Logic Pro X

What do you like best?

Logic is the only DAW I need to work on a variety of musical projects in an array of genres. It's useful for working with audio, MIDI, writing to picture, or recording live sessions. I love the clean minimal UI where tools and handles are hidden until you hover over things. It's fast, versatile and pretty reliable these days.

What do you dislike?

There are occasional bugs, but they are usually ironed out pretty quickly. Working to picture in Logic can be a bit unintuitive to start with due to how it handles tempo changes. Flex pitch can sometimes be a bit hit and miss, but I still find it incredibly useful when editing vocal lines. Also, the score editor is quite useless and hardly ever used. I need to use additional software to create and edit scores.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

Logic is a great all-round DAW that is essential for any recording musician with a Mac. Whilst Pro Tools remains industry standard for running studio sessions, Logic is ideal for those who use MIDI together with audio. It's more of a composer/arranger's tool.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

Logic helps me create instrumental backing tracks with virtual instruments, record vocal demo tracks, produce mock-ups for film scores, and create click tracks for live theatre shows.