Apple Logic Studio [Old Version]

by Apple

Product Features

• With over 200 new features and enhancements, the new Logic Studio delivers everything musicians need to write, record, produce, & perform on a Mac
• Logic Pro 9 streamlines the technical side of things, so you can record, edit, and mix it, too
• Vintage and modern compressors, delays, reverbs, and more--and 20,000 royalty-free Apple Loops from all the Jam Pack collections
• New Amp Designer to help you re-create the sound of 25 legendary amps and 25 speaker cabinets;
• Pedalboard boasts an assortment of 30 virtual stompbox pedals inspired by the classics

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 6 x 3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B002ISDD1K
• Item model number: MB795Z/A
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 23, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,336 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

With over 200 new features and enhancements, the new Logic Studio delivers everything musicians need to write, record, produce, and perform on a Mac. The center of Logic Studio is Logic Pro 9, which makes it easier than ever to create your own compositions. Produce and play nearly any sound imaginable with a huge collection of effects, instruments, and loops, including the new Amp Designer and Pedalboard plug-ins. Use MainStage 2 to perform live with the instruments, amps, effects, and sounds you used to make your tracks. Logic Studio also comes with applications and utilities that expand your creative options into audio post-production and mastering, including Soundtrack Pro 3, WaveBurner 1.6, and more.

Logic Studio. A studio on your Mac as big as your ambitions.

Top Features

New Pedalboard with an assortment of 30 virtual stompbox pedals inspired by the classics.

• Everything musicians need to write, record, produce, and perform on a Mac
• Logic Pro 9 for do-it-yourself musicians to write, edit, record, and mix their own compositions
• More than 80 studio-quality effect plug-ins, including vintage and modern compressors, delays, reverbs, and more
• New Amp Designer to help you re-create the sound of 25 legendary amps and 25 speaker cabinets
• New Pedalboard with an assortment of 30 virtual stompbox pedals inspired by the classics
• 20,000 royalty-free Apple Loops from all the Jam Pack collections
• MainStage 2 for performing live with the instruments, amps, effects, and sounds from Logic Pro 9
• Soundtrack Pro 3, a streamlined audio post-production application for film and video

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Product Description

Logic Studio features Logic Pro 9, MainStage 2, Soundtrack Pro 3 and a massive collection of instruments, effects and audio loops. With over 200 new features, it has everything musicians need to write, record, produce and perform. 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 and Inspire your music with more than 1,000 instruments and 20,000 Apple Loops.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Logic Studio 9 Vs. Ableton 8, October 26, 2009

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Bernie Willis (Madison WI) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Apple Logic Studio [Old Version] (DVD-ROM)

I use to use Logic Pro back in the day of Atari Falcon and STE1080. then i went to PC and used Logic 4.7. Though i never used the audio with it back then due to the instability of the product. It was easier to use a Mackie HDR 24/96 with midi clock to sync.

Before obtaining Logic Studio i was using Ableton Live versions 5,6,7 and now 8. The reason i bring this up is that i am now back to Logic Studio Pro on a MacPro 8 Core. The major reason for this change back to Logic was for 3 main reasons that blow away Ableton 8:

* Midi control for external and internal instruments
* Clean, Tight, Dynamic Headroom, clarity of sound. Audio Engine is far better then Ableton even at 44.1 (though i use 96k)
* for the price and what you get, this software is incredible!

The new features of Logic Studio 9 is the Flex and Guitar suite. Though i have not been impressed with the flex (perhaps because i am not sure how to use it correctly yet) the Guitar suite is AMAZING. I have owned a Line 6 pro and a Line 6 bass pro and this Guitar Suite is amazing if you run it under 96k.

The Logic Pedal board has a great slew of guitar stomp pedals that sound amazing and better then most other emulations i have heard. the distortions are warm and tube like, unlike more software emulations i have heard. it rips just right even with a guitar straight into the A/D and processed by Logic. They have a Tape Delay that emulates the Roland 201 tape echo or EHX Memory Man Deluxe and it sounds sweet and mixes very well.

The automation features are tight and crisp as well. Though it takes a bit more time to get setup on Logic for controller setup then Ableton, it is tight once you get it there.

User friendliness is not as good as Ableton but then you are getting a more PRO engine then Ableton has thus been able to deliver. In Ableton it seems the 'warp marker' technology seems to 'fuzzy' then audio in such a degree that the clarity is not tight. the dynamic headroom and stereo separation is not there. I was wondering if i was loosing my mind, but it is not the A/D Presonus firepod it was the engine of the Ableton 8. Once on Logic Studio 9, the clarity and tightness of the mix returned. This proving this engine is far superior to Ableton for a studio mix.

NOTE: if you can handle the disk space and processing power required to run 96k, do it. It will tighten your mixes amazingly.

Should you buy this? here is my suggestion:

If you run a Mac it is worth the cost. for what you get for such a pro engine and features and plug-ins this blows away the competition. At now version 9.0.2, the system on Snow Leopard is stable. very stable. It runs cleaner and crisp on snow leopard with the 64bit processing. It utilizes all the cores effectively as well. With the new imac @ 4 cores, it really could be a mini pro monster for recording.

If you own a PC, you can't use Logic, so you have to consider Sonar, Cubase, Ableton, ProTools.

I have not tried protools due to the cost of upgrades and truly to use it as tight as the industry standard, it takes a year for upgrades to happen after a new OS and the cost is outrageous compared to Logic.

I have not tried Sonar. I have used Cubase. the engine is clean though cumbersome to use.

Hope this is helpful.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT, September 2, 2009

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Marco Vidor (Palatine, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Apple Logic Studio [Old Version] (DVD-ROM)

After over 5 years struggling with previous setup (PC, Windows, Cubase, MOTU 2408, Tascam DM-24), spending countless hours just setting everything up over, and over, and over, I decided it was time to take the plunge and go 100% mac. I couldn't be happier. MacPro, Euphonix, Logic Studio, MOTU 2408, Tascam DM-24 works so well together.

Logic as an application is extremely intuitive and moving from Cubase there is still a lot to learn, there are so many features.

The best part of it all is that i can finally focus on the music.

If you're thinking about it, go for it. it's worth every penny.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Much Better Than The Rest, August 16, 2009

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Shlomo Vaknin (Prague) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apple Logic Studio [Old Version] (DVD-ROM)

I'm still an amateur music maker, although I sold a few compositions. I have given a chance to every single software out there (the famous ones, at least) including Cubase, Pro Tools, etc.

Using a new Macbook, Logic Studio 9 is, without a doubt, the most user-friendly and powerful music-making software out there.

Unlike other programs, almost everything you think about doing is built-in to be used intuitively in the program. Much like all of Apple's programs, what you use the most you have immediately available. Keyboard shortcuts are available for all the common tasks, and the program is extremely fast.

The user's manual is simple enough, yet covers quite a lot of ground.

I'm not using a midi keyboard, but I do record my electric guitar on Logic, and the result is always amazing. There are a lot of plug-ins and a variety of instruments, no need to purchase anything else to make great music that sounds (and is) professional.

The addition of guitar chords to the Score is genius - I can't thank Apple enough for not ignoring our requests. Also, the new feature that allows you to "build" your own amp is one I spend a lot of hours with; you get to have 1,000's of mix-and-match's you can do, just a few clicks away.

Get this program and you'll never look elsewhere.