Gravity Jim wrote:Logic isn't crap anymore, and I've always got that on the machine.
Well put.
I've just set up Logic, DP, DSP-Q and Mixbus 32C on a new Mac along with a long list of VIs and utilities, redoing all the preferences, key command, and screensets, and importing old projects to set them up in the new environment, and testing things all over again. That gives you an immediate sense of pros and cons.
Indeed, Logic is no longer crap, does a few things very well, and at least two much better than DP; drum editing and tempo mapping. But what an ugly unappealing interface to sit in front of all day. Light dull grey on dark dull grey. And what a confusing structure and signal path. I lost any sense of how it works when I saw MIDI data in an Aux track.
DP 10 is working just fine on my Macs and it's now what I start up with. I'm happy with the stuff DP10 added, but disappointed with things it didn't:
Meter Bridge: please MOTU, before I die of old age, a track selector in the Meter Bridge.
Drum Editor: let us create, save and retrieve Drum Maps without an ancient MIDI device group for an 80s drum machine. Or just ditch this relic and make changes to the MIDI editor like Logic did to accommodate drum tracks. (Note names and hide unused notes)
Waveform Editor: let us hear the changes our edits make in the context of the sequence we're working on.
Song Editor: let us play parallel sequences each in their own tempo. Why would we want to play one sequence at the tempo of another?
Mixer: let us resize the fader throw! why so tiny?