Sherman
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Upgrade to Logic 9 now or wait?
#952482 - 10/11/11 10:18 AM
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I have managed to get by with logic 8 until now but I think I might benefit from the
flex-time and bounce in place features since I want to record more external synth parts
and bounce down CPU hungry synths like Omnisphere more easily. Trouble is logic
9 has been out about over a year and a half and there is already lots of talk of logic x,
I don't want to speculate on the release date for logic x since I know it's pointless but
the time frame for a major logic update is usually around the 2 year mark it seems... Do you think I should just put up with 8 like I have been or should I just upgrade
to 9? I think in the past they have given the new version free to people who
recently purchased the last but I don't know how much time they allow? any
advice appreciated 
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apeshake
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Re: Upgrade to Logic 9 now or wait?
[Re: Sherman]
#952502 - 10/11/11 11:58 AM
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you need to decide if the time logic 9 will save you is worth the £166 upgrade assuming
you won't get a free upgrade when x comes out - it could be out tomorrow or in 6 months
nobody seems to have any ideas. Plus there's the risk logic X will be botched like FCP X
and if Apple take logic 9 off sale you'll be stuck on 8 for a long while
If it
was me i'd be too eager to get the new features of 9 to let the threat/promise of X put me
off (64-bit is getting more 3rd party plugin support by the day so that'll help if you
have the extra RAM)
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Kwackman
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Re: Upgrade to Logic 9 now or wait?
[Re: Sherman]
#952513 - 10/11/11 12:17 PM
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I suppose it depends on why you want to change to L9.
If the Flextime and the guitar
amp stuff is important for you (it was for me) then go for it.
If 8 does all you
need.....
And just in case you don't know- The Logic 9 needs an intel mac.
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Cubase, guitars.
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Sherman
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Re: Upgrade to Logic 9 now or wait?
[Re: Sherman]
#952528 - 10/11/11 12:38 PM
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Good points, I think it's too risky to wait for Logic x, it could be a complete shambles
and from what I've heard the latest version of 9 is very stable so I might not need to
upgrade again for ages... 
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desmond
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Re: Upgrade to Logic 9 now or wait?
[Re: Kwackman]
#952575 - 10/11/11 03:43 PM
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Quote Kwackman:
And just in case
you don't know- The Logic 9 needs an intel mac.
To clarify:
Logic 9.0.0 to 9.0.2 runs on PPC Macs as
well as Intels (it's a Universal Binary).
Logic 9.1.0 onwards require an Intel
Mac and do not contain any PPC code.
If you buy a boxed copy, you don't really
know what version is going to be in the box, of course - most likely it's still 9.0.0 but
you never know, it might be a more recent version...
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Sherman
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Re: Upgrade to Logic 9 now or wait?
[Re: Sherman]
#952597 - 10/11/11 05:27 PM
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that's ok, I'm using an intel macbook pro.
I was also wondering have they
changed the way that groove templates are handled in version 9, because in 8 if you make a
groove template from an audio file you have to keep the resulting midi file in your
project somewhere in order for it to remain in the quantize menu, I always hoped they
would change this so they could be used in other projects without the need to put the midi
files in my default template?
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infiniteloop
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Re: Upgrade to Logic 9 now or wait?
[Re: desmond]
#952600 - 10/11/11 05:39 PM
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Can you absolutely confirm that Desmond..??? The only reason I haven't upgraded to Logic
9 is because I understood it to be Intel only & therefore wouldn't run on my old
G5/2.3 Dual..!
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Mac G5 Dual 2.3/6gb Ram, MOTU 828mkII, Yamaha 02r, DBX 286A, Logic 8, Roland SRV-3030D, Roland JV-1080, Roland JV-1010, Emu Proteus 2000, Roland SC55 MK2, Tascam DA-30 MK2
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~Paul
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Re: Upgrade to Logic 9 now or wait?
[Re: infiniteloop]
#952604 - 10/11/11 05:47 PM
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Quote infiniteloop:
Can you
absolutely confirm that Desmond..??? The only reason I haven't upgraded to Logic 9 is
because I understood it to be Intel only & therefore wouldn't run on my old G5/2.3
Dual..!
It's true... Logic
9.0.0, v9.0.1 & v9.0.2 will run on PPC Macs. Not officially, but it is a universal
binary application, and does run on PPC Macs. From then on however, it is 100% intel
only.
In my experience though, these earlier versions of Logic 9 were not hugely
stable unfortunately.
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Paul
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Kwackman
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Loc: Belfast
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Re: Upgrade to Logic 9 now or wait?
[Re: infiniteloop]
#952628 - 10/11/11 06:41 PM
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Quote infiniteloop:
Can you
absolutely confirm that Desmond..??? The only reason I haven't upgraded to Logic 9 is
because I understood it to be Intel only & therefore wouldn't run on my old G5/2.3
Dual..!
He's correct. I ran
9.0.2 on my G5, but it couldn't take 9.1
But I didn't think you could get 9.0.x
versions anymore?
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Cubase, guitars.
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desmond
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Re: Upgrade to Logic 9 now or wait?
[Re: infiniteloop]
#952630 - 10/11/11 06:44 PM
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Quote infiniteloop:
Can you
absolutely confirm that Desmond..??? The only reason I haven't upgraded to Logic 9 is
because I understood it to be Intel only & therefore wouldn't run on my old G5/2.3
Dual..!
9.0.2 is the last
version you can run on PPC Macs. You won't be able to use Mainstage, as iirc that's Intel
only, but the Logic application was unofficially PPC compatible until 9.1.0, because that
was the first 64-bit version and it's not possible to make an Intel 32/64-bit application
and also include PPC compatibility.
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