Supported OS: macOS
Supported plugin formats: AU
Cost: $ 199
Official website: https://www.apple.com
If your studio is built around a Mac, and GarageBand is limited, then Logic Pro X is worth a look. Musicians who choose Logic Pro X get a productive digital workstation with an intuitive, uncluttered interface, ready to produce music in a wide variety of styles.
The Apple Workstation is very popular in the music industry and is present in almost any studio (along with Pro Tools, Cubase, and Ableton) that has a Mac. The popularity of Logic plays into the hands of beginners – on YouTube there is a huge number of training videos on all aspects of working with the program, up to courses on creating a finished track using only built-in tools.
Together with the program, users receive a huge library of content over 70 GB in size. It contains a wide variety of virtual instruments (both typical and rare), synthesizers, plugins, loops and samples, virtual drummer parts and much more. It will not be difficult to master all this – in terms of the simplicity of work, Logic has practically no equal, the convenience of work is put at the forefront (not at the expense of functionality).
The flagship DAW is built on the same principles and user interface approaches as GarageBand. For this reason, the transition from Garage to Logic will be painless not only in terms of adapting to the new program, but also in terms of transferring projects – DAW easily opens projects created in the mobile and desktop versions of GarageBand.
The main problem with Logic Pro is project sharing, especially if none of your friends have a MacBook. Although in this case the options for transferring information remain, albeit not the most effective (see Exporting and Importing Information Between Different DAWs)