Among them are Flex mode, mixer channel strip selection and the integration of audio interfaces (tested with UAD Apollo 8 TB, Lynx Hilo and Apogee Quartet).
#Logic pro vs pro tools plus#
On the plus side of things, Logic Pro X feels more swift (on a Mac Pro at least) and has some points that I really like.
A couple of processing passes later you will get some hefty dithering noise in the back of your recording. For my assessment, I chose Izotope Studio RX 5 as external editor, and whenever you process an audio region, the file is converted to 32-bit float and then dithered back to 24-bits.
#Logic pro vs pro tools Offline#
While it doesn't matter much on the recording side of things, it makes a difference when you are using an external audio editor (which is a must for serious offline processing in Logic). Recent versions of PT support 32bit WAV / AIFF files, while Logic only offers Apple's own CAF for 32bit recording.Offline processing is way more advanced in the PTHD Audiosuite and not comparable to Logic's prehistoric audio file editor, which does not even support batch processing of multiple regions.Logic is limited to 256 Audio tracks, while Pro Tools HD Native can handle up to 256 playback voices (number of audio channels that play back at the same time) but an unlimited number of tracks (meaning you can have more tracks than voices as long as there aren't more than 256 playing back at the same time).As of version 12.2, Pro Tools has an unlimited number of busses, Logic is still limited to 64 (stereo or mono).Also, isolation plug-ins from automation and many other things are way more convenient in PTHD. It is possible to "emulate" some of the behaviours as "write to end" or "write to selection" in Logic in some way. PT HD has a way more advanced handling of automation data, especially in regards to snapshot automation.Sound-wise, they are pretty much the same these days, back when PT HD was 48-bit fixed point, I always felt the advantage was on the side of 32-bit float solutions (Nuendo, Logic etc.). Nowadays, it's DSP (AAX) and / or native. On the other hand, many things Logic users take for granted (like offline bounce) just made it to Pro Tools quite recently, as PT was always a DSP hardware-based solution.
Nowadays of course, Logic has audio capabilities and Pro Tools has Midi / virtual instrument capabilities, but it seems to me that the legacy still remains: While it's possible to compose or record / edit in both, the way things are handled still makes composition easier in Logic and audio production in Pro Tools. PT HD native for a local production company as I have been using both for the last 18 years (just recently hopped back onto the Logic train though, haven't really used it much since 2004).Įverything they are comes down to the heritage of the individual program: The ancestor of Logic, Notator, was a midi sequencer, while the ancestor of PT, Sound Tools, was a digital audio workstation. I recently assessed the possibilities of Logic vs. That meant a lot in the last couple of years: If you wanted to have a job in the business, knowing PT inside out was (and probably still is) a requirement. The biggest difference is that Pro Tools is the industry standard for digital audio production, especially in post production for film. I happen to think Logic is pretty well rounded and because of that better than a lot of other apps which are more focused on one aspect of composition, writing, production, mastering or whatever. What you are buying are tool for creating music. Logic comes with just under 100 plug-ins including some very nice synths, samplers, modeled instruments.Īnyhow, there have been countless shootouts between the two apps and for what its worth they might as well sound identical. Using them will automatically add their unique sonic signatures to your songs. Well, one of the biggest difference and one I don't think a lot of people bring up often are the plug-ins included with both programs. I realize most studios use Protools-but other than that-what is the main differences between these 2 programs?Īlso-is there any difference in the algorithms involved that would make the 2 programs sound different than each other or is the actual sound solely based on the interface & converters? My understanding is they basically all do the same thing.