Apple Logic Studio 9 Announced
Big News Today…
Today I received an email from Apogee that showed a new product called the GiO they are releasing in September. Now, to tell you the truth, I was interested in this product that fills a hole in the market, BUT… what caught my eye was Logic Studio 9. Since I use main stage as my main live rig, I have been waiting for an update to MainStage in a few areas. Today my wait is over.
I very quicly zipped over to Apples website and scoped it out. I am telling you, this looks like a great upgrade. It looks good enough that I put my credit voucher at Sweeterwater to use and ordered the upgrade. Once I get it I will try and offer a nice review. Just from watching the videos, as well as my own experience with Logic Studio 8, why would anyone want old proprietary, Pro Tools? I think the general population are more like cattle when it comes to things like this. It is kind of like Nikon cameras, cell phones, Kleanix, energy drinks, or etc… The crowd go along moo-ing on a product that they have done no research on and are just following the heard, when there are much, MUCH better options out there. Pro Tools offers the most restricted, proprietary and limiting system in the world. If you really research it, Pro Tools is definitely NOT worth it. Oops… I got a little side tracked there.
So, back to the topic… Like I said, When I get my order in, I will try and give a good review. In the meantime, you should head on over to Apple’s website at http://apple.com/logicpro and watch the HowTo videos.
Specifics:
LOGIC PRO 9
For many musicians and engineers, the big news is Logic Pro 9. And there’s lots to be excited about! The list of new features is incredibly long, but check out some of the highlights:
- Flex Tool for massaging audio files without splicing or editing
- Audio Quantize
- Slice Mode for editing drums with phase accuracy
- Varispeed
- Flex Mode for editing audio tracks
- Speed Fades for turntable-style starts and stops
- Tempo Import and Export
- Track Import
- Expanded Take Folder Editing
- Drum Replacer
- Convert To Sampler Instrument changes audio files to sampler instruments
- Bounce In-Place for easier effects rendering
- 4,000 Chord Grids for tab and notation
- Voices Jam Pack
- Warped Effects for Space Designer
- New Amp Designer re-creates 25 legendary amps and 25 speaker cabinets
- New Pedalboard includes 30 classic virtual stompboxes
- Hundreds of Classic Tone presets
- Apogee GiO Support — new audio interface/controller for guitar players
- More than 80 studio-quality effects plug-ins
- 20,000 royalty-free Apple Loops
Much more! Plus, new features in MainStage 2 make it even easier to take your music to the live stage:
- Playback plug-in for playing backing tracks
- Loopback, a live loop recorder
- Multi-mapping of controls so one knob controls multiple parameters
- Grouped controls
- Full ReWire support
- Audio recording for capturing live performances
Much more!
Apogee GiO
Features
- Unbalanced 1/4” high impedance instrument input
- 1/4” MIDI Expression pedal input
- Line-level, 1/4” stereo output for headphones, powered monitors
or an instrument amplifier - A/D and D/A conversion @ 44.1/48kHz, 24-bit
- 5 Stompbox buttons, dynamically color coded to match software effects
- 5 Transport control buttons, dynamically lit when engaged
- 2 “Previous/Next” preset selection buttons
- Control built into Apple’s GarageBand ’09, Logic Pro 9, and MainStage 2 software
- Dimensions: 7″ W x 18″ L x 2.5″ H
System Requirements
- Computer: Mac, with an Intel or PowerPC G5 processor
- Memory: 1 GB minimum of installed RAM, 2 GB recommended
- OS: 10.5.7 or greater
- Apple’s GarageBand ’09, Logic Pro 9, MainStage 2, Logic Express 9
- Connection and Power: USB, powered by any available USB port on the computer
Package Contents
- GiO
- 5 meter USB cable
- 3 meter 1/4” Stereo to Left/Right RCA cable
- Apogee Software & Documentation CD
- QuickStart Guide
So, One feature I am excited about is the Loopback feature. I had just returned a Boss RC-21 pedal, which does just this, because it wasn’t integrated into Mainstage…Now it is.
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