Big News: Apple has announced the Logic Studio 9, the latest version of their audio/music production software suite. Logic Studio contains several powerful applications:
- Logic Pro 9
- Mainstage 2
- Soundtrack Pro 3
- WaveBurner 1.6
- Impulse Response Utility
- Apple Loops Utility
- Compressor 3.5
For many musicians and engineers, the big news is Logic Pro 9. And there’s lots to be excited about! The list of new features is incredibly long, but check out some of the highlights:
- Flex Tool for massaging audio files without splicing or editing
- Audio Quantize
- Slice Mode for editing drums with phase accuracy
- Varispeed
- Flex Mode for editing audio tracks
- Speed Fades for turntable-style starts and stops
- Tempo Import and Export
- Track Import
- Expanded Take Folder Editing
- Drum Replacer
- Convert To Sampler Instrument changes audio files to sampler instruments
- Bounce In-Place for easier effects rendering
- 4,000 Chord Grids for tab and notation
- Voices Jam Pack
- Warped Effects for Space Designer
- New Amp Designer re-creates 25 legendary amps and 25 speaker cabinets
- New Pedalboard includes 30 classic virtual stompboxes
- Hundreds of Classic Tone presets
- Apogee GiO Support — new audio interface/controller for guitar players
- More than 80 studio-quality effects plug-ins
- 20,000 royalty-free Apple Loops
- Much more!
Plus, new features in MainStage 2 make it even easier to take your music to the live stage:
- Playback plug-in for playing backing tracks
- Loopback, a live loop recorder
- Multi-mapping of controls so one knob controls multiple parameters
- Grouped controls
- Full ReWire support
- Audio recording for capturing live performances
- Much more!
