Logic or Digital Performer? Options

Well, my setup is going to be a Powermac g4 connected to a Motu-828.
The type of music Im producing is a mixture of Industrial, trance, and sampled tribal beats and influences...vocals as well.

Which program do you think would suite me the best in production? Both Logic and Digital Performer seem like great programs, Im just not sure which direction I should go.

Thanks

[geedoubleyou]

when you get your 828, it comes with an application called Audio Desk.
It's basically Digital Performer, without midi functions. So you get an app to play with, that you can upgrade to DP.

I use DP, Cubase, and ProTools free. I use ProTools free on stereo mixes, it only supports the internal Mac hardware for recording. Besides 8 tracks isn't enough. But it's a good way to look at ProTools before buying their hardware.

DP is a sweet program, imports and exports ProTools sessions so you can interface with larger Protools Studios. Big program with tons of audio and midi features.

Cubase has the market share on both platforms. It good for what it does, ability
to load .rex files, and the ability lock audio to midi groove files, are what I use the most. the effects and virtual instruments make it fun.

I used to run the Deck II, Metro combination. (deck was for audio, metro was midi only sequencer)

Deck was sold to Macromedia, that sold it to Bias.( I will be upgrading)
Metro sat in purgatory for several years until Cakewalk revived it and added VST functionality. By that time most of the user base had moved on and never looked back. It has an attractive price, but lags the big 3 in professional features.
Cakewalk is sqaurely focused on the P.C. side. If they brought it up to the feature set of SONAR, they'd probably get a few converts. But I'm not upgrading again.

I have a feeling that Kaboombahchuck is a little lonely using metro.

ProTools is more of an engineers tool, reliable hardware/software if you are running a business, basically a software tapedeck.

Logic, Digital Performer, and Cubase are composition systems, where you copose, score, and record your song from start to finish.