Logic Pro X Cheap

In the past I've worked with Ableton Live, Audacity, Cubase, GarageBand, Logic Pro X, Nuendo, Pro Tools, Reaper, and Reason. I'm probably forgetting some programs from a long time ago that are no longer in business. I think that every DAW (digital audio workstation, for folks who don't know) has pros and cons. I liked Cubase because it was easy to use, but fairly buggy on the Mac at the time when I used it. I liked Nuendo a lot. I never liked Pro Tools because it's a pain in the ass on many levels, but you have to have it if you want to do work from other studios. Reason and Ableton are great for EDM. GarageBand is the easiest to use. Audacity is free. Reaper is cheap but not easy to use.

1. Logic Pro X Review
2. Logic Pro X For Mac

Eventually I settled on Logic Pro and have never looked back. And of everything I've used, Logic is hands down my favorite. Which in a way is unfortunate – lately I've been unhappy with Apple's direction. When Steve Jobs died, something inside of Apple died with him. Common sense. Apple has become a phone company. I was an iOS developer for a while, until I got tired of every iOS update breaking my software and requiring me to make changes. iTunes started life as a great music app and has turned into a nightmare that everyone hates. My iPhone used to 'just work,' but now it does things like change the podcast I'm listening to if I put my phone down too quickly. The free Logic Remote app stopped working on my old iPad 3 because Apple broke it with an update for no reason, other than to encourage me to buy a new iPad. They don't make a low end computer with upgradable RAM any more. The new iPhone can't be used with normal headphones. They did away with the magnetic locking power adaptor on some laptops, they… you get the point.

• Logic Pro X is dirt cheap for what you get with it (Alchemy it self is worth that much alone). Logic 9 pro was 700 dollars like 4 years ago. There might be a student discount or something.
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Hear and sound like a pro with the PRO X Gaming Headset. Pro designed with detachable mic and Blue VOICE software for professional sounding voice comms. Featuring next gen 7.1 surround sound and PRO G 50 mm drivers for amazingly clear sound imaging. Soft memory foam padded leatherette or velour earcups. Durable steel + aluminum construction. Logic is a leader in premium electronic cigarette sector and they focus on the highest quality materials and ingredients in their hardware and e-liquids. Their key lines include the Logic Pro and the Logic Power E Cig, with the Logic Starter Kit selling particularly well as it provides everything a first-timer could need to get started.

But then there's Logic Pro X. And for $199, it's almost everything I'd ever want and need in a DAW. Have you priced the industry standard Pro Tools? It's $299. PER YEAR. And to do what Logic does, you'll need to drop about another $800 – $1,000 on plugins and instruments. If you care about money, Logic Pro X on a Mac will still save you a crap ton compared to a Pro Tools-based PC rig that can do all the same things. Search for home studio tours on YouTube and you'll see that 9 out fo 10 of the home studios you find are running Logic Pro X, because it's super cost effective and it's easy to use.

Instruments

Logic comes with a very good sampler and several very good synths. Out of the box, it'll have pretty much any keyboard sound you could want. If if doesn't, you can buy a plugin, but in all of the years I've used Logic I've only purchased one plugin instrument.

Audio Plugins

Logic ships with a good collection of reverbs, delays, choruses, eq, etc and so on. It even includes some simulated amps and pedals, though I prefer my own real tube amps. I have purchased two audio plugins – a vocal rider and a de-esser, both from waves.com. But you don't really need any external plugins. In the past I've suggested that the vocal pitch plugin in Logic isn't very good, but that's not true. If you want highly controlled pitch correction, it's in there – you just need to dig a little deeper.

Performance

On a Mac with an i5 processor and 8 GB of RAM I can still easily handle 75 tracks of audio without breaking a sweat.

Drummers

Logic includes several virtual drummers. They have their own different kits and their own different styles of playing. You can swap out the different kits – put Logan, the old school rock drummer, on a jazz kit! Great fun. There are many approaches to virtual drumming these days, but Logic's is by far the easiest to use and understand. Best of all, at the end of the day, you can still use MIDI to tweak the drum performances. This is maybe my favorite part of Logic – the virtual drummers feel like real people, but they're always on time.

Ease of Use

Logic Pro X borrowed a lot from GarageBand and as a result, it's very easy to use, but also very powerful under the hood when you need it to be. Here's something else – to get Pro Tools working on your Mac, you need a degree. Even the free limited version is a royal pain in the ass to get working. To get Logic working, you install it, and you're done. It's that easy.

Documentation

The documentation is not very good. At all. But that's been an issue with Apple forever. The Mac has always been easy to use, as are most applications for it, but if you need help, turn to YouTube. To be fair, this also describes every other DAW out there. Apple should find the best YouTube content creator out there for Logic and just hire them to make videos.

Upgrade Path

Apple's approach of including GarageBand on all Macs was and is genius and should be applauded. GarageBand is basically Logic Lite, and is good enough to handle what most people need. I used GarageBand on some of the tracks on my first album. You can open GarageBand projects in Logic, another brilliant move.

Summary

As long as Apple continues to support and improve Logic Pro X, I will continue to buy expensive Macs to run it on. It really is that good. And while it is possible to build your own Mac clone and save money, I wouldn't. Eventually you'll end up with support issues. People are willing to drop two grand on a guitar but they want to save money on their computer, THE most important piece of studio gear? I don't get it. For under a grand you could get a used two year old Mac and Logic Pro X and have everything you need.

Ridiculously powerful. Seriously creative.

Live LoopsFor spontaneous composition.

Live Loops is a dynamic way to create and arrange music in real time. Kick off your composition by adding loops, samples or your recorded performances into a grid of cells. Trigger different cells to play with your ideas without worrying about a timeline or arrangement. Once you find combinations that work well together, you can create song sections, then move everything into the Tracks area to continue production and finish your song.

Remix FX

Bring DJ-style effects and transitions to an individual track or an entire mix with a collection of stutters, echoes, filters and gating effects.

Logic Remote

Control features like Live Loops, Remix FX and more from your iPad or iPhone using Multi-Touch gestures.

Step SequencerPure beat poetry.

Step Sequencer is inspired by classic drum machines and synthesizers. Using the Step Sequence editor, quickly build drum beats, bass lines and melodic parts — and even automate your favourite plug-ins. Add sophisticated variations to your pattern with a wide range of creative playback behaviours. Use Note Repeat to create rolling steps, Chance to randomise step playback, and Tie Steps Together to create longer notes.

Logic RemoteTouch and flow.

Logic Remote lets you use your iPhone or iPad to control Logic Pro X on your Mac. Use Multi-Touch gestures to play software instruments, mix tracks, and control features like Live Loops and Remix FX from anywhere in the room. Swipe and tap to trigger cells in Live Loops. And tilt your iPhone or iPad up and down and use its gyroscope to manipulate filters and repeaters in Remix FX.

Multi-Touch mixing

Control your mix from wherever you are in the room — whether that's next to your computer or on the sofa — with Multi-Touch faders.

Pair and play

Use a variety of onscreen instruments, such as keyboards, guitars and drum pads, to play any software instrument in Logic Pro X from your iPad or iPhone.

Sampler

We redesigned and improved our most popular plug-in — the EXS24 Sampler — and renamed it Sampler. The new single-window design makes it easier to create and edit sampler instruments while remaining backwards compatible with all EXS24 files. An expanded synthesis section with sound-shaping controls brings more depth and dynamics to your instruments. The reimagined mapping editor adds powerful time-saving features that speed the creation of complex instruments. Use the zone waveform editor to make precise edits to sample start/end, loop ranges and crossfades. And save hours of tedious editing with new drag-and-drop hot zones.

Quick Sampler

Quick Sampler is a fast and easy way to work with a single sample. Drag and drop an audio file from the Finder, Voice Memos or anywhere within Logic Pro X. Or record audio directly into Quick Sampler using a turntable, microphone, musical instrument, or even channel strips playing in Logic Pro X. In a few steps, you can transform an individual sample into a fully playable instrument. And with Slice Mode, you can split a single sample into multiple slices — perfect for chopping up vocals or breaking up and resequencing drum loops.

Drum Synth

This powerful, easy-to-use plug-in creates synthesized drum sounds. Choose from a diverse collection of drum models and shape their sound with up to eight simple controls. Drum Synth is also directly integrated into the bottom of the Drum Machine Designer interface —giving you a focused set of sound-shaping controls.

Drum Machine Designer

Redesigned to be more intuitive and integrated, Drum Machine Designer lets you effortlessly build electronic drum kits. Apply individual effects and plug-ins on each discrete drum pad to experiment with sound design and beat-making in new ways. You can also create a unique layered sound by assigning the same trigger note to two different pads. To help you quickly edit sounds, Quick Sampler and Drum Synth are directly integrated into the Drum Machine Designer interface.

DrummerCompose to the beat of a different percussionist.

Using Drummer is like hiring a session drummer or collaborating with a highly skilled beat pro­gram­mer. Create organic-sounding acoustic drum tracks or electronic beats with the intelligent technology of Drummer. Choose from dozens of drummers who each play in a different musical genre, and direct their performances using simple controls.

Compositions and PerformancesYour studio is always in session.

Logic Pro X turns your Mac into a professional recording studio able to handle even the most demanding projects. Capture your compositions and performances — from tracking a live band to a solo software-instrument session — and flow them into your songs.

The ultimate way to record.

Seamless punch recording. Automatic take management. Support for pristine 24-bit/192kHz audio. Logic Pro X makes it all easy to do — and undo. You can create projects with up to 1,000 stereo or surround audio tracks and up to 1,000 software instrument tracks, and run hundreds of plug-ins. It's all you need to complete any project.

Get the most out of MIDI.

Logic Pro X goes beyond the average sequencer with an advanced set of options that let you record, edit and manipulate MIDI performances. Transform a loose performance into one that locks tight into the groove using region-based parameters for note velocity, timing and dynamics. Or tighten up your MIDI performances while preserving musical details like flams or chord rolls with Smart Quantize. Starcraft battlecruiser quotes.

Industry-leading tools

As your song develops, Logic Pro X helps organise all your ideas and select the best ones. Group related tracks, audition alternative versions and consolidate multiple tracks. Lightning-fast click-and-drag comping helps you build your best performance from multiple takes.

Smart Tempo

Go off-script and stay on-beat with Smart Tempo, a way to effortlessly mix and match music and beats without worrying about the original tempo. Record freely without a click track. And easily combine and edit MIDI and audio tracks — from vinyl samples to live instruments to multi-track audio stems — with constant or variable tempo.

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Flex Time

Quickly manipulate the timing and tempo of your recording with Flex Time. Easily move the individual beats within a waveform to correct drum, vocal, guitar, or any other kind of track without slicing and moving regions.

Flex Pitch

Edit the level and pitch of individual notes quickly and easily with Flex Pitch. Roll over any note and all parameters are available for tweaking.

Track Alternatives

Create alternative versions of a track or multiple grouped tracks, and switch between them at any time to audition different options. Create, store and select from different edits and arrangements of track regions to make it easier to experiment with various creative ideas.

Takes and Quick Swipe Comping

Click and drag to choose the best sections of each take to create a seamless comp, complete with transition-smoothing crossfades. Save multiple comps and switch between them to pick the one you like best.

Track Stacks

Consolidate multiple related tracks into a single track. Use a Summing Stack as a quick way to create submixes. Or create layered and split instruments.

Project Alternatives

Create as many different versions of a project as you like, each with its own name and settings but sharing the same assets — efficiently saving storage space. Load any version to make changes without compromising your original.

Track Groups and VCA Faders

Logic Pro X For Mac

Manage large mixes with Track Groups and VCA faders. Assign any selection of channels to a track group, then control the levels or other parameters of all tracks in the group from any single channel in the group.

Automation

Easily capture changes to any channel strip or plug-in parameter. Just enable automation, press Play and make your changes.

Even more pro features in the mix.

Logic Pro X is packed with incredible tools and resources to enhance your creativity and workflow as you sharpen your craft — even if you're a seasoned pro.

MainStage 3

Sound as great onstage as you do in the studio.

Education Bundle

Five amazing apps. One powerful collection.