#BUY LOGIC PRO X FOR MAC UPDATE#

#BUY LOGIC PRO X FOR MAC UPDATE#

SamplingĪs enduring and stalwart as it’s proven to be, the EXS24 sampler was long overdue a major update - and with Logic Pro X 10.5, we’ve finally got it in the shape of Sampler. That alone makes it a vast improvement on the previous version, but the addition of input and output MIDI note mapping doesn’t hurt either. Every mode divides into various subtypes (Heavy Kick, Punch Kick, Electronic Snare, Mechanical Clap, Crash Cymbal, Ride Cymbal, Shaker, etc), each with its own appropriate set of up to eight editable parameters, and they’re all on the money sonically, and make building vibey electronic kits a quick and focused process.ĭrum Machine Designer has been disconnected from the ancient Ultrabeat and retooled, Ableton Drum Rack-style, for the integration of Drum Synth and Quick Sampler (see below) into its 48-pad kits, with the controls for either appearing right within the DMD interface. The only thing missing is Logic Remote support, which we’ll be keeping our fingers crossed for.ĭrum Synth is a simple plugin instrument dedicated to generating fully synthesized percussive sounds in four modes: Kicks, Snares and Claps, Percussion, and Hats and Cymbals. Each Pattern Region is effectively a self-contained sequencer with its own configuration of lane assignments (MIDI notes, Drum Machine Designer kit pieces or automation/MIDI target parameters/CCs), time base, individual lane lengths and playback directions, swing amount, etc – a novel paradigm that yields a truly remarkable level of versatility.Įach step is programmable in terms of Velocity, Gate time, Note Repeat (up to 16 repeats), triggering Chance, Start Offset, Step Rate (overriding the global or lane-specific Rate) and Tie, and the sizeable in-built library of preset patterns can be added to with your own creations.Įasy to use and beautifully integrated, Step Sequencer is a triumph. The Step Sequencer is a new editor for the programming of note, automation and MIDI CC pattern sequences, invoked by creating a Pattern Region (a new clip type) in the Tracks or Live Loops View. Live Loops is brilliantly designed, and perfectly fluid in its implementation and workflow and the ability to partner it with Logic Remote is awesome, opening up a degree of control that the archaic combo of mouse and keyboard just can’t match.Īlthough an equivalent to Live’s Follow Actions is notable by its absence, this really is a dream come true for the Ableton-envying or dual-DAWing Logic user - and that’s a very large audience indeed. This impressive adjunct to Logic Pro turns your iPhone or iPad into a comprehensive wireless multitouch MIDI controller and key command launcher, and now it also presents your Live Loops Grid just as it appears on your Mac, enabling perfectly responsive triggering of as many clips as you can get your fingers round at once, and Remix FX manipulation by touch or even tilt. Live Loops have been made to work with the Logic Remote iOS app, too. They sound great and are a lot of fun, if not something the serious producer is likely to get much mileage out of. In fact, key commands are as well supported by Live Loops as they are throughout the rest of the DAW.Īlongside Live Loops, GarageBand’s XY-controlled Remix FX feature has also made it over to Logic Pro X 10.5, as a plugin offering a range of XY- and slider-controlled effects (Repeater, Filter, Wobble, Downsampler, etc) for ‘DJ-style’ performance processing.

Vertical ‘scenes’ are also supported - click the arrow at the bottom of a column to trigger all cells in that column - and a single cell on each track, or a scene, can be queued for launching via a key command.

Playback is quantised, so triggered cells wait for the next specified beat or bar division before taking over from the currently playing loop individual cells can be set to retrigger when clicked, or trigger only when ‘held’ with the mouse and various ‘start behaviour’ options allow for launch timing variation.

The relationship is bi-directional, so you can also drag clips out of the Tracks View into the Grid. The idea is to jam around with drum loop variations on one track, bass loops on another, etc, to create an on-the-fly arrangement, optionally recording your ‘performance’ directly into the Tracks View, where it can be edited and finessed as usual.

The Live Loops Grid is an alternative - but interlinked and, yes, simultaneously visible - interface to the regular Tracks View, hosting multiple tempo-synced audio or MIDI loops in ’cells’ on each track, one of which can be played back at a time. A potentially huge deal for those dance and electronic producers who have long found themselves torn between the supremely deep but resolutely linear workflow of Logic and the arguably less high-spec but inspiringly freeform tech-jazzery of Ableton Live, Live Loops brings the majority of the latter’s Session View functionality to the former.

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