LOGIC 11 - What just happened?!

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To adapt a quote... I want AI to do the washing up so I have time to write bass parts, I don't want AI to write bass parts so I have time to do the washing up

Having been a professional classic musician, composer, conductor, singer, for four decades now, I have decided to give a try to digital composing, a bit for the fun and a bit for the, why not, chances of opening a new market for my music making. Your channel is one of my favorite learning sources because not only of your amazing knowledge but also because it is clear that for you expertise and boredom don’t forcedly have to walk together. Thanks, Guy, for the knowledge and for the fun!

Every company is jumping on the Ai bandwagon as they think its todays rubik cube , the trouble is the consumers don’t even want it. We use logic because we enjoy making music , whats the point if the computer does it for you 🤦‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

Excellent? Diving right in to Daw School. Plus I have one of those Baskervilles....

Just to be clear, the Mastering Assistant does work on Intel macs (I have one from 2020) but you only get the Clean preset.

Having numerous ¼" stereo tapes of songs and other music that we recorded back in the 80s, and all of the 16- and 24-track masters long since gone, the stem splitter actually works really well for those. So far I've only digitized one tape with 3 songs on it, all featuring drums, bass, piano, rhythm guitar, and lead guitar fills, plus of course, vocal. Imported the stereo audio into Logic Pro 11, applied Stem Splitter, and got some very usable stems that were better than I expected. Re-mastered using some modern tools such as Smooth Operator, a couple of Sonible's smart: range of plugins, and APU Adaptive Loudness Compressor, and hey presto - brought them bang up to date. They actually sound surprisingly good. Now THAT is what I would use the Stem Splitter for - not pirating samples from Taylor Swift or whoever. By the way - v11.0.1 was released today, fixing a whole raft of early-reported bugs.

I really appreciate your insights and approach! Stay charming and bonkers.

Absolutely loved the dog part! Happiness all round.

Without mentioning all the various issues with AI. I just don't think this needed to be a full numbered release

So is the classic virtual drummer interface feature gone for good? is there anyway of accessing it?

The AI piano track seemed to emulate early Elton John. Overall, what it creates is mundane, pedestrian, trite, etc. I think it's a big step backwards.

I started recording in 1992 using the Tascam PortaStudio's, then the only real choice for newbies of the day back then. I had a 424 4 Track and later the last great cassette PortaStudio the 488mkII 8 track machine. After years with ADATS, desktop DAW's and then on laptop, I began to use the iPad & iOS music production apps exclusively in my home studio since 2015. I love the tactile feel and the ability to record anywhere. I was a little taken by surprise when Guy dismissed Apple's description of what the Stem Splitter could do with old demos etc. watch @ 10:31 . I had many songs that were stereo submixes from my PortaStudio days that I've recorded new parts to. Some turned out nice while others didn't because the stereo rhythm tracks were glued together and made mixing problematic. If the drums just weren't happening, short of compression there wasn't much to do. Stem Splitter is great for instances like that and while I see Guy's point I personally think using some Taylor Swift, et al. track to nab a drum part or backing vox will get old quite quickly. Making old bits & demos into complete songs will prove to be longer lasting.

Excellent video - informative and entertaining as well. Thanks a lot! Good to know that all the AI functionality will not work for me right now on my 2020 MB Air. Concerning the "DAW School" course: I hope that it will also be helpful for me (being on Logic X) as well, right?

Ugh, I have to choose a DAW and was leaning towards Logic Pro as I have a Macbook Air, however apparently my OS is already too old to run this program. Any other suggestions? If I have to fork out the money for a DAW I will definitely not have enough money to buy another computer. On top of that I would have also liked to take this course but now it seems I won't be needing it. GarageBand and Ableton Live Lite are just not cutting it for me anymore - what should I do??

Hey Guy, I am currently looking for a new Macbook and need some advice on what to choose. I know I want the new M3 with at least 16GB of ram. However, I am not quite sure whether to go light and get the air or go powerful and get the pro with the m3 pro chip. I am a student so I need something that is portable but can do the occasional logic session. In any case I am looking for something that will last a long time. What would you recommend? Thanks! :)

You are a very honest person, Guy. I'm on PC so this does not apply to me, but I did enjoy the review.

The stems splitter is pretty mindblowing! I used online services for this and it is quite a bit slower to process, may be because of the queue I'm not sure, but the possibility to do it this fast, locally is really great

I'm from the school of 'if it ain't broke don't fix it'. I'm sticking with Logic 10, I can't see anything in 11 that would change what I do or my enjoyment in writing. But a fascinating and honest review, thanks Guy.

It's been really bugging me how much people are treating the AI tools as if they're the death of creativity, when they're just additional tools that aren't much more than what was there already. And also yeah, why do people keep on not realizing that Logic had a chord track for versions 7-9? I guess most current Logic users only started with version 10 or something so they'd not have known it was there before Apple removed it for unknown reasons. The stem splitter is super useful for making karaoke tracks and I'll definitely be using it for that. It's not terribly useful for the stated purposes. Chroma Glow is something I haven't played with yet but I need to give it a try. I also like the new Session Bass instrument, which IMO is better than NI's Scarbee Bass (due to its incredibly rich and detailed articulations with piano roll articulation integration), although the Session Piano instrument is still a far cry from the NI Piano Collection. And the AI mastering assistant came out in the last 10.x release and I find it super useful for my fast turnaround music production. I've been using it heavily for a while.