Product Reviews by KVR Members

Logic was my very first DAW. I got it bundled as a light version with the "Guillemot Maxi Studio Isis" soundcard in 2001 when it was still developed and distributed for Windows PCs. I made my first homerecording experiences with this setup and was absolutely blown away by the astounding possibilities I couldn't even dream of before. Some months later I upgraded to the Platinum version and was even more impressed.

After Logic got sold to Apple I had to make the switch to Cubase but somehow never felt "at home" with that DAW. The workflow seemed so much more complicated and I just never began to like it. It always felt like an enemy I had to fight with.

When I finally bought a MacBook 2 years ago I had to get the good old Logic again, of course... and couldn't recognize it at first. The GUI really changed a lot in the 10+ years. But after reading a good book about it and trying a few things out I started to feel comfortable again quite soon.

In comparison to Cubase the workflow is just so much easier! Logic can do everything I need for homerecording as an amateur musician - and much, more.

There is just one thing I really miss from my years with Cubase and that is its great drum editor. Yeah, I know, using the step editor in Logic works too, but it just isn't that easy and straightforward. But that is basically my only complain.

I tried many, many guitar amp simulations - everything from the very first POD generation to PODxt, Guitar Rig, AmpKit, Bias, ReValver, TSE X50 etc.

Never tried a Kemper and/or AxeFX though as they are just too expensive for me so I can't compare Thermionik to them.

For my purposes (mostly high gain guitars) Thermionik gives me the by far best results and feeling. The Duality (Dual Rectifier) and Psycho B (Peavey 5150 II) models are just great and for clean guitars the Vocal 30 (Vox 30) model is very easy to dial in (just 2 knobs - love it!).

This set of plug-ins is highly recommended.