What’s new in Logic Pro for iPad 3

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Synth Players for Keyboard and Bass

The Keyboard Player and Bass Player include new Synth Player styles that you can use to create realistic instrumental parts in your songs. Synth Player styles for the Keyboard Player include Modulated Pad and Rhythmic Chords, and for the Bass Player they include Pump Bass, 808 Bass, and Sequenced Bass. New parameters are available in the Session Player Editor when using these player styles. See Intro to Synth Player styles.

Chord ID for audio and MIDI regions

Using Chord ID, you can drag an audio or MIDI region to the Chord track and have Logic Pro analyze the chords in the region and add them to the Chord track. You can analyze the chords in an audio or MIDI region and add the chords to the region. Additionally, you can apply chords from the Chord track to a region or apply region chords to the Chord track. See Analyze the chords in an audio or MIDI region.

Quick Swipe Comping

Logic Pro for iPad now features Quick Swipe Comping for audio takes. With Quick Swipe Comping, you can quickly select the best parts from several different takes and combine them into a composite take, or comp. See Intro to takes and comps.

Search with music understanding in the Browser

In the Browser, you can quickly and intuitively search for loops by describing musical characteristics that fit the instrumentation, style, or genre of your project. When you search for loops using the search field, the results list shows search results with music understanding (“Sounds like”) along with matching loop names. Alternatively, you can drag a loop in the Browser to the area above the results list and view similar-sounding loops. See Find sounds in the Browser.

Step Sequencer enhancements

Step Sequencer includes several enhancements that add greater functionality and a more streamlined workflow. Changes include being able to assign rows to chord degrees rather than to fixed pitches; randomization controls for a pattern or for individual rows; additional parameters for note repeats; additional playback modes; additional pattern lengths to support 5/4 and 7/8 time signatures; and reorganized Pattern, Row, and Step inspectors. See Intro to Step Sequencer.

Select button and Select mode for editing

The Select button replaces the former Multiple Select button and has been moved to the left side of the function buttons in the Tracks area and editor menu bars. Tapping the Select button turns on Select mode, and shows the Selection and Functions menus, where you can choose a specific type of selection and a type of operation to perform on the selection, respectively. See Work with function buttons.

Plug-in enhancements

The Vintage Electric Piano, Vintage B3 Organ, and several other plug-ins are now organized in views with related parameters for easier editing. Plug-ins also offer Adaptive Layout in Details view, which preserves the overall horizontal and vertical dimensions of the plug-in and lets you scroll different areas of it into view. See Intro to Details view for plug-ins, Vintage B3 Organ, Vintage Clav, Vintage Electric Piano, ES1, ES2, and Sculpture.

Spatial Playback parameters in the Region inspector

You can add a QuickTime Audio (QTA) file (from an iPhone 16 Pro or another source) to a Logic Pro project and view and edit playback parameters for the file in the Region inspector. You can choose whether the file plays in mono or stereo in the project, isolate voices, and remove ambience. QTA files are supported on iPad models running iPadOS 26 or later. See Apply Spatial Playback processing to QTA files and Audio region parameters.

Other features

The menu bar: Now available in Logic Pro for iPad, the menu bar contains commands for many common and useful functions, separated into functional categories such as File, Edit, and Select. Some menu commands apply to a specific working area, such as the Tracks area or the Mixer. See Work with the menu bar.
Convert a folder stack to a summing stack: You can quickly convert a folder stack to a summing stack. When you convert a folder stack to a summing stack, the main track volume automation of the folder stack is converted to volume automation on the main track aux of the summing stacks. See Create and edit track stacks.
New sound packs: The Visions (Alchemy Synth Pack) and Synth Players sound packs are available to download from the Sound Library. See Download additional sound packs.
New lessons: The Lesson Browser includes lessons for the Synth Players and for Quick Swipe Comping as well as a What’s New in Logic Pro 3 lesson. The Step Sequencer lesson has been revised to describe several recent enhancements, and the Chords lesson has been updated with the new chord analysis feature. Also, lessons in the Lesson Browser now appear with an Updated tag when an updated version is available. See How to get help in Logic Pro.

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