Logic Pro

Raised as a usability problem by 11 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2011–2025), in 9 threads.

People raised many different problems with Logic Pro, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 12 complaints

On-screen virtual knobs are so hard to adjust that users must map them to physical MIDI hardware2025-10-12
Removed key shortcuts slow down the user's work2025-07-10
Deleted a background item instead of the highlighted foreground window's item, losing years of recordings2025-02-11
Assigning controls to a Launchkey in Logic feels clunky and hard to do2020-05-12
Too much choice and cluttered screen, can't get into a flow2020-05-12
Interface feels cluttered and keyboard shortcuts are obscure2020-05-12
Skeuomorphic faders and hardware-style layout feel unintuitive compared to digital-native design2020-05-12
Apple moved the tempo field in a version update, disrupting the user's workflow2018-11-20
Routing and technical setup is fiddly, interrupting creative flow, with little patience for it2016-04-08
Sticky cursor modes cause wrong tool use, like erasing instead of editing2014-09-10
Launching Logic forces waiting for the last project to load before opening the wanted one2011-07-20
Non-standard UI elements can mess up advanced users, making them misoperate2011-01-07