Apple Logic Pro 12 – update to the popular DAW

Apple is introducing an update to its popular software, expanding music production features on both desktop Macs and iPad.

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New Chord Track and Chord ID functions help turn a loop into a complete arrangement sketch. Users drag audio or MIDI data into a project, and the DAW detects the chords and places them on the Chord Track. Other tracks can follow this harmonic structure, adapting pads, accompaniment and rhythmic patterns to chord changes. The improved Step Sequencer now supports MIDI 2.0 and can also follow the chord structure, adjusting patterns accordingly. Users can create step-based lines that change automatically throughout a track. Combined with randomization functions, this creates movement while keeping the notes in key.

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Version 12 updates Keyboard Player and Bass Player with Synth Player styles that generate suitable synth parts. Modes include Modulated Pad, Rhythmic Chords, Pump Bass, 808 Bass and Sequenced Bass. The developers say Logic Pro 12 can create parts that work together as a planned arrangement, rather than a random set of MIDI notes. Other improvements include a redesigned Sound Library interface; Simple Pad, Modulated Pad and Rhythmic Chords functions for adding rich harmonic layers, movement and dynamics; and new Pre-Delay, Pre-Cut and Pre-Level controls for Quantec reverb. The software supports Spatial Audio recordings made on iPhone. The Step Sequencer adds Pendulum, Brownian, Arp1 and Arp2 modes. Users can now create a pattern region by dragging a sample into Drum Machine Designer.

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The update to version 12 is free for owners of the previous version. New users can purchase Logic Pro 12 for $200. More information is available on the official website Apple.