Apple Updates Logic Pro X With 3 New Drummers, 11 New Drum Kit Designer Patches, More
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Posted December 19, 2013 at 3:16pm by iClarified
Apple has updated Logic Pro X with 3 new drummers, significant enhancements to Channel EQ and Linear Phase EQ, and other improvements.
Logic Pro X is the most advanced version of Logic ever. Sophisticated new tools for professional songwriting, editing, and mixing are built around a modern interface that’s designed to get creative results quickly and also deliver more power whenever it’s needed. Logic Pro X includes a massive collection of instruments, effects, and loops, providing a complete toolkit to create amazing-sounding music.
Powerful New Interface • Consolidate and control multiple tracks or create rich, layered instruments with Track Stacks • Smart Controls allow you to manipulate multiple plug-ins and parameters with a single move • An enhanced Mixer lets you move, copy, and bypass channel inserts more efficiently • Quickly re-order song sections and try new ideas using Arrangement Markers • Autosave keeps your work safe and sound • See and edit more of your performances in the Score editor with a new wrapped view
Professional Music Production • Fix out-of-tune vocals and change the melodies of recorded audio with Flex Pitch • Manipulate the timing and tempo of any recording with ease using Flex Time • Record and seamlessly punch in and out of one or multiple tracks • Keep takes organized with take folders and build comps quickly with Quick Swipe Comping • Record automation for any channel strip or plug-in parameter on the fly • Create and mix music from anywhere in the room using Logic Remote on iPad • 64-bit architecture supports large projects containing hundreds of tracks and sampled instruments
Drum Production • Create drum tracks that play with your song using Drummer, a virtual session player • Choose among 15 distinct drummers that can take your direction and perform millions of unique grooves • Build your own kit with Drum Kit Designer using a diverse collection of deeply sampled, professionally mixed snares, toms, kicks, hi-hats, and cymbals • Produce electronic drum sequences with Ultrabeat
Keyboards and Synths • Instantly turn a simple chord into a rich performance with the Arpeggiator • Transform simple ideas into elaborate performances using nine MIDI plug-ins • Create classic ’70s- and ’80s-style synthesizer tracks using Retro Synth • Play faithful models of vintage keyboards with Vintage B3, Vintage Electric Piano, and Vintage Clav • Get inspired by a collection of synths that provide analog, wavetable, FM, and physical modeling synthesis • Play or create a wide variety of rich sampled instruments with the EXS24 Sampler
Guitar and Bass Gear • Build your own guitar or bass rig with Amp Designer using vintage and modern amps, cabinets, and mics • Design a custom Pedalboard from a collection of delay, distortion, and modulation stompboxes • Access the Tuner with just a click to quickly get in tune
Creative and Production Effects • Play your sounds through realistic acoustic spaces using Space Designer convolution reverb • Use a range of multi-tap, vintage tape, and stereo delays • Add movement to your tracks with a variety of modulation effects • Get the perfect mix with a variety of EQs, dynamics, and other mixing tools • Put the finishing touch on your project using a collection of mastering plug-ins
Sound Library • Over 1500 instrument and effect Patches • More than 800 sampled instruments • 30 urban and electronic drum machine Patches • 3600 Apple Loops in modern urban and electronic genres
Compatibility • Expand your instrument and effects library with third-party Audio Units-compatible plug-ins • Import and export XML to support Final Cut Pro X workflows • Export and share your songs directly to SoundCloud • Open projects from Logic 5 or later
WHAT'S NEW IN THIS VERSION: • Adds 3 new Drummers and 11 new Drum Kit Designer patches • Significant enhancements to Channel EQ and Linear Phase EQ plug-ins including redesigned interfaces that are also accessible within the Smart Controls area • Solo now works as expected on channel strips using an External I/O plug-in • Volume and pan automation is now included in XML interchange with Final Cut Pro X • Loops that belong to the same family can be selected and changed using a new control in the region header • The waveform size in an audio region now adapts to the value of the region Gain parameter • The Link mode button is now available for the Piano Roll editor • Includes stability improvements
You can purchase Logic Pro X from the App Store for $199.99.