Logic Express 8 Product Overview September 2007
Product Overview Logic Express 8 Contents Page 3 Logic Express 8 Page 4 New in Logic Express 8 Next-Generation Interface Simplified Setup Effortless Multitake Recording Revolutionary Quick Swipe Comping Powerful Audio Editing Features Network-Based Save and Share New Instruments from Logic Studio New Effects from Logic Studio Page 16 Additional Features in Logic Express 8 Ultimate Writing Studio Multitrack Recording Precision Editing Professional Mixing Broad Compatibility Page 21 Additional Instru
Product Overview Logic Express 8 Logic Express 8 Powerful music creation. Logic Express 8 delivers the power, precision, and professional toolset of Logic Pro 8— including a redesigned interface that allows musicians to write, record, edit, and mix with unparalleled speed and ease. Logic Express includes all the functionality of Logic Pro 8 except for four high-end professional features—surround, TDM/DAE support, distributed audio processing (DAP), and support for high-end control surfaces.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 New in Logic Express 8 Logic Express 8, Apple’s professional music production application, provides musicians with the powerful, easy-to-use tools they need to write, record, edit, and mix. It features an interface that has been redesigned for fast, intuitive control, with all the key functions organized in a unified workspace.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 Next-Generation Interface A new workspace features a single-window design with retractable panes, customizable toolbar, shortcut menus, built-in browsers, and dual channel strips. This streamlined layout eliminates clutter and lets you focus on your music. Consolidated Arrange window The Arrange window consolidates edit and browser windows.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 Two additional browsers are new to Logic Express 8: • Library Browser, for channel strip settings, plug-in settings, EXS instruments, and all possible MIDI destinations • File Browser, including Spotlight search, for accessing any Logic-related file on your system or on any connected media volume—without going out to the Finder Dual channel strips The Inspector window features dual channel strips that provide streamlined access to all of the channel strips related to the
Product Overview Logic Express 8 Optimized Mixer views Two new options let you easily see the signal flow routing in the Mixer. In the Arrange view, you can choose a setting—Add Signal Flow Channel Strips—to see not only the channel strips assigned to tracks, but also the auxiliaries and outputs used as send or routing destinations for each track.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 One-step track setup Logic Express 8 allows you to create and configure multiple audio, instrument, or external MIDI tracks from a single, simple setup window. Dynamic channel strip creation Logic Express 8 streamlines recording and mixing by automatically creating channel strips for you as you work. Anytime you add a bus send to a channel strip, Logic Express creates a new auxiliary channel strip as needed, using that bus as its source.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 Revolutionary Quick Swipe Comping Quick Swipe comping dramatically streamlines the process of comping tracks. Rather than cutting, moving, and muting regions, all you have to do is click and drag to select the best sections of each take. This creates a perfectly seamless comp, complete with transition-smoothing crossfades. Easily change your comp selections by clicking alternative sections in any take.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 10 Precise editing in the Arrange window You can now edit waveforms directly in the Arrange window with the same precision previously available only in the Sample Editor. This is especially useful for maintaining phase alignment when making micro-adjustments to live recorded tracks. Simultaneous edits with the Junction tool Fine-tune the intersection of two regions by using the Junction tool to simultaneously resize two adjacent regions.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 11 Ultrabeat Use the tone-shaping features in Ultrabeat to sculpt unique sounds from 25 drum voices, with new drum kits featuring more than 1000 new sounds. Full View drum grid editing and step automation give you more power than ever. Use the drum grid editor to dial in the perfect groove with swing and accent controls, then trigger any of the 24 patterns live or drag them to the Arrange window in Logic Express for further editing.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 12 • Step automation. Step automation allows you to shape the characteristics of the sound of each voice over time. Precisely adjust key parameters for each event in the sequence. • Built-in sound-shaping features. A rich palette of effects, filters, LFOs, and EQs lets you edit voices with extreme precision, from slight alterations of tonal character to radical changes.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 13 EXS24 Sampler Choose from a wide range of EXS instruments and quickly build sampled instruments and sample libraries using the integrated, redesigned EXS Editor. The EXS24 Sampler lets you quickly incorporate sample-based sounds into your productions. Featuring sample-accurate timing, a robust synthesizer section, and support for sampled instruments of near-limitless size, the EXS24 Sampler also includes 16 individual outputs for discrete voice processing.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 Guitar Amp Pro Guitar Amp Pro lets you play your guitar through faithful re-creations of classic amplifiers and speaker cabinets. Guitar Amp Pro features: • Amp modeling. Guitar Amp Pro features 11 amp models, 15 speaker cabinets, microphone controls, and an effects section for constructing the perfect guitar tone. And you can access more than 200 brand-new guitar channel strip settings made from scratch by world-famous musicians and sound designers.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 Ringshifter The Ringshifter effect plug-in lets you combine a ring modulator with a frequency shifter effect. Both effects were popular during the 1970s and are being used in new ways by today’s musicians. The ring modulator modulates the amplitude of the input signal, using either the internal oscillator or a side chain signal. It produces a metallic or clangorous sound quality. The ring modulator was used extensively on jazz rock and fusion records in the early ‘70s.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 Additional Features in Logic Express 8 Logic Express 8 is a sophisticated, full-featured audio and MIDI application that provides all the tools you need to create professional-quality music productions. It allows you to record and edit audio and MIDI, add high-quality effects, and mix your music. The final mix can be exported to one or more standard audio files or burned to an audio CD.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 17 Ultimate Writing Studio A professional collection of music creation and writing tools makes it easy to capture and develop your musical inspirations. Record multiple takes, quickly assemble the perfect comp, establish a groove with a selection of Apple Loops, and fill out the remaining parts in your composition with Studio Instruments.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 18 Music notation Logic Express lets you transform MIDI performances into music notation in real time. Or, if you prefer, you can use Step Input to enter your notes one at a time. Create fully ornamented, professional scores using a complete set of tools, including comprehensive layout and print options, instrument transposition, guitar tablature, drum notation, and adaptive lyric input.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 19 Multitrack Recording You can use Logic Express 8 to record anything from a quick demo to a large-scale commercial project. One-step track setup lets you create and record-enable multiple tracks with ease. Auto-punch in and out based on marquee selections or punch in and out on the fly. You can use input monitoring to listen to or process incoming signals without the need for dedicated input channels—perfect for rehearsing before you record.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 20 Professional Mixing Complete your project with powerful mixing and automation tools that meet the demands of any size production. Complete mixing desk Create the perfect Mixer configuration with up to 255 discrete audio, software instrument, and auxiliary channels, along with up to 32 mix groups and as many output channels as your audio hardware provides.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 Additional Instruments from Logic Studio Logic Express 8 includes 36 professional instrument plug-ins. In addition to new instruments from Logic Studio—such as Ultrabeat, EXS24 Sampler, and ES2—Logic Express features more than a dozen instruments from GarageBand ’08 and a set of powerful synth instruments from Logic Studio. Synth Instruments Produce beautiful synth beds and driving bass lines with an array of FM, subtractive, and analog-modeled synthesizers.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 22 EFM1 The EFM1 uses FM synthesis to re-create the classic synthesizer sounds of the 1980s. A simple interface provides accessible controls that make tweaking sounds a pleasure, or you can let the EFM1 create its own sounds randomly. ES E The eight-voice polyphonic synthesizer lets you mix sawtooth or rectangular waves in a huge variety of tones, with additional controls for frequency and impulse width modulation.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 23 Additional Effects from Logic Studio More than 70 professional effect plug-ins are included in Logic Express 8—most of which are the same powerful versions included in Logic Studio. In addition to new effects from Logic Studio, Logic Express 8 offers a range of production effects and creative effects designed to meet the requirements of professional musicians.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 24 Vintage processing Get classic sounds like analog warmth or thick fuzz with distortion effects modeled after legendary tube stomp boxes. Vintage Leslie speakers are modeled in the Rotor Cabinet effect emulation, which lets you adjust cabinet type and microphone positioning. Five carefully modulated circuits for Compressor simulate the world’s most respected vintage hardware, and Fuzz-Wah combines distortion, compression, and auto-wah effects in a single plug-in.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 25 Channel Strip Settings and Plug-in Settings The built-in library in Logic Express 8 offers a wide selection of professional channel strip settings and plug-in settings. You can use the settings as is or modify them and save them as your own. You can also create settings from scratch and save them for easy reuse in any project.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 26 Product Details Pricing and Availability The U.S. retail price of Logic Express is $199. Owners of Logic Express 6 or 7 or Logic Audio 5 or 6 can purchase an upgrade for $99.1 Contact your authorized Apple representative for education pricing. Upgrades are available only for retail versions. Logic Express is available worldwide in English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese. It can be purchased from the online Apple Store (www.apple.
Product Overview Logic Express 8 27 Training The Apple Pro Training Program is designed to keep you at the forefront of Apple’s digital media technology while giving you a competitive edge. Take instructor-led classes at an Apple Authorized Training Center There are more than 250 Apple Authorized Training Centers worldwide. For more information, visit www.apple.com/software/pro/training.
