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[wisefox]

http://www.musicrada...c-studio-214118

the new mainstage and flex time will be interesting, obviously an attempt to cover more ableton territory. its bout time logic got some decent amp modelling as well.

i must say i was hoping for a fantastic new synth to be included, but i guess they already have a lot of bases covered there already.

thoughts?

[Spectrum]

"What's New"
http://www.apple.com...udio/whats-new/

Yeah, Flex Time does seem like an elegant way of pulling audio around without slicing, cutting and trimming. Video here:
http://www.apple.com...-new/#flex-time

And it does seem to be catering heavily to the guitar crowd, but hey, synths sound ever better through guitar effects, so that's a bonus.

Would like to hear what sorts of things "Warped Effects for Space Designer" can come up with too.

So is this update worthy of a new number (from 8 to 9)?

Maybe, maybe not?

Still, it's the best value in town and totally capable of just about anything.

Also great reading up how integral Logic is:
http://www.apple.com...udio/in-action/
For example, Lily Allen's latest album is written and engineered within Logic, using pretty much just its standard instrument plug-ins (though many custom samples).

[niktu]

I think the new features in Mainstage 2 make this a winner - or at least attractive for some.

I recently committed to Cubase 5 but the new Mainstage 2 looks great and could be a worthy competitor to Ableton's Live for some people. It does stereo and will do stems/surround playback with on-the-fly arranging. Live doesn't do surround files but that won't bother most I imagine. It also has the Ableton Live-esque, sound-on-sound live-looping plug too. Nice.

Combine the significantly more useful version of Mainstage 2 with the other 'me too' additions (amp modelling & warp audio) in Logic and it looks like a great package.

It's a great time to be creating/performing music isn't it. These tools are just getting better and better.

[em]

Whaddya gonna do when we reach tomorrow, are you gonna change the thread name to 'yesterday', and then to 'not yesterday but the day before'. A bit misleading otherwise. Bet you didn't think of that. Huh! HUH! HUUUUHHHH!!!!!

[neo]

LOL em

Looks good, but not $100 higher in price good. Doesn't seem like it's worth $300 for an upgrade from 8.

Flex Time will be great, though. Obviously they've been losing market share to warp-crazy Live users who otherwise would have stuck with Logic.

Only thing I ever used Mainstage for was practicing piano scales. Maybe it'll be a bit more useful now.

[Funkthesis]

I'm most interested in flex time when mentioned as a feature to substitute the Vari-speed control on old tape machines.  Has anyone used this effect yet to double-track vocals.  I know it was a popular trick used on many 70's and 80's recordings.  I'm wondering if this fact alone is worth the upgrade from version 8 too!