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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

  • 2,114 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 4,000 predefined chord grids

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

  • Articulation Sets for intuitive key switching between articulations on Logic and third-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

  • 5,953 total patches for audio, auxiliary, software instrument and output tracks

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

  • 1,250 Sampler instruments

  • 110 Quick Sampler instruments

  • 3,556 Alchemy presets

  • 150 Drum Machine Designer kits with more than 3,066 individual kit piece patches

  • 4,529 plug-in settings for 104 plug-ins

  • 1,060 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 1,000 stereo audio channel strips

  • Up to 1,000 software instrument channel strips

  • Up to 1,000 auxiliary channel strips

  • Up to 256 busses

  • Up to 1,000 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 (Personalised Spatial Audio Profile1 2)

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

    • Apple Renderer (Head Tracking, Personalised 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 (non-eligible 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 synchronisation

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

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

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

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