DAW Poll at OSXaudio!!!!
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- KVRist
- 126 posts since 5 Mar, 2004 from germany
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- KVRian
- 975 posts since 31 Jan, 2005
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 126 posts since 5 Mar, 2004 from germany
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- KVRian
- 975 posts since 31 Jan, 2005
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- KVRist
- 125 posts since 31 May, 2004
One of the attractions of Logic is that it is an Apple owned and supported program. Updates to the program even come in through the system's Software Update, right next to OS updates. So it's unsurprising that Logic is the clear winner there.
Having tried the latest Logic Express, I'm not impressed. Way too convoluted. GarageBand is certainly easy to use, but doesn't allow for time and tempo changes within a song, and can only record at 16-bit 44.1 kHz resolution.
So Tracktion is my DAW of choice, at least for now. I'm a member over on those forums, and just voted.
Having tried the latest Logic Express, I'm not impressed. Way too convoluted. GarageBand is certainly easy to use, but doesn't allow for time and tempo changes within a song, and can only record at 16-bit 44.1 kHz resolution.
So Tracktion is my DAW of choice, at least for now. I'm a member over on those forums, and just voted.
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- KVRist
- 87 posts since 31 Dec, 2003 from big "D",tx
You know, I tried garageband when I got my powerbook,
and Holy Crap! What a CPU hog! Does anybody know if garageband is a derivative of Logic or if Logic uses a completely different engine? Seems like you'd have to pony up for a dual 10.6 gigasmegmahertz machine to get the same performance as a minimum tracktion setup.
and Holy Crap! What a CPU hog! Does anybody know if garageband is a derivative of Logic or if Logic uses a completely different engine? Seems like you'd have to pony up for a dual 10.6 gigasmegmahertz machine to get the same performance as a minimum tracktion setup.
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- KVRian
- 975 posts since 31 Jan, 2005
I've done some recording in Garageband, and I to are baffled by the amount of processor power that the program uses, and that is with native gui support, where as T uses juice. gotta be something terribly wrong here.
But to answer the question GB is a stripped and costumized version of logic. The instruments that are not AU's found in GB uses Logics sample-set format.
Wasent to impressed with express either, I only had a brief look at it, goes against my taste in DAW.
But to answer the question GB is a stripped and costumized version of logic. The instruments that are not AU's found in GB uses Logics sample-set format.
Wasent to impressed with express either, I only had a brief look at it, goes against my taste in DAW.
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- KVRist
- 125 posts since 31 May, 2004
GarageBand is meant to be easy to use, and that means that its signal routing options are very, very basic. That's one of the primary reasons it's a CPU hog. I'd also wager that many of its features (like real-time scoring) are never actually turned off, but merely hidden from view, to facilitate turning showing and hiding them quickly. I doubt very seriously that the GUI elements have anything to do with it.
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- KVRian
- 975 posts since 31 Jan, 2005
Try showing and hiding the volume bars and the mixer part of it and check the cpu usage.
Most probably its not all GUI, but there is some sort of hog in it.
Most probably its not all GUI, but there is some sort of hog in it.