More or less, this. I've worked in a lot of studios with 2" tape or, like Radar or an HD24. In all of those, the engineer had really great chops. Functionall

More or less, this. I've worked in a lot of studios with 2" tape or, like Radar or an HD24. In all of those, the engineer had really great chops. Functionally, for most "traditional" (I do a lot of folk, jazz, and country) I just do what they did, and Logic is just a glorified tape machine + mixer + processing. I am still mostly doing stuff in single takes until I like what I have and then maybe punching in a note or two here and there. It's a really fast way of working. And the old stuff I have is quite good: API/Neve front end, AKG/Schoeps mics, genelecs.... these are all things that have been around a long time, and I am not seeing any benefits there for anything- they are fast and easy to use well without a lot of tweaking. Like, you could walk into any studio post 1980 and more or less find things will have a 1-1 correspondence to a modern DAW. There is nothing wrong with those tools, and so I assume folks will keep using them. However, I can see a couple of areas where I think that smarter tools might help. A big chunk of what I am doing already involves programmed drums, and a smarter "Drummer" in logic would be an improvement. Also I (and a lot of other folks) aren't super stoked about harmonies sung by one person overdubbing a bunch of lines. I'd be interested in some workflow where I could, like, sing a harmony and it would change my voice in a credible sounding way. But as far as workflow goes, I really don't need compositional tools- I could do most of my writing tasks with a pencil and notebook.