Logic pro vs ableton live for a beginner

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Logic pro vs ableton live for a beginner
Posted on: 10.02.2012 by Philip Tennie
I'm been searching for a while n i still can't decide what i want to buy.
So i really need a suggestion from u all.

The purpose is to make remixes n make my own music.

In the beginning i'm set that i'm gonna buy ableton live, but then i go to guitar center n ask the guy from audio pro that he recomend more to logic pro. He said that its more easy to learn since i never touch any daw. N more durable. Since the download price only $200.

But then again i search again that some ppl said that ableton it easier than logic. So i'm really stuck.

The other question is do we really need the audio interface since i'm not gonna record any real instrument. Any kind of interface that u recomend that low budget since i need to buy midi controller also. Thanks
Nedra Fresneda
11.02.2012
Originally Posted by racoon
since i found out that the audiocore in ableton is just a joke compared with cubase or logic i would suggest it only to perform your productions live, but produce them in an adult daw ;o)

in the end, you will end up TRYING EVERY DAW FOR YOURSELF until you can decide YOUR tools which fits the best in your personal workflow.

since the most daw's are aviable as som sort of trial-version this should not be THE problem ^^
Live will only sound bad if you can't be arsed to read the manual section on the different warping modes or don't set it to High Quality on the preferences pane and plugins. The truth is that labels don't go asking around what DAW are you writting/mixing your stuff with.
Philip Tennie
11.02.2012
Thanks for the replay guys. Its make a lil bit more sense. I just want to start in the right position n dont want to waste my time. But i guess its gonna take alot of mistake n time. Making music not gonna happen in one evening .

Since ableton got a trial version, i might just try it. But its hard to let $200 logic pro go.

Another queston is do i need audio interface to start? What interface that u recomend under $400
Ervin Calvery
11.02.2012
I own and use both, and would recommend Ableton Live to learn things on.
Katy Rufino
12.02.2012
Originally Posted by racoon
in the end, you will end up TRYING EVERY DAW FOR YOURSELF until you can decide YOUR tools which fits the best in your personal workflow.
That's a good point too
Odis Stirewalt
12.02.2012
since i found out that the audiocore in ableton is just a joke compared with cubase or logic i would suggest it only to perform your productions live, but produce them in an adult daw ;o)

in the end, you will end up TRYING EVERY DAW FOR YOURSELF until you can decide YOUR tools which fits the best in your personal workflow.

since the most daw's are aviable as som sort of trial-version this should not be THE problem ^^
Katy Rufino
11.02.2012
I've used both a fair amount, although I'm more current on Ableton. My take on this question is that a lot of things can be done in one step on Ableton that take three or four steps on Logic. Track routing tasks are way more simple on Ableton, for example. Now, a lot of these procedural differences can be lessened through creating template tracks or reworking the environment window in Logic, but these aren't really beginner level tasks, in my opinion (especially the environment window).

I would say get the Ableton demo, start reading the manual, watch how to videos, then decide if you want to look at other alternatives.

Also take the advice of the employees at GC with a grain of salt (no offense to any GC employees on the board)
Laurinda Benya
11.02.2012
If you care about live performances using your DAW, get Live. If you just want to produce, get Logic.
Philip Tennie
11.02.2012
This is the other question that i dont get the answer yet about using of both software. I check couple community n couple dj, it said u make ur music at ableton live, mixing and mastering at logic pro.

But the believe is if we can make a music at logic also, so why we have to use 2 software if we can do it in one software?? I basicly can't afford to have both right now n i just dont want to miss a thing.
Marshall Aby
10.02.2012
People use both. Ableton give you a months free trial. Try it and see if you get along with it.
Krishna Hospelhorn
10.02.2012
I only use Ableton myself, and haven't tried Logic, so I'm not sure how useful my comments are.. but Ableton certainly isn't that intuitive when you first play around with it. but once you figure out how it works, you definitely have more options when it comes to workflow.

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