A lil report....
Have not worked too much but I like what I see.
There is the fancy new drummer thing ofc which has been fronted and made people believe this is some sort of
Garageband Pro. Forget it; it´s a more powerful Logic; no doubt.
There has been an update to the old arrangement folder system where you now more easily and better IMO can collapse groups of track but still see the other tracks in the arrange. Excellent for hiding all 40 vocal tracks into 1 collapsable "vocal track". I like this new system a lot better than the old folder system.
What has been mentioned is the quirky way of Logic 9 to select places to record or loop from. Pro Tools have had the option to select in the arrange to set a loop while in Logic one had to set loops in the loopline top of arrange. This has improved radically. You can now auto set cycle range from what you select in the arrange window wether it´s a block of midi notes, a part of a vocal tracking or a whole track. The option to autoset can also be toggled off/on with a button as always in Logic. There is now several ways to autoselect and play-from settings. Very handy.
The iPad Remote! Brilliant, but havent tested it fully yet. It is fast, no setup and really brilliant. Get it free for iPad in the app store. It is rumoured to be able to play drumkits and operate Logic instruments straight on the pad. Gotta look into that.
It seems we now also have a library search like Live9 has, but I ain´t totally sure on what/how it works yet. More later.
Loading times: My Logic starts a lot faster. Loading the projects is about the same.
At a price tag of 235 USD it is obvious that Apple supports this to sell Macs. And I think they will.
Well these are the most obvious things I have found out so far. Will try to remember to update this posts as i tag along with the new version of Logic.
