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Logic Pro - Tech Specs

Year introduced: 2013

Minimum System Requirements

  • macOS Sonoma 14.4 or later

  • 6GB of available storage space for minimum installation or 72GB of storage space for full Sound Library installation

Logic Remote Minimum System Requirements

  • iPad: iPadOS 18.0 or later

  • iPhone: iOS 18.0 or later*

  • iPod touch: iOS 18.0 or later*

*Smart Controls, Sound Library navigation, Smart Help, full mixer, and access to plug-in controls are available only on iPad.

General

  • 2114 definable key and MIDI commands

  • 90 recallable screens

  • 200-step undo history, including plug-in and mixer editing undo

  • Full plug-in latency compensation, also for external audio and MIDI gear

  • 1/3840-note resolution for MIDI events

Audio

  • Audio file resolution up to 32-bit/192kHz

  • Audio I/O resolution up to 24-bit/192kHz

  • Maximum project length greater than 6 hours at 96kHz; 13 hours at 44.1kHz

  • Professional dithering algorithms (POW-r, Apogee UV22HR)

  • 64-bit summing engine

Score Editor

  • Up to 16 independent voices per part

  • Over 4000 predefined chord grids

  • Tablature supports up to 16-string instruments with any tuning

  • Articulation Sets for intuitive key switching between articulations on Logic and 3rd party instruments

Score symbols

  • Notes and rests for various lengths

  • Auto-adapting multi-bar rests

  • Key and time signature symbols

  • Clef signs

  • Slurs and crescendo/decrescendo symbols

  • Various note head types including percussion styles

  • Accents, bowing marks, fermatas, and other symbols that apply to specific notes

  • Phrasing marks

  • Trills and other ornaments, tremolo symbols

  • Sustain pedal markings

  • Bar lines, repeat signs, and Segno and Coda markings

  • Chord symbols

  • Chord grids and tablature symbols

  • Page and line break symbols

  • Support for Bravura font

  • MusicXML import and export

Plug-ins and Sounds

Plug-ins

  • 108 effect plug-ins including Pedalboard, which includes 35 stompboxes

  • 28 Software Instrument Plug-ins

  • 9 MIDI plug-ins

  • 7 instrument and effect plug-ins with support for up to 7.1 surround

  • 14 effect plug-ins with support for up to 7.1.4 surround

  • Custom instrument-tuning system including 97 fixed tuning presets, equal-tempered, custom, and Hermode tuning

Sound Library

  • 5953 total patches for audio, auxiliary, software instrument, and output tracks

  • 13,552 Apple Loops covering a wide range of genres

  • 1250 Sampler instruments

  • 110 Quick Sampler instruments

  • 3556 Alchemy presets

  • 150 Drum Machine Designer kits with more than 3066 individual kit piece patches

  • 4529 plug-in settings for 104 plug-ins

  • 1060 reverb spaces and warped effects for Space Designer

  • 54 groove patterns for Arpeggiator MIDI plug-in

  • 26 Live Loops grids

  • 4 Tutorial projects

  • 161 patterns and templates for Step Sequencer

Mixer

  • Up to 1000 stereo audio channel strips

  • Up to 1000 software instrument channel strips

  • Up to 1000 auxiliary channel strips

  • Up to 256 busses

  • Up to 1000 external MIDI tracks

  • 15 inserts for internal or Audio Units effect plug-ins

  • 8 inserts for internal or Audio Units MIDI plug-ins

  • 12 sends per channel strip, pre- or post-fader, or post-pan

  • 32 groups for audio, software instrument, or MIDI channel strips

Control Surface Support

Additional plug-ins available from third‑party manufacturers

  • Frontier Design Group: AlphaTrack

  • Jazzmutant: Dexter

  • KORG: nanoKONTROL

  • M-Audio: Axiom, Axiom Pro, Axiom AIR, Oxygen

  • Novation Launch Pad: all models

  • PreSonus: FaderPort

  • Roland: V-STUDIO 20

  • Smart AV: Smart Console

Extensive support via control surface plug‑ins

  • Apogee Electronics GiO

  • Apple Logic Remote for iPhone and iPad

  • CM Labs: Motor Mix

  • Custom Recording Light

  • Emagic: Logic Control, XT

  • EuCon protocol support for Euphonix / AVID Artist series control surface systems

  • Frontier Design Group: TranzPort

  • hexler: TouchOSC

  • JL Cooper: CS-32, FaderMaster 4/100, MCS3

  • KORG: KONTROL49, microKONTROL

  • Mackie: Baby HUI, HUI, Mackie Control, C4, Extender, MCU Pro, MCU XT Pro

  • M-Audio: iControl

  • Novation: all AutoMap-compatible devices

  • Radikal Technologies: SAC-2k, SAC-2.2

  • Roland: SI-24

  • TASCAM: US-2400

  • Yamaha: 01V96, 01X, 02R96, DM1000, DM2000

  • Comprehensive support for any control hardware via MIDI Learn

  • SSL UF1, UC1, UF8

Surround and Spatial Audio

Support for a variety of surround channel configurations

Surround Formats

  • Quadraphonic

  • LCRS

  • 5.1 (ITU)

  • 6.1 (ES/EX)

  • 7.1 (3/4.1)

  • 7.1 (SDDS)

  • 5.1.2

  • 5.1.4

  • 7.1.2

  • 7.1.4

Spatial Audio Formats

Bed Formats

  • 5.1 (ITU 775)

  • 7.1

  • 7.1.2

Monitoring Formats

  • Binaural (for stereo headphones)

    • Dolby Renderer

    • Apple Renderer (Standard Spatial Audio Profile1)

    • Apple Renderer (Personalized Spatial Audio Profile1 2)

    • Apple Renderer (Head Tracking, Standard Spatial Audio Profile1)

    • Apple Renderer (Head Tracking, Personalized Spatial Audio Profile1 2)

  • 2.0

  • 5.1

  • 7.1

  • 5.1.4

  • 7.1.4

  • Mac Built‑in Speakers3

  • Renderer for Studio Display Speakers4

Compatibility

  • Open projects from Logic 5 or later

  • Open projects from Logic Pro for iPad

  • Open GarageBand songs directly in Logic Pro

  • Support for Core Audio–compliant MIDI and audio hardware

  • Support for Audio Units effect, instrument, and MIDI plug-ins

  • Import/Export AAF and XML (Final Cut Pro) projects

  • Export Dolby Atmos mixes as ADM BWF64 files compatible with Apple Music

  • Create a project from an ADM BWF64 file complete with surround bed track and all object tracks and metadata

  • Import/Export MIDI regions as MIDI files, export MIDI and audio regions as Apple Loops

  • Import/Export music notation to MusicXML

  • Play AIFF, WAV (BWF), CAF, SDII, Apple Lossless, eligible MP3, and AAC (noneligible files will be converted to PCM)

  • Record AIFF, CAF, and WAV (BWF)

  • Bounce to AIFF, WAV (BWF), CAF, MP3, and M4A (Apple Lossless, AAC)

  • Burn any bounced audio directly to CD or DVD-A (PCM audio only)

  • Support for Ableton Link synchronization

  1. Requires iPhone with iOS 16 or later and TrueDepth camera. See support.apple.com/en-us/HT213318 for more information.

  2. Personalized Spatial Audio Profile requires macOS 13 or later, iCloud, and an iCloud‑enabled device.

  3. Supports built‑in speakers on a MacBook Pro (2018 or later), MacBook Air (2018 or later), or iMac (2021 or later).

  4. Supports built‑in speakers on a Studio Display.