Buying Logic Pro 6 Advice, through Logic Gold Production Kit??? Options

[rafisaar]

I am planning to buy Logic Pro and an audio/MIDI interface.

Logic Pro goes for about $1000.
Emagic's A62m sells for about $300.
In total, I would need to spend about $1300 for Logic Pro and the interface together.

However, Emagic's Logic Gold Production Kit, which sells for about $800 seems to still be available. That includes both Logic Gold 5 and the A62m sound card.
Then, the Logic 5 to Logic 6 Pro Upgrade sells for about $200, so that's a total of $1000 with the audio/MIDI card!
In other words, I would save $300 that way and I would get the same products.

Question is, am I right with this plan? Will this actually work?
Will the Logic Pro upgrade above actually install on top of Logic Gold 5 which I got from the Production Kit?
Of course, this all assumes that the Production Kit can still be bought.

Your advice will be most appreciated!
Thanks,
Rafi

[ssax]

Hi

The authorizations for emagic products is stored in the XSkey. When you buy the upgrade, you get a new version which installs beside the already installed one. You can even continue to use the old one (but who would?). I upgraded from Logic Audio (Big Box) and had no problem.

As to the A62m, please bear in mind that this interface does not provide microphone preamps and level controls. I features only line-level inputs. So if you want to mic, you have to have a microphone preamp.

Saluti
ssax

[rafisaar]

ssax, thanks for your reply.

The real question is this: there are 2 upgrades from Logic 5 to Logic Pro 6:
* the Logic 5 to Logic 6 Pro upgrade that costs $200 and is supposed to be installed on trop of Logic Gold/Platinum 5 and
* the Logic Big Box to Logic Pro 6 upgrade that costs $700 which is described as an upgrade from any Logic other than Gold/Platinum 3 to 6 (such as the Big Box version).

So is the Logic Production Kit considered as a regular Logic Gold 5 and the upgrade to Pro 6 is like the first bullet on top ($200) or will I need the second upgrade ($700) which makes a big difference?

As for the mic preamp, I'm using a small Mackie mixer where I hook up my microphones.


Thanks!
Rafi

[formatj]

The real question is this: there are 2 upgrades from Logic 5 to Logic Pro 6:
* the Logic 5 to Logic 6 Pro upgrade that costs $200 and is supposed to be installed on trop of Logic Gold/Platinum 5 and
* the Logic Big Box to Logic Pro 6 upgrade that costs $700 which is described as an upgrade from any Logic other than Gold/Platinum 3 to 6 (such as the Big Box version).

You only need to buy the $199 Logic Pro 6 upgrade