Apple Loops Utility The Apple Loops Utility software is a small companion utility to
Soundtrack Pro,
GarageBand,
Logic Express, and
Logic Pro, all made by
Apple Inc. Apple Loops Utility allows users to create loops of audio that can be
time-stretched. Audio files converted to "Apple Loops" via the Apple Loops Utility can also be tagged with their publishing (Author, Comments, etc.) and musical information (Key, Tempo, etc.). Multiple files can be tagged at the same time, a process known as batch tagging. Apple Loops Utility can read both
AIFF and
WAV file formats, but it will convert the latter to AIFF when saved with tagging information.
Compressor Compressor is a video and audio media
compression and encoding application for use with
Final Cut Studio and Logic Studio on
Mac OS X. It can be used with
Qmaster for
clustering. Compressor is used for encoding MPEG-1,
MPEG-2 for
DVD, QuickTime .mov, MPEG-4 (Simple Profile), MPEG-4 H.264 and optional (third Party and often commercial) QuickTime Exporter Components to export to Windows Media, for example. Among its other features is the ability to convert from
NTSC to
PAL and vice versa, and the ability to 'upconvert' from
standard-definition video to
high-definition video with feature detail detection to prevent serious quality losses.
Impulse Response Utility The Impulse Response Utility is used to create custom
convolution reverbs.
Logic Pro Logic Pro is a hybrid 32 / 64 bit
digital audio workstation and
MIDI sequencer software application for the
Mac OS X platform. Originally created by German software developer
Emagic, Logic Pro became an
Apple product when Apple bought Emagic in 2002. Logic Pro provides software instruments,
synthesizers, audio effects and recording facilities for music synthesis. It also supports Apple Loops –
royalty-free professionally recorded instrument loops. Audio effects include distortions,
dynamics processors,
equalization filters, and delays. The Space Designer plugin simulates the acoustics of audio played in different environments, such as rooms of varying size, or producing the
echoes that might be heard on high mountains. Logic Pro can work with
MIDI keyboards and control surfaces for input and processing, and for MIDI output. It features real-time scoring in musical notation, supporting
guitar tablature,
chord abbreviations and drum notation. The application features
distributed processing abilities, which can function across an
Ethernet LAN. One machine runs the Logic Pro app, while the other machines on the network run the Logic node app. Logic will then offload the effects and synth processing to the other machines on the network. If the network is fast enough (i.e.
gigabit Ethernet) this can work in near-real time, depending on buffer settings and CPU loads. This allows users to combine the power of several Mac computers to process Logic Pro’s built-in software instruments and plug-ins, and 3rd party processing plug-ins.
MainStage MainStage's primary purpose is to serve as a method of centralizing any virtual instruments that users might have installed on their computers that are normally used in Apple's
DAW software
Logic Pro for use in live performance. The instruments can then be played using a pre-recorded MIDI file or via a MIDI controller such as a keyboard. MainStage's other features include the ability to play back pre-recorded backing tracks and to function as a guitar and vocal multi-effects processor. The second version, MainStage 2, was released on July 23, 2009, along with updated releases of many of the other applications in the Logic Studio package.
Soundtrack Pro Soundtrack Pro is a music composing and audio editing application made by
Apple Inc., which includes a collection of just over 5000
royalty free professional instrument loops and sound effects. The program also allows multitrack projects to be exported directly with
Compressor settings.
Waveburner WaveBurner can be used for assembling, mastering, and burning
audio CDs. Audio CDs created with WaveBurner can be played back on any audio CD player, and can be used as
premasters to produce CDs in large numbers for possible distribution. WaveBurner has several notable features: • Allows for up to 99 tracks and 99 subindexes per track • Includes
ISRC codes for each track • Includes copy prevention and pre-emphasis for each track • Adds UPC/EAN codes for the CD • Supports
CD-Text • Create DDP (CD-image) ==System requirements==