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Logic Pro 9.1 and MainStage 2.1 Updates Are Available

Graham English — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:22:30 +0000

Check your Software Update! This is big news: 64-bit!

Logic Pro 9.1 Update
This update delivers improved compatibility and numerous fixes.

Issues addressed include:

Support for 64-bit native mode
Compatibility with 64-bit Audio Unit plug-ins
File names with over 32 characters are now supported
Samples are now mapped correctly when using the “Contiguous Zones” option in the EXS editor

Updated System Requirements

32-bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later
64-bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.2 or later

The update is recommended for all users of Logic Pro 9.

For detailed information on this update, including some restrictions when working in 64-bit mode, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2565

MainStage 2.1 Update
This update delivers improved compatibility and numerous fixes.

Issues addressed include:

Support for 64-bit native mode
Compatibility with 64-bit Audio Unit plug-ins
Improved compatibility with MainStage 1.x documents
Multiple Playback plug-ins in the same group now sync reliably
Improved recording when using the Loopback plug-in

Updated System Requirements

32-bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later
64-bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.2 or later

The update is recommended for all users of MainStage 2.

For detailed information on this update, including some restrictions when working in 64-bit mode, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2566

Logic Studio Installation Details [Beginner Guide]

Graham English — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:37:29 +0000

In this Logic Pro Beginner Guide tutorial, you’ll learn what’s installed with Logic Studio and how to find everything on your hard drive.

Watch on YouTube:
Logic Studio Installation Details [Beginner Guide]

Watch on Viddler:
Logic Studio Installation Details [Beginner Guide]

Watch on Vimeo:
Logic Studio Installation Details [Beginner Guide]

For reference, here’s where the Logic Studio Content is installed and where you’ll go to find your presets, loops, etc.:

Macintosh HD/Library/Audio
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Logic
Macintosh HD/Users/USERNAME/Library/Audio
Macintosh HD/Library/USERNAME/Application Support/Logic

(Replace USERNAME with your username)

Logic Studio In Action With Dave “Switch” Taylor

Graham English — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:29:01 +0000

It’s inspiring to hear what one man can do with a MacBook Pro, Logic Studio, and an Apogee Duet. “I try to spend an hour or so a day just making up patches and having some fun with the ES1 or some other synth, trying to make up my own new sounds as well as weird drum kits,” he says. And that’s how you master Logic Studio.

While still on the road, then later in his home studio, Taylor produced most of the songs for Kala entirely in Logic Pro, running Logic’s host plug-ins and virtual instruments on the same well-traveled laptop. “Pretty much everything on Kala was done within Logic,” says Taylor.

Full Article: Logic Studio – In Action – Dave “Switch” Taylor: Producing M.I.A.