Logic Pro

Long-term owners

I bought Logic maybe 8-9 years ago, and get free upgrades

Jan 2026 · comment

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The 40 most detailed of 49 comments. Each links to the original.

1. And Logic Pro is a cheap subscription or very fair price when somebody like her is ready to take the next step.

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “"This Is Not the Computer for You"”

2. For the price of $200 I got a complete package that contains about 200 plugins and instruments.

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too”

3. they completely trash your freedoms as a user and that's what many people can't stomach

   Mixed · Dec 2025 · in “Linux DAW: Help Linux musicians to quickly and easily find the tools they need”

4. they're still making money off my initial purchase of logic just in a different way

   Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Apple Creator Studio”

5. it's unmatched as a pedogogical tool, and a professional creative tool as well.

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Apple Creator Studio”

6. Logic is probably made at below cost, but it keeps you in the OSX ecosystem.

   Mixed · Sep 2026 · in “Run macOS Software on Linux”

7. I think it's the one pro app from Apple that still deserves the moniker

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Apple Creator Studio”

8. Logic Pro is probably my favorite DAW, it feels so smooth to use

   Recommends · Sep 2026 · in “Run macOS Software on Linux”

9. Just a few options but that's what makes it so approachable.

   Recommends · Apr 2026

10. the Garageband to Logic and iMovie to Final Cut progression

    Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Apple Creator Studio”

11. I bought Logic maybe 8-9 years ago, and get free upgrades

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Apple Creator Studio”

12. I'm surprised they bothered charging the initial $199!

    Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Apple Creator Studio”

13. Still subpar, only real DAW available is Logic Pro

    Mixed · Mar 2026 · in “Apple introduces the new iPad Air, powered by M4”

14. Swipe-to-comp in Logic is pretty great

    Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “How can I keep from singing?”

15. Tons of professionals use logic.

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Apple Creator Studio”

16. Logic users on Windows also weren't too happy when Apple bought Emagic and dropped Windows support shortly after.

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “Apple Creator Studio”

17. the moment I open it up to record something and see an ad, it's over

    Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy”

18. features like ARA2 are still broken in Logic 12 on Apple Silicon

    Criticizes · Mar 2026 · in “MIDI 2.0 (and enhanced MIDI 1.0) comes to Windows 11”

19. eventually Logic Pro X - my main production tool - was unusable

    Criticizes · Aug 2026 · in “Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra”

20. giant $999 box that was Logic Studio

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “Apple Creator Studio”

21. some of the better more sophisticated applications like Cubase or Calamus or the original version of Logic, they were pretty nicely designed

    Recommends · May 2026 · in “Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes”

22. Switching to Logic Pro unlocked the opportunity for me to work WAY more effectively than a shareware tracker software I was using before

    Recommends · Nov 2025 · in “How I am deeply integrating Emacs”

23. Flashback capture was a nice fairly recent addition and surprising this wasn't implemented sooner

    Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Apple Creator Studio”

24. Final Cut, Logic, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage are offered in a bundle for education

    Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Apple Creator Studio”

25. there's something special about having that holy grail at your fingertips

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Apple Creator Studio”

26. it can be somewhat helpful, as long as I'm not live tracking instruments

    Mixed · Jun 2026 · in “Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?”

27. Safari, iWork, Logic, even Final Cut run perfectly fine in 8Gb

    Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Apple Introduces MacBook Neo”

28. many people buy Macs solely to run Logic Pro or Final Cut Pro

    Mixed · Mar 2026 · in “People inside Microsoft are fighting to drop mandatory Microsoft Account”

29. On iPadOS you get full-fledged DAWs like Cubasis and Logic.

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is coming to Android”

30. so I can not only continue to use the software I paid for

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and download official updates”

31. makes my keyboards and guitars sound bananas

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and download official updates”

32. more recently Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro

    Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “Another Day Has Come”

33. not as complicated as Pro Tools or Logic

    Mixed · Sep 2026 · in “Audacity 4.0”

34. Procreate, AUM, Logic Pro etc etc etc.

    Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Apple introduces the new iPad Air, powered by M4”

35. where I'd prefer REAPER or Logic.

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Can you slim macOS down?”

36. lifetime Logic Pro addict here

    Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down”

37. I'm still a Logic Pro fan

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Apple Creator Studio”

38. Logic Pro lets you click a button and adjust some sliders to add an (awful, imo) drum/instrument played by AI

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “AI Generated Music Barred from Bandcamp”

39. I would rather not use Logic, Final Cut, or PixelMator unless Apple really improves those

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “Apple Creator Studio”

40. the ports of this program to other platforms were garbage and were not to be trusted

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “Daft Punk Easter Egg in the BPM Tempo of Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger?”