Apple Logic Express 8

List Price: $199.00 Discount Price: $149.99

Features:

• Makes it easier than ever to translate musical inspiration into professional productions
• Includes all the functionality of Logic Pro 8 except for four high-end professional features--surround, TDM/DAE support, distributed audio processing (DAP), and support for high-end control surfaces
• 36 instruments from Logic Studio, including Ultrabeat drum machine, EXS24 Sampler, and ES2 synth
• 70 effects from Logic Studio, including Guitar Amp Pro, Ringshifter, and full-featured Pitch Correction
• Hundreds of channel strip settings and thousands of royalty-free Apple Loops so you can make incredible-sounding music right out of the box

Customer Reviews:

Best I've Used [Posted on 2008-02-24]
I'm an amateur in the audio field and have found Logic Express 8 to be the both the easiest to use and most comprehensive audio software I've used to date. I've used Cubase, Sonar and others in the past and Logic is so much easier to use! Highly recommended!

The Vocoder Sealed the Deal [Posted on 2008-02-25]
Here we are six months after this product was released, and there's only one review so far. I guess that's because Logic Express's big brother, Logic Studio, gets all the attention. Hey, I'd love to have Logic Studio too, especially with all those Jam Packs, as an amateur "tinkerer", I really can't justify paying five hundred bucks or so.

I decided to take the plunge on Logic Express 8 since it has much of the good stuff of Logic Studio, but it's about 300 bucks less. I'm glad I bought this. It's a lot of fun

I've had it just a couple of weeks so far, and I haven't even scratched the surface of its capabilities. Mostly I've spent my time playing with the EXS-24 sampler and the EVOC-20 vocoder. Vocoder you say? Yep. It's not even mentioned in the description above. I use a simple logitech headset mic and an M-Audio Oxygen midi controller and it works like a charm.

As to the EXS-24 sampler: a lot of people are interested in the sample library that comes with the Express version. As you are probably aware, the express version does not come with the 4 Jam Pack DVD-Roms. The library included with Express has some holes, but it is fairly easy to fill those holes with freely downloaded soundfonts from the web.

You don't get the nice box and documentation with the Express version, but the sequencer and audio recording capabilities are full-fidelity and full function. Honestly, most people are not going to miss the advanced features of Studio because there's enough to keep you busy learning for years.

The thing that made me decide to buy Logic Express 8 now rather than waiting until I had the money to buy Studio was the upgrade policy. You can upgrade to the Full Studio version for $299, which is the approximate difference in price between the packages.

Logical [Posted on 2008-03-11]
I purchased this as an adjunct to Cubase on my laptop and as a step up from Garage band. While still adjusting to new ways of doing things, I can see the inherent power contained in the code. For the money, this purchase ia a "Logical" choice.

Amazing for the price! [Posted on 2008-04-04]
I came from a ProTools background so there was a bit of a learning curve but once I got the basics down it is really quite straight forward. Great for a home recording rig. I have the Apogee Duet which works quite well in this set up.

GET IT! [Posted on 2008-05-04]
love it- after 3 years of Garageband- this is a great app- easy to use if you played and got good with GBand! Highly recommend!

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