For once you can agree with the hype. Apple have claimed that the latest Logic 10.5 update is the biggest since Pro X, but you
could
argue it’s their most important update ever. Heck, if you’re an Apple fanperson, this update might even have got you frothing that this is the most important update for music production - period! Of course it isn’t quite that, but 10.5 is one heck of an update which, Logic user or not, you do need to know about. It might just tempt you over to the Mac, or even the iPad if those rumours are true.
First the non rumours; the cold, hard facts. Logic 10.5 is massive news. The update throws in a grown up version of the Live Loops found in GarageBand that instantly puts Logic on a non conventional compositional par with - yes we’re going to say it - Ableton Live. But not just that. The new Step Sequencer throws in yet another alternative to putting notes and beats together that will be a familiar tempter for other sequencer users (both hard and soft). iOS users will love the fact that Logic Control has also been updated to take charge of all the best new bits. Oh, and Apple have only gone and updated EXS24 with not one but two new sampling options. (For some of the more desperate EXS users who have been crying out for this overhaul, an update to ‘24 is almost worth a point update in itself.) Then there’s Drum Synth, a new live Remix FX plugin and more. Like we said, this is big. Logic XI big.