Logic Pro 8

Finally. After bitching that Apple has done nothing (really) with Logic in the 2.5 years that I've owned it, they've finally released Logic Pro 8 under the banner of Logic Studio... and they have abandoned the dongle. Awesome. (Means I don't have to worry about insuring it any more).

Big Changes? A huge interface overhaul, Mainstage (which is more about live Soft Instruments than being an Abelton Live competitor), and... um...

the Lost Art of Art Direction

Art direction is... deeply entwined in the development of an idea, and in expressing that idea through a larger narrative — both in the sense of... creative process [and] the final product, which makes liberal use of storytelling in the invisible spaces between typography, color, shapes and illustrations.

-- Khol Vinh on the Lost Art of Art Direction