Five Reasons to Buy Logic Studio

by Daniel Hollister • 09/13/2007 at 07:46 AM

Following suit with Final Cut Studio, Apple today announced Logic Studio—an update not only to their Logic Pro application, but a bundle of applications and workflows that tie into each other. Here's five reasons Logic Studio rocks.

It's All About the Bundles
Similar to Final Cut Studio, Logic 8 is now actually Logic Studio. And for only half the price that the single Logic 7 application used to be—yes, half—you now get Logic Pro 8, MainStage (an interface for live production which we will discuss), and Soundtrack Pro 2. Not a bad deal.

New Interface
Apple has a long history of buying out the competition—or at least buying companies that produce software they wish they could. Generally when they do this, though, they're bringing over an interface that is far inferior (and totally different) from what Apple fans are used to.

In the first release, Apple normally doesn't touch the interface all that much. (Take one look at Color, they're new addition to Final Cut Studio, and you'll see what I mean.) Sure, the new applications they bring over are amazing, but with a crappy interface, the experience just isn't quite there.

With Logic Studio, the interface has finally been Apple-ified. It's gorgeous, intuitive, and finally matches the look and feel of the Pro Apps that we have all learned to love.

MainStage
Finally the ability to run a live show with your Mac without having to leave your Pro Apps behind. With MainStage, Logic users can now perform live shows with a wide arrange of hardware options while using their Mac to keep it all going. If you already have a track created in Logic that you want to perform live—that is, you want to play it live but want to retain your software instruments and settings—MainStage will do just that. No other configuration needed, no extra software, no file conversion, no compatibility issues.

No Dongle!
Finally, the damn USB dongle is gone. Enough said. Honestly, this may be the feature I'm most excited about. If I had a nickel for every USB drive I've lost…

Plays Well With Others
Not only does Logic Studio come with some other awesome applications, but it finally has crossed that line between being a standalone application and becoming apart of a workflow. Logic Pro 8 interacts with not only Soundtrack but Final Cut Pro as well, which means it is now a serious contender for movie scoring. With Logic Studio and Final Cut Studio 2, you now have a workflow to create an entire film from start to finish—and as of now, this includes not just the mixing and mastering of a final score, but the creation of this score, as well.

And The Band Plays On
I can say without a doubt that I am very excited about the release of Logic Studio, and I will have no qualms purchasing it. More applications, more features, lower price? Count me in!