I spoke too soon on the bus thing. I was hearing that second hand. I've installed it and started messing around with it. I'm still getting used to the new look, but I like it.

"busses" are still around. But they're now created under Aux objects.

Environment <> Mixer. The Environment is still the Environment layer - something that is used by super hard core MIDI nuts.

The Mixer layer is still the mixer and is the portion where you see channel strips for everything used in your mix.

I cruised through several hundred pages of the manual while working on the installation of the program. You can color certain aspects of the workspace as you desire. But the window frames are the grey that is consistent with other Apple Pro apps.

There's a new Binaural panning option, very cool.

There's full support for surround sound mixing! Yippee, been waiting a long time for that.

I'm about to do a mix of a new song so I can try out the new Comp Swipe function. This should really make workflow in Logic rule compared to other programs.

It has a customizable main tool bar. Love that.

And a new delay compensation switch. Awesome for when you're tracking new material. Something I've been in need of since Logic introduce plugin delay compensation.

One thing I have found already is that you can't run Logic on two computers at the same time with the same serial number on the same network. That's a bit of a bummer. It has some check that somehow sneaks around firewall blocks.

Other than that, I'm still awake messing around.

Jody Whitesides
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