Apple’s new Logic Pro 7 has a lot to say about making music on the Macintosh! This newest upgrade includes over 100 enhancements, but for the sake of space and time, here are three biggies:
1. Distributed Audio Processing. Add processing power to your audio studio AND get a computer out of the deal that you can use for other purposes! The new distributed audio processing feature in Logic Pro 7 offers a plug-and-play solution that provides the ability to tap networked Macintosh G4s and G5s for more DSP processing power! Simply add one or more Macintosh systems via Ethernet to your Logic Pro 7 system – the result is an audio and music production system with processing power that was previously unimaginable: up to 128 stereo streams.
2. Apple Loops. When you insert Apple Loops in software instrument format onto a software instrument track, Logic imports them as MIDI sequences with the originating instrument and effect settings intact. This allows you to change pitch, instrumentation or effects – something you could only dream of with standard audio loops technology. Logic also uses this functionality when you import GarageBand compositions, preserving every detail as you migrate the sessions for editing and producing in a truly professional environment.
3. Three new Instruments (including Sculpture, which offers an inexhaustible variety of naturalistic sounds, based on component modeling technology, seamlessly integrated into the Logic Pro 7 software) and nine new Effects processors (including Guitar Amp Pro which offers a wide range of legendary guitar amplifier sounds and a variety of different speakers, which you can freely combined).
Apple Logic 7 comes in two flavors: Pro and Express. Check out Pro and Express at Sweetwater.com for the differences!
