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16Logic Pro User Guide
New Drummers
New percussion players in the styles of Pop, Songwriter, and Latin.
Enhanced Quick Help
Quick Help has been enhanced, and can now be viewed in a Coaching Tip-style window
next to the pointer, as a movable floating window, or in the Inspector. See How to get help
for Logic Pro.
Whats new in Logic Pro 10.3
Alchemy
Logic now includes Alchemy, an easy to use yet powerful sample manipulation synthesizer.
Alchemy features additive, spectral and granular synthesis and resynthesis, sampling, and
virtual analog engines, and offers realtime performance controls and an extensive preset
library. For more information, see the Alchemy chapter in Logic Instruments.
MIDI Controllers
For supported USB MIDI controllers, Logic Pro supports automatic assignment of hardware
controls, including buttons, knobs, and faders, to Smart Controls and other functions. See
Automatic MIDI controller assignment in Logic Pro.
Editing
Extended MIDI editing options: Create and edit MIDI data using new features and tools
including Note Repeat, Spot Erase, the Brush tool, and Collapse view.
Mixing
VCA groups: You can use VCA channel strips to control the volume, or automate a submix,
of tracks that are assigned to the VCA group.
Instruments and effects
Plug-in Manager: You can organize and manage plug-ins in the Plug-in Manager, create
new plug-in categories, rename or remove existing plug-ins, and search for individual plug-
ins by name.
Compressor: The Compressor plug-in has been redesigned.