About Logic Pro for iPad

After you subscribe, get started with Logic Pro for iPad’s complete collection of sophisticated creative tools for professional songwriting, beat making, editing, and mixing.

Compatible devices

  • A compatible iPad:
    • iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation or later
    • iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation or later
    • iPad Air 3rd generation or later
    • iPad 8th generation or later
    • iPad mini 5th generation or later
  • A Mac with Logic Pro 10.7.8 or later, if you want work on the same Logic Pro project on both iPad and Mac.

Subscribe to Logic Pro for iPad

When you open Logic Pro for iPad for the first time, you can sign up for a free full-featured trial. Logic Pro for iPad supports family sharing. 

Start a new subscription

  1. Download Logic Pro for iPad from the App Store for iPad.
  2. Open Logic Pro for iPad, then tap Continue.
  3. Tap Annually or Monthly, then follow the onscreen instructions to subscribe using your Apple ID.
  4. You can cancel your subscription at any time during the trial or after it ends.

If you're using a VPN and you can't subscribe to Logic Pro for iPad, check your VPN or other third-party security software.

Manage your subscription

You can change your subscription or cancel it at any time:

  1. In the Settings app, tap your Apple ID, then tap Subscriptions.
  2. Tap Logic Pro.
  3. Tap available options to change your subscription plan or cancel your subscription. 

If you cancel your subscription, you'll still have access to certain features in Logic Pro for iPad:

  • Share a project with another person.
  • Open a project in Logic Pro for Mac.

All other Logic Pro for iPad features are limited until you resubscribe.

Get started with Logic Pro for iPad

To get started, you can create a new project in Logic Pro for iPad. You can also open GarageBand for iOS and Logic Pro for Mac projects in Logic Pro for iPad.

Logic Pro for iPad includes guided lessons to help you learn more about using the app. In the New Project Chooser, tap a guided lesson under Learn and Explore. If you already have a song open, tap the Projects Browser button, then tap Create Project to access the New Project Chooser. Tap See All to access the entire collection of lessons.

You can also download a demo project, pre-populated Live Loops grids, and sound packs containing sounds, Apple Loops, and other content that you can use in your projects.

Use external hardware with Logic Pro for iPad

You can use compatible external audio interfaces, microphones, and MIDI devices (including Bluetooth MIDI devices) with Logic Pro for iPad. By default, Logic Pro for iPad automatically connects to audio devices that you've connected to the port on your iPad. Logic Pro for iPad offers as many simultaneous inputs and outputs as the connected hardware provides.

To adjust audio input, audio output, and MIDI device settings, open a project, tap the More button , then tap Settings. Tap App Settings in the window, then tap an option:

Use plug-ins with Logic Pro for iPad

You can use plug-ins included with Logic Pro for iPad, as well as third-party Audio Units V3 Extensions.

Use included plug-ins

Logic Pro for iPad includes a large collection of professional-quality effect and instrument plug-ins, which are automatically installed when you first download the app. Many of these plug-ins are common to both Logic Pro for iPad and Logic Pro for Mac. When you use them in a project, the settings for these effects will be the same whether you open the project on iPad or Mac. And you can edit the parameters of these plug-ins in the project on both platforms.

Use third-party effects

Logic Pro for iPad supports third-party instruments and effects in the Audio Units V3 Extensions format, which you can download and install from the iPad App Store. 

Depending on the manufacturer, a plug-in that’s compatible with Logic Pro on Mac might have a version in the AU V3 Extensions format that's compatible with Logic Pro for iPad. Those plug-ins need to be installed separately. For iPad, those installers can be obtained from the iPad App Store. On Mac, those installers can be obtained from the Mac App Store or directly from the manufacturer. That way, when you work on a project on both Mac and iPad, you can use the plug-in on both platforms.

Some manufacturers also offer a universal purchase, which lets you purchase the plug-in once but provides installers compatible for both platforms.

If you open a Logic Pro for Mac project on your iPad that uses a plug-in that doesn't have a compatible version for iPad, or you haven't installed the AU V3 Extensions version on your iPad, you’ll see an alert notifying you. Incompatible plug-ins are disabled, but you can still open and edit the project. 

 

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