Year of release: 12.7.2023
Version: 10.7.9
Developer: Apple
Developer website: Apple Inc.
Platform: Intel only / M1
Interface language: English, Spanish, Chinese, German, French, Japanese.
Tablet: The program is cured (does not require data entry / enter any data)
System Requirements: macOS 12.3 or later
Description: Logic Pro X is the most advanced version of Logic. Powerful new tools for professional music production, audio processing and mixing are built into a modern interface for fast, high-quality results and convenient work wherever you are. Logic Pro X includes a huge collection of musical instruments, effects and loops – everything you need to create great compositions.
Professional music production
• Use a complete suite of spatial audio creation tools that includes everything you need to mix and export your music in Dolby Atmos.
• Record and edit MIDI or audio files using a wide range of tools and editors.
• Organize takes into take folders and easily create accompaniment with Quick Swipe Comping mode.
• Create and select playlists of regions and edits for the same track using the Track Alternatives feature.
• Fix the pitch of vocals and change the melodies of recorded audio with Flex Pitch.
• Easily control the timing and tempo of any recording with Flex Time.
• Use the Smart Tempo feature to import and automatically match audio to the rhythm of your project.
• Play and mix music anywhere in the room using Logic Remote on your iPad or iPhone.
• Create simple melodies or orchestral arrangements with the built-in score editor (Score).
Drumming and Rhythm Making
• Create and play your own drum kits in Drum Machine Designer.
• Program rhythms, basslines, and melodies in the Step Sequencer.
• Create natural-sounding acoustic and electronic drum tracks, as well as hip-hop tracks with Drummer, a virtual session drummer and beat maker.
Working with samples
• Easily create and edit complex instruments from multiple samples with Sampler.
• Import audio files or easily record audio directly into Quick Sampler to instantly create ready-to-play instruments.
Keyboards and synthesizers
• Draw inspiration from a collection of synthesizers featuring analog, wavetable, FM, additive, granular, spectral, and modeling synthesis.
• Easily find sounds and create new ones with Alchemy – a powerful synthesizer for working with samples.
• Instantly turn simple chords into rich harmonies with the Arpeggiator plugin.
• Play realistic models of classic organs, keyboards and vintage synths.
Equipment for guitar and bass
• Create your own guitar and bass rigs in Amp Designer using classic and modern amps, speakers and microphones.
• Create a unique set of pedals in the Pedalboard from various effect pedals such as delay, distortion and modulation.
Sound and creative effects
• Enjoy a professional collection of vintage and modern delays, EQs and compressors.
• Play sounds in different acoustic spaces or with original synthesized reverbs.
• Add dynamism to your tracks using various modulation effects.
Sound Library
• Over 5900 instrument and effect patches.
• 1200 carefully sampled instruments.
• Over 13,000 Apple Loops in a variety of genres.
Compatibility
• Expand your collection of instruments and effects by adding third-party plug-ins that are compatible with Audio Units.
• The ability to export to GarageBand allows you to remotely add new tracks to your Logic projects from your iPhone or iPad via iCloud.
• Import and export XML files needed for Final Cut Pro workflows.
• Export mixes with spatial audio to Apple Music compatible ADM Dolby Atmos files.
Storage Requirements
• 6 GB of free storage space for a minimal installation / 72 GB for a full Sound Library installation.
New in Logic Pro 10.7.9
Stability and reliability
Fixes an issue where adjusting the Threshold control in the Strip Silence could cause Logic Pro to quit unexpectedly.
Resolves an issue where 32-bit audio files might be damaged when adjusting their speed in Logic Pro.
Fixes an issue where Audio Units Software could cause Logic Pro to quit unexpectedly when MIDI 2.0 is enabled in the settings for Logic Pro.
Fixes an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when Delete and Shuffle Left is performed with a Marquee selection.
Fixes an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when launched with the option to create a new empty project.
Resolves an issue where Logic Pro might quit unexpectedly when anayzing audio files for Flex editing while running in Rosetta mode.
Improves stability while scanning for Audio Units.
Recording
Recording MIDI on Aux sub-tracks of a multi output instrument now works.
Logic Pro no longer creates empty audio tracks when recording in Cycle mode if the recording setting Create Tracks and Mute in Cycle Mode is enabled, the audio file type is set to Wave, and there is a quantize value set.
Takes and comping
Comp segments created by dragging from right to left now play back correctly.
Plug-ins
The Range setting in the Pitch Correction plug-in now recalled correctly after the plug-in is closed and then re-opened.
Fab Filter Pro-Q settings are now retained when round-tripping projects between Logic Pro for Mac and Logic Pro for iPad.
Sampler and Quick Sampler
The Locate button in the Sampler missing files dialog now works as expected.
Mixer
Fixes an issue where pasted channel strip settings could be applied to a selected channel strip, instead of the channel strip where the paste command menu item was chosen from.
Resolves an issue where unsoloing a track in the channel strip inspector would also unsolo all other soloed tracks.
Bounce and export
The Loudness Meter now continues to show values after a bounce.
Import
Restores ability to assign tracks to external MIDI by pressing Option while importing a Standard MIDI file.
Apple Loops
The content of Apple Loops dragged into projects with time signatures other than 4/4 is no longer unexpectedly offset.
Control surfaces and MIDI controllers
Volume and Pan can now be reliably adjusted using an attached control surface or MIDI Controller in cases where the setting Record Automation with MIDI Region is enabled.
The Launchpad Pro Mk3 control surface now works properly with Logic Pro.
Editing
Fixes an issue where it was not possible to access tools in the Piano Roll using the right mouse button to open a contextual menu.
Paste at Original Position now works in the Piano Roll.
The Create Note command from the contextual menu in the Piano Roll now creates a note at the pitch where the pointer originally clicked.
Resolves an issue where the visible area in the Piano Roll could unexpectedly shift in pitch when entering notes into the editor.
General
Restores abiliity for regions on frozen tracks to mute when soloing other regions.
Auto-colorize tracks now works for Software Instrument tracks as expected.
The Pickup Clock key command now moves automation with regions, or asks if automation should be moved, depending on the move automation setting.
Regions created on MIDI tracks are now named for the track, rather than being named “MIDI region.”
The Tab to Transients key command now works reliably with audio files that have not yet been analyzed for transients.
Projects created from templates saved with record-enabled tracks now open with those tracks record-enabled.
Frozen Software Instrument tracks no longer continue to output audio when the track is set to Off.
Region borders of MIDI regions recorded in projects with time signatures other than 4/4 are no longer unexpectedly extended.
