Logic Studio is a discontinued professional
music production
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suite by
Apple Inc. The first version of Logic Studio was unveiled on September 12, 2007.
It claims to be the largest collection of modeled instruments, sampler instruments, effect plug-ins, and audio loops ever put in a single application.
What is Logic Studio?
Retrieved on April 9, 2011
The package contains Logic Pro
Logic Pro is a digital audio workstation (DAW) and MIDI sequencer software application for the macOS platform. It was originally created in the early 1990s as Notator Logic, or Logic, by German software developer C-Lab which later went by E ...
, Mainstage, Soundtrack Pro, WaveBurner
WaveBurner was a Mac OS X professional application ( proapp) bundled with Logic Studio for assembling, mastering, and burning audio CDs. Audio CDs created with WaveBurner could be played back on any audio CD player, and could be used as premaster ...
, Studio Instruments, Studio Effects, Apple Loops, Apple Loops Utility, Impulse Response Utility, Compressor
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, and QuickTime
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Pro. It also contains 6 content DVDs containing Jam Pack collections, sound effects, surround music beds, EXS24 samples, and impulse response files and a demo content DVD.[Apple Logic Studio Technical Specifications](_blank)
Retrieved on April 9, 2011
On December 8, 2011, it was announced that the boxed version of Logic Studio suite would be discontinued. Instead, Logic Pro
Logic Pro is a digital audio workstation (DAW) and MIDI sequencer software application for the macOS platform. It was originally created in the early 1990s as Notator Logic, or Logic, by German software developer C-Lab which later went by E ...
and Mainstage would be sold separately on the Mac App Store
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. Soundtrack Pro was discontinued as part of the move.[Logic Pro comes to Mac App Store, Logic Express dropped in the shuffle](_blank)
Retrieved on November 8, 2014
Components
Apple Loops Utility
The Apple Loops Utility software is a small companion utility to Soundtrack Pro, GarageBand
GarageBand is a line of digital audio workstations developed by Apple Inc. for macOS, iPadOS, and iOS devices that allows users to create music or podcasts. GarageBand is developed by Apple for macOS, and was once part of the iLife softwar ...
, Logic Express
Logic Express was a "light" version of Logic Pro, a MIDI sequencer and digital audio workstation software application maintained by Apple that runs on the Mac OS X platform. It was announced on January 15, 2004, for release in March 2004.
Logi ...
, and Logic Pro
Logic Pro is a digital audio workstation (DAW) and MIDI sequencer software application for the macOS platform. It was originally created in the early 1990s as Notator Logic, or Logic, by German software developer C-Lab which later went by E ...
, all made by Apple Inc. Apple Loops Utility allows users to create loops of audio that can be time-stretched. Audio files converted to "Apple Loops" via the Apple Loops Utility can also be tagged with their publishing (Author, Comments, etc.) and musical information (Key, Tempo, etc.). Multiple files can be tagged at the same time, a process known as batch tagging. Apple Loops Utility can read both AIFF
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and WAV file format
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Some file format ...
s, but it will convert the latter to AIFF when saved with tagging information.
Compressor
Compressor is a video and audio media compression and encoding application for use with Final Cut Studio
Final Cut Studio is a discontinued professional video and audio production suite for Mac OS X from Apple Inc., and a direct competitor to Avid Media Composer in the high-end movie production industry. It was developed from 2005 to 2011. Three o ...
and Logic Studio on Mac OS X
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. It can be used with Qmaster
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for clustering. Compressor is used for encoding MPEG-1, MPEG-2
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for DVD, QuickTime .mov, MPEG-4 (Simple Profile), MPEG-4 H.264 and optional (third Party and often commercial) QuickTime Exporter Components to export to Windows Media, for example. Among its other features is the ability to convert from NTSC
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to PAL and vice versa, and the ability to 'upconvert' from standard-definition video
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to high-definition video
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with feature detail detection to prevent serious quality losses.
Impulse Response Utility
The Impulse Response Utility is used to create custom convolution reverb
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Echo chambers
The first re ...
s.
Logic Pro
Logic Pro is a hybrid 32 / 64 bit digital audio workstation
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and MIDI
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sequencer
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software application for the Mac OS X
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platform. Originally created by German software developer Emagic, Logic Pro became an Apple
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product when Apple bought Emagic in 2002. Logic Pro provides software instruments, synthesizer
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s, audio effects and recording facilities for music synthesis. It also supports Apple Loops – royalty-free
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professionally recorded instrument loops. Audio effects include distortions, dynamics processors, equalization filters, and delays. The Space Designer plugin simulates the acoustics of audio played in different environments, such as rooms of varying size, or producing the echoes
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that might be heard on high mountains. Logic Pro can work with MIDI
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keyboards and control surfaces for input and processing, and for MIDI output. It features real-time scoring in musical notation, supporting guitar
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tablature, chord abbreviations and drum notation.
The application features distributed processing abilities, which can function across an Ethernet
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LAN
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. One machine runs the Logic Pro app, while the other machines on the network run the Logic node app. Logic will then offload the effects and synth processing to the other machines on the network. If the network is fast enough (i.e. gigabit Ethernet
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) this can work in near-real time, depending on buffer settings and CPU loads. This allows users to combine the power of several Mac computers to process Logic Pro’s built-in software instruments and plug-ins, and 3rd party processing plug-ins.
MainStage
MainStage's primary purpose is to serve as a method of centralizing any virtual instruments that users might have installed on their computers that are normally used in Apple's DAW software Logic Pro
Logic Pro is a digital audio workstation (DAW) and MIDI sequencer software application for the macOS platform. It was originally created in the early 1990s as Notator Logic, or Logic, by German software developer C-Lab which later went by E ...
for use in live performance.
The instruments can then be played using a pre-recorded MIDI file or via a MIDI controller such as a keyboard. MainStage's other features include the ability to play back pre-recorded backing tracks and to function as a guitar and vocal multi-effects processor.
The second version, MainStage 2, was released on July 23, 2009, along with updated releases of many of the other applications in the Logic Studio package.
Soundtrack Pro
Soundtrack Pro is a music composing and audio editing application made by Apple Inc., which includes a collection of just over 5000 royalty free professional instrument loops and sound effects. The program also allows multitrack projects to be exported directly with Compressor
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settings.
Waveburner
WaveBurner can be used for assembling, mastering, and burning audio CDs. Audio CDs created with WaveBurner can be played back on any audio CD player, and can be used as premasters to produce CDs in large numbers for possible distribution.
WaveBurner has several notable features:
*Allows for up to 99 tracks and 99 subindexes per track
*Includes ISRC
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codes for each track
*Includes copy prevention and pre-emphasis for each track
*Adds UPC/EAN codes for the CD
*Supports CD-Text
*Create DDP (CD-image)
System requirements
According to Apple, one needs to meet the following requirements to install all applications:
* Mac computer with an Intel
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processor (PPC is supported prior to v9.1.11)
*2GB of RAM
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(4GB or more recommended)
*Display with 1280x768 or higher resolution
*Mac OS X
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v10.6.8 or later
*QuickTime
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7.6 or later
*DVD drive for installation
*9GB to install all applications and required content
**Additional 38GB to install all optional content (large content packages can be installed on separate disk):
***10GB for Jam Pack collections
***16GB for sound effects
***6GB for surround music beds
***6GB for other optional content
See also
* Logic Express
Logic Express was a "light" version of Logic Pro, a MIDI sequencer and digital audio workstation software application maintained by Apple that runs on the Mac OS X platform. It was announced on January 15, 2004, for release in March 2004.
Logi ...
* Logic Pro
Logic Pro is a digital audio workstation (DAW) and MIDI sequencer software application for the macOS platform. It was originally created in the early 1990s as Notator Logic, or Logic, by German software developer C-Lab which later went by E ...
* Logic Control
Logic Control is a control surface originally designed by Emagic in cooperation with Mackie.
History
Logic Control was designed by Emagic as a dedicated control surface for their Logic digital audio workstation software. It was manufactured b ...
* Audio Units
Audio Units (AU) are a system-level plug-in architecture provided by Core Audio in Apple's macOS and iOS operating systems. Audio Units are a set of application programming interface (API) services provided by the operating system to genera ...
* Core Audio
* GarageBand
GarageBand is a line of digital audio workstations developed by Apple Inc. for macOS, iPadOS, and iOS devices that allows users to create music or podcasts. GarageBand is developed by Apple for macOS, and was once part of the iLife softwar ...
* Comparison of multitrack recording software
The following tables compare general and technical information among a number of digital audio editors and multitrack recording software.
Digital Audio Workstations
Basic general information about the software: creator/company, license/price ...
References
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