Neil Spencer Bruce

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Where is Logic Studio 10 (or X) and Digital Performer 8?

Just asking :)I can't believe it has been over 3 years since the last version release of Logic Studio 9 (release date was the 23rd July 2009), and as such only a small handful of updates since then. In typical Apple fashion there is no indication or even talk of the future of the application. Are they holding back because of the fiasco surrounding the release of Final Cut Pro X? Did they have to go back an re-write the application after they found out how terribly received Final Cut X was? All this is speculation, as only a handful of people will know and they are sworn to secrecy, so we wait! But, it is quite difficult when you start to look around at the competitors and they have implemented features you really really would like (for me, my biggest problem with Logic is the audio editing and I do a hell of a lot of that....so I actually end up using ProTools or Digital Performer). I really like (even love!) Logic for composing, I can work really fast in it, and I have invested nearly a decade of learning (actually that is nearly a decade and a half!) into it. It has a fantastic collection of plug-ins included with it and works fantastically well when scoring to film. Probably the lazy side of me like the way it bounces out projects too, as that saves me time and time is good! So what do you think the future holds as I am not sure!Talking of futures, there was a shock announcement at NAMM this year, where MOTU announced porting Digital Performer to windows (Shock horror and hell has frozen over!). But since then there has been no announcement of when this might be released. Hopefully soon as this might be the alternative to no Logic X ....maybe!PeaceNeil