Macintosh OSX plugins & DAW !

[sethh]

i just converted to a Mac after being a PC user my whole life and i'm not fully familiar with the plugin selection on OSX. assuming there are great plugins that a Windows user wouldn't know to look for, could you please recommend me some of 'em? also i haven't tried both yet but which do people here prefer on a Mac and why - Pro Tools or Logic?

thankz

 

[TheDriller]

Logic is mighty, definatly my #1 DAW choice.

if you go with logic you'll be using the AU (Audio Units) plugin format. most commercial plugins are available in this format but there are exceptions.
there is also a VST->AU wrapper available from fxpansion, but bear in mind that the vst needs to be mac compatible in the first place.

 

[::XeS::]

My favourite Logic's plugin is the multiband compressor...very intuitive and easy to use.
Now I'm using PT and I miss that plugin very much

 

[gabriel g.]

logic 8 comes with amazing plugins!!!!!
Great compressor
Nice multiband
PERFECT IR REVERB (my number 1 reverb!!!)
wonderfull delay (designer)
AUDIO->MIDI (great for using DFH with real drums)
good eq
nice adaptive limiter

and a lot more!!!!

no limitation on tracks (protools LE has)
very FAST
works great with waves V6 plugins

 

[TheDriller]

logic 8 comes with amazing plugins!!!!!
Great compressor
Nice multiband
PERFECT IR REVERB (my number 1 reverb!!!)
wonderfull delay (designer)
AUDIO->MIDI (great for using DFH with real drums)
good eq
nice adaptive limiter

and a lot more!!!!

no limitation on tracks (protools LE has)
very FAST
works great with waves V6 plugins

All of this is very, very true.

frankly theres nothing stopping you from doing a full production entirely within logic. plus the Synths and sampler are excellent.

and if you shop around it's real cheap.
i got my brand new factory sealed copy of Logic Studio for just under €200 a few months ago.
best value for money ever. my stomach churns at the thought of forking out for digidesign crippleware in the future.

 

[Kazrog]

Logic is great, but also give Cubase 5 on the Mac a look. I personally prefer (and use) Cubase 5, and I've found it to be more CPU efficient than Logic as well as more powerful, with a simultaneously cleaner and more robust UI workflow.

However, I wish I could have Logic's included plugins and virtual instruments in Cubase - not because the ones in Cubase are bad, but because the ones in Logic are insanely awesome. Sadly, they are in a proprietary format and cannot be used outside of Logic.

Pro Tools just isn't worth it, it's an extremely inferior product to the others, unless you run HD, in which case the differences become more a matter of personal preference.

 

[::XeS::]

Personally I prefer PT, but it's a matter of taste...I find it more quickly when I have to record or edit something. And Logic doesn't have a BD function...and when I had to edit a drums take...I became crazy

 

[gabriel g.]

kazrog:
I switched from cubase 4 to logic 8 because I had soooo many problems with cubase 4!!!!
1.Strange CPU overloads
2.breakdowns for no reason
3.problems with 3. party plugins
4.projects went lost after saving!!!!

With logic all this problems were gone!!!
I´m not bashing cubase for anything, but it didnt work on my macbook pro so after one year I switched and it was the best choice for me.

After the last cubase 4 update I cant import mp3 and cant bounce my projects!!!!

 

[TheDriller]

@ Kazrog, its funny, Cubase seems to be a love/hate thing for most people, i've friends that swear by it and yet i thouroughly didn't like it at all.
horses for courses i guess

 

[Let it burn...]

Logic is the way to go. Awesome stock plugins and really nice to work with. Pro Tools is great for editing but a 003 will cost you muchos money.


Also, you're pirating days are over when you go mac

 

[::XeS::]

Also, you're pirating days are over when you go mac

Not completelly true.

Anyway, a 003 cost too much money..but a profire 2626 it's a wonderfull card (way better than shitty digi interfaces) and I paid it 350€ ca. from UK so...

 

[LydonB]

For the money, Logic is awesome. The stock plugins are great. I still think it is much less user friendly than Pro Tools. But in the end its all user preference.

And as far as plugins...if you go Pro Tools get the Massey stuff. Tapehead, CT4 and the L2007 are freaking awesome.

 

[SocialNumb]

Also, you're pirating days are over when you go mac

Not to true at all. Almost everything is available. Not a good thing, just saying.

 

[Sean in Silence]

funny that noone has suggested reaper yet
It comes with a toooooooon of free plugins
and it's free to begin with!
lol

 

[TheDriller]

for some reason i *really* don't like Reaper on OS X.
Blurry visuals (not the reaper developers fault) and lack of the media explorer mainly.
it just wrecks my eyes.

also, i'm still missing out on all the freeware windows vsts that i would have relied on to get the job done with reaper/windows.

 

[LydonB]

I downloaded the new Reaper beta for OS X the other night and tried to use it...holy shit. I felt like a total noob. I thought the UI was incredibly confusing. Just not for me I guess.

 

[Sean in Silence]

The new beta definitely takes a little bit of adapting to catch on but it's definitely worth it
I never really thought the interface was confusing but I've heard it from quite a few people so I'm sure it can be for some people

 

[beyond dead]

use the search function. there have been countless threads recently that talk about logic and the plug ins. I use logic, and prefer it over the mentioned daws. look for all of my posts, you will find tons of shit!

 

[Strangedogs]

I use Logic and at times Cubase 4 AI. I really dislike Reaper - it looks like a lameassed PC Port and it's squirrely interface just turns me off... Also I don't like software that stays in BETA forever - that's a PC orientated thing that's going nowhere in the Mac World I live in

here's some AU's to explore

http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/PluginsAUEffects.html

 

[Machinated]

i really like logic, and v8 has really made it very user friendly. im actually insanely fast in logic these days, its just a case of getting to speed with it (as with anything else).