Logic Pro 7 vs Logic Express whats the difference

I believe Logic Pro 7 simply has a LOT more features and options in terms of what you are allowed to do and flexibility. Honestly I don't know enough about either to give you a REAL answer . . . but you know I think you could possibly do a search under that category (Logic Pro 7 vs Logic Express) and I'm sure you'll turn up with quite a few posts that address the very thing you're wondering about here.

Javier

Read up this forum.-

http://www.bigbluelounge.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=31744&highlight=logicpro++logicexpress

Hi,

In the link given in the post just above, it mentions that the transformer
is not available in LE within the environment.

I use LE at this time. Right now I'm using another notation program
on another Mac, which feeds real time MIDI information to the slaved
Logic Express. This notation program sends program changes (it
does not know how to send anything else in its sted). Logic sees
these program changes, but Apple's Orchestra instruments do not
respond to program changes, they respond instead to controller 4
with a given value, which changes, let's say, strings from arco to pizzicato.

My related question is this: Could I use the transformer to change
program changes transmitted in MIDI to Logic such that Logic turns
a program change of some value to controller 4 with some other value:
for example:
program change 1 becomes controller 4 valued at 0.
program change 2 becomes controller 4 valued at 30.
and so forth.

Thanks,
Sys6

Hi,

Another difference between Logic Express and Logic Pro is that Logic Express
does not allow multiple tracks within the Arrange Window to be armed for
recording.

So, when I use my external notation program sending live MIDI data to
Logic Express (my notation program does not know how to save the music
as a MIDI file), I click on the lane within the arrange window, and only that
lane can record incoming MIDI. If I have 5 staves in my external notation
program, I mute 4 of them, as I only want one staff recorded at a time (such
as for Violins I).

Here is another related question. If I upgrade to Logic Pro, could I play
my external notation program and send MIDI live to the slaved Logic Pro
such that Logic not only records on 5 lanes simultaneously, but also
knows to attach MIDI channel 1 data to a particular lane only (Violins I)
and MIDI channel 2 data to a different lane (Violins II), and so forth.

In this way, I can work in my external notation program which is very
flexible and great for creating music during the compositional process,
and occasional, play the song into logic, and then use Apple's orchestra
sounds (using the bounce feature as I am CPU limited with a G4) to create a better realization of what the music might actually sound like.

Thanks,
Sys6

Here's the 'official' comparison chart.

http://www.apple.com/logicexpress/comparison.html

However, it doesn't tell the whole story. All sorts of functionality has been stripped out of Express - I've got into trouble trying to answer LE posts, not knowing all the features which are missing.

A few that come to mind are - no editing EXS24, no punch-on-the-fly, AUX and BUS use is more limited.

No Guitar Amp Pro, Space Designer, Ultrabeat, Sculpture, Beat mapping, surround sound up to 7.1, many other plugins.....

There are other functionality things not on the official apple comparison chart. Use the search function at the top right of the screen, as someone asks about this at least once a month.