Logic Studio from Apple is a complete set of professional applications that allows the user to write, record, edit, mix and perform music. The production suite is loaded with exacting models and gorgeous samples of the best gear, from the classic to the rare, and even the obscure. Also included are the most advanced, easy-to-use tools for manipulating those sounds or creating custom ones.

The main component, Logic Pro 9 is a fully featured and comprehensive digital audio workstation that delivers all the tools need to record, edit and mix audio. Whether in a state-of-the-art studio or in a garage, the software puts the power of the most advanced tools to work for any project.

A problem that many artists encounter is that their recordings sound great, but when it comes time to perform, the music is compromised by the lack of availability of the same tools used in the earlier process. MainStage 2 makes it easy to bring all the same instruments and effects to the stage. Shows can even be expanded with live loops or prerecorded backing tracks.

With the Mac computer as the core of a live rig, setup is faster, teardown is faster, and everything in between is more reliable. The layout, from the number, type, size and color of the controls, to the parameters they manipulate, can be easily customized. And the performer can instantly assign onscreen controls to the faders, knobs and switches on their hardware for hands-on control.

Soundtrack Pro 3 is where "sound meets picture". Whether creating audio for a web video or a feature-length film, Soundtrack Pro 3 provides the perfect bridge to Final Cut Pro. The application is loaded with powerful tools that allow for precision edits, polishing dialogue quickly, restoring audio, creating stunning sound effects, and mixing in surround. And the single, streamlined interface is designed to help the user to fly through audio post production.

The utility applications in Logic Studio allow for many other tasks to be accomplished with ease. These include re-creating the acoustic profile of any space imaginable, turning audio files into Apple Loops, authoring everything from a quick demo disc to DDP files, and creating professional premasters and Red Book-standard CDs. Finally, pristine audio and video can be encoded in a full range of industry-standard formats.

• Flex Time - Flex Tool, Audio Quantize, Editing Drum Tracks, Varispeed, Flex Modes, Speed Fades, Tempo Import/Export
• Production Tools - Selective Track Import, Expanded Take Folder Editing, Drum Replacer, Convert to Sampler Track, Bounce-in-Place, Notation and Chord Grids, Jam Pack: Voices, Warped Effects for Space Designer
• Guitar Gear - Amp Designer, Pedalboard, Classic Tones, Apogee GiO support
• Live Performance - MainStage 2 - Playback, Loopback, Multimapping of Controls, Grouped Controls, Expanded ReWire Support, Record Performances

Logic Studio is a complete set of professional applications that lets you write, record, edit, mix, and perform. It's also the largest collection of modeled instruments, sampler instruments, effect plug-ins, and audio loops ever put in a single box. So it's easy to get amazing sounds and amazing-sounding recordings. Now you can tackle any stage of your project yourself without losing your inspiration along the way.

Your new writing studio. With Logic Studio, you've got the perfect music creation and writing tools, no matter how you like to work. Whether you're improvising a three-chord pop song, making beats, assembling and reshaping loops, or composing for video, nothing will break your creative flow.

The ultimate way to record. Logic Studio gives you everything you need for a professional recording session. Seamless punch recording. Automatic take management. Marker creation. It's all easy to do, and everything can be undone. And it works just as smoothly for a two-hour symphony as for a simple singer/songwriter demo. With more than 200 audio tracks available and the ability to run hundreds of plug-ins, you'll never have to upgrade in the middle of a project.

You're about to love editing. Now you can polish performances without getting sidetracked by details, because Logic Studio features the best set of editing tools yet. Assembling the perfect comp from multiple takes has never been so fast. And now you can quickly perform complex edits, like correcting timing errors and bending time, that took dozens of steps before.

Pro mixing, in all its glory. Hundreds of input channels. Dozens of mix groups. Plenty of sends and auxiliaries. Dynamic channel strip creation. Powerful automation and track management. And full surround capabilities. Logic Studio brings it all together in a straightforward, customizable layout that makes it easy to focus on any part of your project.

Logic Studio lets you turn your Mac into an incredibly powerful live stage rig. You can travel light and still use all your studio instruments and effects. Setup and teardown are blazingly fast. Your gear is incredibly easy to control. You can sound as big as you want with live loop recording and backing tracks. And you can use all your favorite hardware controllers. Welcome to your perfect gig.

You already know how to write great music. Logic Pro 9 streamlines the technical side of things, so you can record, edit, and mix it, too. Whether you work in a state-of-the-art studio or in your garage, now you can easily put the power of the most advanced tools to work for your projects. Tap into a huge collection of instruments, sounds, and loops for inspiration. Get set up and recording quickly. Perform complex edits in a fraction of the time. And mix down projects of any scale with full automation and surround capabilities. It's a pro studio that's not just for pros.

Software and plug-ins. Your GarageBand projects open in Logic Pro without a hitch. And you can transfer projects freely to Logic Express or Soundtrack Pro and back again. You can also move your projects to and from other audio and video applications, such as Final Cut Pro and Pro Tools, because Logic Pro supports XML, OMF, and AAF file interchange protocols and makes it simple to create stem files.

You can plug in any TDM or Audio Units software instrument or effect. And ReWire lets you run Logic Pro with specialized applications such as Reason and Live. Trigger and sequence your instruments from Logic Pro, route your signals directly into the Logic Pro mixer, and have everything running in perfect sync.

Create any kind of file you need. Logic Pro supports all the popular file formats, including WAV, AIFF, MP3, SDII, and even CAF, which lets you record up to six hours at 96kHz. You can play, record, and process multichannel, interleaved audio files. You can also burn uncompressed surround stems directly to DVD-A or encode and preview industry-standard Dolby Digital AC-3 audio using Compressor 3.5, which comes with Logic Studio.

Back up to MobileMe. Logic Pro lets you back up your favorite channel strip settings, plug-in settings, and key commands to your MobileMe account, so you can access them from anywhere over the web.1 You can also share your preferences across any local or Internet-based network.

Interfaces and control surfaces. Logic Pro fully supports Apple Core Audio and Pro Tools HD hardware. That gives you the freedom to work with almost any audio interface, and even combine the inputs and outputs of multiple devices. If you want hands-on control, you have your pick of third-party control surfaces, including everything from small, portable faders to the top-of-the-line consoles you find in the best recording studios. And customizing control assignments couldn't be easier with the Auto-learn feature built into Logic Pro.

More plug-ins, less power. Most applications switch on the juice for plug-ins as soon as they're inserted. But Logic Pro features an intelligent DSP engine that asks for power only when a signal runs through the plug-in. So go ahead, pile on the instruments and effects. It will take more than that to slow you down.

Quick, temporary rendering. If your project requires more power than you've got, or if you simply want to play your project on a less powerful computer, Freeze Tracks allows you to temporarily render your tracks. This is also a great way to share projects with friends who don't have the same plug-ins.

Harness multiple computers. Use distributed audio processing to combine the power of multiple computers on a network, and your plug-in processing power can be virtually unlimited. It even works for third-party plug-ins.

Logic Studio is loaded with spot-on models and gorgeous samples of the best gear ever from the classic to the rare and obscure. You also get the most advanced, easy-to-use tools for manipulating those sounds or creating your own.

A huge collection of Apple Loops, sound effects, sampled instruments, impulse responses, presets, and Soundtrack Pro music beds give you more creative freedom than ever. There's also surround content, so you can build beautiful, immersive productions.

All six Jam Pack collections. The Voices collection lets you build songs with lead vocals, rappers, backup singers, an entire choir, or even software instruments based on the human voice and body. Remix Tools gives you everything you need to work with beats, sound effects, synth sounds, bass lines, and the rhythms of classic Roland drum machines. Rhythm Section brings together a solid foundation of drums with sets of fills, grooves, and groove variations along with dozens of playable strings, basses, and drum kits. Symphony Orchestra lets you conduct full brass, percussion, string, and woodwind sections. And the World Music Jam Pack gives you an unprecedented collection of world loops, ethnic percussion, exotic strings, and regional wood instruments.

More than 20,000 Apple Loops. Royalty-free Apple Loops let you build a rhythm, grab a melodic phrase, or simply sketch out an arrangement. Any loop you choose will automatically change key and tempo to match your project. Real Instrument loops, also known as blue loops, are integrated into your project as audio files and can be edited like any audio region. And Software Instrument loops, or green loops, allow you to fully edit the instrument, effect, and original MIDI performance. Apple Loops give you plenty of creative fuel you can even use Apple Loops Utility to create and tag your own loops.

More than 1700 sampled instruments. Logic Studio is packed with beautifully sampled EXS instruments. Build your song with authentic strings, horns, woodwinds, guitars, pianos, basses, harp, choir, synthesizers, electric and pipe organs, acoustic and electric drum kits, orchestral percussion, world instruments, textures, and soundscapes.

More than 4500 presets for plug-ins. You don't have to be a sound engineer to take advantage of the enormous range of plug-ins that come with Logic Studio. Just rely on the plug-in settings (designed by sound engineers) to get great sounds right out of the box. Plug-in settings can also speed up the production, mixing, and mastering process if you use them as templates for your instrument and effects combos and tweak them from there.

Love the sound you got on your recording? MainStage 2 makes it easy to bring all the same instruments and effects to the stage. You can even expand your show with live loops or prerecorded backing tracks. With the Mac as the core of your live rig, setup is faster, teardown is faster, and everything in between is more reliable. You can completely customize your layout, from the number, type, size, and color of the controls to the parameters they manipulate. And you can instantly assign onscreen controls to the faders, knobs, and switches on your hardware for hands-on control.

Whether you’re creating audio for a web video or a feature-length film, Soundtrack Pro 3 provides the perfect bridge to Final Cut Pro. The application is loaded with powerful tools that let you make precision edits, polish dialogue quickly, restore audio, create stunning sound effects, and mix in surround. And you can do it all in a single, streamlined interface that’s designed to help you fly through audio post production.

• Audio Editing
• Dialogue Tools
• Sound Design
• Surround Mixes

Work seamlessly with other apps. Soundtrack Pro is completely integrated with Logic Pro. Bring an individual file into the File Editor to repair, restore, or fine-tune it. When you save the file in Soundtrack Pro, it will automatically update your Logic Pro project. You can also score a project in Logic Pro, then send the music to Soundtrack Pro to add it to the full mix.

It’s easy to share files with Final Cut Studio, too. Send a clip to the File Editor or an entire sequence to the multitrack Timeline with a single click, then send your final mix back in stereo, surround, or multitrack stems.

With support for AAF and OMF files, you’re free to move projects to and from other industry-standard applications.

Record or output audio using any I/O device that works with Mac OS X Core Audio. Connect an Apogee Ensemble or Duet, and you can use the control panel in Soundtrack Pro to remotely adjust the hardware.

You also have support for any surface that uses the Mackie Control or Logic Control protocols. And new support for the EuCon protocol lets you connect any Euphonix control surface, from the fully equipped Pro Series consoles to the portable Artist Series.

Production Utilities The utility applications in Logic Studio let you re-create the acoustic profile of any space you like. Turn audio files into Apple Loops. Author everything from a quick demo disc to DDP files, professional premasters, and Red Book–standard CDs. And encode pristine audio and video in a full range of industry-standard formats.