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Hey all,

Haven't posted on here in quite a while, but thought this was a very helpful community, especially when I got started with controllerism and then switched to CDJs.

Anyway, long time musician, piano player and well as jazz saxophone for community theatre but I'd like to look into Logic to start some music production of my own. Kind of getting tired of playing everyone elses...

A few questions regarding buying logic:

I see Logic 9 is the current version. Would it be cheaper to but 8? Or is that not even available anymore?
I see it is called Logic Pro 9 and is $199. Does this come with everything I need or am I going to need to buy the samples packs, or anything else? Do I also need a midi keyboard or is there one built in that I could use via my laptop?

That's all I have for now I guess. Thanks for the help!