Live vs Logic Pro

FL Studio

Pro Tools

REAPER

Anchor

Studio One

ACID Pro

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Studio One is an audio editing software designed to help musicians and studio engineers create, produce, record, mix, and compose songs using various virtual instruments, effects, and arrangement tools from production till album release and stage performances.

Pro Tools is an audio editing software that helps musicians, students, teachers, and audio professionals record, edit, mix, and produce unique audio content. The solution enables artists to compile various takes of a recording, fix tracks' timing, and match audio beats in real-time.

FL Studio is a complete digital audio workstation (DAW) for mixing and mastering audio tracks. The software includes a vast collection of samples, presets, loops, effects, synths, and effects at additional costs.

Live is a workflow management platform that allows musicians, composers, producers, artists, creators, designers, and instrumentalists to generate music with multiple effects, sounds, velocity, and electronic musical instruments.

Activity Dashboard

Audio Capture

Audio Editor

Audio Manipulation

Audio Mixing

Audio Recording

Configurable Workflow

Graphical Workflow Editor

Instrument Management

Mastering

Plug-in Integration

Third-Party Integrations

Workflow Management

Live

Linux

Web-based

Windows

Producer

The live triggers allow it to be used on stage which is a great tool for in the moment production as well. The stock samples, sounds, and plugins are all fantastic.

Campus Worship Pastor

For theatrical elements it is a great sound board for FX. But most important, it open our eyes to an amazing new world of possibilities when it comes to live performance.

Live has always provided an inspiring array of sounds and plugins to help produce music or write from the ground up. It's quick and easy to learn which makes the creative process even easier.

Productor de música

It is awesome the diversity of the sound library. You have everything in the main windows, this save you a lot of time.

Student

I like the huge Virtual Instruments in the Library of LIVE. Ableton have a good integration for the most Hardware on  the Market.

Everything is integrated into one window, which really helps the workflow. It eliminates the need for cluttering multiple windows plus plugins, thus giving it a very clean and enjoyable experience.

Composer

As musicians we can get a very rich quality export from this software. I made much  more songs ,advertisment audios ,outros  from Live...very easy to use.

Music Producer

It was my first DAW, and it helped me to start my way on music production/mixing. The fact that you have a lot of sounds and effects in the software without leaving it is amazing.

IT Support Specialist

Live is an extremely powerful Digital Audio Workstation. It has a very simple workflow that allows you to get out ideas quickly and offers many creative tools.

Music producer

The user community is amazing and the sonic sound output.

Entreprenur

Ableton Live's ease of use with a variety of genres and production processes is one of the most impactful features.

My overall experience was okay however it was very confusing to me. Mixing and mastering was so different and hard for me to grasp and is not for beginners.

Producer/DJ

Have had such a great experience with their support team reordering parts I needed for a controller and issues within the software.

It's a minor bug but extremely inconvenient if you're in the middle of some creative energy. The most negative aspect of Ableton Live would be the price.

Assembler

Though they offer a "Lite" version of their software, it's limited to 16 tracks, which may not be enough for producers and engineers completing large projects.

Associate Pastor

The software can do a whole lot of things, but in my experience that has also made it difficult to learn.

Live screenshot: Live audio editing dashboard

Live screenshot: Live melodic steps

Live screenshot: Live pitch adjustment tool

Freelancers

Large Enterprises

Mid Size Business

Small Business

REAPER is an audio editing software that is designed for businesses in several industry fields, including education, non-profit, game development, broadcasting, sound design, and more. Organizations can handle processes related to overdubbing, graphical patchbay emulation, and musical articulations.

ACID Pro is a cloud-based audio editing software designed to help businesses manage and edit various audio samples to streamline music production processes. Using the Beatmapper tool, supervisors can determine tempos and time signatures of external audio files and label them according to requirements.


Anchor is a podcast hosting software designed to help businesses create, monetize, and distribute podcasts on a centralized platform. Supervisors can manage RSS feeds and automatically distribute podcast episodes across various applications, such as Spotify, Pocket Casts, and more.

Logic Pro from Apple is a fully-featured digital audio workstation for macOS that provides step sequencing, quick sampler controls, and remote music-making capabilities. Logic Pro turns any Mac into a professional recording studio allowing users to capture any composition.

Drag & Drop

Mobile Access

Score Editor

Logic Pro

iPad

iPhone

I like the general layout and integration with MainStage, and ease of use with 3rd party VSTs. Logic is affordable and is a great 1st DAW to learn on, and is many people’s DAW of choice.

Musician

Ease of editing, looping, etc, the audio quality is excellent and the built in sounds are many and solid.

Audio Engineer

The Match EQ plugin is very useful for matching sounds (vocal takes, mixes), the Drummer instrument is stunning, and the unique editing features are well-suited to certain projects.

Teacher

I really appreciate how Logic can import your Garageband files - If you've been working in Garageband and are looking to upgrade, this is the best option for being able to work with those files.

Musician entertainer songwriter singer

My overall experience was fun exciting and really productive.

Musican

Overall this software has been great out of the many other similar softwares I'm familiar with this is always my go to choice would recommend.

UX Designer

The fact that, despite being a complex software, with such complex features and capabilities, it's VERY intuitive and kind of easy to learn.

For professionals, all the bells and whistles are here, especially the included effects and libraries, which are considered some of the best stock plugins on the market.

msuci producer 

I use it everyday to make my music its easy to use and learn if you dont know how it works. There good sounds/ instruments and lots on controls to do effects.

However, Logic is (rightly) notorious for being counterintuitive at times.

Owner

The only downside I've experienced with Logic Pro is that it uses a large amount of RAM and slows down other programs on my computer.

International Accounting

The Logic Pro community is huge in the different social media and you always find someone with your same experiences/issues ready to help you.

Also, the integration between the Mac app and the remote app (for iPad) it's perfect.

UX Consultant

Overall, a good DAW with a somewhat steep learning curve for new users, and a mid to high price-tag.

Bassist, Instrumentalist, Composer

Finally, the support community is top-notch. If you ever have a question or need help, plenty of people are willing to lend a hand.

Software Engineer

Logic pro is a good value at $200, but it's specially noticeable since you have to compare it to the more-expensive "Suite" versions of the other DAWs that cost at least x4 as much.

Product Designer

Getting your final mix to sound "professional" is a little more difficult to achieve.

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