Logic Studio
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.
Top New Features in Logic Studio- 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.
- Inspire your music with more than 1,000 instruments and 20,000 Apple Loops.
Overview
Logic Pro 9 
At the center of Logic Studio, Logic Pro 9 makes it easier than ever for do-it-yourself musicians to create their own compositions. Record yourself or your band, build arrangements from Apple Loops, compose with standard notation, or focus on any aspect of production.
- Manipulate audio timing and tempo like never before with new Flex Time features.
- Replace drum tracks with triggered samples in just a few clicks.
- Quickly transfer track content and setups between projects.
Studio Effects, Instruments, and Loops
Shape your sound and inspire your songwriting with a huge collection of effects, instruments, and loops.
- Plug into the sound of 25 legendary amps and 25 speaker cabinets with the new Amp Designer.
- Enjoy lush creative effects with the new Pedalboard, an assortment of 30 virtual stompbox pedals inspired by the classics.
- Make great music using the largest collection of software instruments available in a single box, including drums, synths, and vintage keyboards.
- Produce nearly any sound imaginable with more than 80 studio-quality effect plug-ins, including vintage and modern compressors, delays, reverbs, and more.
- Embellish your music with 20,000 royalty-free Apple Loops from all the Jam Pack collections.
MainStage 2
Perform live with the instruments, amps, effects, and sounds you used to make your tracks, and see it all clearly using a full-screen interface designed specifically for the stage.
- Play along with great live backing tracks with the new, flexible Playback plug-in.
- Bring sound-on-sound recording to the stage with the new Loopback plug-in.
- Other enhancements include multimapping of controls, full ReWire support, and the ability to record performances.
- New support for the Apogee GiO interface and foot controller provides hands-free operation.
Most Recent Reviews
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Logic Studio
Guitar Amp Simulator is terrible
Written by DM from PORTLAND
Sep 4, 2009
As you may know, there are a number of $200 guitar amp/pedalboard plugins out there. I tested a few out, and settled on Amplitube…Read more because of its fairly realistic tones, response to playing and pick dynamics, and the sonic quality of the effects. Apple's free version that comes with Logic sounds like a circa 1990 multi effects processor. The distortions all sound fuzzy and digital-esque. The fuzzes are lifeless, with little in the way of trailing dynamics. Some of the modulation effects are okay, but nothing special.
The majority of the vintage amp simulators ALL SOUND THE SAME. Did any guitarists test out these sounds? Did anyone compare them to real amps?(12 of 18 people found this review useful)
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Logic Studio
Un- intuitive
Written by DD from Federal Way
Aug 23, 2009
Horrible work flow if you're working with real audio, un-intuitive design. If you're working with loops it's average but get into …Read moreany editing and the layout is just plain stupid.
Great soft synths and amp emulators but extremely poor layout.
Seems to me the people writing the software need spend some time recording a live band and being creative instead of programing. Logic kills the creative process.(28 of 147 people found this review useful)
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Logic Studio
Logic 9.........and all the other DAWs.
Written by SJ from GREENFORD
Aug 23, 2009
I was a Pro Tools TDM user (and obviously a Logic hater) for 15 years until I've been forced to mix on Logic 8. Pretty soon the mo…Read morere I went into Logic, the less I wanted to touch PT. I always have to work to a deadline and the only thing that matters after the sound is usefulness. Logic 9 just beats every single DAW on the market, its performance is perfect, and hey its price is like ONE PT plug-in's. Everything is in a box, no compatibility issues, it works flawlessly and so on. It really gives the freedom to anyone to get the most out of his/her creativity. Thanks, well done!
(57 of 62 people found this review useful)
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Most Useful Reviews
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Logic Studio
A night at the opra!
Written by CC from Ottawa
Jul 24, 2009
Where do I start, Logic is pure logic. What I mean is that the new new logic studio was incredibly well engineered, much less bugy…Read more than the previous version. Compatibility has been greatly increased and again, this new version manages better the resources of my system, meaning that it runs much faster. I really like the new features added in main stage, especially the multimapping of controls. What is most impressive is the price for which apple sells the product. Compared to other audio editing software, this one dominates the competition. Thanks apple.
(281 of 321 people found this review useful)
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Logic Studio
Oh Yeah!!!!!!!
Written by WG from Clearwater
Jul 28, 2009
I have been recording for about 15+ years and was patiently awaiting for this version of Logic to arrive. I know apple has been s…Read morecrambling to get closer to what digidesign's Pro-Tools can do and all I have to say is WOW!!! The upgrade install time was way fast; unlike waiting 4 hours for Logic Studio 8 to install. They've included everything you need to get a professional sounding song right out of the box and killed a lot of plug-in competitors along the way. The amp designer rivals that of Ik Multimedia's Amplitube series. The flex tool....WOW!!! No more scissor tool for this guy. Drum replacer....SICK!!! You don't even need third party plug-ins i.e. Drumtracker from Toontrack to get midi conversion of audio files. This is by far a warm welcome for me and did I mention you can easily... and I do mean easily import your channel strip settings from other projects? Don't hesitate and wait to get this if you are serious about recording. This is the hottest thing out right now and I can't imagine anything being better than this with out waiting another year or two. Pro-Tools 8 just plain stinks against Logic 9. Midi recording is superior in Logic and the sound libraries are HUGE!!! I will never step back to the dark side of Pro-Tools again. Way to go LOGIC 9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Logic Studio
Pro tools R I P
Written by RL from london
Aug 1, 2009
This is a massive leap forward for Logic. Yes the amp modelling is spectacular, yes the new editing facilities are great but what …Read morereally makes the difference for me is the soundstage and stereo representation. The reverbs now really do their job, in fact all of the logic plug ins sound great on my rig and the potential of Logic 9 is scary once the full 64 bit OS comes into play.
I stood by Logic when everyone else was buying into Pro tools.
I feel like i just won the lottery.
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