Hello, and welcome back to our site. Music production has become a pleasant profession in the present era. In this present era, everything has become digital, and many plugin vests and digital audio workstations are very helpful in music production. Even music production in the present era is completely dependent on this software. There are many digital audio workstations, but this blog post will discuss only the Logic Pro 11. Now, the question arises of what we will discuss in this blog post. The topics that we are gonna discuss are listed below.
- Introduction of Logic Pro 11
- Difference between Logic Pro 11 and Logic Pro X
- What’s New in Logic Pro 11?
- Comparison between FL Studio and Logic Pro 11
- Applications and Use Cases of Logic Pro 11
1. Introduction of Logic Pro 11
Overview of Logic Pro X:
Logic Pro X is a digital audio workstation (DAW) made by Apple, which is famous for its quality products. When people hear the name Apple with some product, they think it must be luxurious and versatile, which is the Logic Pro X. But don’t worry, we will explain its reality in this blog post. This DAW has been designed for all the producers, whether beginners, intermediate or advanced users. This DAW offers a simple, clean interface. Like all the other DAWs, it also provides the inbuilt effects, synths, and other facilities.
2. Difference between Logic Pro and Logic Pro X:
There is some confusion among people about Logic Pro and Logic Pro X. People frequently ask questions about this confusion, such as ” Is Logic X the same as Logic Pro?” or “Is Logic Pro X now Logic Pro?”. So, let us answer these questions.
When Apple first released its DAW, it was Logic Pro X. Originally, it was launched in the 1990s. From then till 2013, its name remained the same. However 2013, Apple changed its name from Logic Prox to Logic Pro only. The letter X was removed. So, now the question arises: what is the difference between Logic Pro X and Logic Pro? The newly released Logic Pro offers all the features that were found in the Logic Pro X. So there is a difference in terms of features, but there is also a difference in terms of performance.
Performance difference:
The latest version of Logic Pro runs on the M1 Mac(Logic Pro 10.6 and above), and the Logic Pro X doesn’t run on M1 Ma, but the latest version offers 15 percent better performance than the X version.
Compatibility:
The Logic Pro X doesn’t run on the M1 Macs
Conclusion:
So, we concluded that the Logic Pro performs better than the Logic Pro X; otherwise, there is no difference between them.
3. What’s new in Logic Pro 11?
Every company tries to improve its software by releasing updates. They aim to make their software user-friendly and provide different flexibilities to their users. In the same way, the Logic Pro also brought new features and advancements. In this blog section, we will discuss the most important updates. Let’s dive deep into them.
1. Introduction of the Dolby Atmos:
Here comes the Dolby Atmos feature in the Logic Pro, providing you with new doors for mixing and mastering. It opens a new world of possibilities. Basically, the main purpose of the Dolby Atmos is to create a sensation of a 3D environment. When the user enables this effect on any of the elements of the song, then if you hear that element in the stereo headphones, you will feel that certain element seems to play right before your head, just like it sounds in the real experiment. Here is the picture of the Dolby Atmos plugin.
Mechanism of working :
It’s important to note that the Dolby Atmos plugin is unavailable in the plugins list. Users can access this plugin in the pop-up menu of the spatial audio project setting. This plugin is designed to work in a particular frequency range of 48 kHz or 96 kHz.
3D Object Viewer :
In the middle of the plugin is a 3D box, and in the center of the box is a dummy of a human; around that, there are many dots. So let us explain these. As we said earlier, the Dolby Atmos plugin sounds like it comes from three dimensions. To replicate that 3D dimension, the plugin considers a room as a reference point. The 3D box represents the room, and in the center of the room, there is a dummy representing the listener. The circular dots represent placement markers, which show the user at what position various elements of the songs are placed. You can place these dots at your desired position using the rotate buttons at the bottom of the plugins.
Surround Beds:
On the left side of the 3D object viewer is a section called the surround beds. Let’s explain this section.
As the name shows, the surround bed combines the different surround channels like left surround, right surround, etc. These surround beds are mainly used for different textural sounds. You must have heard that this song sounds empty. When you write a melody and beat for songs and also the vocals, these elements are considered the main elements of the song, but only with these elements does the song not sound professional. Here comes the importance of textural sounds like the sound of rain, trains, sparrows, air, waterfalls, bushes, sand, and pads. These sounds fulfill the emptiness of the songs. So, in earlier times, these sound sounds were not panned left and right, but in the modern era, producers pan these sounds left and right to create the stereo width. So now you can consider that surround beds combine the different presets that intelligently create different panning positions for these textural sounds, providing you with the diffuse ambiance or background soundscape that fills the listener’s environment.
One main thing to remember is that the surround beds are limited to only textural sounds. The user can also experiment with other sounds.
Conclusion :
These surround beds are used to add depth, richness, and details to sound. They also create different 3D environments, such as a city, forest, cinema, or reverb room. It goes beyond the normal stereo left and right panning. In short, we can say that it is the advanced 3D panning
Binaural Rendering:
The Dolby Atmos plugin might be heavy or CPU-consuming for some Mac users. After processing your sound by Dolby Atmos, you don’t have to waste time exporting the stems or the whole song for preview. Logic Pro now provides binaural rendering, allowing users to preview their mix on headphones without exporting it.
Binaural Render Modes:
Logic Pro provides 2 binaural render modes that are described below.
- Off Mode: In this mode, the user can preview its processed sounds without separating various song elements. All the elements sound like they are being played at the same distance.
- Near, Mid, Far: These modes are opposite to the above modes. In this mode, the user can preview various elements of his project so that they are being played at multiple distances. (This distance is also set by the user in the Dolby Atmos plugin)
Conclusion to Dolby Atmos Update
The update of the Dolby Atmos plugin in Logic Pro is worthwhile. This plugin opens new doors to mixing and mastering. As it provides a 3D environment, we think this technology is compulsory for the new era.
4. Drum Production
There has been no major update to the drum synths of Logic Pro 11 for quite some time. However, Apple made a few minor updates, which I think are important to mention.
- Like the other DAWs, the Logic Pro also provides drum samples and other drum kit plugins. The major benefit of using the drum plugins is that the user can affect each element of the drum kit individually right within the plugin. On the other hand, if the user uses the drum samples, then he has to open the delay or reverb plugin separately on the mixer channel of that sample if he wants to affect that sample. Apple has now updated its drum kit plugins. Now, users can also use third-party samples in the drum kit plugins. It is done by drag and drop.
- The plugin user can create his unique drum kit by dragging and dropping the samples into the drum kit.
- The microphone position and room selection can also be set to create realism in the drum kit samples.
- The user can also use the drum kit plugin with the MIDI keyboard by assigning notes for different drum kit elements.
5. AI-Powered Stem Splitter:
Introduction
For quite some time, some sites have introduced the technique of splitting the stem of songs by AI users. Some of them were powerful, and some were not. However, splitting the stem was very useful for those who used to remix songs and those who made sample packs. Now the question arises: what is the stem splitter technique? Let us explain it.
Let’s consider which songs include hi-hats, drums, pianos, vocals, textural sounds, pads, whooshes, build-ups, snares, etc. Now, if someone likes the vocals of that song and wants to make his own music around those vocals, he cannot sing or hire anyone. With the help of the stem splitter technique, he can extract only the vocals from that song without causing any harm to them. In a same way he can also isolate other elements of the song and can use them in his own project.
How to use the AI-powered stem splitter of Logic Pro 11:
It is quite simple. You can follow some steps to use the stem splitter of Logic Pro 11.
- First of all, let us inform you that the AI Stem Splitter plugin is only present on Macs with Apple silicon.
- Import your audio in the DAW
- In the track area of Logic Pro, click on that audio file, then go to the processing and choose the option known as stem splitter. This is a simple plugin. Its picture is given below.
- After that, a dialogue box will appear.
- You can check the vocals, drums, bass, and other boxes in that dialogue box. You can check all the boxes or your desired box.
- After that, you have to click on the button ” SPLIT”.
- DAW will process that audio, and after that, it will split these elements from the song.
6. Smoother Workflow:
Logic Pro 11 has 15 percent better performance than the previous version, so you can also enjoy a smoother workflow.
7. Logic Pro X vs. FL Studio: A Detailed Comparison
This blog section will compare FL Studio 21 and Logic Pro 11 in detail. The question arises: Why did we choose FL and logic for comparison, and why not the other DAWs? The answer is that Logic Pro and FL Studio are used worldwide, and FL Studio is thought to be in a race with logic, so why did we choose these DAWs?
Interface:
The interface of any software is its first impression to the user. Logic Pro 11 focuses on simplicity. So it provides a simpler and cleaner interface to the user. In its interface, every element is properly organized. On the other hand, the FL Studio interface is a bit more complex than logic. It is more customizable and user has to have few days to understand it. It is very colorful and allows the user to arrange patterns and loops in a beautiful way. The graphics of the Logic Pro 11 are simple and not very colorful, but the FL Studio provides modern 3D graphics to its interface.
Stock Instruments & Sounds:
To work on a project, every producer needs instruments and sample packs in his DAW. Logic Pro 11 provides more instruments and sample packs. It has high-quality pianos, synths, loops, one shot, and effect plugins such as Alchemy, Sculpture, and the vintage EQ collection, which are highly regarded for their quality, etc., for every genre. On the other hand, the FL Studio 21 has all these things but in a limited amount. In the case of the Logic Pro 11, users don’t have to buy any third-party synths vst or sample packs in most cases, but in the case of FL Studio 21, you may need to buy third-party resources at some time.
Platform:
Logic Pro 11 is only for Mac users and cannot run on any other operating system. On the other hand, FL Studio 21 is not platform-exclusive.
Performance and Compatibility :
As we mentioned above, Logic Pro 11 is to run on a Mac. So Apple has optimized it to run smoothly on Mac. There are very few reports of Logic Pro being crashed or stopped working. On the other hand, FL Studio’s parent company, Image Line, is working to optimize it on every operating system. There have been many cases in which FL Studio got hanged while managing a mega project.
Applications and Use Cases of Logic Pro 11
Electronic Music Production:
This software provides everything needed to produce music for any genre, including sample packs, synths, loops, VSTs, and more.
Film Scoring:
It also allows the user to create music or background scoring for video. So professional film makers also use it for scoring.
Songwriting and Composition:
It can also be used for songwriting and composition.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
- macOS 13.5 and later
- 4 GB RAM.
- A screen with a resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels or higher.
- OS X 10.5 or later.
- Requires 64-bit Audio Unit plugins.
- 6 GB of free disk space for minimal installation; 72 GB for a complete installation of the Sound Library.
- Logic Pro 11.0.1 [Intel/Apple] [TNT]
- Original Publisher: Apple
- Version: 11.0.1
- Category: DAW
- Require:
- macOS 13.5 and later
- License type: Full
- Size: 1.25 GB
Alternatives of Logic Pro 11
Here is the list of DAWs that can be alternatives to Logic Pro 11
- Ableton Live
- Avid Pro Tools
- FL Studio
- Studio One
- Cubase Pro
- Reaper
- Reason Studios
- Bitwig Studio
- Audacity (Free)
- LMMS (Free)
- GarageBand (Free for Mac users)
