Winner: Logic Pro Audio recording and editing In fact, it’s only been added to over the years with a raft of worthy new MIDI features, the most notable being Logic Pro 10.5’s superb Step Sequencer. Defying the popular assumption that their buying of original Logic developer Emagic in 2002 would lead to a dumbing down, the fruity tech Goliath hasn’t removed a single MIDI-related feature – it’s all still there, from the Environment and Transform module to the Dynamics, Gate Time and ‘Q’ settings in the Inspector. On the other hand, Apple are to be equally commended for maintaining the formidable complexity for which Logic’s MIDI architecture has always been known. Very rarely do we find ourselves wishing for any specific MIDI editing feature in Live that can’t easily be worked around – with the possible exception of an event list, as being able to filter and alter MIDI data numerically would be hugely useful.

Indeed, Ableton have done a sterling job of keeping this fundamental part of the system free of clutter. Thank the developers for plug-ins.… whereas Logic treats users to an increasingly full selection of composition options (Image credit: Future)įor most Live users, however, none of that matters – the MIDI programming paradigm, and the contemporary producer’s technical expectations, have changed a lot since the 90s, and most won’t even be aware of the things that their DAW is ‘missing’. This really limits how much a user can do with these. *** Both Intro and I assume Lite contains racks with packaged Ableton instruments with limited access to controls compared to Standard. ** Auto-Filter, Flanger, Gate, Grain Delay, Limiter, Looper, Phaser, Ping-Pong Delay, Saturator and Audio Effect Rack Stuff like Grooves, Audio to MIDI, EQ8 and so on. Standard does contain what I must regard as some aspects integral to the soul of Live. I can imagine writing a track Intro and some plug-ins. Packs: 0 vs 2, i e ' Loopmasters Mixtape' and ' Chop and Swing' (Live 10)Ĭlearly Intro is way more usable than Lite.

Software Instruments: 3 vs 4 ( Instrument Racks)*** MIDI Effects: 7 vs 8 ( MIDI Effect Racks) This is what I see for Live 9, leaving out what's the same: Lite vs Intro You can also get an Intro license second hand, which may be less than an upgrade. Joland wrote:Thanks it looks that there are not so much differences, and It's not good to purchase Intro while having Lite.Īt the moment though we don't know exactly what a Live 10 Lite will contain exactly, if there ever will be such a thing.

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