Logic Pro X - Technical Specifications (by Apple)

Logic Pro X - Technical Specifications (by Apple)

Minimum System Requirements

• macOS 10.12 or later
• 4GB of RAM
• OpenCL-capable graphics card or Intel HD Graphics 3000 or later
• 256MB of VRAM
• Logic Pro X requires 6GB of disk space for a minimum installation or up to 63GB of disk space for the full Sound Library installation
• To use Logic Remote, you need an iPhone 6s, iPad Pro, iPad (5th generation), iPad Air 2, iPad mini 4, or later with iOS 11.

General

• 1220 definable key and MIDI commands
• 90 recallable screens
• 200-step undo history
• Full plug-in latency compensation, also for external audio and MIDI gear
• 1/3840-note resolution for MIDI events

Audio

• Audio file and I/O resolution up to 24-bit/192kHz
• Maximum project length greater than 6 hours at 96kHz; 13 hours at 44.1kHz
• High-end dithering algorithms (POW-r, Apogee UV22HR)
• 64-bit summing engine

Score Editor

• Up to 16 independent voices per part
• Over 4000 predefined chord grids
• Tablature supports up to 16-string instruments with any tuning

Score symbols

• Notes and rests for various lengths
• Auto-adapting multi-bar rests
• Key and time signature symbols
• Clef signs
• Slurs and crescendo/decrescendo symbols
• Various note head types including percussion styles
• Accents, bowing marks, fermatas, and other symbols that apply to specific notes
• Phrasing marks
• Trills and other ornaments, tremolo symbols
• Sustain pedal markings
• Bar lines, repeat signs, and Segno and Coda markings
• Chord symbols
• Chord grids and tablature symbols
• Page and line break symbols
• Support for Bravura font
• MusicXML import and export

Plug-ins and Sounds

Plug-ins

• 69 effect plug-ins including Pedalboard, which includes 35 stompboxes
• 23 software instrument plug-ins
• 9 MIDI plug-ins
• Custom instrument-tuning system including 97 fixed tuning presets, equal-tempered, custom, and Hermode tuning
• 18 instrument and effect plug-ins with True Surround support

Sound Library

• 2894 Patches for Audio, Auxiliary, Software Instrument, and Output tracks
• 7238 Apple Loops covering a wide range of genres
• 991 EXS24 Sampler instruments
• 4161 plug-in settings for 101 plug-ins
• 38 Ultrabeat electronic drum kits with 950 unique drum sounds
• 1060 reverb spaces and warped effects for Space Designer
• 54 groove patterns for Arpeggiator MIDI plug-in

Mixer

• Up to 255 audio channel strips
• Up to 255 software instrument channel strips
• Up to 255 auxiliary channel strips
• Up to 256 busses
• Up to 99 external MIDI tracks
• 15 inserts for internal or Audio Units effect plug-ins
• 8 inserts for internal or Audio Units MIDI plug-ins
• 8 sends per channel strip, pre- or post-fader, or post-pan
• 32 groups for audio, software instrument, or MIDI channel strips

Control Surface Support

Extensive support via control surface plug-ins

• Apogee Electronics GiO
• Apple Logic Remote for iPhone and iPad
• CM Labs: Motor Mix
• Custom Recording Light
• Emagic: Logic Control, XT
• EuCon protocol support for Euphonix / AVID Artist series control surface systems
• Frontier Design Group: TranzPort
• hexler: TouchOSC
• JL Cooper: CS-32, FaderMaster 4/100, MCS3
• KORG: KONTROL49, microKONTROL
• Mackie: Baby HUI, HUI, Mackie Control, C4, Extender, MCU Pro, MCU XT Pro
• M-Audio: iControl
• Novation: all AutoMap-compatible devices
• Radikal Technologies: SAC-2k, SAC-2.2
• Roland: SI-24
• ROLI BLOCKS
• TASCAM: US-2400
• Yamaha: 01V96, 01X, 02R96, DM1000, DM2000
• Comprehensive support for any control hardware via MIDI Learn

Additional plug-ins available from third-party manufacturers

• Frontier Design Group: AlphaTrack
• Jazzmutant: Dexter
• KORG: nanoKONTROL
• M-Audio: Axiom, Axiom Pro, Axiom AIR, Oxygen
• PreSonus: FaderPort
• Roland: V-STUDIO 20
• Smart AV: Smart Console

Surround

Support for all standard surround configurations

• Quadraphonic
• LCRS
• 5.1 (ITU)
• 6.1 (ES/EX)
• 7.1 (SDDS or 3/4.1)

Compatibility

• Open projects from Logic 5 or later
• Open GarageBand songs directly in Logic Pro X
• Support for Core Audio–compliant MIDI and audio hardware
• Support for Audio Units effect, instrument, and MIDI plug-ins
• ReWire support for Propellerhead Reason, Ableton Live, and other compatible applications
• Import/Export of AAF and XML (Final Cut Pro X) projects
• Import/Export of MIDI regions as MIDI files, export of MIDI and audio regions as Apple Loops
• Import/Export music notation to MusicXML
• Play AIFF, WAV (BWF), CAF, SDII, Apple Lossless, eligible MP3, and AAC (noneligible files will be converted to PCM)
• Record AIFF, CAF, and WAV (BWF)
• Bounce to AIFF, WAV (BWF), CAF, MP3, and M4A (Apple Lossless, AAC)
• Burn any bounced audio directly to CD or DVD-A (PCM audio only)