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 for Mac 13.0
New Features and enhancements
Assistant (beta)
The new intelligent assistant (beta)* understands requests in everyday language. The following prompts are examples of the kinds of tasks you can ask the assistant to do:.
Tracks and mixing
“Create a track for recording acoustic guitar.”
“Add a new track with a vintage electric piano.”
“Rename the selected track to Lead Vocal.”
“Color all the drum tracks red.”
“Pan the rhythm guitar halfway to the left.”
“Put the selected tracks in a Track Stack.”
“Show me the tempo track.”
Plug-ins and sounds
“Add a compressor to the vocal track.”
“Load a large hall preset on the reverb.”
“Roll off some high end on the current track.”
“Add a lo-fi drum loop.”
Regions and editing
“Move the selected region to bar 31.”
“Add kick steps at 1 and 3 and snare steps at 2 and 4.”
“Convert the drummer region to MIDI.”
“Set the cycle range around the selected regions.”
Session Players
“Make the bass player follow the drums.”
“Make the drummer play with more intensity.”
Arrangement and recording
“Set the time signature to 6/8.”
“Add a vibey chord progression.”
“Add a Chorus marker at bar 17.”
“Isolate the drums from the selected region.”
“Start playback at bar 12.”
“Record-enable the vocal track and turn on input monitoring.”
User interface
“Open the Piano Roll Editor.”
Questions
“How do I use a compressor?”
“What’s a good way to mic an acoustic guitar?”
Using the Assistant
Your projects and the prompts you send to the Assistant are never used to train models.
Choose Report a Concern in the More menu
to send Apple feedback about a response.Choose Clear Chat History in the More menu to start a new conversation.
Click the Dictate button to ask the assistant a question or give it a command with your voice.
Press Command-Return to send a request and switch focus to the Tracks area.
Your conversation with the assistant stays with your project when you reopen it. It does not move with the project when you share it or move it to another Mac.
Click the Assistant button in the control bar, or choose View > Show Assistant, to open the intelligent assistant.
Move and resize the assistant window, or click the Reanchor button to return it to its default position in the lower-right corner.
* The assistant requires an Apple Creator Studio subscription, a Mac with Apple silicon, and macOS 27 or later. You must be signed in to your Apple Account. It is available in English only. Usage limits may apply.
Unified Browser
The new unified Browser brings the Logic Pro Sound Library, your own samples, patches, and plug-in presets together in one place, with filter tags and music understanding, built on Apple Intelligence, so you can find sounds by describing them or by how they sound.
Search and discovery
Describe the sound you want in your own words to find matching loops, one-shots, and patches.2
Choose Find Similar to find sounds that resemble the selected loop or one-shot, including sounds in your own Locations.2
Save a search and its filters as a Smart Search in the sidebar, then return to it with one click.
Turn on Link to make the Browser follow the selected track and show related sounds first, and turn on Replace to load a patch onto the track when you select it.2
Narrow results by typing filter tags in the search field or by selecting within All Filters view
Mark sounds as favorites to find them again quickly.
Drag a sample into the search field, or Control-click a sample and choose Find Similar, to find sounds like it.
From the Logic Browser, search the Logic Pro Sound Library, your own samples and patches, plug-in presets, Sampler instruments, and your downloaded Splice sounds.
Locations and your sounds
Edit the tags of your own sounds in the Info view, including tags that Logic Pro added automatically.
Add your own sample folders as Locations with the Add button or by dragging them from the Finder to the sidebar, then search and preview them alongside Apple content.
Drag regions or Live Loops cells into the Browser, or choose Export > Add to Browser, to save them as loops or one-shots. All loops or one-shots you add are analyzed with music understanding and will appear in future searches.
Logic Pro analyzes the audio files in your Locations to find loops and one-shots and their tempo and key and filter tags, so you can search them like Apple Loops.2
If you used Untagged Loops or saved user loops in an earlier version of Logic Pro, click the Untagged Loops or User Loops entry in the Browser’s Locations to import those folders as Locations.
The Your Patches Location contains all of your saved patches. Use column view to see Finder folder organization.
Locations in the Logic Browser sidebar show Your Patches, Your Loops, Splice Sounds, and any folders of samples or patches you add.
When you add a folder of samples to the Browser, Logic Pro analyzes everything in it automatically, so you can filter it by tags and find it with natural language search and Find Similar.
Splice
Splice Sounds appears in Locations in the Logic Browser only when the Splice app is installed and you have downloaded sounds. If you don’t use Splice, it doesn’t appear in Locations.
In Locations in the Logic Browser sidebar, Splice Sounds appears after Your Patches and Your Loops, above the Locations you add yourself.
The Splice Sounds Location stays in sync with the Splice app. Logic Pro watches your Splice library on your Mac, so every sound you download appears in the Logic Browser right away.
In column view, the Splice Sounds Location in the Browser shows your Splice sounds in their pack folders, as they are organized by the Splice app.
Any Splice sounds added to the Browser import all of the Splice filter tags available in Logic Pro.
Logic Pro analyzes Splice sounds so you can find them in the Browser with natural language search and Find Similar.
Pack filter tags in the Browser are for Logic Pro Sound Library packs. The Browser doesn’t show Splice pack information.
Views and navigation
Press B to open or close the Browser. Pressing Y now toggles Smart Controls view.
Press Command-F to open the Browser with the search field selected (the keyboard shortcut for Show/Hide Flex moves to the F key).
Sort results by name, type, tempo, key, or date added, and choose Show Attributes to see Tempo, Key, and Bars columns that you can click to sort.
In list view, press Up or Down Arrow to move through the results, press Right Arrow to play the preview again, and press Return to add the selected loop or one-shot on a new track and positioned at 1.1.1.1.
Choose Use Compact Navigation in the More menu (…) to show the Browser views as a row of icons and make room for a wider results list.
Set the Browser Focus triangle next to a plug-in slot or the Setting button in the inspector channel strip to open the Browser on its presets or patches.
Open the Sound Library from the Browser navigation to download and manage sound packs.
Choose Show Columns from the More menu (…) in the Browser to browse a Location by its Finder folders.
Previewing
Previews in the Browser no longer add audible pops and clicks when you switch from one sample to another.
Resolves an issue where samples previewed in the Browser during playback could start late or not play.
Use Loop Settings in the Browser’s More menu to choose whether loop previews and added loops follow the project key and tempo.
Hold Option and move the pointer over item icons in the Browser to preview each sound as you pass over it.
Adding sounds to your project
Select several loops or one-shots and drag them below the last track header to create a sampler instrument from them, such as Drum Machine Designer, or drag them into Live Loops or the Tracks area.
Copy items in the Browser and paste them into the Tracks area to add them on a new track at the playhead.
Press Return to add the selected patch on a new track, or Command-Return to load the selected patch on the selected track.
Patches
It's now possible to load a patch onto a Drum Machine Designer pad by dragging it from the Library.
Patch merging is available in the new Browser: turn it on in the More menu to merge only the MIDI effects, instrument, or audio effects of a patch.
Save a track as a patch from the Browser or the track header context menu.
Stem Splitter
Stems created with Stem Splitter now take the gain of the original region into account.
Stem Splitter also has new options for drums, including splitting a drum part into individual kit pieces:
Choose the Drums (Individual Kit Pieces) preset in Stem Splitter to extract only the drum kit pieces from an audio region: kick, snare, hi-hat, toms, cymbals, and other drums and percussion.
Individual drum stems are grouped in a summing Track Stack.
Choose Individual Kit Pieces in Stem Splitter to split the drums into Kick, Snare, Hi-Hat, Toms, Cymbals, and Other stems.
Extract individual kit pieces at the same time as other stems, or on their own.
Liquid Glass
Windows, the toolbar, and local menus have a new Liquid Glass look.
The transport display and transport buttons have a new look.
Touch and Sidecar
Logic Pro now supports Touch on the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, and touch on an iPad used as a second display with Sidecar. The notes below describe the touch gestures Logic Pro supports, and the places where you can use Multi-Touch to control several items at once.
Touch gestures
Scroll with one finger anywhere; touch and hold an item to drag it.
Touch and hold to open a contextual menu, as with a right-click.
When you drag a region or the playhead with Touch, it now shows a visual hint that it is ready to move.
In the color picker, hold your finger down and slide across the colors to choose one.
Mixer and editor
Move several Mixer faders and knobs at the same time with Multi-Touch.
Paint and edit steps with more than one finger at a time in the Step Sequencer.
Tap Live Loops cells to launch them, on MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display or on an iPad with Sidecar.
Plug-ins
Move several Sample Alchemy source handles at the same time with Multi-Touch. When you record, the handle movements are captured in the MIDI region.
Use Multi-Touch on Remix FX.
Move several Channel EQ bands at the same time with Multi-Touch.
With Sidecar, move a plug-in window to your iPad, and it resizes to fit the screen.
Move several drawbars at the same time with Multi-Touch in the Vintage B3 plug-in window.
Move several plug-in Smart Controls and knobs at the same time with multi-touch.
Browser
Swipe across item icons in the Browser to preview each one, on MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display or on an iPad with Sidecar.
Play Surface
Playing notes and drums from the computer keyboard with musical typing is the most popular way MacBook Pro users play instruments in Logic Pro. The new Play Surface takes musical typing further: a keyboard with Chord Strips and a grid of drum pads that you can all play from your computer keyboard, with your mouse or trackpad, or with Touch. On MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display or on an iPad with Sidecar, every Play Surface supports Multi-Touch. The keyboard also supports Poly Pitch.
Overview
Choose Window > Show Play Surface (or press Command-K) to open the Play Surface.
The new Play Surface lets you play software instruments with an on-screen keyboard with Chord Strips, or a grid of drum pads.
Choose Open Another Play Surface Window in the More menu (…) to play with up to four Play Surfaces at once.
The Play Surface matches the patch on the selected track, such as drum pads for a drum patch.
Logic Pro saves your Play Surface settings with the project.
The original Musical Typing window is still available.
Musical typing
While you play, press Z or X to change octaves, C or V to change velocity, 1 or 2 to bend pitch, and 3 to 8 to set modulation.
Press Esc, or choose Send Next Key to Logic Pro, to use a Logic Pro key command while the Play Surface is open.
Choose Show Key Letters in the More menu (…) to see which computer key plays each note, chord, or pad.
Play the keyboard, Chord Strips, or drum pads from your computer keyboard: choose Play Notes, Play Chords, or Play Drums in the More menu (…).
Press Tab to sustain notes, or drag the Sustain button to the right to lock sustain on.
Keyboard
Click the Arpeggiator button to play arpeggios, and choose Record MIDI to Track to record the note output the Arpeggiator plays.
Use the keyboard and Chord Strips together in the Keys & Chords surface.
Click Poly Pitch to turn on polyphonic pitch bend, then drag across the keys to slide smoothly between notes.
The keyboard supports MPE-compatible software instruments and instruments in MIDI Mono mode for expressive performances.
Choose Y-Axis in the More menu (…) to add modulation, channel pressure, polyphonic aftertouch, or velocity as you drag a key up or down.
Use the side controls to adjust velocity range, modulation, and pitch bend while you play the keyboard or Chord Strips.
Choose Size in the More menu (…) to change the size of the keys.
Chord strips
Choose Bass in the More menu (…) to add a bass note one or two octaves below each chord.
Choose Define Chords from Chord Track to fill the custom chord row with the chords in your song.
Click a Chord Strip to play a chord, or drag across the Chord Strips to strum them.
Click the right side of a Chord Strip to play the chord one inversion higher, or the left side to play it one inversion lower.
Choose Define Chords from Key to fill the custom chord row with the chords of the project key.
Choose 7, Sus, Dim, or Alt at the top left of the Play Surface to change the chord type.
Click the Chord Track Input button, then click Chord Strips to add chords to the Chord Track for other tracks to follow.
Control-Click a custom Chord Strip to delete it, or choose Delete All Custom Chords.
Choose Learn Chords, then click Chord Strips to add them to your custom chord row.
With Root set to Auto, the Chord Strips follow the key signature at the playhead and update as it passes key changes.
Choose Layout in the More menu (…) to arrange the Chord Strips in the circle of fifths or chromatically.
Drum pads
Use the side controls to adjust velocity and gate, and drag the Rate slider to add note repeats from 1/32 to 1/4 notes.
Drum pads show the names of the kit pieces in the loaded drum kit.
Click the Page buttons at the top of the drum pads to see more pads for the instrument patch.
Choose Repeat in the More menu (…), then click or drag across a drum pad to play note repeats. The horizontal position where you click on the pad sets the repeat rate, which is shown along the bottom of the pad you’re playing.
Choose Velocity in the More menu (…), then click higher or lower on a drum pad to play it louder or softer. The velocity shows along the left side of the pad you’re playing.
Touch
Perform the Play Surface with Touch, and add sustain, aftertouch, and modulation to notes. On an iPad with Sidecar, you can also use Apple Pencil.
With Touch, use Poly Pitch on the keyboard to glide through pitches and modulation of individual notes per finger.
On MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, or on an iPad with Sidecar, every Play Surface supports Multi-Touch: tap keys, Chord Strips, and drum pads, and play several at once.
With Multi-Touch, play several drum pads at once, or hold a Rate value with one finger while you play pads with another. The velocity and repeat rate apply to all the pads you hold.
1. The intelligent assistant (beta) requires an Apple Creator Studio subscription, a Mac with Apple silicon, and macOS 27 or later. You must be signed in to your Apple Account with iCloud set up. It is available in English only. Usage limits may apply.
2. Requires a Mac with Apple silicon.
Fixes and Enhancements
Accessibility
VoiceOver now announces the position of the selected pattern, such as "Pattern 2 of 5"in the Session Player pattern picker.
VoiceOver can now access the envelope controls in the Synth Player editor.
VoiceOver now identifies the button that expands a Step Sequencer row to show all edit modes.
Improves stability when using VoiceOver to select chords in the Chord Track.
Deleting a region while VoiceOver is focused on it no longer causes Logic Pro to quit unexpectedly.
VoiceOver describes the Browser’s sections, filters, tags, and results.
VoiceOver can now access the buttons in the toolbar.
Alchemy
Resolves an issue where certain Alchemy factory presets could load the wrong granular window.
Resolves an issue where Alchemy notes could get stuck when overlapping notes of the same pitch were played with MPE.
Automation
Freezing a track now also locks its MIDI controller data against editing.
When you Shift-Option-drag on an automation lane, the rubber band selection now spans the full lane height.
When you Shift-Option-drag on an automation lane, the rubber band selection is now clearly visible.
Resolves an issue where recorded pitch bend could be smoothed unexpectedly when aftertouch or controller data was recorded at the same time.
Resolves an issue where the automation curve in Trim mode could be drawn lower than its actual values.
Automation lanes keep their height when you drag them to a new position.
Resolves an issue where recording or adjusting automation with two projects open could affect the automation display of the other project.
The “Delete Visible Automation on Selected Track” command now deletes only the automation shown in the Tracks area.
Resolves an issue where undoing a Latch automation write could remove all other automation and MIDI notes on the track.
Horizontal grid lines in the Tracks area now appear in the correct position when automation is shown.
Bounce, export, and sharing
The bounce progress window now stays where you move it while you use other apps.
Pressing Command-Period now stops the whole export when you export multiple regions as audio files.
Exporting an ADM BWF file over an existing file with the same name now replaces the old file as expected.
It's now possible to export selected tracks as a MainStage patch or set.
Chords and Chord Track
Dragging a reversed Apple Loop region to the Chord Track now adds its chords in reversed order.
Deleting a key signature with the Delete key or a menu command no longer changes the chords on the Chord Track.
Moving or changing the length of a key signature no longer overwrites chords on the Chord Track.
Drum Kit Designer
Restores the ability to play brush snares in Drum Kit Designer, including in the Vintage Kit Brushes and Speakeasy kits.
Editing
Strip Silence now keeps the Transpose setting that is applied to audio regions in the Region inspector.
The Split and Cut commands now use different scissors icons, so they are easier to tell apart.
The Repeat Multiple window now explains that its Adjustment setting also applies to the Repeat Once command.
Resolves an issue where trimming the left edge of certain regions could make the region jump to another position.
Resolves an issue where clicking and holding without moving the pointer could do nothing in some editors, such as when selecting a clef in the Score.
Resolves an issue where the “Repetitions to Loops” command could merge regions with different region settings or colors.
Resolves an issue where canceling Normalize in the Audio File Editor could leave one channel of the audio file silent.
Resolves an issue where the Audio File Editor could draw the loop area pattern incorrectly or clip region names when scrolling.
Resolves an issue where click-holding the playhead in the ruler could make it jump to another position and back.
Flex Time and Flex Pitch
Typing a value for a Flex parameter in the Track inspector now sets the nearest available value.
Flexed audio regions now keep their positions when you convert the project and its audio files to a new sample rate.
Global Tracks
Custom time signature groupings can now have more than six groups.
Resolves an issue where certain key signatures could not be selected in the Signature List to delete them.
Import
Importing a Voice Memos recording with the Import Audio File command no longer creates a surround track.
Importing a MIDI file now keeps the original order of MIDI controller events that share the same position.
Dragging audio files together with their folders into the Tracks area no longer creates duplicate tracks.
In the Import Audio window, a Preview on/off button now replaces the Play and Stop button.
Importing a MIDI file into an existing project now brings in the file's key signature.
Live Loops
The Speed options in the Live Loops Cell Inspector now appear in the language you have chosen.
The Bounce Cells in Place dialog in Live Loops now shows the correct window title.
Resolves an issue where recording MIDI in Live Loops could create an unexpectedly long note.
Live Loops cells created by changing an empty cell's settings now respect a track's Pattern default region type.
MIDI
Dragging pitch bend nodes in the Piano Roll now moves them in coarse steps.
While you drag pitch bend nodes in the Piano Roll hold the Control key to move them in finer steps.
Stepped pitch bend automation in imported MIDI files now shows as stepped instead of smooth.
Restores the ability for tracks linked to the Groove Track to follow its timing instead of being hard-quantized.
Mixer
It's now possible to remove bypassed sends from selected channel strips with the new Remove Bypassed Sends command.
The Mixer now updates as expected after you reassign an External MIDI track to another track's channel.
The input menu on audio channel strips now lists both mono and stereo inputs.
Choosing a mono or stereo input from the input menu on an audio channel strip now changes the channel format to match.
Resolves an issue where the -4.5 dB and -4.5 dB Compensated pan law settings could use incorrect values.
Resolves an issue where a frozen instrument track that plays without regions could keep playing after being turned off.
Plug-ins
Beat Breaker slice handles now stay on the current snap value when dragged toward a neighboring slice.
Clicking next to a knob in certain Logic Pro plug-ins no longer makes its value jump to the clicked position.
Resolves an issue where Beat Breaker could produce a click at the cycle loop point.
Resolves an issue where moving the Level slider in EVOC 20 PolySynth could cause crackling.
Resolves an issue where entering text that a plug-in parameter can't use could set the parameter to its minimum value.
Clicking a Beat Breaker slice handle now moves the slice as expected when its curve is at the top of the editor.
Beat Breaker now keeps its slice value readouts visible at smaller plug-in window sizes.
Resolves an issue where Beat Breaker filters could produce clicks even when De-click was set to 100%.
The ChromaVerb animation no longer runs too fast on displays that use ProMotion.
The output gain label in Channel EQ no longer appears too large and cut off when the plug-in is bypassed.
Restores the ability of the Vienna Ensemble Pro plug-in to connect to Vienna Ensemble Pro Server over a network.
The Suppression parameter name in DeEsser 2 is now spelled correctly.
In Beat Breaker, the grid lines in Cutoff edit mode now follow the current snap setting.
Plug-in windows now open on the same display as the Logic Pro window they are opened from, including Sidecar.
The cutoff control in AutoFilter now shows the modulated cutoff value as it changes.
Channel EQ now uses Proportional Gain-Q coupling by default.
Resolves an issue where an Audio Unit v3 plug-in could keep showing the old name of its track after the track was renamed.
Direction Mixer now offers automation parameters that match its Split setting, such as Direction High and Direction Low.
The External Instrument plug-in now loads your saved user default settings when you insert it.
Searching in the Plug-in Manager now finds plug-ins by their version number.
Recording
When you enable "Merge Current Recording Only”, if you stop recording within the first two beats of a new cycle pass, Logic Pro keeps what you recorded in the previous pass.
When you delete a record-enabled track, the track that is selected next is now record-enabled as expected.
Studio Voice is now named Studio Sound, to match the same feature in other Apple apps.
Recorded MIDI regions now use the Q-Swing and Q-Strength values set in the MIDI region defaults.
Resolves an issue where the audio recording path in Recording settings could appear to reset in projects saved as folders.
Sampler, Quick Sampler, and Sample Alchemy
In Sample Alchemy, turning on Sync with all sources selected now applies it to each source.
Dragging a trim handle in Sample Alchemy while zoomed in now keeps the view scrolling when the pointer stops.
Resolves an issue where turning on Pitch Lock for certain samples in Sample Alchemy could distort the sample and hide the switch.
Show by Source in the Sample Alchemy modulation matrix now selects the chosen target control, such as Additive Symmetry.
Loading a sample in Sample Alchemy no longer removes modulation from Symmetry in Additive mode.
Quick Help now describes the sync button in Sample Alchemy in Classic and Loop modes.
Importing a sample into Sample Alchemy in trim view now resets the zoom as expected.
The Lock option in the Sample Alchemy Sample menu is now named Pitch Lock again.
Dragging a loop or one-shot to the Tracks area to create a Sampler track now names the track after the file.
Session Players
The Change Patch and Keep Settings switches for Session Players now apply to all tracks and projects instead of to each track.
Adding Session Players to a project with Arrangement Markers now adds a default chord progression for each section when the Chord Track is empty.
Restores the ability to Option-Shift-drag a control to set the same value on all selected Session Player regions.
Undoing a move of a Session Player region now regenerates the region as expected.
Long track names in the Session Player Follow menu now shorten in the middle instead of being cut off.
Unselected regions in the ruler of the Session Player editor are now fully visible.
Pasting a preset from a different Session Player type into a region now updates the Session Player editor to match.
Smart Tempo
Resolves an issue where tempo hints could return after removing tempo information from certain audio files in the Smart Tempo Editor.
Smart Tempo analysis now detects more imported audio files as loops without the “Audio File is a Loop” command.
Initial tempo analysis now recognizes more offbeat loops.
Initial tempo analysis now recognizes more loops that have sound before the first beat.
Analyzing the tempo of an audio file in the Smart Tempo Editor no longer moves its region in the Tracks area.
Smart Tempo now detects tempo, time signature, and loop length more accurately in audio loops and short audio files.
Sound Library
Resolves an issue where saving a project with Sound Library content copied into it could ask to download content that is already installed.
MIDI Apple Loops now use the current flat track icons when added to a project.
The Sergio George producer pack is available to download from the Sound Library.
Stability and reliability
Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could stop responding when saving a project with Save As.
Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when loading certain libraries in Native Instruments Kontakt 8.
The Plug-in Manager now prevents categories and plug-ins from sharing a name, which could cause Logic Pro to quit unexpectedly.
Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when clicking the ruler in the Tracks area.
Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly while editing notes in the Piano Roll.
Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when importing certain damaged AAF files.
Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when resizing audio regions in the Tracks area.
Improves stability when the audio interface or display changes while the Track Inspector is open.
Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when switching projects while an editor such as the Piano Roll is open.
Clicking an unmapped Smart Controls knob, as in some factory patches, no longer causes Logic Pro to quit unexpectedly.
Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly while adjusting Alchemy controls during playback.
Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when selecting certain bus or instrument tracks in some projects.
Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when resizing a chord on the Chord Track.
Improves stability when waking a Mac from sleep while Logic Pro is open.
Renaming a project that uses Alchemy no longer causes Logic Pro to quit unexpectedly.
Improves stability when Logic Pro removes redundant automation points.
Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when selecting part of a stereo audio file.
Resolves an issue where Logic Pro could quit unexpectedly when undoing after analyzing tempo in the Smart Tempo Editor.
Double-clicking below the track headers to create a new track no longer causes Logic Pro to quit unexpectedly in certain projects.
Improves stability when moving or copying a MIDI region onto an audio take folder.
Removing Auto Sampler from an insert slot while its window is open no longer causes Logic Pro to quit unexpectedly.
Improves stability when editing notes in the Piano Roll after converting a pattern region to a MIDI region.
Step Sequencer
New pattern regions created from the shortcut menu or an empty Step Sequencer now match the length of a marquee selection.
The Step Sequencer Preview button no longer stays dimmed after playback of a Live Loops pattern cell stops.
The Playback Mode menus in the Step Sequencer inspectors now show the name of each mode.
Step Sequencer patterns for Drum Machine Designer kits now list commonly used sounds, such as kick, snare, and hi-hat, first.
Step rate menus in the Step Sequencer now show full names, such as “1/8 Triplet” and “1/8 Dotted”.
In the Step Sequencer, the pointer now changes to show what a modifier key does when you click or drag steps.
In the Step Sequencer, Command-Option-drag now creates a ramp between step values.
In the Step Sequencer, Command-click now ties steps.
Changing a step's value in a Step Sequencer edit mode other than On/Off now turns the step on.
In the Step Sequencer, Shift-click selects all rows in between and Command-click adds or removes single rows.
It's now possible to randomize the selected steps in the Step Sequencer from the step context menu.
Option-clicking a step in the Step Sequencer now resets its values in all edit modes, not only the current one.
The step shortcut menu in the Step Sequencer now has a command that resets only the current edit mode's value.
On new Pattern tracks, selecting a Drum Machine Designer pad now selects the matching row in the Step Sequencer.
You can now ramp step values in the Step Sequencer without turning on inactive steps.
Shift-Option-Command-drag now creates a ramp on Step Sequencer subrows when the row is in On/Off edit mode.
Turning on the first step in a new Step Sequencer pattern region now plays the instrument's sound.
Clicking Randomize in a subrow's Randomize popover now randomizes that subrow in the Step Sequencer.
After live recording into an empty pattern region, the Clear button now becomes available on rows that have steps.
Randomizing a row from the Randomize popover now respects Mono Mode in the Step Sequencer.
It's now possible to select multiple steps in the Step Sequencer and edit them together.
Edits in a floating Step Sequencer window now appear right away in the Step Sequencer in the main window, and vice versa.
When step cells are narrow, the Step Sequencer now shows the value without its unit instead of cutting it off.
The Add Row menu in the Step Sequencer now shows custom plug-in names set in the Plug-in Manager.
Takes and comping
Double-clicking a MIDI region in a take folder now closes the Piano Roll if it is open, as with other MIDI regions.
When tracks are grouped, selecting a take in a take folder now shows that take in the Track Editor.
Resolves an issue where a frozen track with a MIDI take folder could still play after the track was turned off.
The Flex checkbox no longer appears in the Region Inspector when a Take Folder is selected.
Resolves an issue where a take in a take folder could fail to redraw after Flex was turned on or off in the Region inspector.
Resolves an issue where clicking a take could have no effect when editing a take folder in the Track Editor.
Resolves an issue where a track could stay too tall after an open take folder on it was deleted.
Resolves an issue where undoing a comp edit could show an alert that the undo goes past the state when the project was last opened.
Resolves an issue where track headers could show the wrong rows after moving or copying an open take folder to another track.
The Region Inspector no longer shows the Flex and Smart Tempo controls for a selected take folder.
Track stacks
When all selected tracks use the same output, a new Summing Stack now uses that output instead of Stereo Output.
Converting a Folder Stack to a Summing Stack now keeps the main track's icon, color, and any custom name.
Creating a Folder Stack now applies the focused track's color to the stack's main track.
Resolves an issue where creating a Folder Stack could reuse an existing VCA in the project instead of creating a new one.
Resolves an issue where a parent Track Stack could appear turned off while a nested stack inside it had active tracks.
Moving a region on the overview track of a collapsed nested Track Stack now updates its position as expected.
Control-clicking a region on a collapsed Track Stack's overview track now selects it and opens the shortcut menu.
Show or hide the subtracks of a track stack in the Mixer separately from the Tracks area.
Undo
Save Undo History is now on by default, so projects keep their undo history when you save and reopen them. You can still turn it off.
Resolves an issue where redoing Delete Audio File in the Project Audio Browser could leave the file outside the project's Undo folder.
Pressing Escape while renaming a marker set no longer turns off Undo until the project is reopened.
Video
Resolves an issue where exporting audio to a movie could fail with an alert when the export range starts at certain positions.
The Video track now shows sharper movie thumbnails at each thumbnail resolution setting.
Resolves an issue where movie thumbnails in the Video track could appear black when a SMPTE-locked marker was positioned just after the end of the movie.
Undoing a movie-related edit no longer takes a full-screen movie on a second display out of full screen.
General
It's now possible to set a default patch for new Pattern tracks from the track header shortcut menu.
Previewing Voice Memos recordings in the Project Audio Browser now plays audio as expected.
The “Clean Up Project” command now removes unused audio file references.
The “Clean Up Project” command now leaves files stored outside the project unselected by default.
Waveform overviews now show more detail for quiet audio when you zoom in.
Selecting the Movie File option in the Save As dialog no longer shows a disk space alert.
Resolves an issue where macOS could ask whether to keep Logic Pro as the default app for its projects when Logic Pro opened.
Restores the ability to move the playhead by Shift-clicking the Tracks area background.
Restores the ability to start playback by Shift-double-clicking.
Resolves an issue where cleaning up a project could try to delete audio files that the project still uses.
There is now a progress bar while Logic Pro creates a support profile.
The Default Template picker in Logic Pro Settings now opens in front of the Settings window.
Resolves an issue where the project notes background could turn white after using Writing Tools.
Resetting a User Tuning key after entering only a space no longer makes the screen flash white.
When you cancel “Open an existing project” in the Project Chooser, your Details settings such as tempo and key now remain as set.
Control-clicking the Quick Help button in the control bar now opens its shortcut menu.
On a new installation, Logic Pro opens a new project from the Quick Start template at launch.
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