Pro Tools vs Cubase vs Logic

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Totally subjective I know. It's like Mac vs Windows (although Mac is obviously better, haha), and everyone has their opinion, but I was wondering why people preferred one over the other.

I like Cubase because it's the first one I ever learned, I like Pro Tools because of the group editing (but I loathe the interfaces), and I like Logic because it looks nice and besides the new 'take function' it's really easy to use.

Also, while we're at it, does anyone know if bouncing multiple tracks individually (but simultaneously) is possible in any of them? As in, if you want to export the whole project and transfer it to another app, so you need the entire guitar track as a 3 minute wav and the entire kick track as a 3 minute wav with the same start and end points etc. BUT you don't want to go through each track, soloing, hitting bounce or export or whatever, giving it a file name and then waiting three minutes (pro tools real time bounce = worst idea ever) before you can start on the next one.
 
get logic express. its fine.

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But I was wondering why people preferred one over the other. I have all three. I have my opinions. what are yours?
 
standage said:
But I was wondering why people preferred one over the other. I have all three. I have my opinions. what are yours?
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Over the years I have tried a variety of applications, including various versions of Logic, Cubase, Cakewalk, Cool Edit (which is now something else), Sonar, Audacity and Reaper.

My preferred application is Logic (which was my first), but I am now becoming more familiar with Reaper.

By and large, these applications do the same things. However, there are differences in treatment within them.

Quite often a preference is determined by familiarity. Each has a varying learning curve, and sometimes that curve is translated as 'difficulty of use', when all that is required is patience.

However, sometimes the differences are real and have an impact on how you work. For example, I find that Logic has a huge amount of midi capability, something I use a lot of.

At other times the differences are real but more subtle in impact. For example, our brains all operate slightly differently, and we all work in different ways. The design of an application may be more suited to how we go about our tasks. We would therefore find that application easier to use than others. On the other hand, someone who thinks differently about work may find that same application to be more difficult than others.

I can't decide whether my preference for Logic is tied to its inherent capabilities, or to it matching my way of thinking, or to my familiarity with it.
 
I started out with Ableton becasue it came free with a USB interface but after taking 20 minutes of tutorials just to figure out how to arm a track to record and select the interface as the input device I said "the hell with this" and went to best buy (I know :rolleyes:) and bought Acid Music Studio by Sony for 45 bucks.
Turned it on and was recording in about 5 minutes

Since then I've upgraded to Acid Pro and have learned more than I ever knew I needed to know but I still love Acids workflow. I can get around easilly without thinking about it which means when I get the time to do some music I get all of that time to do the music and don't have to waste half of it fighting the DAW.

Other people I know feel the same way about cubase or Sonar or Logic or PT or Reaper etc etc.

I don't think it makes a lot of difference what you use. They all do basically the same things.
The Best one for any individual is the one you like, that does what you want and allows you to actually make the music that you hear in your mind. Brands are irrelevant really.
 
Good point gecko zzed, I recently posted a question about sonar or pro tools, and mentioned that I thought they had a different sound, after a more experienced user mentioned that as far as sound they all gave you what you put in. I went back to do some comparison and found that it was not the sound that was different but the way that I was getting that sound.
 
standage said:
Also, while we're at it, does anyone know if bouncing multiple tracks individually (but simultaneously) is possible in any of them? As in, if you want to export the whole project and transfer it to another app, so you need the entire guitar track as a 3 minute wav and the entire kick track as a 3 minute wav with the same start and end points etc. BUT you don't want to go through each track, soloing, hitting bounce or export or whatever, giving it a file name and then waiting three minutes (pro tools real time bounce = worst idea ever) before you can start on the next one.
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Pro Tools handles what you are looking for. It's called "Consolidate". Works like a champ. You can consolidate all the tracks at once, if you like.
 
but then what? 'consolidate' just turns a bunch of regions into one region. i still have to export them out of pro tools (bounce) to have 24 separate .wav files with the same start and end points.
 
standage said:
but then what? 'consolidate' just turns a bunch of regions into one region. i still have to export them out of pro tools (bounce) to have 24 separate .wav files with the same start and end points.
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No you don't. Just go the the audio folder for that particular session. The files you require are there after you consolidate.
 
Haven't used pro tools but I have used cubase and logic. Logic is by far my favorite. I started out with Cubase LE, then went to Logic Express 7. There was a slight learning curve with Logic, but it was definitely worth it. I just bought Logic 8 Pro not that long ago and now I'll never turn back!
 
gecko zzed said:
By and large, these applications do the same things. However, there are differences in treatment within them.

Quite often a preference is determined by familiarity. Each has a varying learning curve, and sometimes that curve is translated as 'difficulty of use', when all that is required is patience.

However, sometimes the differences are real and have an impact on how you work. For example, I find that Logic has a huge amount of midi capability, something I use a lot of.

At other times the differences are real but more subtle in impact. For example, our brains all operate slightly differently, and we all work in different ways. The design of an application may be more suited to how we go about our tasks. We would therefore find that application easier to use than others. On the other hand, someone who thinks differently about work may find that same application to be more difficult than others.
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This may be an old thread but this just jumped out at me at being really eloquent and true. When I started with FL Studio 9 it was complicated as hell, a drain on my CPU, and I had no idea how to do anything. But with patience it turned into the most powerful piece of software I had on my system, and I got a feel for working with it, and getting what I wanted fast. I hope the same happens when I get Logic...
 
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