Apple Logic Express 8

Normal Price:$199.00
Our Price:$159.99
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Manufacturer: Apple
Model: MA806LL/A
Binding: CD-ROM
Publisher: Apple
Label: Apple
Platform: Macintosh
Platform: Macintosh

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Features for Apple Logic Express 8:

Makes it easier than ever to translate musical inspiration into professional productions
Includes all the functionality of Logic Pro 8 except for four high-end professional features--surround, TDM/DAE support, distributed audio processing (DAP), and support for high-end control surfaces
36 instruments from Logic Studio, including Ultrabeat drum machine, EXS24 Sampler, and ES2 synth
70 effects from Logic Studio, including Guitar Amp Pro, Ringshifter, and full-featured Pitch Correction
Hundreds of channel strip settings and thousands of royalty-free Apple Loops so you can make incredible-sounding music right out of the box

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Editorial Review
Logic Express 8 delivers the power, precision, and professional toolset of Logic Pro 8?including a redesigned interface that allows musicians to write, record, edit, and mix with unparalleled speed and ease. Logic Express includes all the functionality of Logic Pro 8 except for four high-end professional features?surround, TDM/DAE support, distributed audio processing (DAP), and support for high-end control surfaces. Logic Express 8 comes with an expanded collection of professional instrument and effect plug-ins from Logic Studio, as well as channel strip settings and plug-in settings that allow you to begin making music immediately with professionally designed sounds. Logic Express is the ideal application for professional musicians and producers who want to get into the world of Logic for $199, as well as GarageBand users whoare ready to take their music to the next level. Network-based save and share, to use your settings and key commands on any Mac More than 100 instruments and effects from Logic Studio New instruments and effects from Logic Studio, including Ultrabeat and Guitar Amp Pro New channel strip settings and plug-in settings created for Logic Express, for a wide range of high-quality sounds System Requirements - Mac computer with a 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4 processor, Mac OS X v10.4.9 or later
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Customer Reviews

The Vocoder Sealed the Deal

2008-02-25
Here we are six months after this product was released, and there's only one review so far. I guess that's because Logic Express's big brother, Logic Studio, gets all the attention. Hey, I'd love to have Logic Studio too, especially with all those Jam Packs, as an amateur "tinkerer", I really can't justify paying five hundred bucks or so.

I decided to take the plunge on Logic Express 8 since it has much of the good stuff of Logic Studio, but it's about 300 bucks less. I'm glad I bought this. It's a lot of fun

I've had it just a couple of weeks so far, and I haven't even scratched the surface of its capabilities. Mostly I've spent my time playing with the EXS-24 sampler and the EVOC-20 vocoder. Vocoder you say? Yep. It's not even mentioned in the description above. I use a simple logitech headset mic and an M-Audio Oxygen midi controller and it works like a charm.

As to the EXS-24 sampler: a lot of people are interested in the sample library that comes with the Express version. As you are probably aware, the express version does not come with the 4 Jam Pack DVD-Roms. The library included with Express has some holes, but it is fairly easy to fill those holes with freely downloaded soundfonts from the web.

You don't get the nice box and documentation with the Express version, but the sequencer and audio recording capabilities are full-fidelity and full function. Honestly, most people are not going to miss the advanced features of Studio because there's enough to keep you busy learning for years.

The thing that made me decide to buy Logic Express 8 now rather than waiting until I had the money to buy Studio was the upgrade policy. You can upgrade to the Full Studio version for $299, which is the approximate difference in price between the packages.

Best I've Used

2008-02-24
I'm an amateur in the audio field and have found Logic Express 8 to be the both the easiest to use and most comprehensive audio software I've used to date. I've used Cubase, Sonar and others in the past and Logic is so much easier to use! Highly recommended!

Get It

2008-06-18
It's hot and amazing, But get a training book, because there is a lot to do and the books show everything you might miss. Make music and put out in the world, yeah

great sequencer

2008-05-28
be prepared to read the manual, this program has alot of features and you'll save lots of time you'd be wasting otherwise. included preset's make getting started making music enjoyable.

GET IT!

2008-05-04
love it- after 3 years of Garageband- this is a great app- easy to use if you played and got good with GBand! Highly recommend!

Amazing for the price!

2008-04-04
I came from a ProTools background so there was a bit of a learning curve but once I got the basics down it is really quite straight forward. Great for a home recording rig. I have the Apogee Duet which works quite well in this set up.

Logical

2008-03-11
I purchased this as an adjunct to Cubase on my laptop and as a step up from Garage band. While still adjusting to new ways of doing things, I can see the inherent power contained in the code. For the money, this purchase ia a "Logical" choice.