verified User
Strategist in Social Media (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Logic Pro X to produce background tracks for YouTube videos, both in shoe reviews and longer story-driven content. The videos are produced with Adobe Premiere, and then the soundtrack is finished in Logic.

Pros

  • Simple, intuitive user interface.
  • Wide range of compatible third-party plugins.
  • Excellent built-in VSTs.

Cons

  • Could use an Abelton-like synth/effect rack with a quick view.
  • Some built-in plugins are old and need a refresh.
  • Frequent crashes.

Most Important Features

  • Live instrument recording.
  • High-quality built-in plugins.
  • Compatibility with other Apple devices.

Return on Investment

  • More views on YouTube videos.
  • Increased quality of story-driven videos.
  • Saved time producing and recording podcast episodes.

Alternatives Considered

Avid Pro Tools and Propellerhead Reason

Sweet Spot for Affordable High End DAW on Mac OS X

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Jonah DempcyView profile
Web & Mobile Developer in Engineering at Bluefire Productions (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • Interface - I find the Logic Pro X user interface intuitive and easy to use.
  • Mixing - The mixer bay of Logic Pro X is excellent and allows you to see at an instant what levels everything is playing at. I much prefer it to some of its competitors who make it difficult to see the whole mixer all at once. Logic Pro X emulates analog mixing and does as great job at it.
  • Soft-Synth and MIDI Sequencing - I love the MIDI sequencer in Logic Pro X. I've struggled with a number of "piano roll" features, or step sequencers, but Logic Pro X has an intuitive and straightforward way of recording and sequencing MIDI notes that works quite well for me.

Cons

  • PC Support - Logic Pro X is Mac-only and that prevents me from using it in conjunction with PC software.
  • Window Configuration - Sometimes I get overwhelmed by the different windows and wish it were easier to navigate. There are screensets that you can toggle between, which is a step in the right direction, but I can't help but feel some of the UI is unnecessarily cluttered.
  • Automation - There is a long-standing bug where you have to start playback where an envelope begins, in certain cases, for the automation to work. If you start in the middle, the automated plugin will have the wrong value.

Return on Investment

  • Positive - Quickly put together music beds for various materials (instructional videos, product demos, etc).
  • Positive - Record, arrange, sequence and finalize tracks on the fly on a MacBook Pro laptop.
  • Positive - Not a CPU hog. Works well on older machines.
  • Negative - Learning curve could be a little easier in places, particularly some of the window management.

Alternatives Considered

Ableton Live, ACID Pro, Avid Pro Tools and GarageBand

Other Software Used

Sound Forge, Ableton Live, WaveLab