Thinking about switching from Studio One to Logic

I've never used S1 but I can recommend Logic. Protools and Logic are the most popular DAWs so you'll find lots of tutorials and resources.

 

I think as long as you are comfortable with a learning curve and do not have work that you will HAVE to port over (e.g. pro projects with budgets and clients and time constraints), I say go for it. There's something to one company making the whole shebang.

 

I think if you don't have to spend money, don't.


Use GarageBand, should be free with your Mac. Then there are tons of free "VSTs" out there. Good stuff. Keyboards, guitar amps, speaker cabs, effects, utilities, etc...

 

Logic is the gift that keeps on giving. Time keeps uncovering new potential and possibilities. I made the switch from Pro Tools 8 a decade ago and have never looked back.

 

Well, start at the beginning: what kind of music do you make? Why do you make it? What use(s) do you make it for?

 

Hi.

Take GarageBand for a spin first, since you have that for free. See how you like it. Play around with the Drummer - it's great.

Logic will give you aux channels / busses, etc and a whole lot more, but GarageBand has the same basic functionality and layout, so you will get a sense of it.

Having Logic will also mean free updates (except maybe when serious hardware and app changes happen?).

Also, are you or anyone in your household in an academic field or a student? If so, see what Apple offers in your region (I am not sure, but I believe it varies). I got Logic Pro, Final Cut Pro, MainStage, Motion and Compressor as an academic bundle for about the regular Logic price.

Pax/
Dean

 

You will want to check that all your plugins and VSTs have OS X (AU) versions for Logic Pro X. Never had the desire to try anything else.

I got my Macbook Pro about 6 months after I got my first interface back in 2011. I cannot recall using anything other than GarageBand and later Logic Pro X, so I suspect those first months (still on Win7) were spent fooling around in Audacity. Anything else would be lost in the mists of time. Which is the long way of saying I can't help you in comparing it with S1.

 

Logic all the way.

 

Do it! You won’t be sorry. Logic is optimized to work on Mac’s. Which Mac do you have?

I started with Logic 8 around 2007(?). It’s just gotten better and better. At $200 it’s a steal. I’ve had continual updates for that $200 investment for the past 7-10 years.
I rarely get beyond 8-10 tracks (excluding individual drum kit track in Logic’s “Production” kits) and mostly use stock plug-ins but I’ve never had memory/CPU issues and I only have 8GB RAM. I’ll be upgrading to an M1 Mac soon which is much faster and has “unified” memory.

 

I mean, Logic definitely is great (it is my primary DAW), and people are right to sing its praises.

However, for tracking blues rock and making pop and hip hop, Studio One is just about as great. There aren't as many factory virtual instruments, but v 5 is a very capable DAW unfettered by the shackles of 80s/90s UX traditions that Logic, Cubase, Pro Tools, and Digital Performer carry, and it is likely that you'd turn to third-party virtual instruments anyways. (I am a virtual instrument developer myself so if you have questions and/or want to spin this part of the conversation off into its own thing, I'd be happy to expand on it!)

Logic is the most efficient DAW for Mac, but S1 isn't far behind.

I rely on Logic mainly for its Environment, which no other DAW has... but if you're not doing really heavy MIDI-based work, it's sort of a moot point.

I'm also a big fan of the Sampler, formerly EXS24, and the Redmatica import AutoSampler, and even the single-sample QuickSampler—if you have synths or other sound sources you want to use for making pop and hip hop, these could be the tools that become the deciding factor.

But Studio One has continued to impress and to show that it is listening to its customers' needs (granted, Logic in the past 5 years has been like this too), and in my own sphere I know many people switching to S1 5 from another DAW and being happier and very few switching from S1 5 to another DAW and being happier.

If I had to switch to PC, I'd probably be an S1 guy.

 

Yep! Same here. Logic is an incredibly powerful tool for cheap dough, and very reliable and stable IME.

 

A DAW should let you do what you need/want quickly and not put up road blocks for things you want to get done.

If you're finding after using a DAW for a good amount of time, you still feel like it's fighting you, it might be worth trying something new.

They all do the same thing so it comes down to personal preference and nuances of the workflow.

If you plan on working with studios, Logic and Pro Tools make sense. You can make a demo at home and send them the session and have everything up and running on their rig in a few minutes. But so long as S1 doesn't do anything proprietary to the files you can still get things rolling.

 

Logic is great - better and IMO easier to use than Garageband. If you pay attention, you can find discounts on iTunes gift cards, and use them to buy Logic from the iTunes store. This is the only way I've discovered that you can get a discount on Logic - other than the above-mentioned academic bundle. I didn't want any of the other stuff, so I opted for Logic for 20% off.

 

BINGO! Keep swinging the hammer, bud. You'll be amazed how quickly your skills build up.

 

Hi woodman, good to hear from you. My recordingskills got a little rusty. I need to swing the logic-hammer again some more. Cheers, eddie

 

why did you switch to MAC ? Was there a specific reason related to the DAW or is it a PC thing ?

Studio One , my take ,has a very familiar workflow to Pro Tools. Sure the labels and names of stuff are different, but the "tool-set" is very close.

Are you a HOME tracker or thinking RETAIL ? Not that it really matters, they all import the same WAV or MP3 files.

IF you are comfortable with S1, I would just upgrade. If you are NOT comfortable with S1 , sure , drive down a new road . Logic appears to be an excellent choice.

Me , I'm still old school, Pro Tools 12 x on a home built dedicated WIN 7 PC with SS drives and a huge EXT drive.



Hi Woody !