When it comes to the flagship-chasers, many are buying every year. For the few of us that are not happy there, they offer the pro versions, Logic and Final Cut Pro, for which they also charge (though really not that much).īut I don’t see any real business benefit for Apple in putting Logic on their mobile devices.Ĭlick to expand.It's not just that the mobile market is bigger i.e more unique customers, but that it's a market in which users are buying newer hardware long before their current, 'older' model needs replacing. One way they do this is by giving away really nice software like Garage Band and iMovie for free, which lets the majority of users do 90% of what they want. Their entire business model is bringing the billions of casual users in, though the mobile devices, to get hooked on the ecosystem, and eventually end up with a lot of Apple hardware and services subscriptions. That's where the big crowds are, and apple want those to buy their hardware and use their ecosystem. I think where we’ll see the most development is in Garbage Band, rather than in Logic, and primarily on iOS and iPadOS. While it might sound cool from our POV, we’re a really small subset of users and Apple is always going for the the billions of casual users. But I still feel totally OK about keeping a Mac for 10 years (and that will continue unless apple suddenly starts to focus on notation, compositional tools and other pet peeves of mine and make these changes dependent on MacOS versions I otherwise don't need, and those MacOS versions require new Macs that I otherwise don't need).Ĭlick to expand.I don’t see why they would go that route. I'll invest in a Apple Silicon Mac relatively soon, and maybe switch to an iMac for a while in the transition process. Personally I'm on an 11 year old Mac, a four year old OS and Logic 10.4.8, but that has to change. IMO the future is bright for Logic and most Logic users, including most pro users. Since Logic 10.6 requires Catalina and has done that for some time, and since the whole Intel>M1 transition suggests that there will be a lot of changes within the Apple eco-system the next few years, the next major Logic release will probably require Big Sur, the Logic version after that will probably require Monterey – and so on. They'll continue to develop the OS combined with making new versions of their apps dependent on relatively new OS versions. Since Logic doesn't cost much and even OS updates are free, Apple needs to make sure people keep buying new Macs even if they don't have to. The entry level M1 Macs are already a lot more powerful than we expected for that price. There's also another topic to consider: Macs and PCs are soon going to be so powerful, RAM and storage keeps getting cheaper etc., so at some point, loads of people will fail to find a reason to keep updating their Macs. That could be a reason (remember, this and everything else in this post is just guesswork) that it took so long for Logic to get expression maps and a freeze function that freed up all sample memory used by Kontakt. The Logic team probablycan't focus too much on stuff that only a small fraction of their users are interested in. they can't make Logic into a DAW that is clearly better than all other DAWs in all areas, because that could mean that other DAW developers would drop the Mac platform entirely.Īlso, they have to keep focusing on mainstream wishes from users Logic is inexpensive because it appeals to a lot of users/because a lot of users buying Macs is essential for Apple. There's probably a downside or two by being owned by Apple as well. The Logic development has had benefits from the Apple acquirement almost 20 years ago, like the fact that Logic was already ready for Apple Silicon when the first M1 Macs were released. So, of course, Apple will keep updating Logic. Click to expand.I only planned to write 'yes', but since you asked for pontification.Ī lot of people buy Macs because of Logic: it's a great DAW and also has a good price.
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