Logic Studio Upgrade from Pro or Studio

Top New Features in Logic Studio

• Flex Time lets you manipulate audio timing and tempo like never before.
• Build dream guitar rigs with the new Amp Designer and Pedalboard.
• MainStage 2 with new Playback and Loopback features let you take your Mac to the stage.
• Shape your sound using more than 80 studio-quality plug-ins.
• Inspire your music with more than 1,000 instruments and 20,000 Apple Loops.

INCLUDED ITEMS

• DVD containing Logic Pro 9, MainStage 2, Soundtrack Pro 3, 40 software instrument plug-ins, over 80 effect plug-ins, WaveBurner 1.6, Compressor 3.5, Impulse Response Utility, Apple Loops Utility, QuickTime 7 Pro, and required content
• Six content DVDs containing Jam Pack collections, sound effects, surround music beds, EXS24 sampler instruments, and impulse response files
• Demo content DVD containing Logic Artist Projects from The Killers, Lily Allen, and Santigold
• Printed and electronic documentation

REQUIREMENTS

• Mac computer with an Intel processor
• 1GB of RAM (2GB or more highly recommended)
• Display with 1280-by-800 resolution or higher
• Mac OS X v10.5.7 or later
• QuickTime 7.6 or later
• DVD drive for installation
• Available Disk Space
  • 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
  • 7GB for other optional content

Logic Pro 9

At the center of Logic Studio, Logic Pro 9 makes it easier than ever for do-it-yourself musicians to create their own compositions. Record yourself or your band, build arrangements from Apple Loops, compose with standard notation, or focus on any aspect of production.

DESCRIPTION
You already know how to write great music. Logic Pro 9 streamlines the technical side of things, so you can record, edit, and mix it, too. Whether you work in a state-of-the-art studio or in your garage, now you can easily put the power of the most advanced tools to work for your projects. Tap into a huge collection of instruments, sounds, and loops for inspiration. Get set up and recording quickly. Perform complex edits in a fraction of the time. And mix down projects of any scale with full automation and surround capabilities. It’s a pro studio that’s not just for pros.

Features

• Manipulate audio timing and tempo like never before with new Flex Time features.
• Replace drum tracks with triggered samples in just a few clicks.
• Quickly transfer track content and setups between projects.

Put the flow back into your workflow.
With Logic Pro, all your editing tools and content browsers are integrated into a single, beautifully designed window. And that means everything can happen faster. Your shortcut menus, toolbars, and transport bars are right there for you, not spread across a maze of windows. And you can customize your workspace using 99 storable screen configurations and more than 1000 definable key commands to make it even better.

Get rolling, fast.
Templates get you set up instantly to write, record, mix, or master — and you can customize them as much as you want. For classic sounds, the Explore templates let you choose from a range of instruments already paired with effects and processing. Just grab one and start playing. The Compose templates put everything in place for writing and tracking in a specific genre, from rock to hip-hop to orchestral music. You get an entire studio of typical instruments and processing, wired and configured so you can jump right in. Want to track, edit, mix, or master a large-scale project? The Production templates give you a big head start.
 
Share ideas between projects.
Selective Track Import lets you easily transfer setups and track content between projects. Since you can select components on a track-by-track basis, it’s simple to grab the guitar track from a different session or import that perfect drum mix you created for another project.

Zero in on the sound you need.
Built-in library browsers make it easy to navigate thousands of effect settings, instrument settings, Apple Loops, and even sounds you’ve created yourself — all without leaving the track you’re working on. The Apple Loop browser serves up thousands of royalty-free loops by category, such as instrument, genre, and mood, so you can easily find what you’re looking for. Choose one and it automatically conforms to the tempo and key of your project. Special software instrument loops even let you edit the instrument, processing, or original MIDI performance.

Go wild, then go back.
Nondestructive, region-based editing allows you to tinker with individual sections of a track and hear the results as you go. You can experiment all you want, knowing your original performances are always kept intact.

Instant sampler instruments.
In one simple step, you can transform any audio region into a sampler instrument, along with a MIDI track that will trigger the samples so they sound just like the original track. From there, it’s easy to modify and resequence the part.

Edit MIDI your way.
As a full-featured MIDI sequencer, Logic Pro lets you choose how you want to view and edit MIDI data. Use the Piano Roll Editor to graphically edit note velocity and length, while monitoring the results in real-time. Or if you’re used to working with traditional notation, go to the Score Editor where new duration bars make it easy to graphically edit the length of notes.
 
Music notation the way it should be.
Logic Pro features a complete set of music notation tools, including comprehensive layout and print options, instrument transposition, drum notation, and adaptive lyric input. You can generate guitar tablature with an expanded set of ornaments for notating hammer-ons, bends, fingering, and more. Snap guides make it easy to add the new chord grids, whether you choose from the library of more than 4000 or create your own.

You can transform MIDI performances into music notation in real-time. If you prefer not to perform your compositions, you can use MIDI Step Input to enter notes one at a time using your computer keyboard, or define pitch and velocity with a MIDI keyboard as you go.

Scoring and sound design for video.
Advanced music-for-picture features make scoring and sound design easier than ever. Flexible video display options let you view synchronized QuickTime movies within the interface or on a separate monitor using output options like Digital Cinema Desktop. You can locate scene changes visually via a thumbnail track or automatically mark transitions using the scene detect option.

Multiple takes, zero confusion.
Take folders make it easier than ever to organize and manage all your takes and overdubs. You don’t even have to create or rename a folder. Just record over your existing material, and Logic Pro automatically creates a new take folder. Since take folders are region based, you can keep takes for the verse in one folder and takes for the chorus in another — all on the same track. If you prefer to organize your takes like playlists, simply use a single take folder for the entire track.
 
New features in Logic Pro 9 let you freely edit and move take regions, punch in and out of a take without creating a new take lane, and color code your best takes on the fly.

Take good notes.
Logic Pro makes it easy to document everything that happens during a session. Track Notes are perfect for details like the mic you used or that external compressor setting you don’t want to forget. With Project Notes, you can keep track of bigger events, like who did what and when. Markers let you flag and recall important places in time, such as the start of a verse or solo section. And since notes and markers can hold up to 20,000 characters, you’ll never have to resort to abbreviations you can’t decipher later.

Get around latency.
Logic Pro has a unique Low Latency Mode that delivers low latency monitoring. Go ahead and record into a project that’s been heavily mixed using limiters or other plug-ins that can trigger compensation delays (even in DSP-based systems).

Custom mixes for all.
Flexible routing options and loads of auxiliary channels let you set up different monitor mixes for everyone you’re recording. Give yourself a head start by using the multitrack Production templates in Logic Pro, which are preconfigured for separate monitor mixes.

Introducing Flex Time.
Flex Time is a collection of tools that allows you to quickly manipulate the timing and tempo of your recording for the tightest performance possible. Use the new Flex Tool to easily move the individual beats on a waveform — forget all that tedious splicing and editing. Flex Time combines beat slicing and elastic audio techniques into a single workflow. And you no longer have to master different techniques to correct drum, vocal, guitar, or any other kind of tracks. Best of all, your edits are always rendered in real-time, even when you’re using the highest-quality setting.

Audio Quantize lets you fix the timing of an entire performance in one step, aligning notes and beats to a musical grid. Want to match your bass line to the feel of your drums? You can transfer the rhythmic feel of one track to another by creating a Groove template from the source track and applying it as a grid.

Tempo is now totally fluid. Selective Track Import lets you combine your best recorded performances from different sessions — even if they were tracked at different tempos or without a click. Since the new Tempo Import/Export feature stores tempo information within each performance, any audio you import will automatically conform. Use the drums from one session and the rhythm guitar from another without worrying about tempo differences.
 
Varispeed makes it easy to slow down or speed up an entire multitrack project, so you can experiment with different tempos while editing. You can also use Varispeed to slow things down while you punch in a difficult solo, then bring everything back to the original tempo. And the new Speed Fades feature lets you easily add creative, tape-style speedup or slowdown effects at the beginning or end of any audio region.
 
Quick comps.
Use Quick Swipe Comping to build the perfect track in no time. Just swipe over the best sections of each take to create a seamless comp, complete with transition-smoothing crossfades. Now you can even access traditional edit functions — including cut, copy, paste, fades, crossfades, and more — all without leaving Quick Swipe Comping. Multiple comps and Autosave let you experiment without worrying about losing your work. And you can use Edit Groups to synchronize your selections across related tracks, like a multimic recording of a vocal group.
 
Skip the click.
With Beat Mapping, you can record freestyle, without a click track, then conform your performance to a bar and beat grid later on. When you’re ready, all you have to do is create a tempo track based on a selected guide track, or simply drag bar and beat guides to downbeats in an audio file or MIDI region.

Render when you want.
Bounce-in-Place lets you quickly render effects for a single region or an entire track. You might use it when you’re ready to apply a plug-in destructively to an audio file, when you want to bounce an effect before doing more to a track, or when you want to transfer files between applications.

One edit, multiple tracks.
Track Groups ensures that when you edit one track, it affects all the related tracks. This works with move, cut, copy, and paste. You can even lock in phase so you’ll maintain all the relative distances across your tracks. That’s especially important when you’re using multiple microphones to record one source, like two mics on an acoustic guitar or multiple mics for the different drums in a kit. And with Logic Pro 9, you can hide entire groups to remove clutter.

The power of the mouse.
Logic Pro gives you 14 different mouse tools to work with — and plenty of shortcuts for getting to them. Set up one as your primary tool, and it will be wherever your cursor is. Set up another as your alternate tool, and all you have to do is press Command to access it. You can even assign a third as your right-click tool. So you’ve got fast, custom access to the tools you use most.

Turn on the new Click Zone feature, and you won’t even have to call up your fade or marquee tools to use them. Just hover over one Click Zone and your cursor turns into your fade tool, so you can instantly create crossfades. Hover over the other zone and you get the marquee tool — it’s the fastest way to select part of your track and move or delete it.
 
Perfecting drum tracks.
Use the new Drum Replacer to replace or double problematic drum tracks with triggered samples in just a few clicks. No headaches. No hassles. Just a simple, straightforward way to enhance drum tracks in Logic Pro.

Welcome to the big board.
Create whatever configuration you want with up to 255 discrete audio, software instrument, and auxiliary channels, along with up to 32 mix groups and as many output channels as your audio hardware offers. Each track supports 15 plug-ins and 8 pre-fader, post-fader, and post-pan sends with full latency compensation to keep everything in perfect sync.

You can record busses and integrate outboard hardware into your mix. And you have the flexibility to mute and solo tracks or individual regions. In fact, you can do anything you’d do in a major studio, yet you don’t need a single DSP card to do it. Your Mac Pro or MacBook Pro can easily handle the huge mixing capacity of Logic Pro all by itself.

You’ll love the views.
Intuitive display options make it easy to find and focus on what’s important. Without even opening the mixer, you can look at the dual channel strips beside your edit area to see all the functions and plug-ins for a selected track, along with any channels to which your track is sending signals. Enter the complete mixer view, and you’ll see channels displayed by the number and order of tracks you’ve created, or by type, such as audio, software instrument, and external MIDI.

Instant channel strips.
Logic Pro automatically creates auxiliary channels for your project whenever you need them. Say you create a send to a bus or click on a software instrument channel with multiple outputs. Logic Pro will generate an auxiliary channel strip to receive the signal. Think of it as your engineering assistant.

Mix in surround.
Logic Pro offers end-to-end surround capabilities, so you can record, edit, mix, and encode projects in surround up to 7.1. Graphic surround panning lets you precisely position audio in a Quad, LCRS, 5.1, 6.1, or 7.1 surround field. Surround support includes multichannel signal routing, and you can submix surround tracks or use sends to route audio to surround auxiliary tracks.
 
Group your tracks.
Track Groups makes it easy to work with related tracks, like a set of background vocal tracks or a multitrack drum recording. When you’re adjusting the channel strip for one track and you want the changes to show up on other tracks, just assign them to the same group. The redesigned group window makes it easier to access all the group functions and adds the option to solo or hide a group.

Complete automation.
You can easily record changes to any channel strip or plug-in parameter on the fly. So you can ride something, like the feedback on a tape delay, the same way you would a fader or pan. You don’t have to configure anything or define parameters. Just enable automation, press play, and make your changes. You can also create and edit automation graphically.

Software and plug-ins.
Your GarageBand projects open in Logic Pro without a hitch. And you can transfer projects freely to Logic Express or Soundtrack Pro and back again. You can also move your projects to and from other audio and video applications, such as Final Cut Pro and Pro Tools, because Logic Pro supports XML, OMF, and AAF file interchange protocols and makes it simple to create stem files.
 
You can plug in any TDM or Audio Units software instrument or effect. And ReWire lets you run Logic Pro with specialized applications such as Reason and Live. Trigger and sequence your instruments from Logic Pro, route your signals directly into the Logic Pro mixer, and have everything running in perfect sync.
 
Create any kind of file you need.
Logic Pro supports all the popular file formats, including WAV, AIFF, MP3, SDII, and even CAF, which lets you record up to six hours at 96kHz. You can play, record, and process multichannel, interleaved audio files. You can also burn uncompressed surround stems directly to DVD-A or encode and preview industry-standard Dolby Digital AC-3 audio using Compressor 3.5, which comes with Logic Studio.

Back up to MobileMe.
Logic Pro lets you back up your favorite channel strip settings, plug-in settings, and key commands to your MobileMe account, so you can access them from anywhere over the web.1 You can also share your preferences across any local or Internet-based network.

Interfaces and control surfaces.
Logic Pro fully supports Apple Core Audio and Pro Tools HD hardware. That gives you the freedom to work with almost any audio interface, and even combine the inputs and outputs of multiple devices. If you want hands-on control, you have your pick of third-party control surfaces, including everything from small, portable faders to the top-of-the-line consoles you find in the best recording studios. And customizing control assignments couldn’t be easier with the Auto-learn feature built into Logic Pro.

More plug-ins, less power.
Most applications switch on the juice for plug-ins as soon as they’re inserted. But Logic Pro features an intelligent DSP engine that asks for power only when a signal runs through the plug-in. So go ahead, pile on the instruments and effects. It will take more than that to slow you down.

Quick, temporary rendering.
If your project requires more power than you’ve got, or if you simply want to play your project on a less powerful computer, Freeze Tracks allows you to temporarily render your tracks. This is also a great way to share projects with friends who don’t have the same plug-ins.

Harness multiple computers.
Use distributed audio processing to combine the power of multiple computers on a network, and your plug-in processing power can be virtually unlimited. It even works for third-party plug-ins.

MainStage 2

Perform live with the instruments, amps, effects, and sounds you used to make your tracks, and see it all clearly using a full-screen interface designed specifically for the stage.

DESCRIPTION
Love the sound you got on your recording? MainStage 2 makes it easy to bring all the same instruments and effects to the stage. You can even expand your show with live loops or prerecorded backing tracks. With the Mac as the core of your live rig, setup is faster, teardown is faster, and everything in between is more reliable. You can completely customize your layout, from the number, type, size, and color of the controls to the parameters they manipulate. And you can instantly assign onscreen controls to the faders, knobs, and switches on your hardware for hands-on control.

Features

• Play along with great live backing tracks with the new, flexible Playback plug-in.
• Bring sound-on-sound recording to the stage with the new Loopback plug-in.
• Other enhancements include multimapping of controls, full ReWire support, and the ability to record performances.
• New support for the Apogee GiO interface and foot controller provides hands-free operation.

Knobs, faders, and switches you can’t miss.
The MainStage interface is designed especially for live performance. Streamlined 3D graphics give you a high-contrast, full-screen view of your controls, so they stand out from across the stage or through the glare of the floodlights. And you can set things up so each control is linked to a different parameter in each patch. With just the controls you need onscreen for the song, you’ll never have to hunt for the right knob.

Command central.
Now that MainStage features ReWire and MIDI-out support, your Mac brings together everything you use to create all your music, giving you total control. Each patch works as a self-contained audio mixer and router, so you can completely change direction mid-performance. One minute you can be playing some heavily distorted guitar with a full backing band. And the next you can be creating bass loops with an external synth, against an Ultrabeat drum pattern.

Get creative with loop recording.
Loopback is another new plug-in that gives you advanced sound-on-sound recording capabilities. Now guitar players can easily lay down a rhythm part, then solo over it. Feeling adventurous? You can create a complete, spontaneous arrangement on stage. Lay down a beat, layer on a guitar riff, add a synth pad, then tear into a solo. When you’re ready to move on, just hit the foot switch to fade everything out and start building the groove for your next section.

Sound bigger than ever.
With Playback, a brand-new plug-in, your Mac becomes a flexible, reliable backing track player. It’s easy to use, too. Whether you’re rounding out your sound with a simple stereo backing track or a set of separate, mixable stems, all you have to do is step on a foot switch to jump to the next cue, adjust the tempo, arrange on the fly, or fade out smoothly.

You’re in control.
MainStage supports your addiction to knobs, dials, and faders. It can connect with just about any external MIDI device on the planet. And the interface is simplicity itself. Just map a physical control to an onscreen control, and it’s connected forever (or until you change your mind). No more mapping knobs over and over for each patch. And down the road, if your hardware fails when you’re about to go on stage, it’s quick and easy to swap it out.

MainStage 2 also features new pickup modes that make fixed controller knobs behave more like the endless encoder knobs found on high-end gear. If your control surface can receive status information from software, MainStage will now send MIDI messages to keep your control displays in perfect sync.

Mac vs. the machines.
Creating sounds with your Mac is so much simpler than relying on all kinds of external gear. Instead of squinting at tiny hardware displays, you get a bright, full-screen view that makes everything easy to tweak. You can also combine any sounds you like — even software and hardware sounds — in one patch.

When it’s time to put those sounds to work, MainStage gives you way more options. Multimapping allows one knob to control multiple plug-in parameters, so you can dramatically change your sound with the turn of a single knob. The EXS Editor now opens right in MainStage, which makes it easier to edit sampler instruments on the fly. And the Patch List Manager gives you the flexibility to rearrange or skip patches as your set list evolves.

Smarter, faster, more efficient.
MainStage leverages the power and efficiency of the Mac to deliver performance and sound quality that most hardware can’t touch. For example, the EXS sampler can put huge amounts of data to work for a single instrument by using more than the typical 4GB of memory allotted to a single application and tapping into virtual memory. Aliased channel strips lighten the load on your system by reusing the plug-ins you’ve already loaded. MainStage can access the processing power of multiple cores to make sure every note is heard, even when you’re pushing the limits of your system. And if you ever run into a problem, Autosave lets you get back up and performing in no time.
 
Your music, your layout.
New Grouped Controls let you drag and drop entire sets of knobs, dials, faders, meters, and more into your layout. From there, you can easily customize the number, type, size, and color of all your controls. You can even decide what each control does for each patch. Alignment guides snap everything into place. And Lift and Stamp features let you quickly copy characteristics from one layout and apply them to another. You can store your preferences as templates and call them up whenever you need them. You can also put your patches in any order and change them on a whim.

Amazingly simple setup.
With MainStage 2, setting up your stage rig is faster than ever. Start by choosing from a complete range of performance templates, many of them preloaded with great-sounding patches. Or use the new Patch Browser to find just the right screen-controllable patch, ready to be tweaked to perfection.

And if you ever need to perform with a different Mac, you don’t have to rebuild everything. Just save your live set as a project and MainStage puts all the necessary files into a single folder you can take with you anywhere.
 
Capture your performance.
MainStage 2 lets you record any audio signal passing through. Just route all of your audio to a designated stereo output and choose your file format — standard AIFF, Wave audio, or even Apple CAF for recording performances of almost any length.

Guitar players.
MainStage 2 is a huge leap forward for guitar players. It lets you play live with all the great tones from Amp Designer and Pedalboard, along with any of your favorite Audio Unit guitar effects.

You also get a full-screen tuner, foot-controlled tap tempo, and 3D models that change with each patch to represent the different Pedalboard stompboxes you’re using. Seamless patch switching lets notes and chords trail off naturally when you switch patches. And MainStage 2 adds support for the new Apogee GiO USB audio interface and control device, which lets you operate Pedalboard, Wah and rotary speaker effects, and the Loopback and Playback plug-ins hands-free.

Keyboardists.
Your dream gig awaits. MainStage 2 is not only an amazing host for software instruments and effects, it’s also packed with innovations that let you sail through your stage performance. For starters, there’s the Floating Split Point. It intelligently moves the split point on a split keyboard patch to respond to what you’re playing. Start walking a bass line up the keyboard, and the split point moves up so the bass doesn’t suddenly become some other sound when you get into the higher notes.

With Multimapping, you can assign multiple parameters to a single control, so you can smoothly manipulate your sound without trying to turn several knobs at once. And seamless patch switching lets you hold a chord in one sound while moving to a whole new patch.

Solo artists.
Loopback and Playback, two of the most exciting new features of MainStage, completely change what a single musician can bring to the stage. You’ve got a backing track player that lets you support your performance with anything from a single stereo track to a full set of independent, mixable stems. And with deep live looping capabilities, you can build and manipulate a spontaneous arrangement right in front of your audience.

Drummers.
MainStage makes it easy to expand beyond your acoustic kit with an enormous library for the EXS sampler and more than 50 drum kits, 400 sequence patterns, and 1000 sounds from Ultrabeat. You can also build drum and loop kits from the 40 instrument plug-ins that come with Logic Studio or your own third-party plug-ins, such as Stylus RMX or BFD. External MIDI support lets you work in sounds from your favorite old-school hardware and control it all from MainStage.

Soundtrack Pro 3

Easy-to-use tools for sound design, editing, and mixing bring professional audio post-production to Final Cut editors.

DESCRIPTION
Soundtrack Pro 3 helps you edit and mix faster than ever, with new multitrack editing tools and easy ways to fix common audio problems. Whether you’re enhancing a single clip or crafting a feature-length soundtrack, you’ll find all the tools you need to create perfect sound for picture.

Features

• Voice-level match lets you seamlessly match dialogue volume across your project.
• The enhanced File Editor makes it even easier to work with multichannel files and edit selections in the Frequency Spectrum view.
• Advanced time stretch lets you stretch and compress audio with unprecedented precision.
• New multitrack editing tools include Waveform Zoom, RMS Normalize, and time-saving shortcuts for adding fades and trimming and extending clips.
• You can work efficiently with new options for playhead scrolling, snapping, nudging, and more.

Powerful audio editing
A full range of professional features is at your fingertips in Soundtrack Pro, including tools designed specifically for audio post. Work fast with new navigation shortcuts in the multitrack interface, and edit files with precision in the File Editor.

Innovative dialogue tools
Soundtrack Pro 3 makes it easy to craft perfect dialogue tracks. Use the Multitake Editor to record and find the best takes, and tap into a variety of innovative tools to match tone and level across your entire project in just a few clicks.

Easy audio restoration
Special-purpose tools in Soundtrack Pro 3 let you repair common audio problems in seconds. Remove unwanted background noise in a few simple steps. You can also quickly identify, preview, and fix audio that contains pops, clicks, hum, DC offset, and more.

Sophisticated sound design
With more than 50 professional effect plug-ins and over 6000 royalty-free Foley effects, sound effects, and music beds, Soundtrack Pro 3 makes it easy to design the perfect sound to enhance any project.

Automatic audio conform process
Easily synchronize your soundtrack to changes made in your video edit. If you change your picture edit in Final Cut Pro, you can use the Conform feature in Soundtrack Pro to automatically compare versions and update your multitrack audio project.

Comprehensive 5.1 surround support
Soundtrack Pro 3 gives you everything you need to create immersive 5.1 surround for your video. Whether you’re mixing an independent film or a multimillion-dollar blockbuster, creating an enveloping cinematic soundtrack has never been easier.

Flexible workflows
Tackle the most complex audio post-production tasks, with the flexibility to work the way you want. Soundtrack Pro 3 combines powerful integration with Final Cut Studio applications and seamless interchange with other audio software.

REQUIREMENTS

• For 5.1 surround monitoring of multichannel audio content: an audio interface with a minimum of six outputs
• For multitrack recording: an audio interface with multiple inputs