Logic Pro
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Features
48 features across 18 categories
AI Features(9)
AI-powered Session Player for realistic acoustic drum parts using flexible styles, dynamics, and fills with professionally mixed and customizable drum kits.
Instantly identify chords from any part of a song. Pulls chords from MIDI and audio regions and drops them into the Chord Track for Session Players to follow.
AI-powered Session Player offering studio-quality electric bass guitars with techniques like hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, and harmonics.
AI-powered Session Player for creating beats in styles from EDM to hip-hop with mix and match drum kits from a massive collection.
Music understanding that helps find loops and sounds fast with natural language search or discover similar ones with drag and drop.
AI-powered Session Player that lays down realistic keyboard parts with customizable complexity, intensity, range, feel, voicing, and movement.
AI-powered musicians that take your direction and lay down polished synth, bass, keyboard, and drum grooves perfectly fitted to your song.
AI-powered Session Player that responds instantly to feedback and follows chords with stylish synth and heavy bass options.
AI-powered Session Player delivering natural acoustic bass tones with slides and dynamics, customizable with EQ, compression, and reverb.
Audio Processing(2)
Machine learning-powered feature that listens to pitch and makes adjustments in real time for perfectly in-tune, natural-sounding vocals.
AI-powered feature that separates drums, bass, vocals, guitar, piano, and other instruments into isolated tracks for easy effect application, sampling, or mix changes.
Beat-Making(2)
Add samples and unique plug-ins to each drum pad. Integrated with Step Sequencer for fast and intuitive beat building.
Inspired by vintage drum machines, Step Sequencer makes building beats out of drums, bass, and melodies simple. Includes Note Repeat and randomized step playback.
Composition(2)
Create and edit chord progressions that Session Players will follow along with in real time.
Explore musical ideas using a grid of loops and phrases you can trigger and experiment with unique arrangements on the fly.
Effects(6)
Slice, rearrange, and add pitch-shifting effects to tracks. Tweak speed and pitch, adjust volume, and add repeats to any slice.
Brings rich analog color and character to tracks with the feel of tubes, tape, and vintage hardware.
High-end reverb plug-in with unique modeling to reproduce natural and otherworldly spaces. Features 14 models with tempo-synced parameters and up to 100 seconds of decay.
Add DJ-style effects like stutters, echoes, filters, reverse playback, and vinyl scratches. Control up to seven effects at once with Logic Remote on iPhone or iPad.
Add rhythmic movement to any track by arranging filters and effects driven by three independent step sequencers. Eight effects can be organized in any order.
Authentic re-creations of three revered analog hardware EQs with support for mono and stereo and control over analog heat.
Extensibility(1)
Access tens of thousands of instruments and effects made by leading developers.
Instruments(2)
Choose from six iconic bass guitars with customizable sound options including scrapes and string noise.
Select from three meticulously sampled pianos customizable with multiple mic positions, pedal and key noise, release samples, and sympathetic resonance.
Integration(3)
Suite that includes Logic Pro, Final Cut Pro, Pixelmator Pro, and more as part of the essential collection of creative apps.
Export your Logic Pro sound to MainStage to turn your Mac into an instrument, voice processor, or guitar rig for live performance.
Seamless compatibility across Apple devices, apps, and accessories for a unified workflow.
Mastering(1)
Applies intelligent, professional-grade enhancements to deliver release-ready sound. Automatically adjusts dynamics and fine-tunes frequencies.
Mixing(3)
Full-featured mixer to control even the most demanding mixes. Create polished, release-ready tracks with professional plug-ins.
Create fully immersive Spatial Audio mixes using integrated Dolby Atmos tools. Export as industry-standard ADM files for Apple Music and streaming services.
Organize tracks and make mixes come alive with dynamic automation through grouping and routing.
Pitch(1)
Fix almost-perfect takes without re-recording. Provides pitch-bending and correction capabilities.
Platform Support(1)
Available on both Mac and iPad with optimized interfaces for each platform.
Recording(3)
Temporary buffer that is always on, capturing audio and MIDI in the background so brilliant ideas are never lost even if not recording.
Easily record and edit MIDI performances. Transform a loose performance into one that locks into the groove while preserving the original feel.
Create the perfect performance from multiple takes easily. Save multiple comps and quickly switch between them.
Sampling(1)
Record, chop, flip, and transform samples into entirely new playable instruments. Flex Time keeps samples in time with your song.
Sound Library(2)
Sound packs created by hitmakers and leading artists, each including hundreds of loops, samples, and patches.
Expanding collection of instruments, loops, and samples including Producer Packs created by hitmakers like Oak Felder and Boys Noize.
Synthesis(4)
Ultimate sample-manipulation synth with library of over 3000 sounds, powerful morphing and resynthesis tools, multiple sound-generating engines, and vast range of filters and modulation routes.
Create synthesized drum sounds with a powerful but easy-to-use plug-in integrated into Drum Machine Designer.
Re-create classic '70s and '80s sounds with vintage synths and intuitive controls. Perfect for analog basses, sweeping pads, bells and brash leads.
Resynthesize any sample into a unique playable instrument with up to four playback points and different manipulation modes.
Timing(2)
Warp the timing of audio to your taste without re-recording. Keeps samples in time with your song.
Automatically matches any audio to the tempo of your project or follows the tempo of your performance without a metronome.
iPad Features(3)
Support for Apple Pencil on iPad for enhanced control and interaction with the application.
Expressive control over software instruments with touch interface on iPad.
iPad-specific feature for playing instruments directly on screen.
Pricing
Free Trial
- ✓Full Logic Pro experience
One-time Purchase
- ✓Logic Pro for Mac
Apple Creator Studio
- ✓Logic Pro
- ✓Final Cut Pro
- ✓Pixelmator Pro
- ✓and more
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Build vs Buy
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Buying Logic Pro saves ~$36,960 over 3 years vs building.
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Integrations
6 known integrations