Apple Logic Pro 9
Music Production Software [Mac OS]
Apple have made over 200 improvements to their flagship music production bundle. Can they win over new friends while keeping Logic’s core user base happy?
Mark Wherry
A new release of Logic is always cause for excitement. For myself, part of this reaction can perhaps be attributed to nostalgia: I’ve been using the application since version 1.7 in 1993, with fond memories of each subsequent upgrade.
Since then it’s undergone many changes, not least the buyout of parent company Emagic by Apple; and like its version 8 predecessor, Logic Pro 9 ships as part of a bundle with Main Stage, the application designed to facilitate the use of Logic’s instruments and effects in a live rig, and Soundtrack Pro, a separate program designed for those working with audio for media post-production. This review will, for the most part, concentrate on Logic Pro 9, and we’ll look at the remaining parts of the bundle in a future issue.