

Unless you are in the true digital music production business you are likely only going to use a small fraction of the features of almost any of the major DAWs. Some assumptions and info that may be of use to you: The high end tools also are now meant to do scoring to video as well having SMPTE interfaces, etc - this may be of interest to you down the road. Garage Band, Logic, Pro Tools and Ableton Live. (KISS is our mantra in the computer world). Omnisphere lists it as one of the major tools they work with. Who knows you may not need anything more for a while. So I would investigate these below and maybe for a few bucks just get Garage Band to get your feet wet. (I've only used Cubase, Sonar and Digital Performer and some I have not mentioned here so I don't want to steer you wrong). Many say that it's easy to move from Garage Band to Logic.
Amadeus pro vs logic pro free#
But in the end, Garage Band is so cheap (almost free compared to the others), frankly it may be a good starting option to get your feet wet. I don't have that much experience with Garage Band, Reaper or Fruity Loops (now FL Studio) but many use them - and people really love and rave about Ableton Live.

MOTU Digital Performer is also a great MAC based tool (but more expensive and more than you may need). Logic Pro looks like its only a couple hundred bucks (Logic Studio includes that I think and is the flagship product). If you don't like it you can cancel and try another one. I think you can actually get a subscription to Pro Tools so you can try it out for a low cost on a monthly basis and if you like it you can either continue on the subscription or buy it. But comfort is important and it would be good to try a few out somehow. You may well just like the user feel of one versus another. For example Cubase and Sonar have similar features, but for me Sonar is just a pain to use. You also can't go wrong with the Logic Pro your friend uses (and it would be nice to just ask him questions he can easily answer for you if you have any road blocks).īut it really comes down to work flow. And really good MIDI editing functions are a must at some point, but likely not for you now. You never know what features of the DAW you may need over time.
Amadeus pro vs logic pro full#
At first you only need something that does the few basic things I discuss below and any of the DAWs should do that. Now Pro Tools is used by a ton of people, full featured, and its hard to go wrong with it.
