In addition to the applications that join Logic Pro to form Logic Studio, the bundle also includes nearly 40GB of content, comprising 18,000 Apple Loops, 2400 Channel Strip Settings and 1300 sampled instruments. There’s the usual three–volume set made up of the User Manual, Instruments And Effects and Getting Started guides, along with smaller manuals for the other key Logic Studio applications (Soundtrack Pro 2 and Main Stage), and an installation booklet that contains the new, all–important serial number. Studio InstallationĬommendably, Apple continue to provide both electronic and printed documentation for their professional applications, and although the box is smaller, Logic Studio’s manuals have the same basic dimensions as those for Logic Pro 7. All you need to run Logic Pro 8, and the other applications bundled with Logic Studio, is a serial number. And finally, for the first time in Logic’s history, Logic Pro no longer requires a hardware protection device such as the XS Key. Secondly, the price for the complete Logic Studio bundle is a mere £319 $499 - half the cost of Logic Pro 7. In the same way Apple took Final Cut Pro and created the Final Cut Studio bundle, Logic Pro is now part of a new Logic Studio bundle (see box and this month’s Apple Notes for more information). However, before musicians could even start discussing the new features, Apple instigated three fairly significant and surprising product changes for this new version of Logic.įirstly, it’s no longer possible to purchase Logic Pro as a stand–alone product.

But after much speculation, Apple released Logic Pro 8 on September 12th - nearly three years to the day after the release of Logic Pro 7, and just over five years since their acquisition of Emagic. Any mention of Logic 8 was usually followed by rumours of almost mythical proportions, sightings of the Loch Ness monster, planes returning from the Bermuda Triangle, Paul White declining Hob Nobs.

With a redesigned user interface and some new audio features, can Apple keep existing Logic users happy while broadening the application’s appeal?įor the last two years, the anticipation of a new version of Logic has caused quite a frenzy amongst existing users. The eighth version of Logic has arguably been the most anticipated music software release of the last couple of years.

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