LUNA is pretty terrible for MIDI and even the Audio Editing isn't that robust. It is a great workflow for mixing, assuming you [at least] get the LUNA Pro bundle, since the workflow using LUNA Extensions and UA Plug-ins is a huge component of its draw and workflow. However, that costs as much as Logic Pro, which - as a package - delivers exponentially more value to anyone coming into the market... Wholistically, it's a bad value proposition for beginners given the "deferred costs" on top of the fact that GarageBand is likely to be a better workflow for those same people. Every Apple device (Phones, Tablets and PCs) comes with that pre-installed.
LUNA is more relevant for engineers moving away from Pro Tools Studio/Flex, Cubase Pro and other studio DAWs; and [likely] also moving to UA Hardware, which works exceedingly well with LUNA. For those people, features centered around MIDI Composition, Beat Making, etc. are largely irrelevant because they are not operating within those market segments. Those are not key features of a DAW for them, and they may not even use them.
This is why some high-end Recording/Engineering DAWs, like Pyramix, don't do MIDI at all. They don't need to, because the people who use it don't need those features. This scenario is why Pro Tools has generally lagged the industry in the MIDI composition space. Its primary user base didn't need Cubase/SONAR/DP-level functionality there, because they didn't use it in the same way people used Cubase/SONAR/DP. Historically, MIDI Sequencers have closed the gap with Audio far faster than Audio-focused solutions have closed the gap with MIDI (Samplitude probably being a primary exception - largely due to VERY EARLY Pivoting by those developers).
LUNA just not a great DAW for Production/Composition, and that's okay. It was designed for the Engineering/Mixing space, and it functions exceptionally well within that market segment. The big issue it had, was that it was tied to UA hardware... This is a great move from UA.
However, I do find it odd that people are going to such great lengths with the copium, because no one would try to sell Pro Tools as being great for Production/Composition - despite the fact that it is much better at catering to those market segments as LUNA - simply because they can "play the stuff in."
We all know that simply does not happen.
It being Free doesn't make it de facto best for beginners due to the nature of the product as a "package" as well as the fact that anyone with a Mac has a free options designed for beginners pre-installed on their machine; with an upgrade path to a DAW that offers more but cost less than the LUNA Pro Bundle (except when on sale) and already has a feature set that is catered towards the music producers of today... Not an IOW with a request to wait a few years to see what UA decides to do with LUNA.
People do not age in reverse. Most people will get what already delivers what they need, not what has potential to eventually "catch up" with competing solutions - while having deferred costs that run beyond what those other solutions are asking for.
If you aren't going to invest in LUNA's extensions, then I don't even know why you'd bother creating an account and/or downloading and installing it for... at all.
LUNA is more relevant for engineers moving away from Pro Tools Studio/Flex, Cubase Pro and other studio DAWs; and [likely] also moving to UA Hardware, which works exceedingly well with LUNA. For those people, features centered around MIDI Composition, Beat Making, etc. are largely irrelevant because they are not operating within those market segments. Those are not key features of a DAW for them, and they may not even use them.
This is why some high-end Recording/Engineering DAWs, like Pyramix, don't do MIDI at all. They don't need to, because the people who use it don't need those features. This scenario is why Pro Tools has generally lagged the industry in the MIDI composition space. Its primary user base didn't need Cubase/SONAR/DP-level functionality there, because they didn't use it in the same way people used Cubase/SONAR/DP. Historically, MIDI Sequencers have closed the gap with Audio far faster than Audio-focused solutions have closed the gap with MIDI (Samplitude probably being a primary exception - largely due to VERY EARLY Pivoting by those developers).
LUNA just not a great DAW for Production/Composition, and that's okay. It was designed for the Engineering/Mixing space, and it functions exceptionally well within that market segment. The big issue it had, was that it was tied to UA hardware... This is a great move from UA.
However, I do find it odd that people are going to such great lengths with the copium, because no one would try to sell Pro Tools as being great for Production/Composition - despite the fact that it is much better at catering to those market segments as LUNA - simply because they can "play the stuff in."
We all know that simply does not happen.
It being Free doesn't make it de facto best for beginners due to the nature of the product as a "package" as well as the fact that anyone with a Mac has a free options designed for beginners pre-installed on their machine; with an upgrade path to a DAW that offers more but cost less than the LUNA Pro Bundle (except when on sale) and already has a feature set that is catered towards the music producers of today... Not an IOW with a request to wait a few years to see what UA decides to do with LUNA.
People do not age in reverse. Most people will get what already delivers what they need, not what has potential to eventually "catch up" with competing solutions - while having deferred costs that run beyond what those other solutions are asking for.
If you aren't going to invest in LUNA's extensions, then I don't even know why you'd bother creating an account and/or downloading and installing it for... at all.
Statistics: Posted by Trensharo — Sun Jan 21, 2024 6:43 am