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Apple said to ‘decimate’ pro audio team, digital audio pros fear for Logic’s future

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 · 3:27 pm · 33 Comments

“There may be no future for Apple’s pro audio application Logic if reports that the company has ‘decimated’ its Pro Audio applications team turn out to be true,” Karen Haslam reports for Macworld UK.

“Pro Tools Expert sources claim that in Europe Apple has just two pro application specialists and no plans to hire any one else,” Haslam reports. “That site claims a search on Apple’s job site returned some audio related jobs relating to iPod speakers, audio in Final Cut and internal sound engineers.”

Haslam reports, “The next audio application from Apple will be for the iPad, according to Pro Tools Expert sources.”

Read more in the full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: Nope.

Always in motion the future is. Patience, padawans.

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33 Comments

24january1984

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 3:34 pm · Reply

Low midichlorian count.
Ellis D.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 3:43 pm · Reply

I seem to remember the same headline just different from 2010: “Apple Decimates FCP Team Dev Team.”

Prelude to yet another disruption. For better or worse, Apple is gonna just keep innovating.

Go AAPL!
Some Guy

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 3:44 pm · Reply

The Logic/GarageBand team has been gradually transferring to cupertino since the acquisition. Duh.
- Synth
  
  Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 4:03 pm · Reply
  
  Exactly, Apple bought Emagic around 10 years ago. I would be more surprised if they hadn’t moved everything to Cupertino.
tbone

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 3:44 pm · Reply

Logic is wonderful. It’s not the industry standard. It does just about anything that a DAW needs to do. It’s updated promptly. If it disappears, I will go back to Protools and Apple will lose an audio customer.
- Weekend
  
  Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 5:50 pm · Reply
  
  I use both. Would never want to give up either.
- ericdano
  
  Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 11:26 pm · Reply
  
  Except that ProTool’s future seems very much in doubt.
Peter

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 3:58 pm · Reply

Logic is my go to DAW solution. I don’t want to have to go and buy Pro Tools!
Richard

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 4:14 pm · Reply

All of today’s Logic Pro “articles” point to the same suspect single source article from Pro – tools – expert.

The FCP team was eliminated in Feb 1010. FCPX came out in June 2011 via a new FCP team.
Mäkkihöperö

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 4:30 pm · Reply

It would a serious loss of goodwill, if this happened.
Same applies if MacPro doesn’t get radical upgrade soon.
- peterblood71
  
  Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 9:35 pm · Reply
  
  Mac Pro Mini Tower anyone?
  - Zeke
    
    Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 12:22 pm · Reply
    
    Let’s see, take a Mac Mini and make it taller and you have….
    
    The Cube!!! SJ was right, just too soon!
  - YoYo
    
    Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 2:36 pm · Reply
    
    Just need a modular MacPro that can be mounted on a 19″ rack
coffeelover

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 4:31 pm · Reply

OK same prob different product !

What about Aperture too ?
GeeOne

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 4:32 pm · Reply

The article is bullshit. Trust me on this.
- Tflint
  
  Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 4:42 pm · Reply
  
  The smartest response of the day. Thank you.
- mccfr
  
  Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 4:45 pm · Reply
  
  It’s also a bullshit usage of the word decimate, which actually means to reduce by 10% as opposed to the idea that it means to only keep 10%.
  
  It’s based on a punishment that was meted out in the Roman Army to punish mutiny or cowardice on the field of battle, where a group identified for punishment would be divided into sets of ten and then draw lots to see which man would die. He would then be stoned or clubbed to death by the nine men who didn’t draw the short straw.
  
  I know life at Apple is competitive, but I suggest it isn’t quite that brutal.
  - Weezer
    
    Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 6:15 pm · Reply
    
    May have worked for the maps team
- Des Gusting
  
  Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 8:36 am · Reply
  
  GeeOne, I know you wouldn’t be allowed to say so, but I really hope you’re a Logic beta tester.
Rob

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 4:48 pm · Reply

How many we’re let go? Decimate means one in ten which isn’t too drastic. Or did the reporter misuse the word and mean far larger reductions? How bad is it?
TimO

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 5:00 pm · Reply

If true it’s a really STUPID move.
the joker

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 5:30 pm · Reply

Apple also wiped out the Aperture team. Aperture, once an industry leading piece of software, is now a laughing stock. No serious photographer uses Aperture anymore. No one.
- James
  
  Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 8:06 pm · Reply
  
  Not exactly true. But, true that we couldn’t use it without Nik
- coffeelover
  
  Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 8:16 pm · Reply
  
  Actually there are plenty of us that use Aperture all we want is continual investment in the future, hell who wants an Adobe product ?
Agent Provocateur

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 5:32 pm · Reply

Yes, they are probably working on something important – like integrating FarceBook into iCloud or some other worthless endeavor.
- the joker
  
  Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 5:59 pm · Reply
  
  Well said. Apple thinks facebook is more important than Logic or Aperture.
  - GeeOne
    
    Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 9:39 am · Reply
    
    Well, technically it is, but that’s beside the point. Logic isn’t going anywhere.
- Mike
  
  Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 5:12 pm · Reply
  
  Well said!
art2arch

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 9:23 pm · Reply

F.U.D. plain & simple.
emess1950

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 10:33 pm · Reply

You don’t see a band without an Apple laptop on stage. No way is Apple abandoning music. Steve would haunt them.
Des Gusting

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 8:33 am · Reply

Who sprouted this idea – ProTools experts? Uh, yeah… like we’re supposed to believe the word of the opposition?

I think the best proof that Logic is still being actively developed is Apple’s purchase a few months ago of Redmatica. (I’m sure Logic users will know exactly what I mean.)
- Mr. Peabody
  
  Thursday, November 29, 2012 - 12:28 am · Reply
  
  I was thinking the same thing – consider the source.
  - Richard
    
    Thursday, November 29, 2012 - 4:20 am · Reply
    
    Decimate means to take away 10%.
    
    The Future of Logic Pro:
    
    http://fcpx.tv/Pages/logicpro.html