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Logic Audio (I started at v5) remains the most complex UI I have ever had to learn. It makes perfect sense to me now, but I long thought it was designed by sadi
by alsetmusic 9y ago
Logic Audio (I started at v5) remains the most complex UI I have ever had to learn. It makes perfect sense to me now, but I long thought it was designed by sadists. I just did t understand the why of it.
> Any time I see new-school UI designers' take on audio apps I cannot help but cringe. They are completely misunderstanding and underestimating their audience -- audio is complicated and we need complex tools to do what we do.
Absolutely. Also worth mentioning is that many of these tools borrow elements from physical recording studios. If you haven’t worked in a professionally wired studio, some of the abstractions seem dated and unnecessary. Replacing / reimagining them is not practical, as DAWs still need to run in these environments. But try explaining that to someone who is just starting out chopping loops in their bedroom.
- tomc1985 9y agoAgreed, particularly about Logic... I learned that program last and so much of the UI seemed to get in my way when all I wanted was to quickly lay out something like track routing. FL has spoiled me :P
- Bromskloss 9y ago> If you haven’t worked in a professionally wired studio, some of the abstractions seem dated and unnecessary. Do you have some examples of that?
- bbx 9y ago> Logic’s UI makes perfect sense to me now Can you elaborate on that? That UI still bothers me although I love Logic’s plugins. How did you learn the UI? Just through trial and error? By reading the manual? Something else?
- coldtea 9y agoJust trial and error is enough. And it's not that different from most others DAWs anyway