Peter,
Some of your points re MOTU are well taken. Their isolationist behavior is also similar to that of Digidesign, but in the end, they do have a great product in DP and MachFive. I hope that Apple has no plans to undercut DIGI and MOTU and that they will continue to foster the Mac music platform in general, and be less interested in training Logic to be a MOTU/DIGI killer. I would also say that while initially after Apple's acquisition of Emagic there seemed to a mini exodus from Digital Performer to Logic, I have witnessed (and like you Peter, no polls taken) that many of the those same people gave Logic their best shot only to retreat to Digital Performer after finding Logic so un-Logical. This is a general comment I've heard SO many times. I've spent many a night sitting up in bed with the Logic manual, and thinking "No, this can't be how I'll have to do this!" If you look at DP, ProTools and StudioVision (remember that), they are VERY similar in approach, construction, operation, and philosophy (of course with emphasis on different things), and they are cut from the same cloth. Many people have spent years in and have grown to really appreciate this kind of working environment and as a result, find Logic very difficult to deal with. I do not think this will change unless Apple gives Logic an extreme makeover.
Anyhow, that said, I am a Digital Performer user and my original intent for posting on this subject was to see if HERB would care to comment on VSL development for MachFive.
Some of your points re MOTU are well taken. Their isolationist behavior is also similar to that of Digidesign, but in the end, they do have a great product in DP and MachFive. I hope that Apple has no plans to undercut DIGI and MOTU and that they will continue to foster the Mac music platform in general, and be less interested in training Logic to be a MOTU/DIGI killer. I would also say that while initially after Apple's acquisition of Emagic there seemed to a mini exodus from Digital Performer to Logic, I have witnessed (and like you Peter, no polls taken) that many of the those same people gave Logic their best shot only to retreat to Digital Performer after finding Logic so un-Logical. This is a general comment I've heard SO many times. I've spent many a night sitting up in bed with the Logic manual, and thinking "No, this can't be how I'll have to do this!" If you look at DP, ProTools and StudioVision (remember that), they are VERY similar in approach, construction, operation, and philosophy (of course with emphasis on different things), and they are cut from the same cloth. Many people have spent years in and have grown to really appreciate this kind of working environment and as a result, find Logic very difficult to deal with. I do not think this will change unless Apple gives Logic an extreme makeover.
Anyhow, that said, I am a Digital Performer user and my original intent for posting on this subject was to see if HERB would care to comment on VSL development for MachFive.