Logic Express was a "light" version of
Logic Pro
Logic Pro is a digital audio workstation (DAW) and MIDI music sequencer, 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 ...
, a
MIDI
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sequencer
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and
digital audio workstation
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software
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application maintained by
Apple
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that runs on the
Mac OS X
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platform. It was announced on January 15, 2004, for release in March 2004.
Logic Pro and Express shared most functionality and the same interface. Logic Express was limited to two-channel stereo mixdown, while Logic Pro can handle multichannel
surround sound
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; Logic Express also lacked support for TDM/DAE systems, high-end
control surfaces and Distributed Audio Processing. Both could handle up to 255 audio tracks, depending on system performance (
CPU,
hard disk
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throughput
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and
seek time Higher performance in hard disk drives comes from devices which have better performance characteristics. These performance characteristics can be grouped into two categories: access time and data transfer time (or rate).
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). Logic Express 8 came with 36 software instruments and 73 effect plug-ins, including almost all of those in the Logic Pro Package. Those that it didn't include are Sculpture, a physical modelling synthesiser; the "vintage" instruments (the EVB3 tonewheel organ, the EVD6 Clavinet and the EVP88 Electric Piano), however a cut-down version of these are included with the
GarageBand
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instruments; Space designer, a convolution reverb effect; and delay designer, an advanced delay effect.
Logic Express was discontinued in 2011, when Logic Pro moved to the Mac App Store for $199.99.
See also
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Logic Studio
Logic Studio is a discontinued professional music production 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 plu ...
*
Logic Pro
Logic Pro is a digital audio workstation (DAW) and MIDI music sequencer, 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 ...
*
Logic Control
*
Audio Units
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*
Core Audio
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Apple's Core Audio documentation states that "in creating this new architecture on Ma ...
References
* Apple Computer, Inc. (2004b). Apple streamlines professional audio product line: introduces Logic Pro 6 & Logic Express 6. Retrieved January 16, 200
* Sharma, D. C. (2004). Apple polishes musical offerings. In ''Personal tech''. Retrieved January 16, 200
External links
Official Logic Pro home page
MIDI
Digital audio workstation software
MacOS-only software made by Apple Inc.
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