The latest issue of Future Music, on sale now, features the definitive review of Logic Studio. As a taster for the goodness to come here are choice highlights from our massive feature. To get your copy of the mag, click the link above.



Logic Studio replaces its previous incarnation on the shelves. It contains the same core programs as before – Logic Pro, MainStage, Soundtrack Pro, Studio Instruments and Effects – but has upgraded each with new features so that Logic Pro moves to Version 9, MainStage to Version 2 and so on. Regardless of what type of music maker you are, there’s something for you in Logic Studio.

What’s New For Producers?


Logic Pro 9’s single biggest producer-based feature is Apple’s embracing of ‘elastic time’ editing which has been enjoyed by Live users for eons and Pro Tools users since the release of version 8. Separately, some subtle but important changes have been made to work-flow and the look and feel of the program, many of which have clearly responded to user feedback, as some of the most common requests have finally been integrated, such as ‘instant’ audio quantise.

Flex time

Push audio around, change note lengths, move phrases, beat slice, integrate audio at different speeds in seconds, quantise audio, impose the groove of a kick drum onto a bassline, record audio at a slower tempo before instantly speeding it back up to full speed – Flex Time has arrived and not before time. It delivers pretty much anything and everything you’ve wanted and lets you complete jobs in Logic that previously required exporting to Ableton Live.

Drum Replacer

You can see this in action on our cover-mounted DVD free with the magazine, but suffice to say that the opportunity to turn a single track of drums into a velocity-mapped MIDI region for the EXS24 is going to be great news for everyone with access to a great drummer but a poor microphone collection or acoustically limited recording space. The provision of a set of multi-sampled kicks, snares and toms ready to roll with this feature is very neat too and one I wouldn’t be surprised to see this tailor-made library expand further in the future.

Convert to Sampler

Turning an audio region into a REX-style sampler instrument is now dead easy thanks for the dedicated ‘Convert Regions To New Sampler Track’ from the Audio menu. This will analyse transients in a loop and convert each slice to its own ‘note’ within a MIDI region in the EXS24. You’re then free to edit this as you would any bit of MIDI, with alternative quantise, a modified musical pattern or synthesis parameters within the EXS24 itself. Great for turning tired loops into brand new material.