LOGIC PRO 11.1 // What's New in Logic 11.1!? (Quantec, Move Mixer Tracks, Search Plugins & MORE!)

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Logic Pro 11.1 update is here! In this video I break down all of the main new features in Logic 11.1. This update also has parity on iPad, with Logic Pro for iPad 2.1. New features include a new Quantec Room Simulator plugin with both classic QRS and YardStick modes, you can now move and re-order tracks in the mixer, you can search and add plugins, there are updates to the bounce in place dialog, new MIDI auto record enable features, you can consolidate Sampler instruments, you can share to Voice Memos, and there are two new sound packs! Check out my Logic Pro 11 courses here ➛ logicproguide.com Teya Flow (vocals) ➛ m.youtube.com/@TeyaFlow For mixing/mastering work, contact me at my website ➛ carneymediagroup.com Follow MusicTechHelpGuy on Instagram ➛ instagram.com/musictechhelpguy Support the channel on Patreon ➛ patreon.com/musictechhelpguy #logicpro #logicpro11 #logicprox #tutorial Chapters: 0:00 Feature Overview 2:06 Quantec Room Simulator 8:40 Move Mixer Tracks 10:36 Search & Add Plugins 14:33 Bounce in Place 16:14 Consolidate Sampler Instruments 18:02 MIDI Auto Record Enable 19:46 Voice Memos 20:46 Sound Packs 23:26 Wrap-Up

[@joelonsdale]

I wonder if I'll ever get a polarity switch on each channel strip? It's such a basic requirement for a mixing desk and critical for anyone who mixes live instruments or stacks drum hits...

[@coolvibesradio3267]

still no phase button on the mixer? LMAO

[@odevera81]

So, how do I update my operating system? Cause Mine still on ventura 13. Do I have to buy a new computer in order to update logic?

[@joelonsdale]

@@coolvibesradio3267 I've been moaning about it for 25 years. It's so basic :)

[@cmgrgl]

Finally!! plugin search!!! what a revolutionary fuature....

[@cesmcmyth]

🤣

[@Clasam09]

Apple's killing it this year. Adding 16gb as a base memory level for macbooks. Living like it's 2018!!!!

[@YeahButStilll]

It’s too bad Ventura isn’t powerful enough to handle a feature as advanced as a search bar. Guess I’ll have to update my os as well as finally actually install logic 11 because until today, there has not a single thing that has made me want to update.

[@digitalmarketinghumans]

Logic Pro Stock Plugins are sooooo under rated. They sound so good! These new reverbs are pretty great!

[@madness8556]

Agree 100%!

[@xelent1]

Yes they really are. I love Phat FX.

[@Bittamin]

Main reason after using it for 2 years the only plugin I’ve purchased is the Korg Wavestation vst 😂 getting the m1 for Black Friday, and then I’m good for another 2 years! 😂🎉

[@randypiano11]

Thanks! You do such a great job explaining logic!

[@MotoRita-o5x]

FINALLY!!! plugin search!!

[@cryophonik]

Track move in the mixer and BIP addition are the best additions for me, but I really wanted ARA2/Melodyne integration!

[@AltayEkren]

Finally, plugin search!! Now we need a good browser like 'Live'

[@ranajoyshil]

The browser is live is not that good compared to reaper, cubase etc.

[@kingofdjembe]

Yeah, until then we can use ADSR Sample Manager which is free. What is good in Live's browser is the Sound Similarity Search.

[@drj5418]

so the sample browser is still the same as before?

[@unrealmikeb]

the browser now is good because it's near the pointer and you don't have to drag mouse all across the screen

[@lavalizard1]

Great summary - and count me as one of the long term users who LOVE the fact I move / organize mixer tracks / busses… OMG…

[@prspktvmusic]

The QRS reverb sounds incredible

[@DigiMixAudio]

You are a master presenter! Love the new way to move tracks in the mixer, and the Quantec plugin. Thanks for the help!

[@Eddie-m9t]

That buffer size adjustment on the LCD display is clutch.

[@morsymusic]

Holy cow some good new features! That hidden Buffer is cool too! Can’t wait till Logic finally gives us a Dynamic EQ!

[@LongshanMusic]

Finally-what a great update. Thank you for the helpful tour!

[@PreacherAtArrakeen]

Ooh! Another reverb! Can't have enough!

[@rafaelfreitasmusic]

Holy guacamole, I’ve been requesting for search, moving tracks in the mixer and the BIP options at Apple’s Feedback page for literally years now. I was on the verge of moving to Pro Tools solely because of those three features. Glad I can stay in Logic!

[@nimuehere]

Finally the search option for plugins 🙏

[@Mopsie]

Seems like a solid update. Love the new reverb plugin

[@DarrinJackson76]

Lots of good stuff Here. I appreciated the Move Mixer Tracks, The New Bounce Features, The adding the buffer to the display, And the search plugins. This was a good video.

[@folybank]

Big fan of your videos. Thanks for helping thousands of producers around the world ❤

[@Asyouwere]

I’ve mixed with the real Quantec’s a lot. It was a crazy expensive unit. We mainly used it for its insanely long reverbs, that a Lexicon 480 wasn’t capable of. The interface was very basic though. The Logic Interface looks like a lot of fun!

[@SomebodyPickaName]

At 12:30 - this would be great for people who have a Stream Deck. Program in a "Multi Action" on a button by putting the Ctrl + Cmd + P as the first command, then type your most used plugin as the second command, then press enter as the third command. Then you can load that plugin with the press of a button.

[@LuddeB]

Oh great Idea will give that a shot! Hopefully it opens automatically

[@mattt.5895]

Whoa… using Logic Pro on a steam deck? … 😮

[@LuddeB]

Can update that it works flawlessly! Just find out the shortest amount of letters to highlight the plugin you want (ch was enough for channel eq in my case) and insert a multiaction button in stream deck, didn't even need a delay between. Adds and opens it straight away, super handy!

[@unrealmikeb]

You can also do it on ipad with logic remote

[@rossdonald594]

Nice presentation MTHG!! To add, I think this is also new.......(and unless I missed it in your vid), Cmd-Click to delete Plugins and Buses in Mixer view is another time saver.

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Yes! I totally forgot that one.

[@WayneDawkinsThePartyMan]

Moving mixer tracks is huge, the ability to see the grid through tracks in the edit page would be welcome, smaller pan knobs also

[@TheWolfCub71]

Excited you’re finally creating your own course. I learned Logic from your original series on this platform. It was amazing, and I could always refer to it when I needed to learn or relearn something. The second version was less thorough, but I didn’t complete it because I had learned from your previous course. I’ll check out the new one on your website to see if it meets my needs and if it’s something I can recommend to my friends who want to learn Logic. I always tell them to check out your channel, but I think they’ll be more interested in using your website.

[@mikesmith1290]

Finally! We can reorder mixer tracks! As someone who uses a control surface, this is a must!

[@Scampi95]

Really happy to hear you can move tracks in the mixer!

[@guglielmonigro]

Finally!!! Great news here. And perfect video as usual. Ty!

[@fabianpaulsson4474]

Amazing update. Now we just need a live browser sample preview in playback!

[@BobbyLaneProductions]

nice updates for all of us Logic Pro users.. thanks for bringing them to your channel.

[@drvoodoo3073]

I honestly never stressed too much about not being able to move tracks in the mixer. The Plugin Search thing is helpful, never really needed that one much either since I have all my plugins organized into folders already. I'll be happy to not ever hear people complain about not having Plugin Search ever again. Great update all around!

[@maxmaxxammax3011]

what else is now left that we need from Ableton? hahah

[@drvoodoo3073]

​@@maxmaxxammax3011 I would say the last major thing Logic needs is the ability to use Logic's MIDI FX plugins on audio tracks, i.e. the ability to freely route MIDI in and out between audio tracks and not just MIDI tracks which is how it works right now. Also, not a huge deal but it would be great to have a similar feature to Ableton's Effects Racks. Much more elegant compared to Logic's bus routing system. There are third party plugins that already do this, like the free Waves StudioRack or Blue Cat Audio's PatchWork (not free), there are other paid options out there as well. It would be nice to have but again, not a huge deal. Very happy with Logic, you simply can't complain much since all the updates are FREE

[@RustyKnorr]

I thought it was insanely annoying, especially for a big drum mix.

[@rolandgerard6064]

Just been added to Cubase 14. I wonder why it takes that long for the dev’er to add these kind of basic features.

[@YeahButStilll]

It depends on how many plugins you use and how many plugins you have. If you don’t have many tracks and don’t use a lot of plugins, sure, it’s not that bad. But some people have hundreds of tracks with hundreds of plugins within the project and have to dig through menus to try to find each one. Either way, it’s just such a basic feature to not have. Same with moving tracks around, particularly the aux tracks. You used to have no control over where it went and had to make it an audio track on the timeline for no reason in order to move it.

[@em8969]

I can see the amount of effort you put into this video and I want to say thankyou bro, you're a real pro at this!! the GOAT, the one we go to for Logic Pro! and other pieces of knowledge! thank you

[@DruDilly]

The search feature was THE thing I had been waiting for. Especially when Pro Tools and Ableton have been allowing this for years....The Region Bounce is freaking amazing! This is super helpful. I've always wanted this one too but the search was more important.

[@soontaek]

Amazing video as always. I think I'm going to love the search feature when I upgrade; I tend to get lost while looking for a plugin haha. Thank you for the explanation

[@willgomartin2853]

As always an impeccable presentation, thank u Bro!

[@Hammerman48]

Great tutorial. I noticed the update after a recording session this afternoon. Looking forward to using the new features.

[@itssandeepa]

you explained everything so clear ❤ thank you so much

[@yanferbeats6175]

"Finally, the new Logic Pro update includes a plugin search function when adding them to a track! I had been waiting for this for so long, and it was frustrating that Apple didn’t include it while other DAWs like Cubase, Studio One, and FL Studio already had it. Now I’m hoping they’ll also work on improving compatibility with Melodyne's ARA system, which would be a huge improvement. Thanks, Apple, for starting to listen to users, but there’s still work to be done!"

[@elfromthabay1989]

Also, don't forget that we need better file management ,drag, and drop plugin features like cubase and studio one

[@willstortimusic]

😅

[@Salehalder3]

Good luck for your website you always deserve the best bro👌🏽

[@KazGamble]

Great update. Thanks for the info!

[@Sajtlik]

I've never been that fast for a new update. 🤩

[@TheOGArithon]

Thanks for the effort you put into your videos Josh. Best quality, best info, best delivery, pretty much best everything Logic on the internet. As for this update, I have mixed feelings about it. Two of my pet hates are now fixed (moving channels in mixer and searching), and the Quantec plugins sound amazing. But you have to update to Sonoma and that is more than a bit irritating. I have a tonne of plugins and for the past few years every update breaks quite a few things. So like you I prefer to be a couple of updates behind, and just like you I'm on Ventura. Anyway, looks like I have to put some effort into checking what's gonna break etc and be prepared just in case. Thanks once again!

[@derekmidgley]

Love this. Thank you for sharing the details!

[@marc942]

Logic Gang Gang

[@AmbientClassical]

Love the new reverb. I think it's awesome!

[@joelarets]

11:57 Control Command P to search and add a plugin without mouse clicks is a huge time saver!!!

[@rohankaymusic]

Move tracks in the mixer?! Hallelujah!!

[@vewilli]

Thank you for this fantastic overview of the new Logic 11.1-version! 💪🏻👏🏻👍🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@wesleygt.amorim]

You’re a gift man! Thank you

[@willstortimusic]

Amazing new features!

[@therealkevinmcnally]

I love your videos. So helpful!

[@GloveBunniesVideos]

I've used the Hansa+ presets on Space Designer to create a mix room and the results were fantastic. This Quantec plugin seems interesting.

[@nukenoly8751]

So good ❤Runs like butter on the M4 Mac Mini 😊

[@ContentScientist]

By FAR Still the Best Logic Guy - Thanks for the wonderful video!!!!!

[@wolfhard2420]

And we say thank you, Apple Logic for a very very nice update again. After we were blown already by the last big one.

[@coachhumph5524]

As soon as i got the notification about the update to Logic Pro I said to myself, "Just wait for Josh to explain it...he will make it make sense if anyone can" 🙂

[@Shayzar1]

same! have we become lazy, lol?

[@coachhumph5524]

@@Shayzar1 Lol I still googled Quantec to see what it was ..All I "learned" is that it was apparently a plug-in that had to do with reverb. I said "Ok, I'm guessing there is something about reverb or this plug in that's a bigger deal than other plug ins but I have no idea about it at all" that's when I really knew waiting for Josh to explain it would be necessary haha.

[@leonbarton2766]

Just a general ‘Big Thanks’ for all of the hugely helpful content you post up for Logic tuition 💯 Since I moved across from Cubase ( which I still love, btw ), your informative videos have helped me swiftly get up to speed with Logic. I can honestly say that Logic is now my go to for song composition and I’d of really struggled without your videos to reference. If ever I make a few quid from my music, I’ll not forget you 😉

[@annette9325]

Thank you for another very helpful tutorial video 😊

[@awesomebandhub]

Hey, thanks a lot. The only feature I hadn't found is the Buffer resizing feature in the controls bar. Great video, man! Greetings from Hamburg, Germany.

[@JeffDaytonMusic]

Super cool and very helpful - and inspiring! Thanks.

[@neilgilmartin]

'Quality of life' feature... I'm stealing that. Thanks for the run-through of what's new in 11.1. Hurray to finally being able to move channel strips around in the mixer. What took so long?!

[@fizzbronson4279]

Thanks for the quick update!

[@trenthaysproductions]

Great overview. Thanks!

[@nogoogleplus]

Hallelujah they allow moving tracks in the mixer now….that was ridiculous not having it for so long!

[@DarrinJackson76]

Yeah, this is the feature I was missing. Seriously, way too long for this one.

[@DjVazGUINEBISSAU]

Amazing tutorial from new Logic Pro 11.1, Thanks

[@johnyfernandezmusic]

All colored tracks are now the holy grail that's missing around the UI. Great update and review!

[@ConstableHandsy]

So, you can’t turn the colours off ? Thats my holy grail.

[@geoffwales8646]

Great presentation, thanks.

[@FLH3official]

Finaly! after almost a decade of requesting, a search plugin function and the possiblity to move the mixer tracks. Well, in my opinion the mixer track moving is not perfect as it creates tracks in the main window, I would have liked to have 2 separated moving features (personnaly I don't like to have a bunch of bus tracks in my main track window, I just need to see my instruments). Accessing to the buffer size thru the LCD instead of digging into the audio settings is a welcome addition. Fun effect with QRS: in Freeze put CC to the Add parameter (with the Modifier MIDI plugin), for instance CC64, each time you press the pedal you add to the freeze. With an other switching pedal you can clear.

[@ithrial]

Man that bounce per track would have saved me SOO much time after doing per section/region drum edits after flex time corrections

[@MarkBlasquez]

Great review, as always

[@nugznmugz]

Damn quantec for free is enough to make me thing about coming back to logic

[@Leerf-driftingpitches]

Fantastic update 👍🏻👍🏻👌🏻

[@gianni1646]

Love Josh! Thanks, Gianni❤

[@chris_bouchard]

Reordering tracks from the mixer is a big one for me. The biggest one would be - do something about the pan/balance knob. If there is ONE single thing that causes me to swear all the time in Logic, it's trying to use stereo panning and finding myself struggling to put my pointer just in the right position.

[@joesalyers]

I own a Quantec Yardstick 2496 and it is the most Unique reverb every made and nothing like the lexicon/yamaha/impulse based reverbs I took out a loan to get it in like 2010 it was $4500 and I had to wait about 4 months before it arrived I had it half paid off when I got it! It still works but having it in plugin form is NUTS. I need to download Logic tonight before I leave the studio so I can come in early tomorrow and test it out!

[@harfenspieler]

Yardstick 2402 and 2492 here - tell me whatya think of the plugin!

[@joesalyers]

@@harfenspieler Its really good. The only big difference I noticed is if your session is at 96K its spot on but at 44,1 & 48K its a still good but is missing its sparkle you get from the hardware. I first set up the 2 to compare them so I had to wing it an set them up manually to be the same. The plugin is exactly like the hardware, apparently Apple bought the rights to Quantec for this reverb and its a 1 to 1 copy of the code and its a nice plugin. I had tried the Savant audio (yardstick) plugin and it was close but lacked that width from first reflections that the hardware has. But the Logic plugin is so much faster to dial in a nice quick room sound compared to the hardware which was slow and involved. But Yes Apple's plugin is the real deal.

[@cesmcmyth]

wooooooooooow moving tracks on the freaking mixer! SEARCH? holy cow!! how awesome. Yesterday I was using Digital Performer which is suuuuper powerful BUT kinda ugly and clumsy for some things. You cannot do plugin insertions to multiple tracks at the same time as in Logic, BUT you can drag the order of the tracks on the mixer and I was doing exactly that while thinking "freking Logic" LOL

[@MrSkunky2009]

Always so insightful and helpful.... Is quantum only on the new Silicon chips? Nothing on Intel Josh?

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

I don't see anything in the documentation about the Quantec being only for Apple Silicon. But I'm not 100% sure. I don't have an Intel Mac anymore to try it out on. Maybe someone else can chime in?

[@MrSkunky2009]

@@MusicTechHelpGuy Hey Josh thanks for your reply.... It doesn't apparently... It's disappointing to be fair Josh... My iMac is 5 years old and because of that Intel owners don`t get the update or the extra components... Be great if some of you guys could also point these things out as a callout to Apple... You should not be expected to purchase a new Computer every 5 years? Hey... I love your videos... Nothing negative via yourself... I just feel very let down by Apple 😞

[@rajeshsingh24]

Thank you Josh! As usual...this is an amazing insight into the new features in Logic Pro 11.1. How do i upgrade / update to sonoma? I don't want to get into the sequoia territory yet. I am running Ventura. pls advice. Thanks in advance.

[@djkymaera]

Plugin search + move mixer tracks ; REJOICE :) We just need scale mode in Piano roll & preview midi files in browser.

[@penxcilmusic]

Agreee! Thats the only thing missing from logic 🥲

[@birdcallprrr5837]

This plssssss lol. Been asking for yearssss

[@Pettemusic]

Quantec = Dream come true

[@densmalls]

Solid update. Really wish they would add some type of key detector to the quick sampler and non destructive chops or save/mark chops in the quick sampler.

[@bruunm1975]

Quantec sounds killer.

[@chris-down-under]

Thanks @MusicTechHelpGuy - the new features are great, especially plugin search & mixer channel re-ordering! I think I might have found a bug in the Sampler instrument however, which may or may not have been introduced by the Logic Pro update. If you try out some Sampler presets in the "08 Guitars" section, like "Acoustic Guitar", the sound is monophonic and not polyphonic despite the Mode being Poly in the SYNTH Details display. Switching the Mode to Mono and back to Poly has no effect - it's still Mono :-( I wonder if you've noticed this?

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Just tried that exact patch and it's polyphonic on my end?

[@chris-down-under]

@@MusicTechHelpGuy Very interesting! I've done some more digging and have discovered that the Sampler patch plays polyphonically if, and only if, you change the Logic MIDI output in the track to 1 instead of All. As soon as it is set to All, the patch plays monophonically. It's the strangest thing I've seen. If I record the performance from the keyboard, the MIDI events show that all notes are on channel 11. I'll try importing a polyphonic MIDI track next to see what happens.... ....anyway, this appears to be a really strange bug.

[@kiwiradioNZ]

wooohooo yay for LOGIC

[@ManjyMusic]

Great! But im still waiting for choose/adjust the color transparency of the clips… would improve so much the audio editing..chopping! 🙌

[@MelwinGeez]

11:04 omg...there is a search function! I've been dreaming of this!!

[@rohanpp786]

Great video! Thanks

[@sebastianwoolgar4530]

Thank U for your Quick go thru !

[@InLightTone]

Looks good, now the tough choice as to whether I update my Hackintosh to Sonoma or not...

[@prashantrishu1]

Finally, plugin search :). My next request is dynamic EQ, ghost notes.

[@DirkParker]

What do you mean by ghost notes in this case? Dynamic eq is high on my list too!

[@put-kbabyface800]

@@DirkParker The possibility to see in Piano Roll notes played by other tracks. For example, you enter the region of track C, open Piano Roll, and you see gently highlighted notes that are playing at the same time on tracks A and B

[@DirkParker]

@ whoah. I’ve never heard of that. What is it useful for?

[@josuastangl7140]

@@DirkParker Some other DAWs have this. Just to have a visual reference what other instruments are playing.

[@seany8602]

@@put-kbabyface800 if you highlight the midi regions you’d like to see at the same time and press E it will show you which notes other instruments are playing (if they are already midi data) and they will be separated by different colours. Not sure if this is what you mean, good to know though!

[@VenceRay]

Finally! Logic peeps, we're cool again.

[@biukamau6093]

Thank you for everything your doing

[@Spidouz]

Unfortunately I’m not on Sonoma and I’m too worry to upgrade and have some audio or video tools that wouldn’t work anymore. So I guess I will wait before to update Logic :/

[@willstortimusic]

Bounce a region! Finally! ❤

[@noahm]

Adding the option to Share to Voice Memos is giving me hope of Music Memos being resurrected. When it was discontinued, I for sure thought it was going to be integrated in Voice Memos. Apparently not… 😔

[@froebel1210]

Congratulations on your website, and thank you for your helpful videos 🫡

[@macaius]

Thank you for the info on the update and awesome song

[@sanamusic]

You are the best bro keep it up

[@evadtregnab1]

I am going to get your course in January.

[@chesterrye9430]

I really need midi scale highlight and midi note colorized by chord in piano roll editor, it's available in other DAWs.

[@MehulShaRma]

HEY WANT TO ASK THAT IF I SOFTWARE UPDATE MY MAC, WILL I LOOSE MY PLUGINS??😅

[@pop_polizei]

Normally you won’t. But as Apple recommends, make sure to zip your old Logic for a backup.

[@MehulShaRma]

@@pop_polizei oh ok!