Logic Express 9

Record, edit, and mix your music like a pro. Open your GarageBand files in Logic Express 9 and get right to work, or start from scratch with a new composition. Innovative production tools and over 100 instrument and effect plug-ins from Logic Studio make it easier than ever to translate musical inspiration into professional recordings.

Top new features in Logic Express :
• Fully compatible with GarageBand projects — open them and take them further.
• Flex Time lets you manipulate audio timing and tempo like never before.
• Build dream guitar rigs with the new Amp Designer and Pedalboard.
• Inspire your music with 36 instrument plug-ins and 70 effect plug-ins.

Perfect for GarageBand musicians
Logic Express is the perfect next step for musicians who use GarageBand to compose and create.
• GarageBand files open seamlessly in Logic, so you can pick up right where you leave off.
• The familiar interface makes it easy to start editing and enhancing your compositions with new options right away.

More options for guitar players
Logic Express 9 is perfect for guitar players, with new features for getting killer tones right out of the box.
• Plug into the sound of 25 legendary amp heads and matching speakers with the new Amp Designer.
• Enjoy lush creative effects with the new Pedalboard, an assortment of 30 virtual stompbox pedals inspired by the classics.
• Support for the Apogee GiO interface and foot controller provides hands-free operation.

Easier for do-it-yourself musicians
An innovative set of music production tools makes it even easier to capture and develop your musical inspirations.
• Quickly transfer track content and setups between projects.
• Effortlessly replace or double audio drum tracks.
• Work smarter and more efficiently with over 150 workflow enhancements.

Flex Time
Put audio in its place with Flex Time, a new set of tools that delivers the easiest-ever approach to manipulating the timing and tempo of your performances.
• Beat slicing and elastic audio editing are now available together, so you never break your flow having to wait for something to render.
• Use Flex Tool to push audio around with your mouse.
• Change the tempo of your project using the new Varispeed option.

Instrument and effect plug-ins
Make music right out of the box with over 100 instrument and effect plug-ins from Logic Studio.
• 36 software instrument plug-ins, including the Ultrabeat drum synth and beatbox, ES2 synth, and EXS24 sampler.
• Over 70 professional effect plug-ins ranging from vintage and modern compressors to distortion effects and amp models, including Amp Designer and Pedalboard.

What's in the Box
• Application DVD containing Logic Express 9
• Printed and electronic documentation

System requirements
• Mac computer with an Intel processor
• 1GB of RAM
• Display with 1280-by-800 resolution or higher
• Mac OS X v10.5.7 or later
• QuickTime 7.6 or later
• DVD drive for installation
• 8GB of available disk space

Language Support
All applications in Logic Express support English, French, German, and Japanese. Final Cut Pro also supports Simplified Chinese. Soundtrack Pro and Compressor also support Simplified Chinese and Spanish.

*About the Upgrade
Upgrade from Logic Express 6, 7, or 8 or Logic Audio 5 or 6. Academic and Not-For-Resale (NFR) versions are not eligible for the upgrade.