Apple’s Logic Pro X is a software program that has taken the music market by storm. It’s the favorite DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) among many music producers and lovers alike. It boasts a user-friendly interface and offers a plethora of advanced tools and digital instruments with impressive MIDI options. So is it worth it and does it offer new and incredible features? Run your walk through the discussion below to learn more.
How it started
The conception of the Logic board started with the creation of Notator Logic software by a German C-Lab expert in the 1990s. After some time it was moved under Emagic Company. In 2002 Apple acquired it when they bought Emagic company and developed it from Logic Pro 6 to the current Logic Pro 10.
Let us now take a look at some of the features it offers.
Intuitive and User-Friendly Interface
Apple is known to create products that have both incredible and easy-to-use user interfaces. Likewise, they’ve done the same in Logic Pro X as it has an intuitive and user-friendly interface.
First, other than having an appearance that’s easy to stare at for a long time, items are easily accessible. In addition, the workspace has a plethora of instruments with icons that aid in knowing what’s playing.
Second, when you’re in quick help mode, you can hover the cursor on an item and a pop-up message box will appear with a description of the item. Besides, if you need more information, you can press the command key plus the backslash to get a window with detailed information. Thus the program is easy to use.
Last, through commands like R for recording and animation, operations are done faster as using the mouse alone can be slow in a lot of instances.
A large array of virtual instruments.
Logic Pro software provides a lot of instruments and they come in different shades and with realistic sounds. Also, each instrument has shades of all popular brands under it. As a result, you don’t need physical instruments or other recording tools to produce music.
Below is a list of a few of the most common instruments.
- Alchemy
Alchemy is a sound bank with tone features that allow you to perform sound manipulation and synthesis. It offers functions for synthesis like spectral, granular, and additive in both simple and advanced levels. Besides, it offers excellent morphing and crossfading which allows you to mix several audio files to smoothly play as one sound.
- Retro Synth
Retro synth is another great virtual instrument that is great for capturing classic and vintage sounds. It comes in four categories (oscillators) namely FM, Wavetable Analog, and Sync. Likewise, it has an option for playing sound in different notes simultaneously and a detailed Filter and LFO section.
- Studio Strings
You’ll get a tone of strings with great sound that are useful in recording orchestra, electronic music, Hip-hop, and others. In the string ensemble section, you’ll get instruments like viola, double bass, violin, ensemble cello, and others. Also, you can play these instruments solo or in groups and also access advanced settings like resonance, release, attack, and articulation like staccato.
- Drum Machine Designer
You can have an outstanding virtual drum with realistic sounds from this program. Some of the drum instruments it offers are Tom FX, Hi-Hat, Kick, Rim, Shakers, and others. All these items come with a plethora of settings to help you tweak the sound to your needs. Also, the program will offer you an extensive library to choose from.
- Drum Kit Designer
The drum kit produces acoustic sound. There are several kits to choose from with instruments that all have shades you choose from. When you click the instruments they produce sound and it’ll also offer settings for tuning and dampening of sound to a level you desire.
Another interesting parameter it offers is input mapping which helps you determine which instrument you’ll hear when you play in a MIDI note like C1 plays Kick while D1 plays snare kit. Besides, the mapping section offers modes like GM standard, V-Drum, and GM+ModWheel. The GM+ModWheel allows sound modulation of Hi-Hat to play as open or close using the keyboard controller.
- Guitar Amp Designer
The virtual guitar also offers a list of all types of guitars. The guitar effects work with two plug-ins namely the Guitar Amp designer and pedal board. The Amp Designer is a set of popular Amplifier models, heads, cabinets, and microphones like U-87, dynamic 20, and AKG 414 that guitars use. It also comes along with different Gain, Eq, reverb, and changing the Microphones position to the speaker that aid in producing guitar sound of another level.
Logic Pro X is offering most of the popular instruments with a tone of adjustments that makes it stand out among other DAW. The best part is that you’ve got a large library of pre-recorded sounds to choose from that help feel the effects of various settings.
Let’s now take a look at the editing plug-ins it is offering
Logic Pro X Editing Plugins
The software program is packed with great Plug-ins. These plug-ins are codes that create additional functions to produce various sound effects. Here are some categories of plug-ins that you’ll get.
- Plug-ins for Mixing
Your mixing needs will be sorted with the high-class plug-ins listed below.
Channel EQ.
EQ stands for Equalization. It allows you to increase, reduce or remove some type of frequency. This will help make the sound lower or sharper depending on your needs. Thus Channel EQ is an editing feature for a single audio sound. It also offers a display of frequency and handy editing features.
Vintage EQ
Vintage EQ comes with different categories and helps create classic sound and tuning of frequency. They’re all helpful in mastering and mixing stages of music production.
Compressor
Compressors allow the audio to undergo reduction to meet the required threshold. It’ll give you various sound thresholds using emulators like Platinum Digital, Studio VCA, and others.
- FX Plug-in
You’ll get an advanced FX plugin that’ll sort all your needs and eliminate the need for third-party software. Some of the Fx Plug-ins also offer a tone of adjustments like Distortion, Reverb, Delay, and Multi-effect.
To sum it up, Logic Pro X Is a masterpiece that provides you with a plethora of fantastic plug-ins for editing, various shades of virtual instruments, and a large library of pre-recorded audio at your disposal. This is a good choice for both home studios and advanced music production. Some of its rivals are Ableton and Pro Tools.
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