Apple Logic
All the tools you need to record your rough ideas and reshape them into polished gems.
Now called Apple Logic since it was bought by Apple from the original German company that created Logic. Even the more trimmed down version Logic 8 Studio really over delivers with 80 effect plug-ins, sythns, over 50 new drum kits, Guitar Amp Pro with several amp and cab models for guitar sounds. Apple is definately on a mission to make big improvements to Logic and it's really showing with this new software. This software costs $999 but you can get Apple Logic 8 Studio version for $499.
*Compatible with Mac & PC
New Features For Apple Logic 8 Studio
1. Logic Pro 8 - Single-window design interface system for multi-track recording, editing, new precision audio editing and automation tools, optimized mixer views, a plethora of compatibility choices, realtime notation, soundtrack synchronicity assistance, surround production, and more mobility options than before.
2. MainStage - A program to manage all your plug-ins during live performances. MainStage makes managing plug-ins and switching performance functions headache free with an intuitive hardware controller learning system and full-screen tuning to ensure fluid live shows. Use professionally designed instrument templates, or customize them to your preferences. The high-resolution graphics on the highly modifiable interface are easy-to-read in long distance and low-light situations.
3. Soundtrack Pro 2 - Seamless compatibility with popular audio and video applications like Final Cut Pro. Soundtrack Pro 2's extensive library of royalty-free sound effects and music beds can provide you with the right aural nuance to complete your soundtrack. You can also easily add third party sound libraries, or use compressors, delays, and reverbs to reshape existing sounds into your original concepts.
4. Studio Instruments - This collection includes 40 instrument plug-ins to play around with. Ultrabeat has more than 50 new drum kits, 400 new patterns, and more than 1000 new sounds. Synths features six different synths, from the classic analog style to an 8-voice polyphonic type for more ensemble-like parts. The EXS24 Sampler and Sculpture are two plug-ins that allows you to create unique sounds. Vintage Instruments offers authentic simulations of a Hammond B3, Hohner Clavinet D6 and several Fender Rhodes and Wurlitzer pianos.
5. Studio Effects - Includes 80 effect plug-ins. Space Designer is a reverb that gives you more than 900 impulse responses so you can make it sound like you've recorded in a rustic kitchen or Allianz Stadium. Guitar Amp Pro offers amp models, cabinets, microphone controls, and effects for building guitar tone, as well as nine different amplifier models, frequency, and gain controls for electric bass sounds. You can also use it to create your own amp and speaker combos or use it to manipulate synth lines.
6. Studio Sound Library - 5 Jam Pack collections, including World Music, Symphony Orchestra, Rhythm Section, Remix Tools (geared toward the hip-hop, techno, trance and R&B types), and Jam Pack 1 (a general variety of percussion, string, and synth instruments). To add to that, you'll have 18,000 royalty-free Apple Loops, 1,300 EXS instruments, and more than 1,000 multichannel sound effects and music beds.
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