Logic Pro 7 v. New Cubase 4

Question

Okay, I know this is an Apple forum so there might be a certain degree of bias... but which music production software is better, Logic Pro 7 or the newly-released Cubase 4 from Steinberg? Please backup with a lot of good reasons... Logic Pro 7 is $100 more expensive, academic price, so I want to choose wisely.

Answer 1

I agree with a lot of what's going on here. And I'll just tell you guys my little story.
I started out doing a lot of recording for my band, and that was almost exclusively incoming, converted audio. I discovered Samplitude/Sequoia which so insanely good at pure audio it's hard to believe it's not more popular. That is until you realize that very little these days is pure audio, and those who are into pure audio know and use it, but the rest of us have to look elsewhere. (I can't speak for versions 8 and 9 of SAM, I only used up to version 7.)
But as I discovered actual production, and what I could do with my keyboards I started using Logic more and more. And I love it. I think, as has been mentioned, it's audio side is actually pretty weak and it can't do some things very well.
That being said there was enough that it could do very very well that made me pick it as my app of choice. And I was using LAP 5.5.1 on the PC for about 5 years before I finally upgraded to a Mac with LP 7.
Logic is fantastic for composition and production, but more importantly I like how it works, how it feels and when you get Logic, you get a plethora of other very useful tools with it. I've used it for audio recording as well, it requires a little outside the box thinking, and I look forward to what the future brings. But for now, it happily suits my needs.