Logic Pro for Mac release notes

Learn about the enhancements and improvements in the most recent versions of Logic Pro for Mac.

Before updating Logic Pro for Mac, make sure to back up the currently installed version of the Logic Pro application and your Logic Pro projects.

New in Logic Pro 12.0

New features and enhancements

• AI Session Players

  • Transform your tracks with the all-new Synth Player, and create keyboard and bass performances with intuitive controls.

  • Generate dynamic synth performances that play notes and manipulate instruments.

  • Use Simple Pad to add lush harmonic layers to your song, and add movement and dynamics with Modulated Pad and Rhythmic Chords.

  • Explore popular synth bass styles including 808 Bass, Pump Bass, and Sequenced Bass to dial in the low end.

  • Use Chord ID to identify chords from any part of your song and Session Players will automatically follow along.

• Sound Library

  • Explore a free, expanding collection of premium sound packs with the brand new Sound Library.

  • Listen to audio previews of any sound packs and install your favorites,

  • Free up storage space by easily deleting packs you are no longer using.

• Other enhancements

  • There is now a setting to allow/disallow having multiple projects open at the same time.

  • The Quantec reverb now offers controls for Pre-delay, Pre-cut, and Pre-level.

  • Step Sequencer can now display MIDI 2.0 data.

  • Logic is now compatible with recordings in Spatial Audio captured on iPhone.

  • Zones in Sampler can now be selected based on their RMS levels.

  • It's now possible to Copy/Paste/Clear individual pages in long Step Sequencer Patterns.

  • It's now possible to limit the maximum boost in the Match EQ filter curve.

  • The Track Inspector now supports multitrack selections.

  • Step Sequencer now offers several new playback modes: Pendulum, Brownian, Arp1, and Arp2.

  • The Use Flex Time option in the Details section of the New Project sheet allows Flex Time to be enabled when creating new projects.

  • It's now possible to create a Pattern region by dragging one-shot sample to Drum Machine Designer.

Stability and reliability

• Resolves an issue where Logic might quit unexpectedly when using VoiceOver to close a project when opening another one.

• Deleting an alias of a MIDI region that's displaying a Score no longer causes Logic to quit unexpectedly.

• Resolves an issue where Logic would quit unexpectedly when importing tracks from a different project.

• Out of Memory no longer appears when a Macro is duplicated in the Environment.

• Resolves an issue where Logic could quit unexpectedly when deleting unused files from the Project Audio window.

• Resolves an issue where Logic would quit unexpectedly when pressing the plus (+) key to increment a value after opening a floating Transport display.

• Logic no longer hangs on quitting if a Nektar Panorama P-series control surface is connected.

• Using the Cut command on an Arrangement Marker no longer causes Logic to quit unexpectedly.

• Logic no longer freezes when dragging an audio file to Sampler in "Split at Silence" mode, when the result requires creating more than one Group to accommodate the resulting number of Zones.

• Resolves an issue where Logic would quit unexpectedly when loading an EXS instrument with a malformed file name into Sampler.

• Resolves an issue where Logic would quit unexpectedly when choosing "Convert all beat hints to downbeat hints" twice for an Apple Loop in the Smart Tempo editor.

• Resolves an issue where Logic could quit unexpectedly when closing an auto-saved project that had never been manually saved.

• Logic no longer hangs when opening certain projects saved in versions prior to Logic Pro 11.2.

• Fixes an issue where Logic could quit unexpectedly when a second control surface parameter is learned immediately after a first one.

• Resolves an issue where Logic would quit unexpectedly when sending a long Sysex message from a Lua script.

Performance

• Performance is improved when rubber-band selecting with a Nektar CS12 connected Logic.

• Performance is improved when creating tracks when a Console Fader 1 device is in use with Logic.

• Performance is improved when learning Control Surface assignments in cases where a large number of assignments have already been created.

Accessibility

• VoiceOver now reads out the Enable Performance checkbox for Live Loops.

• When inserting a Loop into the Live Loops grid, VocieOver now announces which cell it's being added to.

Chords and Chord Track

• The contextual menu for chords now offers options to transpose + or - 1 semitone.

• It's now possible to start/stop playback while the Chord picker is open.

• Shift- rubber band selection now works in the Chord Track.

• Resolves an issue where using Option + Arrow Up on a key signature in the Chord Track could unexpectedly transposes it up by two semitones instead of one.

• The Region Chord editor no longer shows the Root Note as “Undef” after setting the region Pitch Source to Region Chords and then deleting the chords from the region.

• Deleting Region Chords from a Pattern Region no longer incorrectly deletes chords from the Chord Track.

• Fixes an issue where pasting a single chord copied from a Chord Group could unexpectedly create two chords.

• Chords that slightly precede to position of a song key change are now transposed.

• Newly created chords are now 1 bar long by default.

• Region inspectors now offer a switch to select Region Chords or Global Track as the source for chord follow.

• Resolves an issue where copied chords or chord groups might be offset by one bar.

• The Chord Picker now recalls the MIDI Input setting when reopened within the same session.

Automation

• The Track Header now shows the current value for MIDI automation, as expected.

• When recording automation with MIDI regions, the region start value for automation that was entered after the start of recording is now set to the first value recorded.

• All automation settings in the Piano Roll now reset to their default values when Option-clicked.

• When dragging volume automation, the tooltip now shows the value change in dB as expected.

• Adjustments to audio region fades in the Inspector now immediately show when Automation view is active.

• Newly created automation rows now show the current values for the parameters.

• Touch Trim mode no longer overwrites existing automation instead of updating it.

• The Region Based automation display no longer incorrectly displays two discrete MIDI CC events as interpolated.

• The "Delete Redundant Automation Points" command no longer deletes some non-redundant points as well.

• Regions now display region-based automation they contain.

• Steep automation curves now have finer resolution.

• The timing of MIDI Pitch Bend automation is improved.

Alchemy

• The Spin Rate control in the Transform Pad is now a menu with a list of the available rate divisions.

• It is no longer possible to move the sample length marker beyond the end of the loaded sample.

• Logic no longer shows an error when loading Alchemy patches with the "Open Plug-in windows in Control view by default" setting enabled.

• Changing from Complex to Sine in the Additive Details page now works correctly.

• Additional controls in Alchemy and Sample Alchemy are now assignable via MIDI Learn.

• It's now possible to fine-tune nodes in MSEG or Modmaps while Snap mode is active.

Sampler, Quick Sampler, and Sample Alchemy

• Quick Sampler now reliably displays all parameters when loading saved presets as expected

• Preview Mode in Sample Alchemy now reliably records the note selected in the Preview Mode setting as expected.

• It's now possible to drag an alias of an audio file to Sampler.

• Fixes an issue where Impulse responses could be re-exported when saving edits to Sample Alchemy patches.

• If the Samples file browser is showing a files on an external volume, ejecting the volume now resets the browser to the Samples Folder root view.

• Sample Alchemy now offers dotted and triplet based values for Arp and Bow rate.

• The Bow Rate and Arp Rate controls now snap to set values.

• Dragging the center of the zoom control in Sample Alchemy now moves the entire zoom range.

• Targets for LFO s and Mod Matrix are now reliably shown in Sound Library patches for Quick Sampler.

• Preview Key and Root Key values in Sample Alchemy can now be adjusted by typing them in.

• Waveform zoom in Trim mode for Sample Alchemy, Sampler and Quick Sampler now works with a simple scroll gesture on Track Pad or Magic Mouse, and with the scroll wheel on a mouse.

Studio Instruments

• Notes no longer hang in Studio Piano when playing in Cycle mode with "Cycle Pre-processing" enabled.

• Resolves issues with hanging MIDI notes in Studio Horns.

• The range setting in Modern Slap style in Studio Bass works as expected.

• Sustain automation on Studio Piano tracks now plays back correctly when the track and region are now selected.

Plug-ins

• A single-click on a block in the re-ordering strip now toggles the effects block in Step FX and Phat FX.

• Changing the step length of bipolar controls in Step FX now works for both the bottom and top half of the control.

• The output format of instances of the Vienna Sample Library VEPro AUv3 plug-in now switch to 7.1 when the project surround format is set to 7.1.

• It's now possible to use the keyboard to set the Frequency control in Ringshifter.

• Option dragging a plug-in to copy it to a new insert slot no longer causes the plug-in window to open.

• Resolves an issue where dragging a plug-in over another plug-in to swap their positions in a channel strip could close their open plug-in windows.

• AUv3 plug-in windows can now be resized as expected

• Meters in latency-compensated plug-ins are now correctly in sync with the audio.

• Low Latency mode now accounts for latency introduced by Mastering Assistant.

• The Melodyne (ARA) plug-in window size can now be freely scaled.

• Software Instruments now respond to MIDI Mono Mode messages.

• Filter cutoff for Logic's ES series synthesizer instruments is now assigned to CC74 (brightness), by default.

• Fixes an issue where held sustain pedal messages could cause Studio Strings to stop playing.

• The Auto Compensate Latency button in the External Instrument plug-in now works as expected.

• The search string “Leslie” now shows the Rotor Cabinet plug-in.

Mixer

• Apple Intelligence Writing Tools are now available in Mixer Track notes in the Notepad.

• Enabling the Record button on Software Instrument tracks now puts them into Live Input mode until Record is disengaged.

• Resolves an issue where dragging an audio plug-in to a new insert on the same channel strip could change the MIDI channel of displayed MIDI CC data on the track.

• Signals routed to an Aux via sends now follow the Pan Law settings as expected.

• The top track in a selected edit group is now the target when pasting.

Session Players

• Electronic Drummer now follows chords more accurately

• Session Piano Player now follows chord progressions with rapid chord changes when set to the Freely style, as expected.

• Adjusting the left corner of an Acoustic Drummer region no longer changes fills in the middle or end of the region.

• The Simple Pad style in Keyboard Session Player now trigger the first chord as expected when "Start Note" is set to negative values.

• The Simple Pad style in the Keyboard session Player regions are no longer empty if the region start and end are in the middle of a chord.

Drummer and Drum Machine Designer

• Drum Machine Designer can now be replaced or removed from a Software Instrument Channel Strip.

• The Output note display for a Drum Machine Designer pad using Quick Sampler now updates when a sample with a different root note is loaded.

• The Output note for a Drum Machine Designer pad using Quick Sampler now updates when Recorder in Quick Sampler is used to create a sample.

• A Drum Machine Designer instance inserted after choosing the Reset Settings command now has the correct default settings.

• It's now possible to replace Drum Machine Designer pads with dragged samples no matter what instrument is currently assigned.

• Session Drum Kits now consistently respond to MIDI Stop Crash command.

Step Sequencer

• A step can now be set to play only on the first or last loop of a Pattern region.

• Step Sequencer offers a number of new pattern lengths optimized for 5/4 and 7/8 time signatures.

• Resolves an issue where capturing automation data in Mono Mode could unexpectedly delete note steps.

• Step note pitches in Step Sequencer can now follow the Chord Track.

• The Pattern Inspector now includes a setting for Loop Start/End.

• Pattern Regions now support region chords.

• Note values can now be displayed as Scale Degree.

• Randomization can now be targeted to specific controls

• Note repeats and offsets can now be freely controlled per step.

• Randomization of Velocity can now be constrained to a specific range of values.

• MIDI Pitch Bend is now properly recorded when live recording into Step Sequencer.

• Sample can now be dragged directly into Step Sequencer instances on Drum Machine Designer tracks.

• Pattern Regions created using the Repeat command now follow the Pitch Source of the original region.

• MIDI automation rows now immediately update to reflect changing the "Set MIDI Display as" setting.

• New values for subrows now immediately update when the sub rows are not displayed.

Stem Splitter

• Stem Splitter no longer allows processing to start when none of the output options are enabled.

• Audio files created by Stem Splitter include tempo data from source as expected.

• The Submix checkbox in Stem Splitter now remains available after all but one part has been deselected in the Submix configuration page.

• Region-based automation from a source region is now transferred as Track Automation to the Stem track stack when the "Move Track Automation with Regions" preference is set to Never.

Takes and comping

• Copying and pasting Take regions and Comps now works on tracks that are members of a Group.

• Using the disclosure triangle on a Take folder no longer causes unexpected track selections.

• Takes in an open Takes folder now display correctly when Zoom Focused Track is enabled

• Resolves an issue where take folders that contain empty space are could be unexpectedly truncated when splitting, using Repeat, or dragging them to new tracks in cases where the No Overlap option is enabled.

Track Stacks

• It's now easier to select a channel strip within a Track Stack when Follow Track Stacks is disabled.

• The Convert to Sampler Track command now follows the output routing of the source audio track in cases where the track is in a Track Stack.

Track Alternatives

• The Delete Section Between Locators (Global) command now correctly deletes the corresponding section of inactive and hidden Track Alternatives.

Bounce, export, and sharing

• “Alternative Name” is now available as a name pattern element when exporting tracks as audio files.

• Bouncing a file with the same name as the folder it's being written to no longer triggers an unnecessary request to replace the file.

• Group Name" is now available as a file name element when exporting tracks.

• Fixes an issue where audio files shared as AAC could be unexpectedly large when the Lossless option had previously been set in the Bounce window.

• MIDI regions that have been moved away from their original recorded positions can now be reliably exported as MIDI files.

• The Bounce window no longer incorrectly shows 320 kbps as an available bit rate for mono M4A files.

• Using a Marquee selection to bounce a portion of a region to a track now works reliably.

• Exported MIDI regions now take "Clip Length" and other region parameters into account.

• When bouncing a project with an active cycle zone, the cycle zone indicator in the Ruler now remains visible.

Flex

• Fixes an issue where adjusting the left border of a flexed region could cause the flexed content to unexpectedly shift position.

• When Speed selected as the Flex Mode, the region inspector no longer offers unavailable Transpose parameters.,

• Waveforms in regions displaying Flex-time edits no longer shift position unexpectedly when scrolling or changing the zoom level.

• Resolves an issue where trimming the left border of a flexed region could unexpectedly shorten it if "Snap Edits to Zero Crossings" is enabled.

• Fixes an issue where audio recordings made Cycle Mode on the first track in a project with Flex & Follow enabled could be unexpectedly truncated when there are no existing regions on the track.

• Resolves an issue where the Anchor might not be visible when Flex & Follow is enabled on the track.

• Fixes an issue where new regions created on the left side of the division of existing quantized audio regions could be unexpectedly truncated if Search Zero Crossings is enabled.

Live Loops

• Resolves an issue where selecting a Session Player cell in the Live Loops grid could cause the Cell and Track Inspectors to open.

• The commands "Select All Following Cells" and "Select All Following Cells for Same Track" now work when one or more empty cells are selected.

MIDI

• Fixes an issue where changing the icon for a Multi Instrument and its sub-channels could delete custom bank messages.

• MIDI regions created by joining multiple regions no longer contain CC data that was outside the original region boundaries.

• There is now a global setting to enable MIDI Mono Mode when loading an instrument plug-in or patch.

• It's now possible to view MIDI 2.0 data in Step Sequencer.

Global tracks

• Resolves an issue where using Shift to select multiple Arrangement Markers might not work as expected.

• It's now possible to rename a Marker in the Marker track while the Marker List is open.

• Custom Arrangement Marker names now appear in the dropdown menu.

Control surfaces and MIDI controllers

• Setting a Mackie compatible control surface to Large Nudge mode while a MIDI cell has focus in the Live Loops grid no longer causes an endless loop of commands top be triggered.

• User assignments that don't include a value change message for Mackie compatible control surfaces are now retained as expected after the Controller Assignment editor is closed.

• The Recording Light control surface now sends MIDI channel 1 messages on Channel 1 as expected.

• Custom assignment for Mackie compatible control surface now work as expected.

• The Control Surface Setup window now hides MIDI ports that are disabled in MIDI settings rather than listing them as Invalid Port.

• When a plug-in window has focus, a connected control surface that support plug-in editing now automatically displays the plug-in controls.

• Assignments pinned to a track in a project now show up as expected in the Controller Assignments window when the project is opened.

• User created assignments for Mackie Control compatible control surfaces are now reliably stored in the correct locations.

• It is now possible to exclude certain types of events such as Notes or Sustain events from MIDI Learn.

• Logic faders linked to a Behrigner X-Touch in control mode no longer send random MIDI messages when the learned assignment "Value -> Multiply" setting is set to -1.00 (Invert range).

• It's now possible to set "Pinned to Track" as the default mode for new learned controller assignments.

• Assigning MIDI controllers to Key Commands now remains available reliably after the computer has been idle.

• Nektar CS12 control surfaces remain available after the computer is idle for a period of time.

• The MIDI Learn toolbar display now shows the correct On/Off state as expected for the currently selected control.

• Resolves an issue where closing the Controller Assignments window without making any changes could cause the MIDI Learn toolbar display to stop working.

• Manually learned control surface Fader Bank messages now show color bars in the Mixer, as expected.

• The display of assignments in the Control Surface Assignments window is improved.

• Control surfaces that show Cycle status now display the cycle status as expected when the Control Surface Setup window has focus.

• Deleting a zone that contains one or more modes, or deleting a mode, no longer unexpectedly affects other modes.

• When searching in the Controller Assignments window, Command-G can now be used to select the next matching result for the search term.

• Assignments for control surface global clock parameters now support direct mode.

• The key command to learn a controller assignment without opening the Controller Assignments window now works correctly.

• HUI compatible control surfaces now show level meter activity on channel 8.

• Using MIDI Learn to assign a control to a Source Handle in Sample Alchemy no longer blocks MIDI Learn from assigning additional controls.

• Assigning an existing hardware controller to a new assignment now replaces the previous assignment.

• The "Fill consecutive rows of assignments" command in the Controller Assignments window now sets up Touch-Release messages correctly.

• Assignments from MIDI controllers that use realtime transport commands can now be learned.

• Fixes an issue where switching off a connected Nektar CS12 control surface could unexpectedly change the MIDI Port setting for an External Instrument.

• The MIDI Learn toolbar button now shows the current state of MIDI Learn as expected in the Controller Assignments window.

• Resolves an issue where using encoders on a Launch Control XL3 could unexpectedly disable some faders on the device.

Key Commands

• There are now key commands to control the display of Automation Subtracks.

• Key commands to go to the start or end of the Audio File Editor window now work as expected.

• There are now key commands to trigger functions in plug-in header menus.

• Deleted control surface assignments in the Key Commands window are now immediately removed.

• The Key commands "Toggle Solo Tracks (Channel Strips) of Selected Regions/Cells" and "Engage Solo Tracks (Channel Strips) of Selected Regions/Cells" now toggle off any solo'ed tracks if they are triggered with nothing selected.

• There are new key commands to specify which Global Track is displayed in Single Global Track view mode.

• There's a new Key Command to apply key signatures from Apple Loops to the Global Track.

Undo

• Undoing a change to a region border no longer also reverts Flex Pitch edits made to the region.

Smart Tempo

• "Apply Region Tempo to Project Tempo" now correctly aligns the downbeats of regions with a 6/4 time signature to the nearest downbeat in the project.

Sound Library

• Channel Strip settings for the Mixer and Selection Based processing are now available as expected.

Spatial Audio

• Bounced Atmos projects no longer have an unexpected fade at the start.

• Manually adjusted Trim controls for 5.1.4 downmixes are written as expected to ADM exports.

Screensets

• Setting up a screenset that shows only SMPTE/Beat counters no longer blocks other screensets from being recalled.

Recording

• Playback now works as expected after recording audio if Software Monitoring is off, and Quick Punch is on.

Score

• Key commands for zoom in the Score window now work correctly.

• The right end of a slur can now be dragged to another note.

• Chord symbols no longer display overlapped in bars that use the bar repeat symbol.

• Copy/Pasting notes in the Score now works as expected when the region contains notes more than 1/4 note before the start of the region.

Import

• In cases where multiple video clips in an FCPXML file have the same start time, Logic now always imports the longest clip.

• User created audio files stored in the project folder now import reliably into the project.

Editing

• Notes in the Piano Roll that precede the region start now show Velocity handles.

• When time-stretching a MIDI region, the stretched result is shown in real time as the region is adjusted.

• The Piano Roll automation display now shows the region-based automation parameter the project was saved with.

• Select All Muted Notes in the Piano Roll now works when nothing is selected to start with.

• The Delete Duplicate Events command in the Event List now works as expected.

• A new Scale Snap option allows MIDI notes to be aligned to a specific scale either while entering them, or after they have been recorded or inserted

General

• Snap Regions to Absolute Value is now the default Snap setting.

• Select All now reliably selects all Flex Pitch notes in the Audio Track Editor when Global Tracks are also displayed.

• Commands for selecting regions or tracks now consistently omit hidden tracks and their regions.

• Resolves an issue where notes might hang at meter changes on Studio Strings tracks.

• The state of the Protect MIDI checkbox in Beat mapping is now retained when a project is saved and then reopened.

• SMPTE locked MIDI regions can now be split, as expected.

• Zooming over the Track List with the scroll wheel now keeps focus on the beginning of the track as expected.

• Activating Track Solo on a track with the Power switch deactivated now reactivates it.

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Previous versions

Logic Pro 11.2.2

Stability and reliability

• Resolves an issue where Logic Pro might quit unexpectedly when opening the Surround Panner on a track in which the first plug-in insert slot is empty.

• Resolves an issue where text and chords in the Score could be missing after opening a saved project.

• Fixes an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly after undoing the creation of a fader.

• Improves compatibility with projects created in previous versions of Logic.

• Resolves an issue where setting an Environment fader object to Text style in the Inspector could cause Logic to quit unexpectedly.

Plug-ins

• Recently installed Audio Unit plug-ins are available in Logic Pro as expected.

• Audio Unit plug-ins that were disabled in the Audio Unit Plug-in Manager now appear there as expected after a Full Audio Unit Reset has been performed.

Control surfaces and MIDI controllers

• Learned controller assignments for "Insert Bypass" are now reliably assigned to the correct plug-in insert.

• Learning a new assignment for a control now replaces an existing assignment rather than causing it to trigger both.

Automation

• Bypass state is now shown in the correct automation lane of Software Instrument tracks.

Logic Pro 11.2.1

Stability and reliability

• Resolves an issue where Logic Pro would quit unexpectedly when loading certain projects in Rosetta mode.

• Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly after repeatedly recording in a project that includes Step Sequencer.

• Fixes an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when hovering the mouse pointer in the channel strip inspector over a Software Instrument that uses a sidechain input.

• Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when disabling Flex Time.

• Resolves an issue where Logic Pro would quit unexpectedly when recording multiple takes into a MIDI cell with "Rec-Length" set to "Cell Length" in the Live Loops grid.

• Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when loading .lso projects created in legacy versions.

Performance

• Performance is improved when using the Marquee tool on tracks that are members of a Group.

Flashback Capture

• When using Flashback Capture in Cycle mode, an unfinished final take is now captured.

• When Flashback Capture is used to record multiple takes, more than four takes can now be captured and the first take is now included.

• The first take is no longer missing when recording multiple takes with Flashback Capture on a MacBook Pro using built-in audio.

Stem Splitter

• Stem Splitter no longer introduces a sample shift with 48 kHz files.

Plug-ins

• Resolves an issue where the rate control in the Arpeggiator plug-in, and the Bow Rate in Sample Alchemy could unexpectedly show "%" after the time value label.

• The scroll wheel on a third party mouse now correctly adjusts the Q-factor on an EQ band in Channel EQ.

• External Instrument plug-ins now show the name configured for MIDI devices in Audio/MIDI Setup.

• Names of plug-ins that are not installed on the system are now shown as expected on the channel strip insert slot.

• Plug-in manager now retains user settings after quitting and restarting Logic Pro.

Control surfaces and MIDI controllers

• Nektar CS12 control surfaces now display labels for learned controller assignments.

• Rotary encoders on control surfaces and MIDI controllers now work correctly.

• MIDI Status in the Recording Light control surface is now shown correctly, and can be edited.

• Opening and closing the Controller Assignments window in Logic Pro no longer causes numeric displays on a connected Mackie MCU Pro control surface to be blank.

• Recording Light now reliably sends the message "Data 1: Recording" to control surfaces when Logic Pro starts recording.

Mixer

• Using tab to navigate while renaming sub-tracks in a multi-output instrument now selects the correct sub-channels.

Editing

• Clicking on a note in the Piano Roll Editor keyboard now selects only the clicked note.

General

• Holding the T key no longer causes the Tools menu to open and close repeatedly.

• A hidden track is no longer unhidden if it is selected in a second Main window that is showing hidden tracks.

• MIDI regions created by copy/pasting a Marquee selected portion of an existing region now contain the MIDI events outside the borders of the Marquee selection.

Logic 11.2

New Features and enhancements

• Flashback Capture

  • Recover and save a spontaneous performance that otherwise may have been lost because Logic Pro was not set to record.

  • Enable cycle mode to improvise multiple takes, without the pressure of being in record – Logic Pro can then retrieve them to a take folder, or multiple new tracks.

  • Use Flashback Capture on almost any source (MIDI, audio or external instruments) to capture dynamic performances as they happen.

• Enhanced Stem Splitter

  • Split stems from audio recordings with even greater audio fidelity — now with support for guitar and piano.¹

  • Use the new submix feature to create a custom audio file, like an instrumental or just drums with bass.

  • Use presets to quickly make sets of commonly used stem mixes like acapella, instrumental, instrumental with vocal, and more.

• Writing Tools in the Notepad

  • Explore ideas like song lyrics, chords, and more using ChatGPT with integrated Writing Tools.²

• New Sound Packs

  • Dancefloor Rush delivers peak-time Drum and Bass with hard-hitting synths and drums.

  • Magnetic Imperfections brings unpredictable charm to every sound, evoking the unpolished soul of analog tape.

  • Tosin Abasi brings his flavor of progressive metal guitar, with boutique amps and effects, distinctive picking styles, and signature crushing riffs.

• Search and Select

  • Navigate large projects with ease by searching and selecting tracks by name or track number.

• Other new features include:

  • Undo History is now saved with each project.

  • It is now possible to search for and select tracks by name and track number

  • When a portion of a MIDI region is copy and pasted using a Marquee selection, the pasted copy of the region now includes data from the original region outside the borders of the Marquee selection.

  • The Dolby Atmos plug-in now offers a Direct 2.0 monitoring option.

  • There is now an option to create a new empty take in MIDI Take folders.

  • The Chord Track can now be imported from a different Logic Pro project.

  • The Dolby Atmos plug-in now offers an option to switch the rendering mode between Music and Movie.

  • The Mixer can now be configured to show long faders.

  • Ableton Link and MIDI Clock can now be output at the same time.

  • It's now possible to create a marker from a Marquee selection.

  • Folder Stacks can now be directly converted to Summing Stacks.

Stability and reliability

• Resolves an issue that could cause Logic Pro to quit unexpectedly when selecting multiple regions by clicking and dragging while scrolling.

• Fixes an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when receiving MTC when no project is open.

• Logic Pro no longer hangs when importing audio files from directories that contain unresolved aliases.

• Choosing Assign Track Icon from the Tracks menu while the selected track is out of view no longer leaves Logic Pro in an unresponsive state.

• Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when switching from the Audio Track editor to the Audio File editor with Flex enabled.

• Logic Pro no longer hangs when the Alchemy preset Fairy Wings is loaded.

• Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when clicking on a chord in the Chord Track.

• Fixes an issue where selecting Dual Mode in the Pedalboard plug-in could cause Logic Pro to quit unexpectedly.

• Resolves an issue in which Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when browsing through Ultrabeat presets.

Accessibility

• VoiceOver can now be used to open the Chord Edit menu for Chord regions.

• VoiceOver now correctly reads out the names of the instrument groups in the Session Player Drummer editor.

• VoiceOver now reads out the numbers for chord names using Roman Numerals in the Chord track.

• VoiceOver now reads out the names of the "Fill amount" and "Fill complexity" controls in Session Drummer.

• VoiceOver now reads out values on the Mini Level Meter in the Mixer.

• Resolves an issue where using VoiceOver to interact with the audio file row for a region in the Project Audio window caused Logic Pro to quit unexpectedly.

Stem Splitter

• The Track Stack created by Stem Splitter now uses the same output as the source track.

• Stem Splitter now retains selection settings while working in a Logic Pro project.

Mixer

• When Link mode is enabled, a Surround/Object Panner windows now update to show the panner for channels selected in the Mixer that are not in the Track List.

• Command-clicking the Mute button on a VCA channel strip or Output channel strip now mutes all channel strips of the same type, as expected.

• When the input format for a channel strip is changed with a key command, inserted plug-ins now switch to the matching format.

• Shift-clicking a send slot or output slot on a channel strip in the Mixer now highlights the correct destination as expected.

• Rearranging the order of channel strips in a second Mixer window with Wide Channel Strips enabled no longer can cause elements on the channels to display incorrectly.

• The Output Meter in the Control Bar now displays levels for channels that are panned all the way to the right.

• The Input Monitoring button on audio tracks set to No Input is now dimmed.

• The Record Arm button on audio channels with no input set is now dimmed.

• The Mixer view now scrolls as expected when dragging a channel strip to the left past the currently visible area.

• A channel strip preset selected in the Tracks Area Inspector is now immediately reflected in the Mixer.

• The Mixer now displays track numbers correctly when there are additional automation lanes showing or disclosed Take Folders in the Track Area.

• Resolves an issue where assigning multiple selected channel strips to No Output would only change the first item in the selection.

• The Sound Library browser is no longer blank in an independent Mixer window when a disclosure triangle to the left of a channel strip slot in an open Main window.

• The Input Monitoring button now works as expected on Record-enabled audio tracks.

• VCA assignments are now retained for tracks dragged out of a Track Stack.

Smart Tempo

• Resolves an issue where applying Time Signature Hints could affect downbeats in a locked range.

• When “Snap to transients” is enabled, Hints are reliably placed precisely on the nearest transient to the position clicked.

• The Convert Beat Hints command now only converts hints in the selected portion of the audio file.

• When a range with Hints that have not yet been applied is locked in the Smart Tempo Editor, a prompt to Apply Changes is now shown.

• Set Average Tempo no longer affects locked ranges in the Smart Tempo Editor.

• The Apply Changes button is now immediately activated whenever a Beat Hint is converted to a Downbeat Hint, or vice versa.

• When moving Beat Hint markers from right to left toward another hint marker, the left marker now moves to the left when the minimum distance is reached, to prevent overlaps.

• Signature Hints are now removed when half tempo (/2) is used over the section containing them.

• When a portion of a locked range is selected, Unlock Range now only applies to the selected area, rather than the whole previously locked range.

• The Tempo track now shows the correct tempo as expected when applying region tempo to the project in the Smart Tempo editor.

• Resolves an issue where setting an average tempo for a selection could move beat markers at the border of the selection.

• Resolves an issue where performing Tempo Analysis in the Smart Tempo Editor on a track originally created using Free Recording with "Don't analyze region tempo or change project tempo" would set the tempo to Constant, even if it contains variable tempo.

• Fixes an issue where creating a Smart Tempo Multitrack Set would analyze the files in cases where the tempo in the files has already been analyzed and is the same.

• Regions bounced to a track with Flex and Follow enabled respond to tempo changes immediately as expected.

Spatial Audio and surround

• Fixes an issue where a Normalize progress bar could unexpectedly displays when exporting to ADM BWF.

• The Top speakers now output sound when the Atmos renderer is set to Renderer for Display Speakers.

• 5.1.0 and 7.1.0 are now supported as Surround Bed formats in Dolby Atmos.

• Settings can now be saved and recalled for the Atmos Plug-in.

• Signals placed at + 90º or -90º in the Surround panner now output as expected when the Renderer for Apple Display monitoring setting is used in the Dolby Atmos plug-in.

• Channel Strip Surround and Object Pan controls now include a fader to control Elevation.

• Surround regions now display glyphs that accurately represent the number of channels in the recording.

• The surround format of audio files is now displayed in the Project Audio window.

Automation

• Snap Automation is now automatically activated when a snap value is selected.

• “Autoselect Automation parameter" now works on all instances of the same track.

• Resolves an issue where deleting Program Change track automation could delete the contents of the entire track.

• The Cut command no longer performs Copy when used on selected track automation.

• It's now possible to persistently disable “Record Automation with MIDI Regions” and “Record Automation with Audio Regions.”

• Fixes an issue where using the key command to repeat automation on a Drum Machine Designer Track Stack could repeat the region as well.

• The Copy Section between Locators and Insert Section at Playhead commands no longer create duplicate automation points.

• Help tags now show the correct velocities for multiple selected notes in region-based Automation views.

• Logic Pro no longer displays closely spaced stepped automation points as if they were interpolated.

Studio Instruments

• Improves the response of the Studio Piano when repeating notes of the same pitch are played using the Studio Grand (1-mic) setting.

• Fixes an issue where low notes in the Studio Piano could be cut-off unexpectedly when lifting the sustain pedal while playing very high notes.

Mastering Assistant

• Toggling the Bypass control in Mastering Assistant during playback no longer causes unexpected noises in the output.

Plug-ins

• Option-dragging to copy a Marquee selection in the Tracks area no longer causes unsaved changes in open plug-in windows to reset unexpectedly.

• Resolves an issue where removing Plug-in Categories from Plug-in Manager could lead to the Logic Pro sub-menu in the plug-in slots disappearing.

• All Plug-in Categories can now be deleted in Plug-in Manager.

• Default Plug-in categories in the Plug-in Manager are now deleted on the first try as expected.

• The Drive and Resonance knobs in Phat FX no longer show as active when the Filter module is turned off.

• The link state of open plug-in windows is no longer lost when closing the Tuner.

• Plug-ins with custom names of more than 64 characters now show as expected in the plug-in selection menu.

• Channel Pressure events are now sent with their correct values from Scripter.

• Scrolling up on controls in plug-ins using a scroll wheel or swipe gesture on a mouse now works consistently in all cases.

• MIDI plug-ins can now map to both axes of an X/Y pad in a plug-in.

• Resolves an issue where MIDI notes played through AUv3 Software Instruments could get stuck when navigating the timeline.

• It is now possible to map both the Vintage Organ Morph/Wah and Leslie controls to the same CC number.

• The center point for the Frequency control in Ringshfter is now 0 Hz, as expected.

• The QRS reverb now offers a Phase Reversal switch for first Reflections.

• It is now possible to define the LSB and MSB separately for bank select messages from the External Instrument plug-in,

• Resolves an issue where plug-ins that have no user default setting saved could incorrectly show the setting name as User Default when a project is loaded.

• Plug-in search now shows results when the search string omits special characters that are in the plug-in name, such as dashes.

• Controls in the QRS reverb can now be adjusted using scroll.

• Inactive plug-ins now reliably show the correct label.

• Plug-in search now works in the plug-in side-chain input selector.

Alchemy

• Sustain Off messages are now handled correctly when using Alchemy with the Arpeggiator MIDI plug-in.

• Resolves an issue where notes from MPE/MIDI Mono mode controllers could cut off unexpectedly in Alchemy.

• Presets that include Spectral Effects now reliably play the effects on the first try.

• Notes shared between two different Chord Triggers are no longer unexpectedly dropped.

• Rapidly triggered notes with short release times now have a consistent timbre.

• If Mono Mode is disabled in Alchemy or Sample Alchemy, the Mono Mode bend Range control is now dimmed, as expected.

• Resolves an issue where the Compare function might not work properly after making changes to the Transform Pad.

• Fixes an issue where short notes followed by another note with no gaps in between are sometimes silent.

• It's now easier to precisely adjust the Loop length of a sample in Alchemy.

Sampler, Quick Sampler, and Quick Alchemy

• The window height of the Sampler plug-in can now be adjusted when the zoom is set to 200%.

• The Consolidate check box now displays as expected when saving a Sampler instrument.

• Sample Alchemy now offers an Export Audio File option.

• Sampler no longer allows Envelope values greater than can be reproduced to be entered.

• Resolves an issue where saving a patch that includes a Sampler instrument could unexpectedly modify the Sampler instrument file.

• Recordings made in Quick Sampler now match the Bit Depth in the Logic Pro Audio Settings.

• In the Mod Matrix of Sample Alchemy, Arp Rate in the Show by Source submenu of the Target pop-up menu now only appears once, as expected.

Session Players

• Session Player regions now serenaders as expected after multiple Arrangement Markers are copied using Option-drag.

• Changing the project sample rate no longer causes Session Bass Player tracks to sound distorted.

• Replacing a chord progression in the Chord Track now immediately triggers a new performance in the Keyboard Session Player.

• Changing the type of an Arrangement Marker now triggers a new Session Player performance.

• Curved automation created by Session Player plug-ins is no longer written as stepped.

• Session Player editors now update as expected when switching from Live Loops to Tracks View.

• Studio Drummer no longer plays unexpected fills in regions longer than 8 bars.

• A Session Player region created by clicking the Add Session Player Region button at the end of an existing region in the track is created at the correct position, as expected.

• Merge recording over a Session Player region now works in cycle mode.

• "Create Region at Playhead" now works in Session Player tracks when the Playhead is at the start of the project.

Drummer and Drum Machine Designer

• Swapping kit pieces in Drum Machine Designer no longer causes unexpected changes in volume from kit piece to kit piece.

• Fixes an issue where Drum machine Designer could unexpectedly convert to Mono Mode when a Pattern Region on the track is converted to MIDI.

• Resolves an issue where recording on a MIDI track could also trigger all subtracks of a Drum Machine Designer track unexpectedly in certain situations.

Chords and the Chord Track

• New chords are now created with the correct 8-bar default length in projects with time signatures other than 4/4.

• Snap settings are now correctly processed when creating Chords at the current Playhead position.

Bounce and export

• The Bounce regions dialog can now be repositioned on the screen.

• Volume and Pan are now set properly for tracks created with Bounce in Place, and the "Control Change Message 7/10 sets Volume fader/Pan knob for channel strips" project setting is enabled.

• Flatten & Merge, and Bounce in Place now work correctly on tracks with Input Monitoring enabled.

• The contextual menu when converting regions to audio files now updates to reflect the current number of regions selected.

• It is now possible to save the current state of a project when Share as Project is selected.

• Automation is now placed correctly when bouncing a region in place without rendering the automation, in cases where there is automation to the left of the region start.

• An option to bounce ARA plug-ins in place without bouncing the other plug-ins on the channel is now available.

• When converting multiple split stereo file pairs to interleaved, Logic Pro no longer appends an “.L” suffix to the resulting files.

• Sharing to Voice memos now defaults to the highest quality.

Import

• Fixes an issue when importing a Logic Pro project with Tempo Track as one of the import options, the tempo information from the last imported audio file is no longer incorrectly used instead.

• Logic Pro 9 projects can now be opened or imported as expected.

• When importing multiple Apple Loops, the import dialog no longer incorrectly offers the Smart Tempo Multitrack set option.

• Imported AAC files with a low bit rate are now the correct length and playback properly.

Live Loops

• Resolves an issue where Cells created in Session Player tracks could be empty when both the Live Loops grid and Tracks Area are both open,

• Destructive edits applied to audio files applied in the Audio File Editor now play as expected when the region is dragged from the Live Loops Grid to the Tracks Area.

• Changing a patch for a Live Loops cell during playback no longer causes both the Live Loops grid and regions in the Tracks area to play back simultaneously.

• Nested Track Stacks now play as expected when added to a Live Loops cell.

Recording

• When recording MIDI with Region Erase and Autopunch, the replaced area of the region no longer extends to the end of a bar if the Autopunch zone ends inside the bar.

• Record MIDI to Track to Here now works correctly on a duplicated track.

• When recording MIDI in Content Erase mode with Autopunch, only MIDI data within the Drop Zone is erased.

Takes/Comping

• Fixes an issue where unpacking a take folder to “Track of same channel” could cause existing tracks to unexpectedly disappear.

• Selected MIDI Take regions are now deselected as expected when a different MIDI Take region is selected.

Track Stacks

• An instance of the Pitch Correction plug-in inserted on a track with a Track Stack no longer affects other tracks within the stack if the project key is changed.

• MIDI tracks now play back as expected when a project is reopened after unpacking a MIDI Take folder inside a Summing stack, then saving and closing the project.

• Creating a Track Stack with tracks displaying Track Alternatives no longer combines visible alternatives from all tracks to the bottom track in the stack.

Flex Time and Flex Pitch

• Resolves an issue where snippets of a flex pitched track could play back at random times.

• Flex Markers can now be created at transient positions with a short click.

• Flex Pitch notes are now immediately in view when the Track Editor is opened after Flex Pitch is enabled on a track.

• Enabling Flex on a track with Track Alternatives now activates Flex on all inactive tracks as well.

• Flex transients are now more reliably placed at the correct positions.

Step Sequencer

• The value of the Swing slider in the Step Sequencer editor now displays as expected at all window sizes.

• Pattern Regions created from a Marquee selection are now the expected length.

Global Tracks

• Key signatures can now be copied from Apple Loops to the Global Signature track.

• Fixes an issue in projects that start at a position other than 1 1 1 1 where clicking and holding an Arrangement Marker could cause the marker to jump to an unexpected position and delete the regions covered by its new position.

• Option-clicking on a marker in the Global Track now moves the Playhead to the start of the marker, as expected.

• When Single Global Track is chosen by right-clicking on a particular Global Track, the track shown is the one clicked as expected.

• Chords are now displayed again in the Ruler if Global Tracks are hidden, and all markers have been deleted.

• Resolves an issue that could cause tracks to disappear after copy/pasting chord groups in the Chord Track.

• It's now possible to move chords and chord groups in the Ruler with the Global Tracks view closed by pressing the Command key then dragging.

Track Freeze

• Tracks frozen in Source Only mode now play in sync with the rest of the project.

Selection-Based Processing

• Performing Selection-Based Processing with the option Create Take enabled no longer causes a looping on the track immediately under it to stop at the position where the Take was created.

Apple Loops

• Deleting an Apple Loop that includes chords from the Tracks Area now deletes the loops from the Tracks Area as well as the Chord region.

• When multiple Apple Loops from the same loop family are dragged into the Tracks Area of a new project, the project tempo is now changed to match the tempo of the loop family.

• Dragging a MIDI Apple Loop to the Tracks area no longer creates an empty instance of Drum Machine Designer.

• Dragging multiple Apple Loops to the Tracks Area now creates tracks correctly when one or more of the dragged loops uses a Track Stack patch.

Sound Library

• Patch merging set for a track now persists when another track is selected.

• Drum Synth tracks now adopt the name of a preset loaded from the Sound Library, as expected.

• Ultrabeat now reliably plays back the correct samples after saving a project with all assets and then changing the Ultrabeat preset.

Project Alternatives

• Renaming an audio file in a project now updates its references in all Alternatives for the project.

Score

• The Score no longer duplicates the instrument name if the track has regions with different Score Styles and the Fill Gaps option is not enabled in the Global Format settings.

• The Delete Duplicates command is now available for selected notes in the Score.

• Copying and pasting a staff style now adds the staff style rather than replacing the previous one.

Editing

• The Event List editor no longer shows unexpected characters when displaying lyrics that include characters with diacritical marks.

• Specifying a repeat Range with Time Handles in the Piano Roll now works as expected,

• The Slip and Rotate tools now work on tracks inside folders.

• The vertical scale of the keyboard for the Mapped Instrument in the Environment now scales properly to the data rows.

• Resolves an issue where editing note velocities in the Event List could unexpectedly truncate their lengths.

• Fixes an issue where the Event List could incorrectly show a value in the Num column for Aftertouch events.

• Resolves an issue where the playhead could unexpectedly scroll to the project start when a note is duplicated in the Piano Roll

• The cursor now immediately changes to show a tool selected with the "Set ... Tool" command in the Piano Roll.

• The Piano Roll keyboard grid now displays correctly after returning to the previous zoom level after applying Zoom to Fit.

• The playhead in the Piano Roll now continues to move when a contextual menu is opened in the Piano Roll while playing.

• Relative snap now works when dragging notes in the Piano Roll.

• Option-dragging a note in the Piano Roll to the precise position of the right border of the region now extends the region as expected.

Control surfaces and MIDI controllers

• The Bypass All Control Surfaces command now completely bypasses Mackie Control devices.

• There are now separate tabs for MIDI messages and OSC messages in the Controller Assignments editor.

• TouchOSC layouts using the Mackie Control protocol now reliably show track names in new projects.

• Automatic feedback now works when making assignments for 14-bit (Lo7/Hi7) messages.

• The Control Surface Assignment Editor now shows parameter names for parameters learned for other channels that don't exist on the current channel

• Moving a control on an Ableton Move device that has been mapped to a parameter no longer triggers a MIDI note.

• It's now possible to learn controller assignments for multiple instances of the same plug-in on a track.

Logic Remote

• Logic Remote Play Surfaces now switch to MIDI Mono Mode when a track with an instance of Sculpture in Mono Mode is selected.

Undo

• Corrects an issue where undoing an audio recording by selecting Undo from the Edit menu could cause the view to unexpectedly scroll back to an earlier section of the project.

• Applying x2 or /2 in the Smart Tempo Editor now only creates one Undo step.

• Changing a track icon now creates an Undo step.

• Resolves an issue where performing Undo after creating a "New Complete Set" in Score Sets could switches the editor from Score to the Piano Roll.

• Grabbing and releasing a pad without moving it in the Drum Machine Designer window no longer creates an unneeded Undo step.

• Undo now works after deleting ENV or LFO assignments in Sampler

• Undo now works correctly when undoing fader changes to grouped tracks in the Mixer.

General

• Option-dragging multiple selected regions to the end of a project extends the project length to accommodate the copied regions as expected.

• An open contextual menu in the Track Area is now dismissed as expected when a new selecting multiple regions by clicking and dragging.

• There is now a Paste and Match Style option in the Notes window.

• Under Customize Control Bar and Display, there is now an option to toggle between Master Volume and Output Meter

• Logic Pro no longer shows an unexpected “Track [track name] is frozen” alert when copying and pasting track automation with the Marquee tool.

• Custom Project Templates organized into multiple folders are now sorted alphabetically.

• Changing the LCD display mode no longer disables Quick Help.

• Snap to Zero Crossings now works for the right side of audio regions.

• The Q-Reference button is now consistently available in projects or templates created in older versions of Logic Pro.

• The Ticks display in the LCD can now be scrolled with the cursor when Divisions are not shown in the current Display Mode.

• The layout of a Keyboard window and a plug-in window are preserved when switching to a different Desktop and then switch back.

• In projects with many tracks, dragging multiple selected tracks no longer cause the view to unexpectedly scroll to the top.

• Region Gain values are now visible when zoomed in.

• The cycle length in the LCD now displays properly when the display is set to Left/Length and the Time Signature is not 4/4.

• Closing the lid on a portable Mac with an external display connected no longer causes open plug-in windows to disappear unexpectedly.

• The Auto Set Locators command now offers an option to work with selected Chord groups/regions and Markers.

• Cycling through windows with a key command now works correctly when an Event Float window is open.

• Logic Pro now shows a warning if Voice Isolation Mode is active on the system.

• Fixes an issue when a text entry field has focus, and pressing Command-delete could delete regions instead of the text.

• When a region is trimmed by dragging it partially over another region in No Overlap mode, the data outside its new borders is now retained.

• MIDI live playback now works on tracks that are switched off in the Track Header.

• The Track Inspector now immediately shows settings when creating an Audio track by Shift-Option-clicking the Add Tracks button.

• Tapping/clicking the MIDI section of the LCD now sends a MIDI reset as expected.

• When a Marker is divided with the Scissors tool, the marker to the right of the division now ends at the same position as the original single marker, as expected.

• Disabling a Marquee selection during playback no longer mutes audio playback when the end of the previous Marquee selection is reached.

• Copy/pasted text in Notepads is legible as expected.

• When a track is renamed from its default, existing regions on the track are now renamed accordingly.

• Pressing the Enter key on an extended keyboard will now close the Chord Editor, Global Track, or Session Player editor.

• If there is only one available MIDI port for a device, the port name is no longer shown.

• The display of MIDI 2.0 data in the tracks area now consistently follows the format in Settings > View > General > Display MIDI Data As.

Logic Pro 11.1.2

• Auto Input Monitoring now works as expected.

Logic Pro 11.1.1

New features and enhancements

• Logic Pro can now import a two layer recording from Voice Memos as individual tracks.

Stability and reliability

• Resolves an issue where certain projects would hang when Option-clicking on a Track Stack disclosure triangle.

• Resolves an issue where Logic Pro would quit unexpectedly when bypassing control surfaces while the Key Commands window was open.

• Resolves an issue where Logic Pro would quit unexpectedly when replacing the minimum value in a Text Fader with a value larger than the previous maximum.

• Resolves an issue where Logic Pro would quit unexpectedly when rapidly changing synthesis modes in Sample Alchemy after preview playback.

• Logic Pro no longer quits unexpectedly when the Step Editor is opened with no region selected on a Mac with an Intel processor.

• Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when turning on Hermode Tuning.

• Fixes an issue where Logic Pro could become unresponsive when the QRS plug-in window is open.

Mixer

• Plug-ins on Software Instrument tracks are now unloaded as expected when the Off button is activated.

• Duplicating a Software Instrument track with the Off button activated no longer loads its plug-ins.

• Projects saved with input monitoring buttons turned on will now open with the input monitoring state set to Off.

• When both the Record Enable and Input Monitoring buttons are enabled for an audio channel, existing regions on the track will not be audible, as expected.

Plug-ins

• The legacy Electric Piano and Tonewheel Organ software instruments now work correctly.

• Deleted default categories in Plug-in Manager no longer restore unexpectedly after Logic is relaunched.

• Adding a plug-in to the top level of the plug-in menu no longer causes the Amps & Pedals folder to be moved to the top level as well.

• Search for tracks in the Side Chain menu now correctly shows all relevant results.

Flex Time and Flex Pitch

• Join Regions now works as expected when Flex View is active on a track.

Automation

• Automation points are now properly created at region borders when Cut Section between Locators or Insert Section at Playhead are performed.

• Clicking on curves for Relative Pan or Relative Volume no longer causes them to jump to unexpected postions.

Track Stacks

• Performing Drum Replacement in nested Summing Stacks no longer causes tracks in the stack to be deleted.

Apple Loops

• Search in Untagged Loops now works correctly.

Environment

• Typed in values for text faders are now correctly retained when the Lower Range of the fader has been set to a value other than 0.

Control surfaces and MIDI controllers

• Restores the ability to learn a new controller assignment for a parameter that has been already assigned.

• The Channel Strip parameter assignment in the Controller Assignments Expert View now works correctly.

• Using Learn Assignment with Absolute controller messages from a MIDI device now learns the messages in Scaled mode, as expected.

General

• Show/Hide Colors no longer marks a project as edited.

• Long-clicking the Playhead no longer causes it to jump to an unexpected position.

Logic Pro 11.1

New features and enhancements

• With the new Quantec Room Simulator plug-in, add the legendary sound of the most acoustically accurate reverb ever created.

• Channel strips can now be re-ordered directly in the Mixer.

• Plug-ins can now be searched for and added with a Key Command.

• Beat Breaker now includes a Bypass Below control that you can automate to allow low frequencies to remain unprocessed.

• Sampler now offers a new command “Create Zones split at Transients.”

• Multi-track AAC files are now supported.

• The Input and Output assignment fields in the New Track Sheet are now searchable.

• Plug-ins or sends can now be easily removed from a channel strip in the Mixer by Command-clicking them.

• It is now possible to select multiple tracks along with regions using the Marquee tool.

• The Join Regions/Notes command now works on selected Flex Pitch notes.

• There is a new Record setting in the Track Inspector when Internal MIDI In is active that allows incoming MIDI to be recorded along with the internal MIDI.

• In Beat Breaker, the Time Graph is now shown in the background when the view is set to Volume mode.

• Performance is improved in projects with large Scores.

 Stability and reliability

• Resolves an issue where Logic Pro might quit unexpectedly when idle.

• Resolves an issue where Logic Pro might quit unexpectedly when using the Option key to duplicate a track.

• Resolves an issue where automating the Drive parameter for ChromaGlow on an audio track could cause Logic Pro to quit unexpectedly.

• Fixes an issue where opening a project from Recents while another project is open could cause Logic Pro to quit unexpectedly.

• Resolves an issue where Logic Pro might hang when quitting the app.

• Resolves an issue where creating MIDI from a Flexed audio region could cause Logic Pro to quit unexpectedly.

• Fixes an issue where creating a Smart Tempo Multiset from multiple Apple Loops could cause Logic Pro to quit unexpectedly.

• Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when selecting a Pattern region after changing the length of another Pattern region on a different track.

• Resolves an issue where Logic Pro would quit unexpectedly when importing Aux channels from another project.

• Fixes an issue where adding a file with Japanese double-corner bracket characters in its filename to Quick Sampler could cause Logic Pro to quit unexpectedly.

• Resolves an issue that prevented certain projects saved in a previous version of Logic Pro from opening.

 Performance

• Performance is improved when switching track selection from a live Software Instrument track to a Folder Track Stack.

• Scrolling performance is improved with projects that contain one or more very long regions with Flex Pitch enabled.

• The progress bar when applying destructive edits in the Audio File Editor now indicates the progress of the operation more accurately.

• Fixes an issue where using The MIDI FX modulator plug-in with an AUv3 instrument could lead to an unexpectedly high CPU load.

• Performance is improved when selecting Flex-pitched notes in long audio files.

• Performance is improved when Scroll in Play is enabled.

• Tap-holding a tool in the Score during playback no longer prevents the screen from refreshing.

Accessibility

• The Swing and Fill amount knobs in the Session Players are now fully accessible using VoiceOver.

• VoiceOver properly announces chord names in the Chord Track.

• The Tempo menu in the Drummer Editor is now accessible using VoiceOver.

• Using VoiceOver to close the Key Signature menu in the New Project window now closes the menu instead of the entire window.

• VoiceOver now reads out the playhead's new position after inserting notes with Step Input.

• Fixes an issue where deleting a region could unexpectedly move the VoiceOver cursor to the Track Header.

• VoiceOver now announces Tempo changes made with the Tap Tempo button.

• VoiceOver can now be used to right-click open the contextual menu on a channel strip in the Mixer.

• VoiceOver now announces the positions of chords in the Chord Track.

• Single chords within a chord group can now be accessed using VoiceOver.

• The handles to adjust the left/right positions and lengths of chords are now accessible using VoiceOver.

• VoiceOver can now set the state of a track to “has focus.”

• Chords created using VoiceOver are placed at the mouse-click position as expected.

• Scene trigger buttons in the Live Loops grid can now be activated using VoiceOver.

• Includes various improvements to VoiceOver support for Alchemy.

• VoiceOver now reads out the items in the Chord menu in Session Player editors.

• The names of demo projects are now read out correctly by VoiceOver.

• VoiceOver now reads out the positions of chords in a chord group in the global Chord Track.

 Session Players

• Timing is improved with Session Bass Player performances that include slides.

• Bass Session Player regions that have been converted to MIDI regions no longer revert to Session Player regions when the project is re-opened.

• Resolves an issue where notes just outside the region border on Electronic Drummer tracks could cause individual drum hits to flam when the region is looped.

• Resolves an issue where using Pitchbend with the Studio Bass session player could cause scrape sounds to click.

• Includes improvements to the way Session Drummer handles odd time signatures.

• The Feel knob in the Drummer editor now works with all kit pieces.

• Fixes an issue where drummer regions with the Tempo control set to Automatic could switch off the region setting when a region is added that is not set to Automatic, and a new Drummer style is loaded.

• Option-clicking on the Complexity and Intensity sliders in the Session Player editors now resets them to their defaults, as expected.

• Hanging notes will no longer occur with Session Keyboard or Session Bass player when there are tempo changes at the end of an active cycle range.

• Resolves an issue where the Roots Brush Drummer snare could cut off unexpectedly when playing fills.

• Fixes an issue where creating a new region on a newly created Session Bass Player track after deleting the region created by default could create a Drummer region.

• Resolves an issue where the Create Region at Playhead command could create an unexpectedly very short region when used multiple times in succession on a Drummer track.

• The Feel knob in the Drummer Session Player editor now works consistently for all kit pieces.

• Session Bass Player performances that include slides are now tighter.

• Session Drummer regions set to play in half time or double time now start with a crash if the previous region in the track ends with fill.

 Studio Instruments

• Resolves an issue where playing many notes at once into the Studio Upright Bass could lead to hung MIDI notes.

• All articulations now work correctly when playing the Upright Bass instrument with Polyphonic voice mode enabled from a MIDI controller.

 Chord Track and chords

• The position of a chord added to the Global Chord track using the Add Chord button + now accounts for the current Snap setting.

• Fixes an issue where Opening an editor in the Main Window that hides the Chord Track could leave it impossible to view the Chord Track after the editor has been closed.

• A right-click in the Chord Track to create a new chord now places the created chord on the downbeat of the bar.

• Double-clicking a chord in an unselected chord group now immediately opens the Chord Picker.

• When pressing Tab after creating a chord, the length of the current chord is extended if a new chord name is not entered.

• Chords added with the Add Chord button + in the Chord Track are placed at the Playhead position as expected.

• Dragging the right border of the last chord in the Chord Track no longer changes the position of its left border.

• Chord track editing is improved in projects that start earlier than 1 1 1 1.

 Stem Splitter

• Using Stem Splitter on a region on the bottom track of a Summing Track Stack no longer routes the stack containing the stems to Stereo Out instead of the bus of the enclosing Track Stack.

• Stem Splitter now generates mono tracks when used on a mono source file.

• Stem Splitter now creates a single track when only one option is selected to be extracted.

 Spatial Audio

• Tracks converted to 3D objects in a Spatial Audio project now remain in sync as expected.

• Renderer Warping mode is now correctly preserved when importing ADM files.

• Software Instrument tracks now reliably play in sync in Spatial Audio projects.

• The Atmos plug-in now allows typed input for values for the Downmix and Trims controls in manual mode.

• Exported ADM files now include Auto Trim if it is enabled in the Atmos plug-in.

 Mastering Assistant

• The Mastering Assistant Loudness Compensation button now works as expected when a project that has been saved with it enabled is re-opened.

• There is now a setting to toggle “Show ‘Mastering Assistant’ Button in Stereo Output.”

Mixer

• The pre-fader setting now affects metering on Main Output channels.

• Fixes an issue where a soloed track that is also muted is could unexpectedly unmute when another track is unsoloed.

• Fixes an issue where tracks set to "No Output" could show an Input Monitoring button.

• The VCA fader for a newly created Folder Stack that reuses an existing VCA now immediately controls the volume of the stack, as expected.

• If multiple audio tracks are selected in the Track List, changing the input for one of them in the Mixer in Single Track mode will not also change the input of the other selected tracks in the Track List.

• The view in the Mixer now updates properly when the Mixer > View > Follow Hide setting is disabled.

• On Apple Silicon Macs, dragging or copying a 3rd party Audio Unit to a different slot in the Mixer no longer causes its window to unexpectedly open

• Resolves an issue where dragging a plug-in to a different position in a channel strip could cause its UI to close, and another plug-in UI to open.

• Choosing an Instrument track greater than 256 as side chain input now sets the correct track.

• The "Mute All" command no longer mutes Output or Master channel strips.

• Multi Output Software Instrument tracks in the Mixer now follow the order in the Track list as expected.

• Holding the Shift key now temporarily disables Group for a control on a channel strip.

 Sampler, Quick Sampler, and Quick Alchemy

• The Zone Per Note feature in Sampler now works as expected.

• Clicking the Play button in Quick Sampler now works immediately after loading a sample or Drum Machine Designer kit piece.

• Voices in the Sampler plug-ins play back as expected when their samples are a higher sample rate than the project sample rate.

• Moving the Trim Start/End marker while holding Option in Sample Alchemy now moves the entire selection.

• Pressing Shift while adjusting Filter Freq for FM and Comb PM filters now allows for fine adjustments in Sample Alchemy.

• There is now an option in Quick Sampler to export audio files.

• Sampler now offers an option to "Name Zones by Audio File Name" in the Zones Mapping editor.

• The Delete Slice Marker and Ignore Sensitivity commands in Quick Sampler are now available under the Gear menu.

• Fixes an issue where dragging loop handles while Sample Alchemy is in Record could create MIDI events.

• Sample Alchemy now includes a limiter.

• Resolves an issue where changing the audio file assigned to a Zone in Sampler could change the name of the Zone, if it was named for the original file.

• Duplicating or copy/pasting a Group in Sampler now duplicates the Zone content as well as the settings.

• Fixes an issue where cropping a sample in Sampler with a loop that starts at the beginning of the sample could lead to an unexpected crop, and a shift of the loop range to the right.

• Sampler now correctly reads the root key meta data from audio files.

• Waveform Position A/B/C/D are now available as Mod Matrix targets in Sample Alchemy.

• The option to adjust Loop settings in Sampler are now available in the Zones editor.

• Sampler now offers a command “Update Selected Zone(s) Info from Audio File".

• The Tab key now can be used to navigate between zones and groups in Sampler.

• Pressing Enter now directly allows text input to more easily rename items in Group or Zones in Sampler.

 Alchemy

• The Modulation arc in Alchemy now reliably shows the complete range.

• The Sample Tempo field now offers precision to two decimal places.

• The root note of unpitched samples imported into Alchemy is now set to C3 as expected.

• The Mod Rack now reliably shows the correct modulation when Arp is switched between "All" and "Source".

• Fixes an issue where the Master Glide knob could show a modulation arc when the knob is highlighted to add modulation.

• When importing an EXS instrument, Alchemy now reports any missing samples.

• Processing time when performing additive analysis is improved.

• Spectral Mask is now always disabled when importing audio files to Zones.

 Plug-ins

• Plug-ins inserted on Auxes recall the user-set Wet setting as expected when using Compare.

• Controls on ChromaGlow, Studio Pianos, and Studio Bass now respond immediately to mouse clicks when the plug-in window is not in focus.

• Plug-ins with a single Wet/Dry mix control now default to 100% wet when inserted on an Aux channel.

• Drag and drop from File Browser to most Audio Unit plug-ins that support drag and drop now works as expected.

• Dragging up on a Trackpad or with a scroll wheel now consistently moves all plug-in controls clockwise.

• Fixes an issue where the Vintage Tube EQ could output a DC offset of -30 dB when switching the output from Silky to Punchy.

• Resolves an issue where toggling the Low/High Cut filter on ChromaGlow could cause a loud click.

 Recording

• When punching in on an audio recording, the existing recording is now played back during the count-in, as expected.

• Resolves an issue where MIDI recordings made in Cycle mode, with the setting "merge" enabled could extend the region left to include an existing earlier region in the track and omit the newly recorded MIDI passes from the resulting region.

• There is a new Recording Setting to select between auto-record enabling the focused track, or all selected tracks when recording MIDI.

• When Auto Input Monitoring is enabled, input to record-armed tracks is no longer audible during playback, unless the Input Monitoring button for the track is also enabled.

 MIDI

• MIDI Tracks using Internal MIDI In now sync immediately with their source track when MIDI is played into them.

 Automation

• It is now possible to set multiple selected channels to Automation Trim mode

• Resolves an issue where Automation trim in the Track Header could stop working.

• Resolves an issue where Aux channels added to the Tracks Area could include automation lanes from the currently selected track.

• The automation lane in the Piano Roll now updates to reflect left corner position changes to the region after velocity has been scaled.

 Flex Time and Flex Pitch

• Flattening a Take folder with flexed comp segments on a track that's a member of a Quantize-locked edit group no longer leads to unexpected changes in length of the resulting regions.

• Resolves an issue where audio on flex-timed tracks that are members of a phase-locked edit group could shift position unexpectedly when the Q-reference button in the Track Header is activated.

 Smart Tempo

• The Smart Tempo editor now opens as expected when an audio file is selected after trying to open it with an Apple Loop selected.

• Fixes an issue where Tempo Analysis always detects a constant tempo when running Logic Pro in Rosetta mode.

• SMPTE-locked markers now immediately move to the correct beat position when Tempo events are edited.

• The metronome in the Smart Tempo editor now properly plays back time signature changes with Downmix files.

• Resolves an issue where adjusting a Smart Tempo Marker during playback could cause playback to jump to the beginning of the region.

 Live Loops

• The Scroll to Selection command now works in the Live Loops grid.

• Resolves an issue where the Queue Cells key command could incorrectly trigger a “Command Not Available Because the Selected Cells are Muted” error when the selected cells are not muted.

• MIDI input to other tracks is now audible when recording into a Live Loops cell.

• MIDI Loops in the Live Loops grid now update as expected when the project key is changed.

 Step Sequencer

• Inspector tabs in Step Sequencer now have individual heights, to improve visibility of parameters when scrolling.

• Fixes an issue where subrows in Step Sequencer could unexpectedly shift position when grabbed with mouse for repositioning.

• When previewing a Pattern Region on the top level of a Track Stack that has rows assigned to output to different sub-tracks on different MIDI channels, the Preview in Step Sequencer now honors the MIDI channel assignments of the rows.

Takes and comping

• Resolves an issue where the current comp in a Take Folder could unexpectedly reset to the most recent take.

• Resolves an issue where the Pack Take Folder option could unexpectedly display for Session Player regions.

• Comp segments from imported Take folders can now be moved in projects that start before 1 1 1 1.

 Track Stacks

• Changes to the color of a Track Stack are now immediately visible.

• Multitimbral Instrument tracks within a Track Stack are no longer converted to independent tracks in a duplicate created from the Track Stack.

• Resolves an issue where dragging from a track within a Track Stack to the area beneath all existing tracks could unexpectedly nest the new track within the Track Stack.

• Keyboard arrow keys can now be used to choose between the Folder Stack and Summing Stack options when creating a Track Stack

 Export and bounce

• The Project Name Element in the Export All Tracks as Audio Files dialog now updates to the new name of a renamed project.

• Enabling a file format in the Bounce window now automatically highlights the file type, to show the details for the format.

• It is now possible to bounce multiple regions in place per track at once.

 Import

• Logic Pro no longer displays a “File does not exist” alert when importing ADM files that contain split stereo audio files.

 Apple Loops

• Search in the Loop Browser now works in column view.

• Adding an Apple Loop to an empty project that has chords in the Chord Track no longer changes the project key signature.

• Loop export now shows all possible key signatures when adding a loop to the Loop Library.

• When the Play in Project Key setting in the Loop Browser is enabled, previews for Apple Loops now play as expected in their original key if project playback is stopped.

 Global Tracks

• Fixes an issue where adding an Arrangement Marker with the + button in the Track Header could cause the Marker Track to be unhidden.

• Text formatting is now preserved when copy/pasting from one Marker to another.

 Project Templates

• Saving a project that contains multiple Project Alternatives as a Template now removes all but the currently active alternative, as expected.

 Sound Library

• Step Sequencer pattern regions now load from Search in the Sound Library as expected.

 Key Commands

• Resolves an issue where the Automation Value Nudge Up/Down commands could nudge by twice the expected value when the Chord Track is displayed.

• The Close Window key command no longer closes open plug-in windows as well as the focused window.

• The “Open/Close Instrument Plug-in of Focused Track” key command now opens the correct instrument plug-in as expected when used in the Score window.

• The Loop On/Off key command no longer sets the Region default to Loop when no region is selected.

• The various Nudge key commands now also apply to Marquee selections.

• The “Split Regions/Events at Rounded Playhead Position” key command now works as expected.

• There is now a new “Delete unused Track Alternatives” key command.

• Resolves an issue where Track header color bars could be unexpectedly shown when the Color Tracks by Region/Cell command is used.

• Fixes an issue where the Repeat Notes key command could unexpectedly restore a shortened region to its original length.

• There is now a key command to extend a selected audio region's start or end to the current Playhead position.

• There are now Key Commands for “Previous/Next Setting for Linked Plug-in Window.”

• Fixes an issue where opening the Library pane could unexpectedly block some key commands from working.

 Logic Remote

• Fixes an issue where violins performed from Logic Remote Chord Strips using the Smart Strings instrument in Pizzicato mode could play legato.

• The double bass sound now triggers as expected for all chords triggered in the Smart Strings instrument from Chord Strips in Logic Remote.

• Resolves an issue where swiping on the “Bdim” Chord Strip in Logic Remote with the Smart Strings instrument could cause hung notes.

 Control surfaces and MIDI Controllers

• It is now possible to assign the 3D Object Panner "Size" parameter to a control on Mackie Control

• There is now a setting to determine whether selecting a track on a control surface opens a plug-in window.

• Track names now display as expected in the Softube Console 1.

• MIDI Device scripts that use CC32 now work properly when MIDI 2.0 is enabled.

 Undo

• Resolves an issue where performing Undo after punching in with the Recording Setting Content Erase and Replace Mode enabled could delete the region rather than undoing the recording.

• Fixes an issue where using Undo after creating a new track could cause an Ultrabeat track in the project to lose or change its loaded preset.

• Resolves an issue where using Undo after starting a MIDI recording over multiple existing regions with the Overlapping Recordings setting set to Merge could unexpectedly merge the two existing regions if recording was stopped before any MIDI was played.

• Notes in audio takes that have been flex pitched now sound at their original pitches after Undo is performed.

• Touching a Volume fader without changing its value no longer creates an Undo step.

• Undo now works as expected after using Perform Again in a Session Player editor.

• The Regenerate command from the Edit Context menu of Session Player regions now creates an Undo step.

 Score

• The Score now displays chord text, chord grids and text objects in the looped iterations of regions

• Resolves an issue where the Set Locators by Region key command could unexpectedly create a Skip Cycle at -9 1 1 1 when the Score Editor has focus and the selected region is at a position other than 1 1 1 1.

• Resolves an issue where the Score Editor could unexpectedly display a staff when open with an audio Apple Loop selected.

• Performing edits in the Score no longer causes all Session Player regions to regenerate.

• Clicking and dragging a selection of notes in the Score now selects all notes dragged over as expected.

• When the language in the Chords & Grids project settings is set to “Roman (Do, Re, Mi, Si…),” “Si” chords no longer incorrectly display as “Ti” in the LCD key signature menu, the Loop Browser, and in chord grids.

 Editing

• The “Set Region/Event/Marquee Start to Playhead position” command now works as expected with selected notes in the Piano Roll in regions with a start time before 1 1 1 1.

• The Playhead now consistently displays at the correct position in the Piano Roll when a MIDI Take Folder is opened and closed.

• Resolves and issue where copy/pasting notes in the Piano Roll would extend a shortened region to its original size.

• Notes selected in the Piano Roll now play with their actual Release Velocity value, rather than a value of 64.

• Resolves an issue where the “No track selected for editing in Editor” error could be displayed when double-clicking an audio region to open the Audio Track Editor.

• Resolves an issue where the view in the Audio Track Editor could scroll unexpectedly when starting and stopping solo playback in the editor.

• Resolves an issue where clicked notes in the Piano Roll could sound unexpectedly shortened.

• Releasing the Shift key after using it to limit the Brush Tool in the Piano Roll to horizontal operation now returns the tool to both horizontal and vertical operation.

• Audio Apple Loops dragged to a track now display correctly in the Event List after a different audio region has been selected and then the Apple Loop is selected again, with Content Link enabled.

• Fixes an issue where the Rotate tool could include events outside the region border.

• The Event List now immediately updates to show the result of using the Delete MIDI Events Outside Region Borders key command.

• There are now view options in the Event List to show the creation date, and last modified date for regions.

• The Velocity slider in the Piano Roll works as expected on selected notes in cases where Link mode is off, and the region being edited is not currently selected.

• The Vertical 5 style fader in the Environment now fades as expected.

• Resolves an issue in which the Info Popover for a note in the Piano Roll could cover the note.

• In the Environment, Vector Faders in nested Macros now work as expected.

• The "Toggle Zoom to fit Selection or All Contents" command now works correctly in the Piano Roll with projects that start earlier than 1 1 1 1.

• The SysEx editor for faders in the Environment now shows all text as expected.

 General

• New Software Instrument tracks now use the default settings defined in the New Track Sheet.

• Assigning track color to multiple selected tracks now works correctly when there are regions on some of the tracks.

• There are now independently stored Nudge settings for Musical Grid enabled and disabled.

• Resolves an issue where changing the delay setting in Ticks mode could also changes the saved setting in ms mode.

• Zooming behavior in the Tracks Area using a track pad has been improved.

• The green "+" glyph now displays as expected when Option-dragging regions in the Tracks Area.

• It's now easier to use the Length tool with Flex Pitch notes in the Tracks area.

• Resolves an issue when the selected track is out of view, and activating Input Monitoring on another track could cause the view to scroll to the selected track.

• Dragging a region past the Project End marker no longer causes the view to scroll to its new position.

• The last note in a region now plays all the way to the region end when the region Gate Time parameter is set to "Legato".

• The LCD can now be configured to show the I/O Buffer Size control.

• Resolves an issue where right-clicking an unselected marker to delete it could unexpectedly delete a selected marker instead.

• When replacing a custom icon with another, the new icon now immediately shows up in the Custom Icon picker.

• Fixes an issue where clicking and holding a track header with Option pressed could unexpectedly create a duplicate track with content.

• Logic Pro projects now have larger, scrollable QuickLook previews.

• Fixes an issue where tapping a key on an iPad used as an additional display in Sidecar mode could always toggle the Automation View.

• Swipe to delete markers in the Marker list now works with Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad.

• When the Auto option is used when using the Repeat command on regions, the new regions are now placed at bar/beat positions rather than simply at the end of the selected region.

• Resolves an issue where activating “Show Event Position and Length as Time” in the Marker editor could cause unexpected scrolling in the Tracks area.

• Resolves an issue where toggling “Show/Hide All Inactive Track Alternatives” could scroll the selected track out of view with large vertical zoom settings.

• Resolves an issue where drawing a vertical rectangle with the Zoom tool in the MIDI Draw area of the Piano Roll could unexpectedly zoom horizontally as well as vertically.

• The focused track now reliably remains in view when Automation view is toggled on.

• The tooltip on the Duplicate Tracks button now updates to show functions available when pressing modifier keys.

• Selected automation points are now kept in view when zooming.

• “Play from Selected” now works when a marker is selected and the Mixer has focus.

• Audio files and loops dragged into the Tracks area now snap to the current Snap setting as expected.

• All Project settings for the Metronome now show labels when the Enable Complete Features setting is disabled.

• Fixes an issue where renaming a region on a track that is not currently selected could cause the view to scroll to the selected track.

• The locators are now set correctly when the “Set Rounded Locators and Enable Cycle” command is used in a project that does not start at 1 1 1 1.

• Marquee selection in the Tracks Area now works as expected after using key commands to navigate in the Track header.

• Selection of tracks is now performed on mouse-down rather than mouse-up.

• “Instrument without MIDI Thru Function” can now be enabled for tracks using an External Instrument.

• Resolves an issue where the playhead could move unexpectedly to the rightmost side of the visible area when using the Forward or Reverse key commands.

• The LCD now displays MIDI output to external instruments when MIDI 2.0 is enabled.

• Tracks created by dragging an Apple Loop into the Tracks area now get focus as expected.

• When rubber-bad selecting regions while dragging in the forward direction, the Region Inspector updates to show the current selection of regions while dragging.

Logic Pro 11.0.1

Performance

• Launch time when running Logic Pro in Rosetta is greatly reduced.

• Performance is improved when working in Logic Pro while downloading content.

• Auditioning an audio file in the Files browser no longer causes Logic Pro to calculate file overviews, blocking interaction with the app in the interim.

• Fixes an issue where Logic Pro could sometimes show unexpected “Disk is too slow” messages when bouncing regions.

Stability and reliability

• Fixes an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when opening certain Logic 5 projects.

• Dragging an audio region into the Chord Track area no longer causes Logic Pro to quit unexpectedly.

• Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when the Repeat Once command is used.

• Improves performance and stability with the Studio Bass Player instrument by automatically enabling Virtual Memory in cases where it is not enabled.

• Fixes an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when previewing Untagged Loops in the Loop Browser.

Compatibility

• Existing projects with Transposition events now retain the Transposition track when opened in Logic Pro 11.0.1 as expected.

Session Players

• Session Player regions now regenerate immediately when a Chord Group is adjusted in the Inspector.

• Resolves an issue in which adding a new Session Player region to a Session Bass track might unexpectedly create a Drummer region.

• Resolves an issue in which the left hand of the Session Piano Player might not play as expected with the current settings.

• Resolves an issue where Bass Session Player regions that have been converted to MIDI could revert to Session Player regions after saving and reopening the project.

• Fixes an issue where regions on a Session Drummer track using the "Roots Songwriter" style could be silent when certain Time Signatures are used.

Plug-ins

• Resolves an issue in Scripter that caused all Program Change events to be sent as Program Change 0.

• Half Sustain pedal positions now work as expected in the Studio Piano instrument.

• The Studio Bass instrument no longer outputs hiss when the Hum and Hiss slider are set to the lowest value.

• Resolves an issue in which using a continuous damper pedal with Studio Piano might cause hanging notes.

Spatial Audio

• Downmix and Trim settings are now correctly exported to ADM files.

Automation

• The Cut Time command now shifts Track Based Automation correctly.

Export and bounce

• Bouncing a folder in place no longer places the bounced region 1 bar to the left of the original position.

Live Loops

• Pattern Loops dragged to Live Loops cells now transpose as expected.

MIDI

• It is now possible to edit LSB messages for Bank Change in the Event List when MIDI 2.0 is enabled.

Undo

• Undo now works correctly if the Smart Tempo Editor is closed and then reopened after performing a Beat Marker edit.

General

• Play from Selection with a Marker selected now plays from the correct position in projects that start earlier than 1 1 1 1.

• Fixes an issue where using Option-drag to copy a region into a new track pastes audio that was copied into the clipboard from another app.

• Deleting a Marquee selection of a newly recorded audio region no longer ask if you want delete the entire file.

Logic Pro 11.0

New Features and enhancements

• New AI-enhanced tools join Smart Tempo and the Pitch Correction plug-in to augment your artistry.

• Bass Player and Keyboard Player join Drummer to complete a set of Session Players — all built with AI making it easy to create performances that respond to your direction.

• Session Players can follow the same chord progression using Global chord track.

• Add warmth to any track with ChromaGlow, an advanced plug-in with five saturation models designed to simulate the sound of vintage analog hardware.*

• Use Stem Splitter to separate a stereo audio file into stems for vocals, drums, bass and other parts.*

• Session Players, ChromaGlow, and Stem Splitter also come to Logic Pro for iPad 2 — making it simple to move between projects created in Logic Pro for Mac.

• Play any of six deeply-sampled acoustic and electric basses with Studio Bass.

• Perform any of three meticulously-sampled pianos with Studio Piano.

• Loops that contain chord tags will automatically populate the chord track when added to a project.

• Three new Producer Packs are available: Hardwell, The Kount, and Cory Wong.

• Original multi-track project of Swing! by Ellie Dixon available as in-app demo song.

• Downmix and Trim options allow custom monitoring and mixing for non-7.1.4 configurations..

• User-edited Downmix and Trim parameters are now written into the ADM BWF file on export.

• Bounce in place adds automatic real-time recording for External Instrument regions or tracks that use external hardware using the Logic Pro I/O plug-in.

• Route MIDI signals generated by supported software instruments and effects to the input of other tracks for creative layering during playback or recording.

• Edit more efficiently using key commands for moving, extending, or resizing marquee selections.

• The Nudge Region/Event Position key commands now also nudge Marquee selections.

• The Transpose Region/Event key commands now also move or expand the Marquee selection up/down.

• Pattern regions can now be created on Drummer tracks, and Drummer regions can be converted to Pattern regions.

• New key commands include Trim Note End to Following Notes (Force Legato) With Overlap and Trim Note End to Selected (Force Legato) With Overlap.

• Bounce in Place and Track Freeze can now be performed in real time, allowing for use of external instruments, I/O plug-ins, and external inserts.

• Mastering Assistant analysis now can be performed in real time, allowing for use in projects that incorporate external I/O or instruments.

• Downmix and Trim settings are now imported when creating a new project from an ADM BWF file.

• The Recent Projects list can now be configured to show up to 50 projects.

Stability and reliability

• Scripts with 1071 characters or more in Scripter no longer cause Logic Pro to quit unexpectedly.

• Fixes an issue where creating a an event in a lane assigned to Note off in Step Sequencer could cause Logic Pro to quit unexpectedly.

• Fixes an issue where Logic Pro could fail to launch with an Error Initializing Core MIDI message when the system is under heavy load performing other tasks.

• Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when a 64-bit floating point IR file is loaded into Space Designer.

• Fixes an issue where Logic Pro could stop responding when opening a project while the Project Settings > MIDI window is displayed.

• Logic Pro no longer quits unexpectedly when creating multiple Aux tracks with multiple existing Aux tracks selected.

• Improves stability when bypassing control surfaces with Musical Typing open when EuControl software is installed.

• Fixes an issue where Logic Pro could stop responding when quitting a project containing a large number of instances of Sampler.

• Fixes an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when replacing a playing Live Loops cell with another loop.

Performance

• The UI is now more responsive when adjusting Flex Pitches directly on regions in Deviation mode.

• Performance is improved when editing Transient Markers in Take regions with Flex enabled.

• Performance is improved when making Flex Pitch edits in the Tracks area with a large number of selected regions.

• Alchemy's performance is improved.

• Performance is improved when moving regions in projects with a large number of tracks and regions.

• Projects containing a large number of flex-pitched regions now open more quickly.

• Resolves an issue where loading a project saved with a Summing stack selected that contains Software Instruments that have no regions or with the tracks turned off could load the Software Instruments into memory.

Accessibility

• VoiceOver now announces the state of Automation mode buttons on channel strips.

• VoiceOver now announces the status of the Pause button in the LCD.

• VoiceOver no longer announces hidden controls in the Smart Controls view.

• VoiceOver no longer reads the values of pan knobs that are currently hidden in Sends on Faders mode.

• VoiceOver now announces the state of the Details button and the Follow button in the Drummer Editor.

• VoiceOver now announces left-click and Command-click Tool selections in the Control Bar.

• VoiceOver now announces the name of the Time Quantize button in the Piano Roll.

• VoiceOver now announces changes in value when the Next/Previous key commands are used to change Quantize values.

• VoiceOver now announces state of key commands for Cycle, Mute, Track Solo, Input Monitoring, Track On/Off, and Lock/Unlock Track.

• VoiceOver now announces the selection state of focused tracks.

Spatial Audio

• Fixes an issue where adding a new 3D Object track for the first time to a Spatial Audio project could cause the Renderer to switch from the current model to the Apple renderer.

• The Dolby Atmos plug-in now offers a 5.1.2 monitoring option.

• Fixes an issue where setting a project to Dolby Atmos could output to 7.1.4 even when the mode defaults to Apple Renderer.

• It is now possible to monitor Dolby Atmos projects directly via HDMI to a surround capable receiver/amplifier.

• The metering for Height channels now shows as post-fader on the Master channel as expected.

• Loading a Master Bus channel strip setting in the 7.1.4 channel format now preserves the 7.1.4 channel layout as expected.

Session Players

• Resolves an issue where loading a user-created Drum Machine Designer patch could set the input to a bus and fail to load the Drum Machine Designer instrument.

• Using the Create Drummer Region command in a Marquee selection now creates a region that corresponds to the Marquee.

Smart Tempo

• In cases where there is not an existing Smart Tempo Multitrack Set, selecting an audio file in the Smart Tempo Multitrack Set window and disabling the “Contribute to analysis” checkbox now causes the Update button to change to Analyze as expected.

• Pressing the Space bar now immediately stops a Free Tempo recording.

• Fixes an issue where projects previously open in the same Logic Pro session could unexpectedly affect “Contribute to Analysis” in the Smart Tempo editor.

Recording

• Audio regions recorded to unnamed tracks now include the project name and track number in their name.

Mixer

• The channel strip Stereo Pan control and the Pan menu now can be adjusted when Caps Lock is enabled.

• Creating a single Multi-timbral Software Instrument in the New Track Sheet no longer creates two Software Instrument instances in the All view of the Mixer.

• Resolves an issue where remaining tracks in a Multitimbral Software Instrument Track Stack could unexpectedly rename the channel strip.

• Adjusting the activity status of a speaker in the Surround panner no longer causes the signal to unexpectedly mute.

• Groups now immediately show as inactive when switched off for a selected set of channels in the Mixer.

• Metering now correctly works on individual channel strips with plug-ins that send to more than two channels and are routed to a surround bus.

• Option-clicking on a send in a selected group of channel strips now sets all corresponding sends to 0 dB as expected.

• Fixes an issue where performing Undo after adjusting the fader values of grouped channels with Group Clutch enabled and then disabled could cause the faders to jump up to +6 dB when one member of the group is touched.

• Setting multiple selected channels to No VCA now works as expected

Alchemy

• The oscillator section in Alchemy offers a new Wide Unison mode.

• All controls for Additive Effects now accept typed-in values as expected.

• Values typed into parameters related to milliseconds (MS) in Acoustic Reverb are no longer interpreted as full seconds.

• Resolves an issue where performance control destinations for modulation could show as duplicated.

Sampler, Quick Sampler, and Quick Alchemy

• The Playback direction button in Quick Sampler now immediately updates when clicked.

• The view now scrolls correctly when dragging the Trim marker in Sample Alchemy.

• It is now possible to adjust the level of a group in Sampler up to +24 dB.

• The Up/Down buttons for navigating zones in Sampler now remain available after adjusting the start or end positions of samples.

• The general Zoom/Scroll key commands now can be used to trim the current view in Sample Alchemy.

• Handles and Trim Handles in Sample Alchemy behave correctly when click-dragged, even when the plug-in window does not have focus.

• The Ancient Vocal Chop and Baily Glide plug-in settings for Quick Sampler now open in Classic mode, as expected.

Plug-ins

• The MIDI Scripter plug-in now shows in Logic Pro when running in dark mode.

• Fixes an issue where clicking on Sampled IR in Space Designer could activate Synthesized IR mode unexpectedly.

• Resolves an issue where repositioning the playhead could cause audio to cut out on channel strips that use Step FX.

• The preset Note Repeater in Scripter now works as expected.

• The wet/dry setting on Ringshifter is now always set to 100% wet when inserted on an Aux.

• There's now a DI Delay Compensation switch in Bass Amp Designer to improve phase correlation when blending between Amp and Direct Box in the plug-in.

• StepFX now includes presets using Sidechain.

• The Beat Breaker preset called “Basic / 2 Slices, Speed 66%” no longer plays the slices at 50% speed instead of 66%.

• Resolves an issue where ES2 could produce glitching sounds when using Sine Level or Poly Voice mode on Apple Silicon computers.

• Mono > Stereo instances of Console EQ no longer can cause unexpected feedback.

• Using the Delete all Automation key command while an Audio Unit window has key focus no longer causes the Audio Unit window to go blank.

• The menu for the compression section of Phat FX can now be opened by clicking on the Up/Down arrows.

• Beat Breaker now offers new default patterns divided evenly into 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32 slices.

Mastering Assistant

• There is no longer unexpected latency with bounces from projects that use the Clean or Clean + Excite mode in Mastering Assistant.

• Mastering Assistant analysis is no longer incorrectly triggered in projects that contain no regions, but are previewing audio from Ultrabeat, etc.

• Mastering Assistant no longer allows the -1 dBFS peak limit to be exceeded in certain cases.

Automation

• The Consolidate Relative and Absolute for Visible / Automation menu item now only displays when automation types that support relative automation are active in the lane.

• Region-based Automation is now pasted as Track-based Automation when pasted to an area of a track that does not contain regions.

• Pitchbend now works as expected with zones in Sampler that do not have Flex Pitch enabled.

• Selecting Region-based automation points on a region now deselects previously selected automation points on other regions

• Disabling Region-Based Automation no longer dims the Power button for MIDI CC data lanes in the Piano Roll.

• The movie window now updates to show the correct frame when moving Region-based automation points.

• The Autoselect automation parameter now works as expected when clicking any plug-in control.

• Automation of the Gain plug-in no longer exhibits unexpected latency.

• Region-based automation is now drawn correctly when recorded into projects that start earlier than 1 1 1 1.

• Automation lane views for all tracks are now maintained when switching into Flex view and then back to Automation view.

Flex Time and Flex Pitch

• Flex Pitched notes now play as expected when clicked while Record or Input Monitoring is active on the track.

• Flexed audio tracks using Monophonic or Slicing mode no longer produce clicks at tempo changes.

Takes and comping

• Fade-ins are now applied when flatten and merge is performed on Comps.

• Renaming a take that encompasses the entire length of an audio file no longer unexpectedly changes the file name.

• Comps in Take Folders are now preserved when performing Cut Section Between Locators on a section that includes the end of one Take folder and the beginning of another, with a gap in-between.

Track Stacks

• Record-arming a Track Stack now arms grouped audio tracks in a Track Stack it contains.

• Dragging a subtrack out of a Track Stack that is assigned to a VCA now removes the assignment for the subtrack.

• Fixes an issue where Track Stacks could sometimes be dimmed when some, but not all, subtracks are muted or off.

• It's now possible to replace stacked instrument patches that are inside a Summing Stack with single track patches.

Track Alternatives

• Loading a patch on a Summing Stack containing sub-tracks with Track Alternatives no longer causes inactive alternatives to be deleted.

• Track Alternatives can now be created for the Stereo Output track.

Selection-Based Processing

• Using Selection-Based Processing on a Marquee selected section within a Take Folder no longer creates an unexpected comp.

• Selection-Based Processing on a comp now retains the comp.

Score

• The spacing of notes is improved in cases where there is a dotted note on a line with the stem is pointing upward.

• Command-Z to undo now works after deleting a Score Set.

• Upward bends in TAB staves now display correctly.

• Importing an instrument track no longer can cause Score Sets in the current project to disappear.

• Imported Score Sets can now be deleted from a project.

Live Loops

• “Join Region and Fill Cell” now works as expected.

• Recording a performance in Live Loops now temporarily puts all tracks into Automation: Latch mode.

• Fixes an issue where changing patches for a Live Loop track could cause the length of cells to change unexpectedly.

• It's now possible to paste MIDI notes into a Live Loops cell.

Step Sequencer

• It's now easier to use the disclosure triangle to open sub-rows in Step Sequencer.

• Pattern regions now play back correctly immediately after being nudged.

• Pattern Regions now immediately play as expected after using the Slip/Rotate tool to drag their contents to the left.

• The “Separate pattern region by kit piece” command on Drum Machine Designer tracks is now applied to the correct area of the Pattern Region, in cases where the left border of the region has been moved to the right.

• The Step Sequencer Inc/Dec controls now work in Loop Edit mode.

• Fixes an issue where Pattern Regions on frozen tracks be edited unexpectedly.

• Region-based automation now displays properly on Pattern regions in tracks that have been partially frozen, and on regions that have been frozen and then unfrozen.

• It's now possible to assign MIDI channels per step in a Pattern Region.

• Channel and Articulation IDs can now be set per step.

• Use the Recurrence Cycles and Recurrence Iteration step parameters to control how often a step plays.

MIDI

• Reset messages for Software Instruments now work correctly.

• Sustain messages are now sent correctly when playing back regions with Clip Length enabled in cycle mode.

• There is now an “Internal MIDI in” setting in the Track Inspector to allow for recording MIDI from any other software instrument or External MIDI Instrument track.

• The “Send all MIDI settings” key command now sends program changes to external devices assigned to empty tracks.

• Resolves an issue where 3 bytes of random MIDI data would be sent when playing back regions containing SysEx data with MIDI 2.0 disabled

• New “Internal MIDI in”

• feature allows recording of MIDI from other tracks, including MIDI FX plug-in output and 3rd party MIDI generators.

• The “Delete MIDI events outside region boundaries" key command now correctly creates a starting CC event in the region to match the last matching CC of the same type in the track.

• Fixes an issue where Chase could cut off notes that are preceded by notes of the same pitch on tracks with third-party instrument plug-ins.

Editing

• The Humanize transform set now works as expected when the Randomize functions for Position, Length, or Velocity are set to very small values.

• The menu item Delete and Move in the Event List is now only displayed if regions are displayed in the window.

• When MIDI 2.0 is selected in the Settings, clicking on an Event in the Event List no longer plays events back with MIDI 1.0 resolution.

• Fixes an issue where using the Cut command in the Audio Track Editor could switch the view to another editor.

• When a region in the Project Audio window is double-clicked, the Audio Track editor now opens as expected.

• The content link buttons for the Piano Roll and Score show the correct color as expected when toggled using the mouse.

• The Event List correctly updates to reflect changes made by using key commands to select notes in other editors.

• Resolves an issue where the Velocity tool in the Piano roll could affect the values of non-note events.

• Fixes an issue where applying the Transform set Double Speed could cause the notes to disappear from the Piano Roll.

Step Input

• Extending the length of note entered using Step Input now works correctly.

Global Tracks

• Adding multiple audio Apple Loops of the same key to different tracks of a new project now changes the project key as expected.

• Clicked in Tempo points are now placed at their correct positions in projects that start earlier than 1 1 1 1 .

Share and export

• When No Overlap is enabled, regions bounced onto existing regions no longer overlap them.

• Audio files bounced from Logic Pro now include the proper Encoded Date in the metadata.

• Fixes an issue where MIDI regions could be truncated when bounced in place.

• Fixes an issue where audio files including Volume/Pan automation exported from mono tracks that use plug-ins could export as stereo files.

• It is now possible to bounce sub-channels of multitimbral instrument tracks as individual files.

Import

• Resolves an issue when dragging multiple audio files into a project, choosing the “Place all files on one track” option could create a second track and places the first file on one track, and the rest on the second.

• Output channels in the Mixer can now be imported from other Logic Pro projects.

Apple Loops

• The Loops browser now correctly shows the same enharmonic key an Apple Loop was tagged with.

• Apple Loops now preview using the Key Signature active at the current position of the playhead.

• It's now possible to add Aliases to bookmarks and untagged loops.

• Dragging an Apple Loop from the loop browser to an existing track no longer changes the input for the track.

• Fixes an issue where MIDI Apple Loops could jump to the start of the nearest bar position when dragged from the Loop Browser to the middle of a bar.

Video Support

• A secondary screen that is running a full screen video with Show Animations off will no longer remain black after closing the project.

Key Commands

• The “Increase (or Decrease) last clicked parameter” key commands now work for controls in the LCD.

• The “Record off for all” key command now works on Software Instrument tracks in cases where one or more audio tracks are also record-enabled.

• There is now a key command to add to the current selection of regions or cells that are assigned to a toggle solo group.

• The Zoom Toggle key command now works in the Step Editor.

Compatibility

• GarageBand projects that use Pitch Correction now sound the same when opened in Logic Pro.

Undo

• If Undo is used immediately after creating a project, the New Track Sheet is displayed as expected rather than leaving a project with no tracks.

• Undo/Redo now works as expected with Audio Unit v3 plug-ins.

• Changing the Automation Mode, or changing a Track On/Off state now creates an Undo step.

• Performing Undo after adding a surround track no longer corrects Drummer tracks in the project.

Logic Remote

• Logic Remote immediately updates to show time and signature changes made in Logic Pro.

Control Surfaces and MIDI controllers

• Controls on Control Surface devices that use Lua scripts now provide feedback when learning assignments for them in Logic Pro.

• Illuminated buttons on control surfaces now show the correct state for Show/Hide Track Editor.

General

• The LCD now displays the Cycle start and end times in both SMPTE time and Bars/Beats when the secondary ruler is displayed.

• Search in the All Files browser now finds matching items in bookmarked folders.

• Fixes an issue where the visible editor in the Main window could unexpectedly switch when rubber-band selecting regions.

• Audio Take folders created in Cycle mode now loop as expected after recording when Loop is enabled in the Region Inspector.

• It's now possible to create external MIDI tracks when Core Audio is disabled in Logic Pro.

• Resolves an issue where deleting a Flex marker from an audio region while a Marker List is visible could switch the key focus to the Marker List.

• Track information pasted into a text editor now includes the TIME position when the Use Musical Grid setting for the project is not enabled.

• Input monitoring buttons are now displayed on audio tracks when Logic Pro has fallen back to an alternate audio device because the selected device is not available.

• Previewing an audio region in the Project Audio window no longer causes it to jump to the top of the window.

• Command-Option clicking on the On/Off button of a track now toggles the button for all tracks, as expected.

• Copy/paste of regions now works when Automation view is enabled.

• Right-clicking on a looped segment of a region now opens the contextual menu as expected.

• It's now easier to see when black keys are depressed in the Musical Typing window.

• The right arrow key now reliably moves the text cursor in the Bounce > Save As file name panel.

• Groove Templates created from audio regions now work in Smart Quantize mode.

• Dragging multiple regions from the same audio file from the Project Audio browser to the Tracks area now works correctly.

• Audio regions are no longer moved to unexpected positions when trimming, if absolute Snap mode is on and the region anchor is moved away from the start of the region.

• Fixes an issue where pasting a Marquee selection with No Overlap and Snap Edits to Zero Crossings mode enabled could delete a non-overlapping part of an existing region.

• Autozoom now triggers when a region's upper-right corner is dragged in the Main window, or the Audio Track Editor.

• The Playhead no longer may briefly appear to be in the wrong position when zooming horizontally.

• The Time Ruler now immediately updates to reflect changes made to the “Bar Position [bar position] plays at SMPTE” setting.

• The File browser correctly shows the full path when using Save As.

Learn more

• For previous Logic Pro release notes, see the following:

  • Logic Pro 10.8 release notes

  • Logic Pro 10.7 release notes

  • Logic Pro 10.6 release notes

  • Logic Pro 10.5 release notes

  • Logic Pro 10.4 release notes

  • Logic Pro 10.3 release notes

  • Logic Pro 10.2 release notes

  • Logic Pro 10.1 release notes

  • Logic Pro 10.0 release notes

• Logic Pro User Guide

• Logic Pro support