What are your top three favorite new features in 8?

First off, let me say that I am blown away with this update. It really has almost everything I could have hoped for. Bug fixes, workflow improvements galore, not a bunch of new plug ins but great improvements on the old ones, and I personally love the new look. Job well done apple. Three features that will revolutionize the way I work:
1. Key command for hiding plug ins. Some plugs take a ton of time for the graphics to load, that used to be really annoying.
2. Key command for disabling control surfaces. I am always needing to switch from using my control surface as a mixer controller to using it to quickly automate some CC on a MIDI track. This makes it very quick and easy.
3. Delay Designer. I just got into this one, absolutely amazing. Those melodic patterns really got me excited. This completely obliterates any other delay I've ever seen feature wise, and the interface is great. I used to use Ohmboyz as my go to for complex delays, but Delay Designer blows it away from what I can tell. The compressor improvements are very nice as well!

1. Mainstage - Even though I probably won't use Logic for live performance much, I love how simple, clean, and intuitive the interface looks. I will probably use this when composing as it seems to be one of the easiest ways to route drum pads, create keyboard layers, etc. really quickly, and the interface is very inviting.
2. Delay designer looks really fun. I remember spending 30 minutes once in Sonar trying to get the stupid delay to do a really simple thing. I finally gave up and layered the audio data to make my own delay because it didn't give me enough control to make it happen in the plugin. It looks like I could have just drawn it into the Delay Designer and been done with it.
3. Import from Garageband - Not a new feature, but I love using Garageband as a musical notepad when all I want to do is create something simple or jot down an idea. In this period, I don't need all the features of Logic, but I will eventually, and then I just open it up in Logic and get more advanced.

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