Intel Imac, Logic Pro vs Ableton & NI Komplete?

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Intel Imac, Logic Pro vs Ableton & NI Komplete?

hey everybody...

I want to move to Logic Pro on my new intel Imac (2.0 core duo, 2 gigs Ram). I found a legit, unregistered copy of Logic Pro 7 for $500. Great!!! But before I register it, I have downloaded Logic Express trial to get a feel for workflow... and my machine seems to be bogging down... that's crazy. My computer is clocked faster than a G4 or even many G5s.

Do any of you find this to be true? Do you find Logic to be a memory hog? I even made sure to record to an external drive.

I have been a long time Ableton Live user (which as you know... hadly taxes any system's memory). I was going to get Live 5.2 and buy the NI komplete package ($599 at guitar center this month). I downloaded the Live 5.2 trial. Even it seems to take a while to launch. The 5.2 Live trial even crashed on me today. That is unheard of. It should not take 4 to 5 seconds to launch/audition a loop in the browser.

My computer doesn't seem to be as lightning fast as I thought it would be, and it's not aftermarket memory. Anyone feel the same? Is it an Intel chip thing? Help!!! Thoughts...

Imac Mac OS X (10.4.7) 2.0 Intel Core Duo, 2 gigs Ram

Posted on Aug 10, 2006 12:26 AM

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Brent Meyer

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Aug 10, 2006 1:02 AM in response to yo bozo boy

If your system seems to be bogging down overall, you should go about the regular maintenance. Clean all the caches, run all the cron scripts, etc. Search for programs like MacJanitor, Cocktail and Onyx on versiontracker.com. There are tons to choose from.

If none of those do the trick, you may be due for an archive and install to clean house. Not knowing your specific computer habits and what you primarily use your machine for, it's impossible for me to say what would be the specific cause for your slowdowns. I would try both of these things, though.

Logic and/or Ableton should not be bogging your system down at all. I have a revision A dual 1.8 G5 with 2GB of RAM and Logic Pro 7.1.1 runs like a dream.

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yo bozo boy Author

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Aug 10, 2006 1:15 AM in response to yo bozo boy

I'll do that... thank you...

Honestly, I've only been online a few times, usually not connected to the internet, no email dowloaded, just downloaded the Trial for Logic Express (latest) and Ableton live 5.2.

Keep the advice coming everybody...

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mlehmann

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Aug 10, 2006 6:52 AM in response to yo bozo boy

Logic Express trial is not Intel-compatible yet, this explain why you have so many problems. Logic is the most CPU-friendly of all DAWs.

Also, if you plan to buy NI Komplete, beware because they're not Intel-compatible too.

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Aug 10, 2006 8:14 AM in response to mlehmann

Mlehmann has a good point. I didn't know the Express trial wasn't Intel ready. Also, NI's stuff isn't Universal Binary yet, either. They tell us that it is supposed to happen at the end of this year, but NI says a lot of things that aren't necessarily true.

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eyeknow

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Aug 10, 2006 3:19 PM in response to yo bozo boy

I was under the impression that xpress was intel also.........oh well.....

Now, as far as NI is concerned, and I'm not trying to be rude here, but good luck on that! They are draggin' hard on UB's and they have changed the "dates" twice now.

BTW, for registered users of live you can public beta 6........it's much better and uses a "summed" dual processor feature. It's really quite good and definatly takes advantage of the core duo:)

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