At today’s May Keynote 2024, we saw the launch of Apple Logic Pro 11 and Logic Pro for iPad 2, with fresh new AI-assisted features.
Now, Logic is equipped with a new Session Players feature, as well as a Stem Splitter function and the intuitive new ChromaGlow processor.
Apple Logic Pro 11 and Logic Pro for iPad 2
Exclusive to Apple’s M-series chips, Logic Pro users on MacOS and iPad have the help of studio assistant features. With Session Players, you now have a gang of instrumentals to join the Drummer plug-in.
These include Bass Player and Keyboard Player, two compositional tools to assist you in the creative aspect of writing any style of music, from Pop to RnB, Hip-Hop to Electronica.
Of the new AI-based generative instruments, Bass Player has been designed with top instrumentalists and allows you to choose between eight different bassists. The instrument detects chord changes with Chord Track and its complexity and intensity controls give you the means to direct the dynamics.
In addition, there are parameters for articulations such as slides, mutes, dead notes, and pickup hits. Apart from the 100 new Bass Player loops, users also gain access to six new carefully sampled electric and acoustic basses.
Meanwhile, Keyboard Player offers a similar workflow to Bass Player. What’s more, you can select three different mic positions, and add pedal noise, key noise, release samples, and sympathetic resonance. Overall, these are exciting additions, especially if you start linking the generators to instruments they were never intended for such as synths and drum machines.
Stem Splitter
As many DJ apps have adapted stem-splitting features, it was only a matter of time before we saw the same technology in DAWs like Logic Pro. Now, with the click of a button, you can separate mixed audio files into four parts: Drums, Bass, Vocals, and Other instruments.
This is a revelation for producers who use samples in their beats, as you can isolate the exact melodic part or groove element from a record, and incorporate it into your production.
Another exciting new prospect comes in the form of ChromaGlow, a saturation processor with an integrated AI engine. Here, you have five types of saturation and the parameters to shape and mold the texture of each sound.
Pricing and availability:
Both Logic Pro 11 and Logic Pro for iPad 2 will be available from May 13 as free updates for current users. Meanwhile, Logic Pro pricing remains $199.99 on the App Store, with the iPad version available exclusively on monthly ($4.99) and annual ($49) subscriptions.
Logic Pro gives creatives everything they need to write, produce, and mix a great song, and our latest features take that creativity to a whole new level. Logic Pro’s new AI-backed updates, combined with the unparalleled performance of iPad, Mac, and M-series Apple silicon, provide creative pros with the best music creation experience in the industry.
Brent Chiu-Watson, Apple’s senior director of Apps Worldwide Product Marketing
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Image Sources:
- Bass Player: Apple
- Keyboard Player: Apple
- Stem Splitter: Apple
- ChromaGlow: Apple