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09/29/2004, 9:05am, EDT

Wednesday, September 29th

Apple debuts Logic Pro 7, Logic Express 7

Apple today introduced Logic Pro 7 and Logic Express 7, the next major releases of its professional music creation and audio production software. Logic Pro 7 ($1000), available now from the Apple Store, includes new software instruments such as Sculpture, a component-modeling based synthesizer; UltraBeat, an innovative and powerful drum machine; and new plug-ins including Guitar Amp Pro, a full-featured guitar amplifier simulator. Along with over 100 workflow enhancements, new mastering plug-ins and support for Apple Loops, Logic Pro 7 debuts distributed audio processing, a new technology for leveraging virtually unlimited number of Macs to expand available Digital Signal Processing (DSP) power. Logic Express 7 ($300), due in October, is a streamlined version of Logic, providing a basic set of professional tools for students, educators and advanced hobbyists. Upgrades to Logic Pro 7 are $300.


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Chris Hutcheson
Looks good
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09/29, 9:47am, EDT
A little pricey on the surface, but it looks like someone has been doing a LOT of work on features and the dreaded interface. My cheque is in the mail
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Chris Hutcheson
In Canada too!
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09/29, 9:49am, EDT
Forgot about this...finally the product can be ordered from Canada's Apple Store as well. Good stuff!
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Hobeaux
Logic Express link
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09/29, 11:04am, EDT
The link in the story only takes you to the Logic webpage, but Logic Express has been updated as well.

http://www.apple.com/software/logicexpress/

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HeatherEcsedi
Too bad
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09/29, 11:05am, EDT
Too bad my M-Audio Audiophile 2496 PCI card doesn't work well under OS X. I would like to move to OS X and Logic 7 but I'm still stuck with OS 9 and Logic 4.6 and won't change until my card works fine. Hopefully, Tiger and new drivers will solve my problem. Hopefully...
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yeyeogun
Missing something
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09/29, 11:34am, EDT
Did Apple forget Emagic's audio and midi hardware. If not, then where is it on Apple's homepage.
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Chris Hutcheson
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09/29, 1:18pm, EDT
That's an interesting question. I just went to Emagic's website, and beyond the support section, it appears we're now redirected to Apple's site. It woudn't surprise me if they get out of the hardware side, given the number of other products on the market.
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Bouba
Sweet features!!
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09/29, 1:28pm, EDT
look at that!! http://www.apple.com/logic/distributedaudio.html

it distributes the processor load across a network!! You could have logic running on a supercomputer!! crazy!
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waffffffle
Express is like "ProBand
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09/29, 2:07pm, EDT
This new version of Logic Express looks great. Its only $150 EDU and its a great way to step up from GarageBand since it includes everything in GarageBand and can natively read the format. The only downside is that the amp modeling is better on Logic pro, but otherwise Express seems like a great way for aspiring musicians to take their GarageBand work to new levels.
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porieux
UI
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09/29, 3:47pm, EDT
Unless they made drastic changes to the UI I'm not interested...
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hybrid
Pretty cool...
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09/30, 2:22am, EDT
These are the first versions of Logic to be branded as Apple products and to get the full Apple UI design treatment. Nice work.

Rest in peace, Emagic.
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