Apple Logic Express 9

Take your music further with Logic Express, featuring the power of Logic Pro 9 and more than 100 software instruments and studio effects, including the new Amp Designer and Pedalboard.

The new Logic Express adds an amazing collection of amps, speaker cabinets, and effects pedals that guitar players can use in traditional combinations to re-create legendary sounds or mix and match for something truly original. It also features new production tools that make it easier than ever for musicians to set up and record, edit timing and tempo, and create pro mixes.

Flex Time

Flex Time is a new collection of features that lets you manipulate timing and tempo quickly and creatively. Experience editing

• Flex Tool - The new Flex Tool lets you push audio around with your mouse by clicking and dragging anywhere on the waveform — forget all that tedious splicing and editing.
• Audio Quantize - It’s not just for MIDI anymore. Now you can conform the timing of an audio region to a musical grid, or to the feel of another track, instantly correcting a performance.
• Editing drum tracks - Use Slicing Mode with drums and you won’t compromise a single attack. Edit across a set of grouped multitrack drums and everything stays locked perfectly in phase.
• Varispeed - Slow down or speed up an entire multitrack project effortlessly, whether you want to try out different tempos or take it slow while you play a difficult solo.
• Flex Modes - Whether you’re editing a solo vocal, a rhythm guitar, or multitrack drums, Flex Time has a mode designed to give you the best results.
• Speed Fades - Get creative by adding turntable-style starts or stops with the kind of precision that would impress even the best DJs.
• Tempo Import/Export - Now the audio you import can automatically conform to the tempo of a project you’re working on. (And the other way around.)

Incredible Music, Incredibly Easy

You already know how to write a great song. Logic Express streamlines the technical side of things, so you can record, edit, and mix it, too. Whether you work in a state-of-the-art studio or in your garage, now you can easily put the the most advanced audio tools to work for your projects.

If you’ve been using GarageBand, Logic Express is the perfect way to take your music to the next level. Your projects will open seamlessly and the features will feel familiar, so you can start where you left off. Tap into an inspiring collection of instruments, sounds, and loops. Get set up and recording quickly. Perform complex edits in a fraction of the time. And mix down projects of any scale with full automation capabilities.

Made for musicians.
The power of simplicity - Logic Express 9 streamlines your workflow so you can focus on what's important – being creative.

Put the flow back into your workflow.
With Logic Express, all your editing tools and content browsers are integrated into a single, beautifully designed window. And that means everything can happen faster. Your shortcut menus, toolbars, and transport bars are right there for you, not spread across a maze of windows. And you can customize your workspace using 99 storable screen configurations and more than 1000 definable key commands to make it even better.

Get rolling, fast.
Templates get you set up instantly to write, record, mix, or master — and you can customize them as much as you want. For classic sounds, the Explore templates let you choose from a range of instruments already paired with effects and processing. Just grab one and start playing.

The Compose templates put everything in place for writing and tracking in a specific genre, from rock to hip-hop to orchestral music. You get an entire studio of typical instruments and processing, wired and configured so you can jump right in. Want to track, edit, mix, or master a large-scale project? The Production templates give you a big head start.

Share ideas between projects.
Selective Track Import lets you easily transfer setups and track content between projects. Since you can select components on a track-by-track basis, it’s simple to grab the guitar track from a different session or import that perfect drum mix you created for another project.

Your new writing studio.
Zero in on the sound you need. Built-in library browsers make it easy to navigate thousands of effect settings, instrument settings, Apple Loops, and even sounds you’ve created yourself — all without leaving the track you’re working on.

The Apple Loop browser serves up thousands of royalty-free loops by category, such as instrument, genre, and mood, so you can easily find what you’re looking for. Choose one and it automatically conforms to the tempo and key of your project. Special software instrument loops even let you edit the instrument, processing, or original MIDI performance.

Go wild, then go back.
Nondestructive, region-based editing allows you to tinker with individual sections of a track and hear the results as you go. You can experiment all you want, knowing your original performances are always kept intact.

Instant sampler instruments.
In one simple step, you can transform any audio region into a sampler instrument, along with a MIDI track that will trigger the samples so they sound just like the original track. From there, it’s easy to modify and resequence the part.

Edit MIDI your way.
As a full-featured MIDI sequencer, Logic Express lets you choose how you want to view and edit MIDI data. Use the Piano Roll Editor to graphically edit note velocity and length, while monitoring the results in real time. Or if you’re used to working with traditional notation, go to the Score Editor where new duration bars make it easy to graphically edit the length of notes.

Music notation the way it should be.
Logic Express features a complete set of music notation tools, including comprehensive layout and print options, instrument transposition, drum notation, and adaptive lyric input. You can generate guitar tablature with an expanded set of ornaments for notating hammer-ons, bends, fingering, and more. Snap guides make it easy to add the new chord grids, whether you choose from the library of more than 4000 or create your own.

You can transform MIDI performances into music notation in real time. If you prefer not to perform your compositions, you can use MIDI Step Input to enter notes one at a time using your computer keyboard, or define pitch and velocity with a MIDI keyboard as you go.

Scoring and sound design for video.
Advanced music-for-picture features make scoring and sound design easier than ever. Flexible video display options let you view synchronized QuickTime movies within the interface or on a separate monitor using output options like Digital Cinema Desktop. You can locate scene changes visually via a thumbnail track or automatically mark transitions using the scene detect option.

Plug-Ins & Sounds

Logic Express is loaded with spot-on models and gorgeous samples of the best gear ever — from the classic to the rare and obscure. You also get the most advanced, easy-to-use tools for manipulating those sounds or creating your own.


Technical Specifications
Minimum requirements to install all applications

• Mac computer with an Intel processor
• 1GB of RAM (2GB or more highly recommended)
• Display with 1280-by-800 or higher resolution
• Mac OS X v10.5.7 or later
• QuickTime 7.6 or later
• DVD drive for installation
• PCI Express, ExpressCard/34, USB, or FireWire-based audio interface recommended
• Available disk space : 8GB to install all applications and content

Contents
Application DVD, content DVD, printed and electronic documentation