Apple Logic Studio 8 Upgrade

Logic Studio 8 Upgrade description:

This is an upgrade from Logic Pro, Platinum and Gold (V 5,6,7).

The Apple LOGIC STUDIO Music Production Software. Everything you need to create, perform and record your music.

The Apple LOGIC STUDIO delivers everything a musician needs to write, record, edit, mix, and perform in the studio and on the stage. With three applications, instruments, effects, and a massive sound library, Logic Studio puts powerful music creation and production tools in one comprehensive package.

Logic Pro 8 is the center of Logic Studio, featuring a redesigned interface that makes it easier than ever to write, record, edit, and mix your music. The redesigned, single-window interface eliminates clutter and lets you focus on your music. Multi-take management and Quick Swipe Comping dramatically streamline the overdub process. Powerful audio editing features such as snap-to-transient, graphical time stretching, and sample-accurate editing in the Arrange window let you work faster and with greater precision. End-to-end surround production includes multichannel tracks, busses, and support for True Surround software instruments and effects. Logic Pro 8 now has XSKey-free operation, with a simple serial number replacing the USB dongle.

MainStage - Live from your Mac - is a revolutionary interface designed to let you bring software instruments and effects to the stage. Perform live with Studio Instruments, Studio Effects and audio unit plug-ins. Mainstage has a stunning 3D interface that provides just the information you need for your live show. From keyboards and drum pads to pedal boards and control surfaces, you can use any MIDI or USB controller with MainStage.

Soundtrack Pro 2 is the next wave in audio post. Powerful editing tools, surround mixing, and a streamlined interface simplify audio post production for film and video so you can focus on cinematic sound. Latest features include a single-window design that simplifies the process of creating great sound for picture. It includes professional tools designed for audio post-production that help you edit and mix faster than ever. Restoration features let you analyze and repair field-recorded dialogue and damaged recordings. Integration with Final Cut Studio makes it easy to work with Final Cut editors.

With the included Studio Instruments you can produce and play nearly any sound imaginable with the largest set of instrument plug-ins available in a single box. Instruments include Ultrabeat, a 25-voice drum machine with a built-in step sequencer, EXS24 Sampler - lets you play and design sampled instruments, Sculpture - the world’s most advanced component modeling instrument, Vintage Keyboards - fully modeled simulations of classic keyboards, Synths include an array of FM, subtractive, and analog-modeled synthesizers.

Studio Effects include vintage and modern compressors to distortion effects and amp models, 80 effect plug-ins that give you a wide range of ways to get creative with sound. The new multitap Delay Designer plug-in lets you explore creative delay effects in stereo or full surround. The Surround Space Designer helps you re-create the full reverberant qualities of some of the world’s most compelling spaces. Guitar Amp Pro lets you play your guitar through faithful re-creations of classic amplifiers and speaker cabinets. A wide variety of production effects provide valuable everyday tools for adding the final polish to your music productions. A full range of creative effects such as reverb, modulation, and delay gives you unique ways to make your music distinctive.

The Studio Sound Library includes the complete content of five Jam Pack collections — Jam Pack 1, Remix Tools, Rhythm Section, Symphony Orchestra, and World Music — providing infinite possibilities for writing, producing, and performing your music. There are 18,000 royalty-free Apple Loops to help you establish a groove and embellish your music. 2400 professionally designed channel strip settings let you create finely tuned sounds. 1300 pristine-sounding EXS sampled instruments give you limitless creative freedom.

The main features of Apple LOGIC STUDIO include:

• Powerful music creation and production tools in one comprehensive package
• Logic Pro 8, a powerful music production application, features an intuitive new interface that makes it easy to write, record, edit, and mix music—all with the legendary sound quality and rock-solid timing that have distinguished Logic products for years
• MainStage, a brand-new application for live performance, dramatically simplifies your live rig by making it easy to play software instruments and effects on stage—using standard keyboards, pedals, and other controllers along with an easy-to-read display
• Soundtrack Pro 2 is a full-featured audio post-production application for film and video. It features deep integration with Final Cut Pro as well as powerful sound design tools, multichannel waveform editing, and intelligent sound restoration capabilities
• Studio Instruments and Studio Effects include 40 incredible-sounding instruments and 80 professional effect plug-ins, many with True Surround capabilities
• Studio Sound Library includes the content from five complete Jam Pack collections and the entire sound library from Final Cut Studio 2, as well as new Logic Studio channel strip settings and plug-in settings
• Production utilities include WaveBurner for CD mastering; Compressor 3 for surround encoding; the Impulse Response Utility, used to capture the acoustics of real performance spaces; and the Apple Loops Utility
• Logic Studio includes a DVD containing Logic Pro 8, MainStage, Soundtrack Pro 2, Studio Instruments, Studio Effects, WaveBurner 1.5, Compressor 3, Impulse Response Utility, Apple Loops Utility, QuickTime 7 Pro, and required content
• Logic Studio includes six content DVDs containing Jam Pack collections, sound effects, surround music beds, EXS24 samples, and impulse response files plus a Demo content DVD and printed/electronic documentation
• Minimum Requirements to Install All Applications: Mac computer with a 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4 processor (PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo, or Intel Xeon processor highly recommended), 1GB of RAM (2GB or more highly recommended), Display with 1024-by-768 resolution (1280-by-800 or higher recommended), Mac OS X v10.4.9 or later, QuickTime 7.2 or later, DVD drive for installation, PCI Express, ExpressCard/34, USB, or FireWire based audio interface recommended
• Available Disk Space Required: 7GB to install all applications and required content, Additional 39GB to install all optional content (large content packages can be installed on separate disk), 10GB for Jam Pack collections – 16GB for sound effects – 6GB for surround music beds – 7GB for other optional content