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| Product | Logic Pro (and Express) |
| Developer | Apple |
| Primary Type | Sequencer / Multitrack |
| Price (MSRP) | $199 (Logic Express) / $499 (Logic Studio, incl. Logic Pro) |
Plug-in Formats
| Can Host Instruments |  |
| Can Host Effects | |
| ReWire |  Mixer Application |
Operating System Availability
| Operating System |
Latest Version |
Download | Is it Available? |
  | 9.0.2 | - |  |
Miscellaneous Information
| Copy Protection | Serial Number |
| Banks & Patches | Download Banks |
Caveats
Windows development was discontinued at v5.5.1.
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Logic Pro is part of Logic Studio, a comprehensive software package that delivers everything a musician needs to write, record, edit, mix, and perform in the studio and on the stage.
Streamlined Interface
- Unified window design consolidates multiple edit and browser areas
- Library browser makes it easy to find audio files, channel strip settings, and plug-in settings
- Inspector provides convenient access to region and track parameters as well as primary mix functions via the innovative Dual Channel Strip
- Assign tools to mouse and view current assignments directly in the Arrange window
- Simple multiple track creation and setup
- Customizable tool and transport bars
- Context-sensitive shortcut menus
- Definable startup behavior
- Enhanced plug-in headers for all instruments and effects
- Global Tracks for graphical editing of key and time signatures, markers, tempo, and transposition
- Selectable time- and/or beat-based bar ruler for time-linear and/or beat-linear display in the Arrange window
- Waveform zoom slider for improved visibility of low-level signals
- Extensive zoom tools and functions
Ultimate Writing Studio
- Extensive MIDI composition
- Region-based quantize, transpose, gate, swing, and velocity control
- MIDI Groove templates
- Creative MIDI processing and routing in the Environment
- Caps Lock Keyboard for note entry using computer keyboard
- Custom and Hermode tuning
- MIDI step entry
- Full support for Apple Loops
- Apple Loops browser for finding and previewing loops based on tempo, key, style, and mood
- Export of MIDI and audio regions as Apple Loops
- Edit plug-ins and MIDI performances for Software Instrument loops
- Independent loop transposition
- Comprehensive loop tagging and editing with Apple Loops Utility
- Complete music notation
- Real-time transcription
- Instrument transposition
- Guitar tablature
- Drum notation
- Chord symbols
- Adaptive lyric input
- Automatic multibar rests
- Comprehensive palette of slurs, crescendis, and other ornaments
- Staff Styles for easy recall of multiple stave attributes
- Score Sets allow instruments to be combined for editing and print
- Layout and printing of complete professional scores
- Robust video playback features
- Embedded or floating video window display
- Digital Cinema Desktop for display of full-screen video on second monitor
- External video output via FireWire or DVCPRO HD
- Global video thumbnail track
- Scene detect option to mark video transitions automatically
- Fast and intuitive region looping
- Global chord track with automatic chord recognition
Production Powerhouse
- Over 980 definable key and MIDI commands
- 90 recallable screen configurations
- Audio file and I/O resolution up to 24-bit/192kHz
- Internal audio resolution: 32-bit floating point; 64-bit precision where required
- Comprehensive surround support up to 7.1, with flexible surround mixing facilities
- Extended project length: 6 hours at 96kHz; 13 hours at 44.1kHz
- .Mac backup and sharing of preferences and settings
- Use of an Apple Remote to control Logic Pro 8 from a distance, with the ability to play, stop, record, rewind, fast-forward, and move to the next or previous track
- High-end POW-r dithering algorithm
- Seamless punch-on-the-fly recording
- Low latency mode to remove plug-in induced latency during recording
- Graphic beat mapping for creating tempo maps from existing audio
- Well-designed collection of production-ready templates
- Multiple documents open at once
- Bounce to AIFF, WAV (Broadcast Wave), CAF, SDII, MP3, M4A (Apple Lossless, AAC)
- Fast, offline bouncing of single or multiple tracks
- Burn any bounced audio directly to CD or DVD-A (PCM only)
- Master and author professional, Red Book-standard CDs with WaveBurner, included in Logic Studio
- Asset management simplifies consolidation and transport of projects and their dependent assets
- MIDI note extraction from audio for drum replacement and melodic transcription
- Freeze Tracks feature releases CPU resources by invisibly rendering tracks
- Distributed audio processing (DAP) aggregates processing power of multiple computers on a network
- Serial-based copy protection
- Powerful folders to facilitate organization and streamline various arranging tasks
Extreme Compatibility
- Open GarageBand songs directly in Logic Pro
- Support for Apple Core Audio and Digidesign DAE/TDM hardware
- Support for TDM and AudioSuite plug-ins with DAE/TDM hardware
- Support for Audio Units plug-ins
- Support for AAF, OMF, Open TL, and XML (Final Cut Pro)
- Streamlined ReWire support for optimized integration with Reason, Ableton Live, and other ReWire-compatible applications
Precision Editing
- Intuitive region-based MIDI and audio editing
- Comprehensive set of editing tools assignable to left, right, and key-modified mouse buttons
- Effortless take management:
- Region-based take recording and management in automatically generated take folders
- Pack existing tracks into take folders
- Single-click take selection
- Colorize takes on the fly
- Intelligent unpacking of take folders onto separate tracks
- Move and edit entire take folders like any other region
- Revolutionary Quick Swipe Comping
- Build a comp track from multiple takes
- Create comps on the fly
- Audition comps in real time
- Automatic, customizable crossfades between phrases
- Flatten function replaces take folder with regions that represent the current comp
- Flatten and Merge function replaces take folder with newly created audio file
- Multiple MIDI editors:
- Piano Roll
- Score
- Hyper
- Event List
- Transform
- Graphical time stretching and compression in the Arrange window
- Sample-accurate editing in the Arrange window
- Definable relative or absolute snap grid
- Nondestructive graphical fades and crossfades
- Snap-to-transient selection
- Shuffle and Auto-Crossfade Arrange Edit modes
- Destructive sample editing using built-in or external sample editor like Soundtrack Pro 2
- 10,000-step undo history
- Time-linear and/or beat-linear display in the Arrange window
Professional Mixing and Automation
- Track Mixer views simplify mixer channel navigation
- Dynamic channel strip creation accelerates mixer setup and configuration
- Easy setup of multi-output software instruments
- Signal Flow view option shows all channel strips (e.g., Aux, Output, Master) within the audio signal path of the selected channel strip
- Save/Load complete plug-in configurations using channel strip settings
- Sample-accurate, track-based 32-bit automation
- Track- or region-based solo and mute
- Track mute/solo in either Fast or CPU-Saving mode
- Solo safe mode for any channel strip
- Direct insert patching of external hardware instruments and effects
- Exponential or dB-linear level meter scaling
- Busses as sources for recording
- Inline input monitoring
- Up to 255 independent mono, stereo, or surround audio channels
- Up to 255 independent software instrument channels
- Up to 255 auxiliary channel strips
- 64 busses
- 15 inserts, 8 sends per channel
- 32 multi-assignable channel groups for mix and edit
- Extensive control surface support with autolearn
- EuCon protocol support for Euphonix MC and System-5-MC control surface systems
- Support for Smart AV Smart Console
- Support for active control surfaces via CS plug-ins
- Curve tool for refining automation
- Powerful automation features include:
- Group automation recording
- Linked editing of grouped automation
- Automation Quick Access for easy hardware control of currently selected parameter
- Automate any channel strip parameter or plug-in parameter on the fly or manually input parameter values using a breakpoint interface
- View multiple automation parameters for a single track at once
- Simultaneously view and edit automation for single or multiple tracks
- Read, write, touch, and latch automation modes
Comprehensive Surround
- Support for all standard surround configurations, including LCRS, Quad, 5.1, 6.1, and 7.1
- Support for multichannel interleaved and split surround audio files
- Play back, record, or process multichannel interleaved audio files
- Surround level metering
- Multichannel signal routing via sends, busses, and auxiliaries
- Graphic Surround Panner to manipulate mono or stereo streams within a surround field
- Graphic Surround Balancer to simultaneously balance all channels of surround input
- Support for Logic Studio True Surround plug-ins
- Built in multi-mono support lets you use any mono or stereo Logic Studio or Audio Units plug-in in a surround project
- Surround bounce and burn to DVD-A (PCM only) disc
- Dolby Digital AC-3 encoding and preview with Compressor
- Easy mixdown to stereo and surround formats using Down Mixer plug-in
Logic Studio includes:
- DVD containing Logic Pro 8, MainStage, Soundtrack Pro 2, Studio Instruments, Studio Effects, WaveBurner 1.5, Compressor 3, Impulse Response Utility, Apple Loops Utility, QuickTime 7 Pro, and required content.
- Six content DVDs containing Jam Pack collections, sound effects, surround music beds, EXS24 samples, and impulse response files.
- Demo content DVD.
- Printed and electronic documentation.
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