Stepping up from GarageBand to the professional features of Logic Pro is one of the smoothest transitions you’ll ever make. For starters, you’re greeted with a familiar interface. And your GarageBand projects open in Logic Pro exactly as you left them. When you’re ready, turn on more advanced features. Here are just a few incredible tools and instruments you’ll find in Logic Pro.
Nov 01, 2018 There is no minimum requirement. In fact each version is adapted to the mac where you run it. Apple don’t let you run an application if this application is not. Apple Footer. Trade-in value based on 2018 15-inch MacBook Pro. Trade-in value will vary based on the condition, year, and configuration of your trade-in device. You must be at least 18 years old to be eligible to trade in for credit or for an Apple Store Gift Card. Black and White Keys: These are the keys you’ll use to create your melody. Garageband presents them in a way that corresponds to a single octave (C3 to C4 by default) on a Piano keyboard. Octave: Use the Z and X keys to shift octaves for lower or higher pitched notes. GarageBand is a fully equipped music creation studio right inside your Mac — with a complete sound library that includes instruments, presets for guitar and voice, and an incredible selection of session drummers and percussionists.
More power to create.
Logic Pro X expands your creative options with a vast range of professional tools to make and shape sounds — diverse and versatile synths, customizable real and electronic drum kits, an amazing collection of MIDI and audio effect plug-ins, and tons of additional loops.
Create and tweak sounds for Drummer or your beat tracks with over 300 additional drum kit pieces and sound-shaping Smart Controls.
The most advanced sample-manipulating synthesizer plug-in on the market, with a 14GB sound library and powerfully intuitive Performance Controls.
High-end reverb lets you add space and depth to tracks by simulating a wide range of real and unnatural acoustic spaces.
Perfect your performances.
Logic Pro X gives you loads of features, including precise tools and take folders, to help fine-tune your performances and organize them into a complete song.
Quickly adjust the pitch of individual notes or come up with entirely new melodies.
Hit Record and play as many times as you want to get your best performances. You can see and preview them all, and easily audition the best takes to assemble the perfect part.
Mix and master like the pros.
Logic Pro gives you the kind of mixing and mastering gear you’d find in a professional recording studio — from a first-class, automation-enabled mixing console to pristine-sounding EQ, limiter, and compression plug-ins.
Take control and easily navigate projects of any size — from your demo track to an orchestral film score multitrack. Automate mixes with precise graphic controls or use external hardware to record in real time.
Get up to speed. At your own speed.
When you’re ready to enable the more sophisticated features in Logic Pro, turn on Advanced Tools. The flexibility of Logic Pro lets you experiment and progress at a pace you’re comfortable with.
Logic Pro XAll the power you need in production. All the creativity you want in music.
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