Logic Pro is a Digital Audio Workstation and MIDI sequencer software application for the Mac OS X platform. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a Computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination Mac OS X (mæk oʊ ɛs tɛn is a line of computer Operating systems developed marketed and sold by Apple Inc, the latest of which is pre-loaded on all currently Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function type or field of use MIDI ( Musical Instrument Digital Interface, ˈmɪdi is an industry-standard protocol that enables Electronic musical instruments Computers A digital audio workstation (DAW is an electronic system designed to record, edit and play back digital audio A software license (or software licence in commonwealth usage is a Legal instrument governing the usage or redistribution of copyright protected software Proprietary software is Computer software on which the producer has set restrictions on use private modification copying, or republishing. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A digital audio workstation (DAW is an electronic system designed to record, edit and play back digital audio MIDI ( Musical Instrument Digital Interface, ˈmɪdi is an industry-standard protocol that enables Electronic musical instruments Computers A music sequencer (also MIDI sequencer or just sequencer) is software or hardware designed to create and manage computer-generated music Mac OS X (mæk oʊ ɛs tɛn is a line of computer Operating systems developed marketed and sold by Apple Inc, the latest of which is pre-loaded on all currently Originally created by German software developer Emagic, Logic Pro became an Apple product when Apple bought Emagic in 2002. Emagic was a music software and hardware company based in Rellingen, Germany. Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics Logic Pro is part of Apple's Logic Studio bundle of professional music applications. Logic Studio is a Music production suite by Apple Inc The first version of Logic Studio was unveiled on September 12, 2007.

A consumer-level version based on the same interface and audio engine but with reduced features, called Logic Express, is also available at a reduced cost. Logic Express is a limited-functionality version of Logic Pro, a MIDI sequencer and Digital audio workstation Software application Apple's GarageBand, another application using Logic’s audio engine, is bundled in iLife, a suite of software which comes included on any new Macintosh computer. GarageBand is a Software application that allows users to create music or Podcasts It is developed by Apple Inc iLife is a suite of Multimedia Software applications created by Apple Inc Macintosh, commonly nicknamed Mac is a Brand name which covers several lines of Personal computers designed developed and marketed by Apple Inc

History of the Logic sequencer

Early history

In the mid-to-late 1980s, the German company C-Lab produced a MIDI sequencer program for the Atari ST platform called Creator (the ST was an early favorite among MIDI users during the mid- and late-80s). MIDI ( Musical Instrument Digital Interface, ˈmɪdi is an industry-standard protocol that enables Electronic musical instruments Computers A music sequencer (also MIDI sequencer or just sequencer) is software or hardware designed to create and manage computer-generated music The Atari ST is a home / Personal computer that was commercially available from 1985 to the early 1990s When musical notation capabilities were added, this became Notator, and later Notator-SL. For simplicity these three are collectively referred to as Notator.

Unlike most software sequencers (including its main rival at the time Cubase), which present a song as a linear set of tracks, Notator was a pattern-based sequencer: a song was built by recording patterns (which might represent for example Intro, Verse, Chorus, Middle-8, Outro) with up to 16 tracks each, and then assembling an Arrangement of these patterns, with up to 4 patterns playing simultaneously at any one point in the song. Cubase is a computer program for music production/recording The program offers recording producing and mixing of sounds in order to make music production for distribution on CDs or the This more closely resembled the way that hardware sequencers of the 1970s and 1980s worked.

In its time, Notator was widely regarded as the most powerful and intuitive sequencing and notation program available on any platform, but subsequently Cubase's popularity increased and track-based sequencing prevailed over pattern-based (a situation which continues to this day).

The C-Lab programmers left that company to form Emagic, and in 1993 released a brand new program, Notator Logic, which attempted to fuse both track- and pattern-based operation (but looked much more similar to track-based sequencers than to Notator). Whilst very powerful, early versions of Logic on the Atari lacked the intuitiveness and immediacy of either Cubase or Notator, and never achieved the same degree of success. However, by this time the Atari was becoming obsolete, and part of the reason why it had been written from scratch was to make it easier to port to other platforms. The Notator brand was dropped and the software became known as simply Logic.

As subsequent versions of the software became available for Mac and PC platforms, and acquired ever more sophisticated functionality (especially in audio processing) to take advantage of increased computing power, Logic gained popularity again.

Addition of audio recording

In the early 1990s, with Logic version 3, Emagic added the ability to record and mix audio into the sequencer tracks, along with its existing MIDI capabilities that had continued to be expanded as well. At the time, computers were not fast enough to record audio in "native mode", so additional hardware was needed to make it work, usually in the form of sound cards or DSP cards plugged into the computer's internal bus slots, such as the NuBus slots on Macintosh computers. A sound card (also known as an audio card is a Computer Expansion card that facilitates the input and output of audio signals to/from a computer under NuBus is a 32-bit parallel Computer bus, originally developed at MIT as a part of the NuMachine Workstation Among the systems that worked with Logic 3 were Digidesign's Audiomedia card and Pro Tools III. Digidesign is an American Digital audio technology company It was founded in 1984 by Peter Gotcher and Evan Brooks Pro Tools is a Digital Audio Workstation platform for Mac OS and Microsoft Windows operating systems developed and manufactured by Digidesign

In the mid 1990s, Emagic released the Logic version 4, and their Audiowerk audio interface, introducing the ability for Logic to record and mix audio without requiring additional hardware, although the track counts and processing possibilities were significantly limited by the speed of the computers of those times, which were very slow relative to current systems.

Further developments

Logic 5 featured significant improvements in user interface, and increased compatibility with more types of computers, operating systems, and a wide range of audio interfaces.

With Logic 6, Emagic added the availability of separately packaged software products that were closely integrated add-ons developed specifically for use with Logic, including software instruments, the EXS sampler and audio processing plug-ins. The Logic 6 package also included the stand-alone program Waveburner, for burning redbook audio CD standard-compliant CDR masters for replication, however, that application was considered a free bonus feature; it was not advertised as part of the package and did not include printed documentation. WaveBurner Pro is a Mac OS X professional application ( Proapp) bundled with Logic Studio for assembling mastering and burning Audio CDs Audio Red Book is the standard for audio CDs ( Compact Disc Digital Audio system or CDDA) PDF documentation was included on the installer disc.

Apple’s acquisition

Apple acquired Emagic in July 2002. Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics ^[1] Support for the Windows version was dropped with the release of Logic 6 shortly thereafter.

In late 2004, Apple released version 7 of Logic Pro, consolidating over 20 different Emagic products, including all instrument and effect plug-ins, Waveburner Pro (CD Authoring application), and Pro Tools TDM support, into a single product package. Apple also released a scaled down version of Logic called Logic Express, replacing two previous versions that filled that position called Logic Silver and Logic Gold. Apple began promoting Logic Pro as one of its flagship software ‘Pro’ applications for the Macintosh platform. Logic was also used as the basis for a modified application titled GarageBand, included as a part of OS X iLife. GarageBand is a Software application that allows users to create music or Podcasts It is developed by Apple Inc

Additions to Logic Pro 7 included: the integration of Apple Loops, Distributed Audio Processing (an innovative technology for combining the power of multiple computers on a network), 3 new instruments including Sculpture (a sound modeling synth) and Ultrabeat (a drum synth and sequencer), and 9 new effect plug-ins including Guitar Amp Pro (guitar amp simulator), and a linear phase corrected version of their 6 channel parametric equalizer. In total, Logic Pro 7 now included 70 effect plug-ins and 34 instrument plug-ins. Pro-Tools TDM compatibility, which had been a feature of Logic since version 3. 5, was not supported by Logic 7. 2 on Intel-based Mac computers^[2]; TDM support returned with the release of Logic 8.

Logic 8

On September 12, 2007, Apple released the Logic Studio suite that includes Logic Pro 8. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Logic Studio is a Music production suite by Apple Inc The first version of Logic Studio was unveiled on September 12, 2007. Logic Pro is no longer a separate product, although Logic Express 8, which was released on the same day, remains a separate product.

Significant changes were made for Logic 8. Alongside changes such as the new processing plug-in (Delay Designer), Apple has included features such as Quick Swipe Comping, such as that in Soundtrack Pro 2, and multi-take management. Soundtrack Pro is a music composing and audio editing application made by Apple Inc Apple also made changes to ease of use. These include the discontinuation of the XSKey dongle and a streamlined, single window interface, which is in some ways similar to that of Ableton Live, but highly customizable, or similar to the interface in Digital Performer but more consistent and easier to use. A dongle is a small piece of hardware that connects to a Computer. Ableton Live is a professional loop -based software Music sequencer for Mac OS and Windows by Ableton. Digital Performer is a full-featured Digital Audio Workstation / Sequencer Software package published by Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU of

Other additions to the new interface include consolidated arrange windows, dual channel strips, built in browsers (like that in GarageBand) and production templates. GarageBand is a Software application that allows users to create music or Podcasts It is developed by Apple Inc

Features

The Space Designer plugin attempts to emulate the characteristic echo and reverberation of a physical environment, using a technique called convolution. Reverberation is the persistence of Sound in a particular space after the original sound is removed In Mathematics and in particular Functional analysis, convolution is a mathematical operation on two functions f and

The Ringshifter effect, new in version 7, which adds a 'metallic sheen' to music.

Logic Pro provides software instruments, synthesisers, audio effects and recording facilities for music synthesis. It also supports Apple Loops - professionally-recorded instrument loops that can be used as beats and are royalty-free. Royalties (sometimes running royalties) are usage-based payments made by one party (the "licensee" to another (the "licensor" for ongoing use of an Audio effects include distortions, dynamics processors, equalization filters and delays. In Music, dynamics normally refers to the volume of a Sound or note, but can also refer to every aspect of the execution of a given piece either stylistic Equalization (or equalisation, EQ) is the process of changing the frequency envelope of a sound in Audio processing. The Space Designer plugin, for example, simulates the acoustics of audio played in different environments, such as rooms of varying size, or producing the echoes that might be heard on high mountains. In Audio signal processing and Acoustics, an echo (plural echoes) is a reflection of sound arriving at the listener some time after the direct Logic can work with MIDI keyboards and control surfaces for input and processing. MIDI ( Musical Instrument Digital Interface, ˈmɪdi is an industry-standard protocol that enables Electronic musical instruments Computers It also features real-time scoring in musical notation, supporting guitar tablature, chord abbreviations and drum notation. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Tablature (or Tabulature) is a form of Musical notation, which tells players where to place their fingers on a particular instrument This article describes musical chords in traditional Western styles

Logic Pro and Express share much functionality and the same interface. Logic Express is limited to two-channel stereo mixdown, while Logic Pro can handle multichannel surround sound. Logic Express is a limited-functionality version of Logic Pro, a MIDI sequencer and Digital audio workstation Software application 51, Multichannel audio, Multichannel music Surround 3D Surround 5 Both can handle up to 255 audio tracks, depending on system performance (CPU and hard disk throughput and seek time). A hard disk drive ( HDD) commonly referred to as a hard drive, hard disk, or fixed disk drive, is a Non-volatile storage device In Communication networks, such as Ethernet or Packet radio, throughput is the average rate of successful message delivery over a communication channel Seek time is one of the three delays associated with reading or writing Data on a Computer 's Disk drive, and somewhat similar for CD or

The application also features distributed processing abilities, which can function across an Ethernet LAN. Distributed computing deals with Hardware and Software Systems containing more than one processing element or Storage element concurrent Ethernet is a family of frame -based Computer networking technologies for Local area networks (LANs One machine runs the Logic Pro app, while the other machines on the network run the Logic node app. Logic will then offload the effects and synth processing to the other machines on the network. If the network is fast enough (i. e. gigabit Ethernet) this can work in near-real time, depending on buffer settings and CPU loads. Gigabit Ethernet (GbE or 1 GigE is a term describing various technologies for transmitting Ethernet frames at a rate of a gigabit per second, as defined by the This allows users to combine the power of several Macintosh computers to process Logic Pro’s built-in software instruments and plug-ins, and 3rd party processing plug-ins.

See also

• Logic Studio
• Logic Express
• Logic Control
• Audio Units
• Core Audio

References

External links

• Official Logic Pro home page
• Logic Pro Tech Specs
• Logic Resources
• RU Mac Users Wiki Logic Pro Reference
• List of celebrity Logic Pro users
• The History of Logic