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 Logic Express
Providing a step up from Garageband and a price tag of $299.00,
Apple's Logic express is pretty feature packed. It contains an extensive array of music instruments from
piano to keyboard.
The software allows for the recording of up to 12 instruments, voices,
environmental sounds and effects, making it more than enough for budding
musicians to record their band or get their tracks backed up.
Logic Express features:
· GarageBand
Integration: Import GarageBand projects and take them to the next level.
· Effects:
Add any combination of 37 high-quality effect plug-ins to the mix.
· Instruments:
Compose with 18 expressive software instrument plug-ins.
· Apple
Loops: Select from more than 1,000 Apple Loops to add color to any song.
· Multi-track
Input/Output: Use up to 12 input and output audio channels.
· Automation:
Record control settings for mixing, effects and software instruments.
· Notation:
Create, edit and print music scores with comprehensive notation editor.
· iTunes
Integration: Import and export songs from iTunes to hear tracks on your
iPod.
· Track
Mixer: Record, mix and adjust on up to 255 stereo tracks on 8 audio buses.
· No
Hardware Limits: Freeze tracks to expand plug-in capacity during
production.
· MIDI
Editing: Enjoy fine control of MIDI editing and processing.
· Easy
Setup: Use the Setup Assistant for easy system configuration.
· Customization:
Customize your setup with user-definable key and MIDI commands.
· Professional
Audio: Edit with high-quality audio resolution of up to 24-bit/96kHz.
· Virtual
Studio: Layering up to 64 simultaneous software instrument tracks.
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In order to use the software instruments, it's best
to consider a midi keyboard with midi in and out ports. We use a Yamaha PSR620 to input our
music to the system. To
communicate with the mac, the keyboard needs to be connected through a low
latency Midi interface which turns the midi signals into signals for the
usb port of the mac.
Apple recommended System Requirements Checklist
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Macintosh computer based around a
PowerPC G4 processor minimum.
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Memory: 512MB minimum (768 MB recommended)
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Operating System: Minimum OS X (10.3)
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Display: a resolution of 1024x768
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DVD rom drive for installation
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Hard Disk Space: Minimum of 4 gigabytes (7200rpm required)
Older versions of logic are available for the
mac. Requiring less processing
power, you can install them on our recommended system and easily do all the
tasks you need.
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G4 Processor Required
Need a mac
that will run Garageband? Call
or email us. We can provide
you with what you need.
We recommend a dual G4 450mHz powermac minimum
£370.00
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The Logic Express Mac
We recommend a
G4 450 dual processor system with 768MB ram, dual 40 gig hard drives at 7200rpm,
DVD rom drive
£370.00
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Did you know:
- Logic Express supports multiple
processors on the Mac?
That's why we recommend a Dual G4
- Apple suggests a second Hard drive
. That way, Logic can work
off one while reading your tracks from the second drive.
- With 2 separate USB buses built
in, the mac will spport your USB peripherals at full speed
- With Firewire 400 ports on board,
your mac will be able to give a sustained 40 megs per second throughput
from external peripherals.
Firewire hard drives will be able to deliver outstanding
performance when recording and playng back music tracks.
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Logic Pro
Now in version 7, Apple's Logic Pro is a serious piece of
software. With it's new instruments
and effects, coupled with loop composition tools it's pretty damn
powerful. This is further
enhanced by the fact that it will tap processor power from networked macs
to further enhance performance.
Imagine a music editing and production suite capable of 128 stereo
streams.
The software package is second to Nuendo in terms of cost ($999),
but you get more plugins and audio instruments than with any other
software.
Logic Pro can be difficult to learn when compared to other
packages, but it is still the best value in terms of quantity of
instruments and effects. The
looping effect is only good when you use the built in loops and fails in
terms of creating your seamless loops from you own previously recorded
audio.
In order to use the software instruments, it's best
to consider a midi keyboard with midi in and out ports. We use a Yamaha PSR620 to input our
music to the system. To
communicate with the mac, the keyboard needs to be connected through a low
latency Midi interface which turns the midi signals into signals for the
usb port of the mac.
The Logic Pro Mac
We recommend a
G4 533 dual processor system with 768MB ram, dual 40 gig hard drives at
7200rpm, DVD rom drive.
£450.00
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Apple recommended System Requirements Checklist
·
Macintosh computer based around a
dual PowerPC G4 processor minimum.
·
Memory: 512MB minimum (768 MB recommended)
·
Operating System: Minimum OS X (10.3)
·
Display: a resolution of 1024x768
·
DVD rom drive for installation
·
Hard Disk Space: Minimum of 4 gigabytes (7200rpm
required)
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G4 Processor Requied
Need a mac
that will run Garageband? Call
or email us. We can provide
you with what you need.
We recommend a dual G4 533mHz powermac minimum
£450.00
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