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Production Course.. Cubase after Logic
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Tomos
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Posted : Oct 6, 2006 17:56
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I'm starting a production course in March and it will be taught entirely on Logic. I've been using Cubase for 2 years and I'm worried I'll have to switch over after the course because of what I've learned.
I'm sure learning the sequencer will be easy enough, but will the techniques I learn apply to all sequencers? Will I be able to come home after the course and settle back to Cubase, but with more knowledge?
I'm going to an open day next week which I'm sure will answer all my questions, but in the meantime can someone appease my fears and reassure me that production technique is the same across the board, its just the sequencer that changes.
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Freeflow
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Posted : Oct 6, 2006 18:32
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i would instead worry about getting a good flow in logic and knowing the macs shortcuts... but thats just something you learn after some time.
the techniques should be the easiest part...if you know your sequencer.
sure some stuff might be the other way around but its still the same...
why dont you get your hand on the Pc version of logic and start to get a little familiar with it...
it will give you an advantage in both grasping the techniques and knowing your way around in logic.. as its different in methods from cubase.
why wait 
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Tomos
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Posted : Oct 6, 2006 18:47
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Isn't there a huge difference between the last available version on PC and the curent Mac version which I'll be using. |
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Freeflow
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Posted : Oct 6, 2006 19:21
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Tomos - yeah sure, but still its better than nothing..
and im sure keycommands are almost the same,
thoug if i dont remember wrong you can use logic keycommands in cubase.
anyway, i thought it could be good to get friendly with the environment of logic...
just a idea 
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Tomos
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Posted : Oct 6, 2006 21:30
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No its a great idea. I've got friends who use logic so I'll ge them to run through some basics so I'm nicely prepared. Can't wait! Back to school for the first time in 6 years. haha |
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vipal
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Posted : Oct 6, 2006 21:42
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did as a pc-cubase owner a electronic production course with lots of logic while not having or wanting a mac. waist of time, super boring. unless you want to move to logic (which is probably not your case otherwise this question would not arise) its a very inefficient way of learning imo. the argument every sequencer-program is basically the same does not make sense. check/ask if the teacher can do simultaniously the cubase equivalent with his examples with logic. cannot be that time consuming or hard. anyhow i think its a bit silly to go through the handout of a program in a school. this you can do yourself. search/ask here on the board for real questions. 'you always learn something' -arguments cannot be beaten but i would ask for lessons that you can apply at home but first i would ask the question: why logic while cubase is a much more used program amongst people in our class? and... enjoy the school |
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Freeflow
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Posted : Oct 6, 2006 22:05
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yeah, you know what you should do, call the school and ask to talk to the teacher and prepare him that you wortk with cubase and wonder if he will/can make comparisons between the two progs...
though he might not, im sure its a tight schedule,
than maybe you have to use your brain a little more.
but vipal i never said that the programs where the same, but the techniques should be, otherwise im puzzeld..
like sidechaning is a technique, but its obtained in different ways depending on your sequencer, still its the same technique, the sidechain technique  or am i totally out of orbit now?
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vipal
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Posted : Oct 7, 2006 12:36
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Freeflow,
i think basically every sequencer program IS the same. what i mean is: this argument does not help you to get a good flow in producing. you need to go deeper into one program/ a series of programs for that.
one year after i finished my course i can say that i dont have any benefit from the many logic tutorial lessons i attended in this course.
if these hours were spend on learning generally used VST's, like battery, albino, kontakt or so, it would have been much better for me (for a practical course).
also theory about sound, digital audio, synthesis etc. does make much more sense then to learn a program u never gonna use (apart from the exercises you have to do in school).
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PoM
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Posted : Oct 7, 2006 12:45
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what you learn in one is usally easy to do in the other,so no problem man ,after 1 or 2 weeks of work maybe you ll never want to come back to cubase (crash,bug,plugins,steinberg....) |
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Tomos
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Posted : Oct 7, 2006 14:38
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Bit of a divide in opinion.
This course covers everything from synth programming, mastering, arrangement etc. Its just based on logic, so personally I'm happy to do the course and at least try to extract as much knowledge as I can and apply it to Cubase, or indeed I might want to swap! Its just the cost of buying a mac and logic 
Actually, does anyone know if that hacked copy of OSX that runs on PCs work with Logic!?? |
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