Ableton 12 vs Logic Pro X (2024 Edition!)

0:00 - Intro
1:16 - Themes & Appearance
2:49 - Mixer and Editor
5:13 - Ableton PLEASE fix this!
6:07 - Browsing Samples
8:00 - Midi Features
10:41 - Synths and FX
12:42 - Additional Features

[jonasharp]

Logic has some midi options you might have missed that allow for controlled randomness on a variety of parameters. With the notes of your choice highlighted in the piano roll, press CMD+9 to access the midi transform window. Live 11 definitely still takes the cake in that category, but you’d be surprised how robust that feature actually is in Logic. It’s worth checking out if you haven’t used it before.

[paulvass]

The biggest advantage Logic has was never mentioned, which is price. Logic is 200$ that’s one time charge and u get it all including updates, now just to get a similar version of Ablelton. Ur paying 500$ to also get the sound library that’s now 700$. Oh and don’t forget every year around Christmas ur gifted with the 200$ updates. So really is it worth a few quality of life fixes to spend 500$ more up front, and 200$ more each yer.

[Screaming-Trees]

Actually an important consideration maybe tilting in Ableton's favour is the amount of music production tutorial content there is out there for it. For electronica styles I mean. Most of them include project files and templates and sample content etc to get you started. That can be a decisive factor. You can adapt that content but it's so much easier to just follow along.

[SaturnVoyager]

If you have taken enough time using ableton you know you can hide those return tracks in the arrange view by clicking "View" then "Arrangement Track Controls" and diselecting the Return Tracks. Do this in the arrangement View

[mansurdorado]

i use both for a couple of years. in my opinion Logic has the best sound engine after Pro Tools, it sounds organic to my ear while Live sounds to digital. you need a lot of experience in sound selection and mixing to make your tracks sound better. also there some areas where Logic shines for example, in tracking or mixing or midi capabilities, customizing templates for better workflow like making screen-sets, customizing key-commands, also its multi-zooming functions. but for basic edm or hiphop productions and fast workflow or sound design or making pre-live-sets Ableton Live is the way to go

[MaximusWhyman]

Option + Command + M = Open mixer in arrangement page.

[Joyboyo]

I’m a logic user and I want to start doing live looping should I switch to Abelton?

[drvoodoo]

By default this is an unfair comparison. You’re comparing $700 software to a $200 one, which comes with FREE single version updates. Bought Logic X back in 2013 and I’m still getting updates to this day. Even the ‘mid tier’ version of Ableton with its incomplete set of tools is STILL more expensive than Logic. The yearly Ableton updates costs the same cost of Logic itself. So ridiculous.

[olleyollet]

One of the craziest features about logic that doesn't get enough attention imo. The quick sampler: when you add a pitched percussion sample to quick sampler in the normal mode. Then you right click the waveform. Click retune. Now you have the pitch of your perc sample. for melodic percussion of any kind this is incredible. Even if you use ableton I highly recommend having a few mornings where you set 30-60 minutes aside with the coffee and slowly label your perc samples with their root pitch. for me personally it gets it right 19/20 times. As someone who owns saturn and spectra shout out to roar its incredible and takes the crown. The modulation is super easy in roar and its super easy to just turn one of the boxes with a number and just double click to reset it if you dont like your change. As someone whos had 12 beta since a few days after it was announced I'm personally sticking with logic pro which actually sucks bc i live in a city where everyone uses ableton. I will say with the changes to 12 there is only 1 thing keeping me from switching. It sounds so dumb. but when you force close a plugin with escape or closing it out you have to press the little wrench in ableton to open it back up.

also the command in 12 for the mixer is option+command+m for the mixer if i understood your question.

[efmelis]

I've worked in Logic Pro for around 9 years and just switched to Ableton 12. I've been using it for a few days and I feel like the sound design tools are very intuitive and easy to use. However, I haven't found a way to properly engineer my vocals and that's a big con. I still have my logic purchased looong time ago, and still, the vocal features are very easy to use (the pitch correction is genius), so I'm considering working with both for different stages. Haven't tried to master with Ableton yet so I'm not sure about that. I guess we'll see...

[roman]

One thing that’s great in Logic is that everything can be pulled to be its own window (like the Mixer or the Piano Roll) which is really great if using multiple screens. In Ableton all “windows” are always glued together

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When comparing MIDI features you did not mention the Step Sequencer, Logic‘s editor for Pattern regions.There’s nothing like it in Live.

[allinthemind]

I remember in logic 9 you could customize the look to your hearts content

[MaciejGadzimski]

Ableton for production, Logic for Mixing and Mastering

[kjo]

Do you need a PC to do this? I only have a chromebook

[ladioviro]

Give me a break. Starts the video comparing the colour schemes?

[Mixedbymrwood]

Logic LPX colorizer for full logic theme customiser.

[roman]

I tried switching between them for years and I love the concept of writing and producing most stuff in Ableton and then recording and Mixing and Mastering in Logic, but in reality I get frustrated each time I have to switch between different interfaces and recall different shortcuts etc…

[sliiide-dk]

Awesome video Fabio ✌️ I’ve tried Ableton many times, but as a designer I just can’t handle the Excel-look - I need the UI to be pleasing to the eye 🤩 I hope that Apple will upgrade their Logic-team, cos we need more features and *sigh a better browser!

Please do some “How I work in Logic workflow” vids ❤

[eaman]

You should check Ableton shortcuts, ALT, CRT + ALT m, s, b, 3, 4, 5 ...