Thinking Of Buying Logic Pro, A Few Questions.....

Question

Hi guys,
I have recently just bought a 20" Intel imac and am seriously thinking of selling my current setup to buy Logic Pro 7;
Current Setup
Reason 3.0 (Def Sell)
Mbox 2 + Pro Tools 7 LE (Def Sell)
Roland V-Synth XT (May Keep)
MPC 1000 (Def Keeping)
The reason that I have listed my main components is so that you can advice me as to whether its worth me going through the hassle of changing, what I will lose / gain (as I understand that Logic comes with alot of built in instruments etc but may not have certain features of Pro Tools LE, i.e Beat Detective etc, but I am sure its prob better overall).
I haven't really used Pro Tools LE yet so changing DAW isn't a problem from the standpoint of learning something new as I haven't yet learnt LE.
I understand that I will need a new external sound card as well (like the Mbox) so any reccomendations on that would also be great.
I also understand that Logic Pro 7.2 (the intel compatible version isn't out for a month or so) but thats fine as thus far my newly purchased Mbox 2 isn't compatible anyway and I am happy just getting my head round the new operating system for the MPC for the next month anyway
So in a nutshell, to the Logic users out there, whats it like, pros / con's etc? Also what main differences are there between Pro and Express?
Im gonna try googling a few reviews online but I have always trusted peoples opinions on here more so than magazine reviews so thanks for any advice in advance.
Cheers, Nathan
P.S, sorry for the long post and amount of questions but this is going to be a big change for me and just want to make sure I don't dive in head first and then regret it.

Answer 1

I do all sorts of music (R&B, Hip hop, salsa, reggae and all that )
and logic has never been easier
I see most of friends using cubase with reason and its a pain to what they go through
example
open cubase then open reason
save cubase as a project then save reason as well
rewire then start recording both together requires more CPU than having 10-20 EXS24 as plugins in logic
after you are done save cubae then save reason
when ever you need to go back again open cubase the open reason before your song will play and sometimes if you make a mistake then reason will change the tempo when you launch then you gotta remember what the original tempo was
worse thing ever is if you wanna continue at another studio you gotta make sure the person has both reason and cubase then the whole open and open starts again
I was always bored each time i went there
I gave him some bass line and old school samples and it wouldn't match his tempo
but in logic i can change the tempo and it it matches (its not 100% but for hip hop with short samples like 8bars chipmunk samples is perfect
even Kanye West feels Logic and he has been know to be the ultimate champ of sampling
but don't throw or sell any of your analogs or external synth
alotta people will pay alot to get em again ( trust )
all i can say is with MPC and Logic, there is nothing you can do when it comes to hip hop
alotta cats are on Fruityloops I still use it for drums sometimes
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