Logic future???

Hello All,
I'm a bit concerned about the future of logic.......will there be a logic pro 10?  Will apple offer support for this great product in the future??  I switched over from Cubase/Nuendo several years ago and have been really pleased with the layout and features of logic pro 9.  However, I noticed that logic express is gone and logic pro is now in the app store???....to me this suggests a decline in support.  I wouldn't think the app store would be an option when considering a pro DAW.
I also noticed that the Logic ads in gear magazines have gotten smaller......though this could be a result of not having an update in a while still I am concerned........Does anyone know what's going on?
thanks
"C"

cpmusicSW wrote:
Hello All,
I'm a bit concerned about the future of logic.......will there be a logic pro 10?  Will apple offer support for this great product in the future??  I switched over from Cubase/Nuendo several years ago and have been really pleased with the layout and features of logic pro 9.  However, I noticed that logic express is gone and logic pro is now in the app store???....to me this suggests a decline in support.  I wouldn't think the app store would be an option when considering a pro DAW.
I also noticed that the Logic ads in gear magazines have gotten smaller......though this could be a result of not having an update in a while still I am concerned........Does anyone know what's going on?
thanks
"C"
If they were going to dump Logic, they wouldn't still be releasing updates nor would they have put in the work to put it on the app store.
Express is gone because now Logic is cheap enough for hobbyists to buy the full version, and they'll only need to support one app.  The only thing that bothers me about the app store version is that more content is lossless compressed, although some of the content was in that format already in the disk version.
I assume 10 is coming although with 9 going on the app store now I suspect it won't be soon.

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