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Logic 6 on Intel Mac.

hueseph	Date: August 26, 2006 @ 12:14 AM Has anyone tried or is anyone using Logic 6 on an Intel Mac? I found a deal at my local retailer for Logic 6 at less than 50% of the original retail price but I don't want to dive into it unless it works reasonably well. I suppose the upgrade will still save me a load but I want to know for sure.
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: August 26, 2006 @ 12:22 AM http://prowiki.isc-csg.upenn.edu:16080/index.php/Mac_OS:_University-Centric_Intel-Based_Mac_Compatibility According to this article, Logic 7.0 doesn't even work with Intel Mac, he upgrade to 7.2 makes it work with Intel Mac, so I doubt that Logic 6 would work with Intel Mac, maybe you can get an upgrade for Logic 6 to 7 to 7.2???? The new Cubase 4 system coming out in the next 2-3 months if you believe the hype is also supposed to run natively in MacIntel.
hueseph	Date: August 26, 2006 @ 4:45 AM Thanks man. Bummer. Treacktion it is then.
hueseph	Date: August 26, 2006 @ 4:46 AM Uh...Tracktion.....2.
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: August 26, 2006 @ 2:34 PM well, Tracktion 2 has come a long way, you could do a heck a lot worse. Nice 64 bit 192 Khz audio engine, has improved vst and midi functionality in v2 as well.
hueseph	Date: August 31, 2006 @ 4:31 AM Actually I tried Tracktion 2. As much as it's a great program to work with, it still struggles with Rosetta. Somehow the translation to the intel chip just uses a lot of CPU power. After as few as 16 tracks with as many as 4 plugins per track, the CPU meter just goes bonkers. I'm talking near 75%. That's rediculous. I'm anxiously awaiting Steinbergs release of Cubase 4. Until then I'll just keep using Garageband. With Garageband loaded I hardly see a CPU usage of 5%. That's the way it should be. Even Ableton's LIVE lite 4 run up into 15% with a single Audio track. Pops and crackles everywhere. That's not what I was expecting. Obviously there is just too much going on with audio to comprimise software compatability. Come on Steinberg! I don't want to have to go ProTools. Though I will if it's necessary.
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: August 31, 2006 @ 5:07 AM Ableton Live doesn't run well on Intel mac, except for the new update to version 5 (version 5.2) which is optimized for Intel Mac and reduces CPU usage over older versions by 30-35% and Version 6 is supposed to be 'da bomb' on INtel Mac when released in the next few weeks. Don't get PTLE or M-Powered, why settle for second best and be frustrated by it's poor MIDI, no native VST support without wrappers and minimal feature set. Especially for the sake of hanging on for just a couple of months... Cubase 4 seems to be ahead of schedule, there are already screenshots on major retailers sites, reviews are coming up in the media in September/October and it may well be ready for release in December or so. It will be universal binary so should run fine on INtel Mac.

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