LOGIC 11 - What just happened?!

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Logic Pro 11 has landed and the big news is AI is everywhere. There are new "session players" who use AI to come up with keyboard and bass parts. This has divided the Logic community! Other parts of the upgrade including a very nice new distortion plugin chromaglow and a perfectly useable AI assisted mastering plugin have been a little eclipsed by the session players. So in this first look, Guy has a look at the new features and and tries to separate fact from hype.

00:00 Hello Everybody
00:31 DAW School Logic
01:28 First Impressions
02:50 Session Players
06:46 Chord Track
08:27 Stem Splitter
12:05 Mastering Assistant
13:28 ChromaGlow
14:53 Final Thoughts
16:34 DAW School Logic Trailer

[ThinkSpaceEducation]

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[banditalley]

To adapt a quote... I want AI to do the washing up so I have time to write bass parts, I don't want AI to write bass parts so I have time to do the washing up

[josecuralegacy]

Having been a professional classic musician, composer, conductor, singer, for four decades now, I have decided to give a try to digital composing, a bit for the fun and a bit for the, why not, chances of opening a new market for my music making. Your channel is one of my favorite learning sources because not only of your amazing knowledge but also because it is clear that for you expertise and boredom don’t forcedly have to walk together. Thanks, Guy, for the knowledge and for the fun!

[PaulBrownclk-me]

Every company is jumping on the Ai bandwagon as they think its todays rubik cube, the trouble is the consumers don’t even want it. We use logic because we enjoy making music, whats the point if the computer does it for you 🤦‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

[jeffhampton]

I really appreciate your insights and approach! Stay charming and bonkers.

[annastephenson-knight]

Absolutely loved the dog part! Happiness all round.

[bryanhitch]

Excellent? Diving right in to Daw School. Plus I have one of those Baskervilles....

[The_Doc_Rocks]

Having numerous ¼" stereo tapes of songs and other music that we recorded back in the 80s, and all of the 16- and 24-track masters long since gone, the stem splitter actually works really well for those. So far I've only digitized one tape with 3 songs on it, all featuring drums, bass, piano, rhythm guitar, and lead guitar fills, plus of course, vocal. Imported the stereo audio into Logic Pro 11, applied Stem Splitter, and got some very usable stems that were better than I expected. Re-mastered using some modern tools such as Smooth Operator, a couple of Sonible's smart: range of plugins, and APU Adaptive Loudness Compressor, and hey presto - brought them bang up to date. They actually sound surprisingly good. Now THAT is what I would use the Stem Splitter for - not pirating samples from Taylor Swift or whoever. By the way - v11.0.1 was released today, fixing a whole raft of early-reported bugs.

[MonsieurVersatile]

Just to be clear, the Mastering Assistant does work on Intel macs (I have one from 2020) but you only get the Clean preset.

[SamSergeant]

Without mentioning all the various issues with AI. I just don't think this needed to be a full numbered release

[mkiemkie]

Excellent video - informative and entertaining as well. Thanks a lot!
Good to know that all the AI functionality will not work for me right now on my 2020 MB Air.
Concerning the "DAW School" course: I hope that it will also be helpful for me (being on Logic X) as well, right?

[vladartiomav]

The stems splitter is pretty mindblowing! I used online services for this and it is quite a bit slower to process, may be because of the queue I'm not sure, but the possibility to do it this fast, locally is really great

[DeanWThomas]

Just purchased the course. Looking forward to taking it! Thanks for the video, Guy!

[michaelreynolds]

I'm from the school of 'if it ain't broke don't fix it'. I'm sticking with Logic 10, I can't see anything in 11 that would change what I do or my enjoyment in writing. But a fascinating and honest review, thanks Guy.

[JanBLarsson]

You are a very honest person, Guy. I'm on PC so this does not apply to me, but I did enjoy the review.

[whatspadethinks]

I started recording in 1992 using the Tascam PortaStudio's, then the only real choice for newbies of the day back then. I had a 424 4 Track and later the last great cassette PortaStudio the 488mkII 8 track machine. After years with ADATS, desktop DAW's and then on laptop, I began to use the iPad & iOS music production apps exclusively in my home studio since 2015. I love the tactile feel and the ability to record anywhere.

I was a little taken by surprise when Guy dismissed Apple's description of what the Stem Splitter could do with old demos etc. watch @ 10:31 . I had many songs that were stereo submixes from my PortaStudio days that I've recorded new parts to. Some turned out nice while others didn't because the stereo rhythm tracks were glued together and made mixing problematic. If the drums just weren't happening, short of compression there wasn't much to do.

Stem Splitter is great for instances like that and while I see Guy's point I personally think using some Taylor Swift, et al. track to nab a drum part or backing vox will get old quite quickly. Making old bits & demos into complete songs will prove to be longer lasting.

[jnapier]

Quite pleased to have the new session players; been exactly what I was looking for in plugins and now I've got it right there in Logic alongside drummer. Brilliant.

[ronricherson]

The AI piano track seemed to emulate early Elton John. Overall, what it creates is mundane, pedestrian, trite, etc. I think it's a big step backwards.

[GhostWriter_Music]

I have seen videos of people say the bass and keyboard are bad, but I'm thinking about this, its good enough at the moment, you are going to start hearing it all in pop charts, and in the future it will get updates, just like the drummer got,

[orderd]

Oh my word! I didn't think I could love you any more than I already do, and then you go and show the footage of you and the dog.