Logic Studio Users - In Here!

arty · 17 May 2008 at 20:05

I'm planning to get a copy of Logic Studio quite soon and am very interested in using Main Stage as a live sound generator when I gig (usually between 4-6 times a month at the moment).

I currently have a MBP which I'm sure would run it fine, but as it's my main computer I'm a little wary of gigging with it. I could get something like a Mac Truck case to make it more rugged, but I'd still be worried about it getting nicked with all of my personal stuff on it.

As an alternative I was thinking of getting a second-hand Macbook (i.e. non-Pro) purely for gigging. My question is: Does anyone have a copy of Logic Studio with Main Stage running on a Macbook? If so, how well does it run? I'd be wanting mainly 'piano' sounds rather than mega-complex synths, but I'd need it to be very low latency and stable to be usable live.

I'd try it myself when I buy the software, but I don't have access to a Macbook. Thanks for any info

arty

EDIT - Could have sworn I posted that in Apple Software - sorry about that. If a passing Mod could move the thread I'd appreciate it. Thanks

MrMoonX · 17 May 2008 at 20:22

id love to find out if logic worked on my macbook

catalyst · 18 May 2008 at 11:58

MacBook here, 2Ghz Core 2 Duo / 2GB RAM.

I bought Logic Studio on day of release and it's been great. Not my main DAW (Ableton Live is) and I don't use Main Stage but i can test it for polyphony and dropouts if you specify which patch and how low you want the latency ?

Scythe · 18 May 2008 at 12:56

Logic works fine on my Mac Mini and that only has 1gb of RAM.

arty · 18 May 2008 at 13:26

catalyst said:
MacBook here, 2Ghz Core 2 Duo / 2GB RAM.

I bought Logic Studio on day of release and it's been great. Not my main DAW (Ableton Live is) and I don't use Main Stage but i can test it for polyphony and dropouts if you specify which patch and how low you want the latency ?

Thanks, that would be great. I'm thinking of mainly piano (Bosendorfer Piano Club perhaps) and these kind of things (Rhodes, organs, clavs). I don't know the exact patch names unfortunately as I don't have the software yet, but that's the sort of thing.

It's very good of you to test this for me - I appreciate it

If I went for it, I'd be using it with an M-Audio FW410 firewire sound card, which should help a bit with the latency.

arty

catalyst · 18 May 2008 at 14:36

No worries, will give it a blast tomorrow night after work. I use an M-Audio Firewire Solo, so all in all it should be quite a similar setup !

catalyst · 19 May 2008 at 20:14

Tried MainStage out tonight with patches you mentioned at 128 Samples latency in the Firewire Solo. Playing away with the Bosendorfer Piano Club, probably average of 5 or 6 active notes at any time, no dropouts at all - sounds great. CPU is 25% or less. The Clavs and Electric Piano patches were much easier on the CPU at 10%-15%. I don't think you will have any trouble on a MacBook mate !

Neoni · 20 May 2008 at 07:57

Eurgh, get logic pro people if you get logic at all, you can get HE discount on it, and its dirt cheap.

Lowe · 20 May 2008 at 08:26

Neoni said:
Eurgh, get logic pro people if you get logic at all, you can get HE discount on it, and its dirt cheap.

Err isn't Logic Studio the flagship Logic product? I thought Logic Express was the baby one, and Pro was v7.0?

Neoni · 20 May 2008 at 08:45

Lowe said:
Err isn't Logic Studio the flagship Logic product? I thought Logic Express was the baby one, and Pro was v7.0?

Logic Pro is also 8.. i own 7 & 8 and yes Logic Studio is the flagship logic product, my bad.

Lowe · 20 May 2008 at 09:40

I was gonna say, cos I've got 7 and 8 sat next to me as well, heh!

arty · 20 May 2008 at 22:20

catalyst said:
Tried MainStage out tonight with patches you mentioned at 128 Samples latency in the Firewire Solo. Playing away with the Bosendorfer Piano Club, probably average of 5 or 6 active notes at any time, no dropouts at all - sounds great. CPU is 25% or less. The Clavs and Electric Piano patches were much easier on the CPU at 10%-15%. I don't think you will have any trouble on a MacBook mate !

That's really good news, thanks very much for doing that test - though I probably play about 20-30 notes at the same time when you take into account the sustain pedal and epic jazz solos

I'm really grateful for you doing that test for me. Was this at 44.1khz? If so I work that out to be only like 3ms latency which is fine. Great news... if I can save up for / justify a second Apple laptop

arty