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Re: Great round-up article comparing DAWs
Nice hearing you are a DP user! I've been looking at that app many
times and been thinking that if a day comes when I get a lot of film
music work I shall buy it.
I agree with you that it is good to use several DAWs. But I have a
slightly different view; I don't think it is a smart time investment
trying to "learn a DAW". Regarding Logic, in particular, it would be a
direct mistake trying to "learn Logic". What you should put energy
into learning is how to produce music and sound. The DAW is just a
tool. And with Logic every standard trick of the sound design cook
book can be done in several alternative ways; it just doesn't make
sense to learn them all. Just pick the method of Logic's that best
gets the job done for you - and stick with that tool.
Greetings from Sweden
Per Boysen
www.perboysen.com
http://www.youtube.com/perboysen
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Ed Durbrow <edurbrow@sea.plala.or.jp>
wrote:
> I've been meaning to make a page comparing Digital Performer and Logic
> for some time. I have a file where I write down comparisons and
> absurdities. I have to organize it more. I have used DP/Performer since
> '86 and Logic for three or four years. I keep running up against
> implements one or the other does well or horribly.
>
> One thing is for sure, as pointed out in the article, these programs
> require a lot of hours of use. I've slacked off of late and so am not
> qualified to comment on ultimate workflow, especially as I've been
> putting energy into learning Final Cut. On the other hand, I think a
> newbies perspective is extremely useful. I found myself in the most
> frustrating places when I started learning Logic because I clicked
> somewhere and got nothing or ended up somewhere strange. Without a
> teacher, it took the kind feedback of people on forums to learn what is
> wrong. (I wish I lived in a different timezone in such cases).
>
> Another point mentioned, is that whichever program you learned first is
> going to make a very strong impression. I have fantasized that if I ever
> taught a class in DAWs I would choose several and have the students
> rotate through them learning the different terms for the same thing in
> each program.
>
> One more point which I think applies to which computer platform you
> choose also, is that you might be better off to choose whatever
> program/platform someone who will help you has. If your mentor uses a
> certain program and you are going to be working with him/her, you should
> probably get the same setup.
>
> One thing not mentioned was the advantages of using two DAWs. For
> example, I will take a track recorded in Logic and open it in DP to do
> pitch correction, then import it back into Logic. One yearns for more
> inter-application interchangeability, though at least it is doable now.
>
> Ed Durbrow
> Saitama, Japan
> http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch
> http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
> edurbrow@sea.plala.or.jp
>
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