Apple has worked hard to keep its basic iLife suite of applications compatible with their high-end software. A perfect example is importing GarageBand files into Logic. To do this, simply go to the File menu and select the Open option. As it reads and opens the file, Logic will automatically create the required number and type of tracks to mirror those used in the GarageBand song. Aug 03, 2013 In GarageBand, you make most of your edits and mixes in the track view. In Logic, you’ll be assigning effects and doing your mixing in the Mixer view. I actually prefer it this way, since you can easily adjust your levels while the song is playing.
Stepping up from GarageBand to the professional features of Logic Pro is one of the smoothest transitions you’ll ever make. For starters, you’re greeted with a familiar interface. And your GarageBand projects open in Logic Pro exactly as you left them. When you’re ready, turn on more advanced features. Here are just a few incredible tools and instruments you’ll find in Logic Pro.
More power to create.
Logic Pro X expands your creative options with a vast range of professional tools to make and shape sounds — diverse and versatile synths, customizable real and electronic drum kits, an amazing collection of MIDI and audio effect plug-ins, and tons of additional loops.
Create and tweak sounds for Drummer or your beat tracks with over 300 additional drum kit pieces and sound-shaping Smart Controls.
The most advanced sample-manipulating synthesizer plug-in on the market, with a 14GB sound library and powerfully intuitive Performance Controls.
High-end reverb lets you add space and depth to tracks by simulating a wide range of real and unnatural acoustic spaces.
Perfect your performances.
Logic Pro X gives you loads of features, including precise tools and take folders, to help fine-tune your performances and organize them into a complete song.
Quickly adjust the pitch of individual notes or come up with entirely new melodies.
Hit Record and play as many times as you want to get your best performances. You can see and preview them all, and easily audition the best takes to assemble the perfect part.
Mix and master like the pros.
Logic Pro gives you the kind of mixing and mastering gear you’d find in a professional recording studio — from a first-class, automation-enabled mixing console to pristine-sounding EQ, limiter, and compression plug-ins.
Take control and easily navigate projects of any size — from your demo track to an orchestral film score multitrack. Automate mixes with precise graphic controls or use external hardware to record in real time.
Get up to speed. At your own speed.
When you’re ready to enable the more sophisticated features in Logic Pro, turn on Advanced Tools. The flexibility of Logic Pro lets you experiment and progress at a pace you’re comfortable with.
Logic Pro X
All the power you need in production. All the creativity you want in music.
The days of analogue audio workstations and expensive sound studios are on a decline, and musicians everywhere are instead opting for Digital audio workstations these days. Like many of its competitors, Apple too has got this department covered and is clearly LEADING with its two audio editing software: GarageBand and Logic Pro.
Initially, GarageBand was released as a beginners version for the more advanced Logic Pro, but over the years it has gained enough professional popularity too. In this article we will be analyzing the two DAWs to compare their different aspects.
Also go through – Our Ultimate Guide on Garageband for PC
Pricing
One of the best things about GarageBand is that it is free to use for all Mac and iOS users, while a standard version of Logic Pro X costs about $199.99. Since Logic Pro is an upgraded version of GarageBand, it also comes packed with features that are much more advanced, therefore, we would advise all users to first try out GarageBand learn to start out; and once you are comfortable and satisfied with it and need to unlock more advanced features, they can move on to the paid Logic Pro X.
Verdict- PRICE COMPARISON: GarageBand: 1, Logic Pro: 0
Interface
Differences
Logic has a one-up over GarageBand with its interface as it offers options like the inspector, which opens a Channel Strip for the selected track where you can add effects, EQ units, decide how to route the signal, etc. This is not possible on GarageBand. Logic also sports a full mixer panel that can display all of the Channel strips in a project.
While both have easy to use interfaces and control settings, but GarageBand is slightly more rudimentary and thus is able to hide the complexity of its advanced features better.
Similarities
Despite the subtle differences, the first thing that any user of both the software will notice, is that their interface is almost the same. That is because Apple wanted to make sure of a smooth transition from GarageBand to Logic Pro X for its users, so anyone upgrading from GarageBand to Logic Pro X will not have to start over again.
Both sport a similar design and even share a common code base, which means that any project you create in one of them can easily be opened in the other too. The layout is clean and minimalistic – all tracks are color coded and bear icons of their instrument types, while each instrument further has smart controls that look like analogue knobs, dials and sliders.
Verdict : GarageBand: 1, Logic Pro: 1
Features
In general, both editors share a lot of features, and almost all that you can do in GarageBand, you can also do in Logic Pro X. Both allow you to record tracks with actual instruments, or use the Virtual plugins, or edit any pre-recorded audio. However, Logic Pro X comes with a more expanded set of options, that also gives you more control over your track –
Pros of Logic Pro X over GarageBand
— On GarageBand, you can access about fifty different keyboards, drums, and guitar models for free, which you can upgrade to about two hundred options with a purchase of $2.99, along with an expansion of the loop library and virtual drummers. Whereas, since Logic Pro X is already paid, you get an impressive twenty thousand of these, most of which come through an optional 35GB download, which is free. Therefore, all sets in Logic pro are complete, while in GarageBand they are not. For example, the 70s Electric piano set has 29 loops in Logic and only 2 in GarageBand.
— Logic also comes with a number of advanced and impressive sound creation tools that you do not find in GarageBand, including the Space Designer, the EXS24 Sampler, and the Sculpture tool.
— There are certain tools that both software share, but these also have certain advanced features in Logic Pro X that GarageBand doesn’t have, like the Drummer tool that automatically fills in drum beats to your track where it sees fit, which has an additional ability to build custom kits, due to its Drum Kit Designer in Logic Pro X. Similarly, the flex time feature on GarageBand is also present in logic pro, where it has the additional options of multiple time signatures in a single song, more detailed timeline controls, etc.
Pros of GarageBand over Logic Pro X
One feature that GarageBand has, and that is missing from Logic Pro is also what we would consider GarageBand’s best feature – the artist lessons. These lessons include free tutorials on the basics of how to play different instruments. For more advanced learners, there are videos from popular artists too, which would require you to make a purchase.
Advanced features
In the preferences menu, if you click on the ‘Show Advanced Tools’ option, you’ll find a number of options that give you increased control over your audio like MIDI control, Control surfaces, and Advanced editing.
Garageband Or Logic
In GarageBand, you can adjust the track volume, pan the signal left or right, and manually alter the fade ins and outs on the timeline. You can also correct timing issues and perform pitch correction. However, all this is nothing compared to what Logic Pro offers, which includes the ability to group related track together and apply different effects on them simultaneously. You can also play the MIDI orchestra with this technique and create new instrumental combinations.
Verdict : GarageBand : 0, Logic Pro : 1
Conclusion
First and foremost, let’s pay attention to the monetary aspect. Logic Pro X obviously offers more advanced options and tools than GarageBand, but it also doesn’t come for free like GarageBand; also I feel for the features. And that is because both the editors are aimed at different users and that is how you must choose between the two.
GarageBand is the best option for users who don’t have much prior experience in audio editing and want to learn. It has all the necessary features and doesn’t require you to invest money, starting out. For more professional editors, who know what they are doing Logic Pro is the ideal choice, as it has some of the most powerful tools for audio manipulation.
Garageband Or Logic Pro X
The best way to make use of both the editors, which are designed to go hand in hand is to start out with GarageBand, get used to the interface and learn the basics of audio editing. Once you have mastered GarageBand, you can easily upgrade to Logic Pro X.