Logic 8 is here!

Logic studio 8 (incorporating logic pro) has been released....

Logic heads and not so logic heads check the demo video on

www.apple.com

Its sick and half the price logic used to be ($499US) only logic 8 express is released on the oz apple site.

Respect.

sweeet!

logic 8 pro

AUD$649



also, express now includes ultrabeat(!) among some other hand-me-downs from pro 7, AND has also been price dropped...

not to mention the removal of hardware copy protection from the pro version... pov crew insiiiiiiiiide...

Hmmm, I'm hearing some pretty mixed reviews about this. Some love it, others are saying it's just a slight upgrade from 7 and not particularly amazing. Plus it looks like a souped up version of Garage Band 

Still, $649 is a fucking bargain.

Watch the demo video bro.... i bet them reviews are coming from digidesign and steinberg themselves because they should be shitting themselves, even our protools pro at work said it looks like logic finally has the potential to be as good if not better, he thinks all it is missing is a sound card/ interface/ work station but not such a big deal with the amount on market i think.

apogee duet coming out soon.... i want one

http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/duet.php

Nah, this is all from Logic users! Still ..the OTHER thing I've heard about is that Logic have been working on a proper PT killer, all new code, and Logic 8 was released to basically tie up any loose ends with the current incarnation of the Logic series.


I've lusted over the Rosetta for time, I love Apogee.

so a new number crunching engine in this version ?... or the same as logic 4

In 8? I think the audio engine is pretty much the same, it's more workflow and audio options that's been changed.

Now all they need is to bring back PC suport & im sold 

ive just been searching around and there's people with osx installed on pc's...hackintosh or something its called.
and they say they have logic running with no problems whatsoever

Sorry guys, bit off topic but I thought i'd jump in after the Hackintosh mention...

I've done the whole Hackintosh thing. I've been into PC's for years and that was my first foray into modern Macs. I ended up not using XP much at all, but there were too many problems. It's extremely critical to get 100% exactly the right hardware, or it's very unstable. Macs are largely stable because the software is only written for specific machines. Common OS updates from Apple detroy the hacked part of OSX so you had to re install, and on a real mac you have none of these issues. Now you can get a 20" iMac for $1690 AUD and it's a perfectly silent brilliant studio computer I don't see the point. Or get an $849 Mac Mini, they've improved a lot now. I don't own a PC anymore, no need. I reboot into Windows for Colin McRae (RIP... a momement of silence please) DiRT, but the audio stuff i do it on the mac side.

On a mac, you start it up holding down T and the whole computer becomes an external hard disk, great for backups or file transfers. There is no BIOS, to choose startup disks you just hold down a key on startup. If you kill the OS you can do an archive and install over the top.

And for comparisons sake, an $849 mac mini's CPU is faster than any pentium IV machine ever made, period... just has a laptop hard disk, but still good for 50+ audio tracks in logic easily, if that's not enough put an external on.

I love the fact that on the mac most audio interfaces need no drivers, they're supported natively by the OS, and you can mix and match and combine them as one. Example, you have an external USB/firewire box with 2 i/o, and you need 4 i/o for a live setup for a separate headphone mix. You can create an Aggregate device and then any somewhere sees it as one big 4 i/o interface, the external and the laptops built in audio. Very cool. Multiple apps can use the same audio device at once, no glitching, it's so solid.

Beat me to it! Just had this very discussion with our head nerd here at work, he too tried this before turning to the real thing.

Not off topic really, quite an improtant piece of info for the hopeful pc user, could save hours of frustration.

so when you getting it in derros dan? i'm interested in coming in and having a look

Its on order now... asap i hope timmy.

think i might wait for a couple updates then get this for an early christmas present, just got things reasonably stable with 7. hopefully the later updates don't require osx10.5

yeah boy playin with it now

not bad!!

oh and dan you gettin the apogee duet in any time soon?

edit - just realised that i reckon i got the retail version of logic sent to me instead of the academic which means i can upgrade for $250

far out, can't read the thread on gearslutz as fast as it's growing. up to 16 pages

come in during the week timmy! come see all 50gb of it!

Do you guys keep many copies of it in stock at Derringers?

And also, is it $650? 

For that price it's crazy. Glad I haven't bought v7 Pro yet

Wouldn't mind checking out the goods of Logic Studio

Been using Logic 8 now for a week. Using it for the AM competition. It's sweeet! Hasn't crashed once. I would have liked some extra soft synths but there are still heaps I guess. The delay designer is pretty kool.

Peace

-Matt Reverie

what a surprise to see ya on this thread matt
Makes me wish i had a mac... damn!

Just bought Logic Studio (yesterday)...Still trying to get my head around it. I'm used to using Fruity Loops, but I decided it was time to upgrade. But so far it looks awesome..although I really, really need a MIDI keyboard! 

capslock keyboard is your friend (until you get a midi keyboard)

yea i didn't want to say anythin when you had just bought your lappy

dunno about that... you could build a tower 'o' power pretty cheap... no pci in an imac/mini... my mates got a rockin' hackintosh... but you definitely need to know your shit to pull it off without mass headache

biggest issue is OSX updates killing it but usually you'll have a hacked patch on bit torrent within a few days of the apple release...

EVERYONE talked me out of buying one Oh well... i still love my mini beast. My next one in a year or two may be a mac... we'll see

see now that just sucks... isn't it great how people who don't have a fucking clue are more than happy to wax lyrical about how 'ghey' macs are to anyone who will listen...