Apple has updated Logic Pro, available as a FREE download with optional in-app purchases.
What’s new in version 3.0:
Logic Pro is now part of Apple Creator Studio, an amazing collection of Apple’s most powerful creative apps designed to help you bring your ideas to life. The suite includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage – plus premium content and inteligence features in Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and Freeform*, all in one simple plan.
- AI Session Players
- Transform vour tracks with the all-new Synth Player, and create keyboard and bass performances with intuitive controls
- Generate dynamic synth performances that play notes and manipulate instruments
- Use Simple Pad to add lush harmonic layers to your song, or add movement and dvnamics with Modulated Pad and Rhythmic Chords
- Explore popular synth bass styles including 808 Bass, Pump Bass, and Sequenced Bass to dial in the low end
- Use Chord ID to identify chords from any part of your song and Session Players will automatically follow along
- Quick Swipe Comping
- Assemble the perfect performance by selecting the best moments from severar takes
- Organize takes using Take Folders and quickly compare different comps
- Use Apple Pencil for even more precision when editing and selecting vour best takes
- Music Understanding
- Quickly and intuitively search for loops in the Browser using natural language phrases like “dreamy electric piano”
- Pick a loop, and the Browser uses machine learning to help you quickly discover similar loops from the Sound Library
- * Premium content and features in Freeform are not currently available and are expected to be included in the Apple Creator Studio subscription later this year.
Logic Pro for iPad is a professional music creation app that puts the power of the studio right at your fingertips.
Tap into a complete collection of sophisticated creative tools for songwriting, beat making, editing, and mixing — all with an interface that’s been designed from the ground up for iPad. Use Multi-Touch to play powerful software instruments with the tap of a finger and interact naturally with intuitive controls.
Creative plug-ins like Beat Breaker and Sample Alchemy plug-ins make it easy to cook up beats and explore new sonic territories. Then access a full featured mixer and Mastering Assistant to give you everything you need to create a professional-sounding mix entirely on iPad.
Creative Interface Optimized for iPad
- Play powerful software instruments and interact expressively using Multi-Touch
- Navigate large complex projects with pinch-to-zoom and swipe-to-scroll
- Quickly shape and tweak your sound using Plug-in Tiles
- Discover powerful features and strengthen your skills with integrated guided Lessons
- Roundtrip capabilities let you open projects back-and-forth between Logic Pro for Mac or Logic Pro for iPad*
- Create precision edits and detailed track automation with Apple Pencil
- Drag and drop multiple files at once from the Files app to quickly build drum kits or add stems to a project
- Use Stem Splitter to separate nearly any mixed audio recording into six distinct parts: Drums, Bass, Vocals, Guitar, Piano, and Other instruments**
Sound browser
- Quickly access all Logic Pro sounds from a single location
- Easily discover inspiring sounds with a predictive filtering system
- Use the Sound Library to access an expanding collection of free sound packs
- Access your personal collection of samples directly from Logic’s built-in sound Browser
- Add Sample Folders from your iPad, external storage, and iCloud Drive
Professional Instrument and Effects Plug-ins
- Create music with a massive collection of powerful software instruments
- Shape your sound using high quality effects like vintage EQs and compressors, high-end reverbs, and creative multi-effects
- Build your own guitar or bass rig with Amp Designer and Bass Amp Designer
- Expand your instrument and effects library with third-party Audio Units***
- Connect an audio interface or MIDI device to record instruments or microphones and control plug-ins and automatable parameters in Logic****
Beat Production
- Radically reshape and reshuffle audio with Beat Breaker, a sophisticated time and pitch morphing instrument
- Use Sample Alchemy to transform audio into entirely new malleable sounds
- Chop or loop any sample into a playable instrument using Quick Sampler
- Build and play custom drum kits using samples and plug-ins with Drum Machine Designer
- Create drum beats, bass lines, and melodic parts, and reshape sounds over time using Step Sequencer
- Use Live Loops to capture inspiration and quickly build arrangements by mixing and matching loops, samples, and your recordings
Session Players
- Discover five professional instrumentalists designed to create nuanced performances, responsive to your direction
- Bass Player, Keyboard Player, Acoustic Drummer, Electronic Drummer and Percussionist offer a wide range of genres and distinct playing styles
Full Featured Pro Mixer
- Shape a mix using channel strips with volume faders, pan controls, plug-ins, sends, and precision automation
- Deliver a release-ready mix using Mastering Assistant
What do the asterix mean?
- * Requires Logic Pro 11.2 or higher and macOS Sonoma 14.4 or higher
- ** Requires iPadOS 18.4 with Apple A17 Pro chip or later
- *** Requires compatible third-party Audio Unit Extensions apps from the App Store
- **** Logic Pro for iPad supports class-compliant audio interfaces or MIDI devices
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