Logic Pro 11 is Here! - Full Walkthrough of The Mega Update

[@hunterbetts9614]

Everyone complaining about the virtual instruments doesnt see the workflow utility of it; pros can still use it as a temporary stand in to fill out other parts until youre ready to record the full thing. Been doing that with the drummer for years: lay down something simple while i track to help give me the feel/groove and stay on beat, then when its ready to map drums or record them, do it then.

[@NoiserToo]

I agree, and great for creating stand-in tracks whilst composing. I’ve been using Drummer like this for years, I am excited to see how the other session players can be utilized.

[@antonpatzner9932]

The keyboard parts are so generic 😂. Useless. Just write good parts

[@NoiserToo]

Agreed, the weakest of the trio.

[@pamphletamine7979]

I made a full EP last weekend while noodling with it, and changed all the sounds and it sounds really good. Now waiting for the Rhymer to do his parts. It's a good experiment.

[@-KingOfKhaos]

Wherever Kyle is now, he shall always be remembered! Rest in Peace my friend 🪦

[@kevinturvey8213]

he's alive and well and living in garageband!

[@music-from-poland]

@@kevinturvey8213 🤪

[@queenjesseen]

Thank you! So easy to understand. I'm going to use this as my walkthrough video when I create my first track in Logic Pro 11.

[@Jamminn555]

Best explanation and walkthrough of Logic Pro 11 on the internet so far, Chris. Thanks so much! Benjamin

[@beatpoetbeats]

Hey Chris, at 39:09 the new bounce feature is awesome! Bouncing Synths when wanting to use Midi was an extra pain, and this now solves it! But, a lot of times I want to perform a filter sweep, or some kind of pitch bend or modulation when bouncing to audio. The fact that it brings the volume down of the focus track and solos it, makes it not so fun or musical to do this kind of thing. Anyway to stop that behavior that you know of?

[@mikedr1549]

I literally spent 10 minutes creating a down and dirty backing track with bass and keyboards and drums and I have to say - it sounds really good! I love the direction they're going here.

[@nickpmusic]

Just tried the Stem Splitter and it’s freaking awesome

[@timoheinrich8763]

It sounds pretty bad in the example in the video, tho. Even Chris doesn't say "it sounds awesome" - which are words he usually isn't shy to use.

[@DocKaosBeats]

It's grayed out and won't let me use it for some reason but oh well it's all good

[@_DanielGarcia]

@@DocKaosBeats If I'm not mistaken it is a feature only available for computers with M1's and above...maybe thats why?

[@DocKaosBeats]

@@_DanielGarcia Oh wow thanks for letting me know I'm over here doing everything to try and get it to work 😅

[@SamHocking]

It's pretty bad by modern MSS standards. I do AI Stem Separation for a living and wouldn't use it, i'd say it sounds like a basic/old demucs 4-stem model comparable to where the MSS industry was 2-3 years ago, things have moved on quite a lot.

[@AntonCorazza]

After however many years, we finally get logic pro 11 and there isnt a single new feature that excites me

[@rallefreifahrt]

As a guitarist - this is a dream! Especially the drummer update that fixes everything I always wanted!

[@jazzbird9955]

This was wonderful for a newbie to the Logic Pro 11. thanks. I am a songwriter and have better knowledge of music theory than skill at playing an instrument. this will help me immensely at putting my songs to music.

[@MyronDavismd]

R.I.P. Kyle and the other LPX drummers. You will be missed

[@NateTheMeh]

Is Darcy still around??

[@mrufino1]

@@NateTheMehthey’re all still there, just no more names, just styles.

[@NateTheMeh]

@@mrufino1 fire, the actual functional improvements to it are incredible, it basically is what I dreamed of years ago.

[@buzzm526]

😂

[@kingofdjembe]

It was good to identify who they were obviously referring to (John Bonham, Travis Barker, etc.) and which style. But it sounded a bit "toyish" and unprofessional at the same time.

[@rspatel9655]

Omg Chord track is awesome, workflow goes rocket with this ❤❤❤

[@jordan.na.dzielni]

Yeah, I've been waiting for it ever since I started using Logic!

[@SagiBraitner]

ARA Support? Searching Plugins? Better flex algorithms? Moving track in the Mixer? Updated browser? Parallel processing like Ableton? Grouping plugins and saving them as presets? Apple DO NOT Listen. We got shitty AI features that will be usable for children, a saturation plugin that we have 100 of and a stem splitter that we can find online for free. 0% Attention to the professional users = Time to switch.

[@molem348]

Agree 100%

[@dalehawkins7187]

I agree. Not worth upgrading to me. The AI players are kind of a joke, especially the pianist. It's getting a little bit embarrassing to be honest. It's starting to look like a playskool DAW, and definitely not a professional grade tool.

[@wrekabuddy]

Excellent run through of logic's new features. Explained "Session player instruments" very well.

[@alphabeets]

Gotta love his interjections like “that’s awesome”.

[@geekinginandout]

Thanks!

[@theblowupdollsmusic]

Just the video was looking for. Thank you for taking the time to put this together. I would love to see a video of you covering the new electronic drummer patterns and features.

[@zachkester3]

Chris you're the goat. Thank you for the rundown, because this is insane!

[@pacificastudios]

A Big Thank You Chris! I really appreciate all the hard work you do, to make using Logic easier for us.

[@NoteBeam]

This is great! Thank you for giving us such a thorough explanation of these new features. I have to say though, for myself, I liked the old drummer better. The new session drummer, I find harder to control and it's a lot easier to just play directly into a midi drummer for the purpose of a temporary placeholder to be tweaked later. As for the "session" bassist and piano, they may be a good start for initiates but if you are a seasoned musician you can get better results playing the parts yourself, even if you have to do a lot of editing or quantizing. IMHO Although, I have to add that the articulations of bassists is a nice touch. (pun intended!) Meanwhile, the best thing in 11.01 is probably ChromaGlow! What a great feature! I may have to re-do some of my mixes now lol . . .

[@FGuerrier01]

Hey Chris! Thank you very much for your teaching!

[@phil-wallace-braveheartz]

Hi Chris. I have followed your channel for years and years and am an absolute fan of what you do. If I have to find out how to do anything in Logic you are always my first port of call. However in this video you didn't mention that if you have an intel mac a lot of these features don't work. I watched the video with growing excitement and couldn't wait to upgrade and use the fantastic things you'd highlighted it was only when I went to look at the upgrade that another blogger mentioned the intel mac issue. It would have been good if you had said this at the start of the video. I am, always and will still be a fan of what you do and appreciate the time and effort you put in:-) It may be worthwhile an update to your video for all of the intel users. Take care Phil

[@CyrusShameliOfficial]

I am truly happy that Logic Pro 11 is finally here

[@VLKV_loves_you]

chroma glow bypass is insane! that's definitely $$$ saved from previous plugins

[@mrufino1]

So far the update seems cool. I don’t see myself using the keyboard or bass session players, but I’ve loved Logic drummer for writing since i started using Logic. Yes, there are things that could be different, but I still feel most comfortable working in Logic these days.

[@gslide06]

Me too. Did you notice any difference in the quality of the drums or the same?

[@mrufino1]

The drums themselves are the same, but it looks like they may have been mixed differently (which of course can be changed). I was playing around with the retro rock producer kit this afternoon to see what they did. It was interesting to see how the stock plugins were used in a way I don’t usually approach drums. Chromaglow definitely is used on the drum presets now. The only thing i changed was using little labs ibp on each producer kit channel to do some phase adjusting, and there was an improvement to my ears. Subtle, but definitely an improvement.

[@LaFamiliasEmpire]

Key board session player is great tho. But love ya insight bro

[@NoiserToo]

Thank you, Chris…. A fantastic overview of the new and exciting updates.

[@scott.johnson]

Great info on this update. Thank you! "It goes to eleven."

[@junter2003]

What I was waiting for: Displaying bus labels instead of 'Bus1', 'Bus2'... Drag and drop channels in the mixer. Select colors for full tracks. Plugin Search. Plugins in the library to the left. Improved plugin versions ... lot of ideas and basic improvements, maybe Logic Pro 12.

[@ErnestoComposer]

I think you can already label the bus sends, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a WLPR video on it. The others are great ideas

[@junter2003]

@@ErnestoComposer Yes, you can label the bus sends but globally, same labels for all songs, there's a configuration option to do it. In other DAWs you can label with a simple double click as you wish in every song.

[@clintyoung9902]

Get PlugSearch 4. It now’s allows you to save I/O label templates. Game changer!!

[@Odihmantich]

MIDI LFOs not just on instrument tracks, and MIDI routing not just to instrument tracks…

[@akirathedon]

This plugin does plug in search, I have no idea how I ever lived without it speakerfood.com/pages/plugsearch-4-product-page

[@imprss]

ChromaGlow as a parallel processing send is gonna be incredible

[@notdeluded6235]

It's what we've wanted for so long, a saturation plugin. It looks good, looking forward to trying it.

[@mr.rockski5145]

WOW !!! That's Crazy !!!

[@michaelvarney.]

28:00 you can also have session instruments follow the chords in any MIDI instrument you program.

[@Freddyraps]

great job chris!!! excellent walk thru!!!

[@sound__shifter]

10 years, major release, and this is all we got, I have never been more disappointed, they could fix so many things,,, but thanks for the fast video update :)

[@notdeluded6235]

WTF? Look at all the updates we've had, some truly massive shit along the way. This really is a major release, a huge step up. What are the competitors doing? They're relying on folk using third party plugins!

[@pavvel9884]

Like what? What do you want fixed? Why are you complaining about a totally free update?

[@ThePdeHav]

Agreed

[@EnergyzerTV]

@@notdeluded6235 a lot of things within logic still kind of rely on third party plugins. Plugin browser? Better Sample library? modern looking synths? (ES2 IS very capable, but we live in 2024 now not the late 90s). Good update just there's a lot more important things they could address first

[@ThePdeHav]

@@pavvel9884it’s not totally free. You paid for it once upon a time. Apple has pivoted their computers from the music, art, design and architectural uses in lieu of a new direction: targeting yummy mommies who’ll pay $ for an new Mac Studio pro and 8k monitor, on which they can edit photos of their precious little darlings. To conform to this new direction. LPX has been pimped out with gimmicks to appeal to the non musician. They’ve even said so themselves. Take a look at the annual report. LPX is being v game-afield for these reasons

[@chorroboymusic]

I’m glad because you seem look happy with new logic pro, which hadn’t made major updaete for a long time and given you new material.

[@vitaminfian]

Most excellent Chris. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@kybrdguy]

Apple STILL won’t update the mixer so we can simply move channels around. Maybe in another 10 years…

[@austonhardy5172]

Such a simple thing. I hate it.

[@nogoogleplus]

You can move channels around, just have to do a work around by adding everything to the tracks window and moving things there….pia but doable….do a search

[@LogicKidroy]

Or just within 6 months! 😅

[@claireika]

As usual a great presentation Chris but all this 'band in a box' stuff saddens me. It is amazingly clever but in years to come will anyone know how to play a real instrument or understand music theory? Or how to do the sound design stuff that ChromaGlow does at a flick of a mouse? That said I will no doubt update to Logic 11 just for the Chord bar and streamlined external instrument routing!

[@tomcangemi1045]

Thanks Chris - as always very good presentation. Was wondering if any of the new AI features are limited to Apple silicon on the Mac.

[@JohnnyHands]

Drummer Ghost Notes: I noticed that those 16th-note ghost notes (that “slow down” the groove of a straight-8th-notes beat) can be eliminated by turning Ghost Notes to zero (7:35). So many computer-generated drum patterns want to add those ghost notes for some reason. This control may not be brand new to Logic Pro 11 Drummer, but it is a good thing. It means overplaying Drummer-track drummers can be reined in (otherwise, you’d need to convert the track to MIDI and weed those 16th notes out manually.)

[@chrisbjornn]

Great but curious as to what prior sessions will sound like, hopefully old sounds are retained for old projects that are revisited.

[@NoiserToo]

Was a just thinking the same thing…. I am almost afraid to open a prior completed project.

[@TheKLBBand]

I am also missing the ones on the top above the region. Can I share a screen shot here?

[@dannysoletmusic]

Rest in power Kyle!

[@ScottSmithMusic]

Whoa! Great job showing us all the goods under the hood, Chris! I appreciate it big time. Thank you!

[@soureel]

Great stuff, but what about a Guitar Session module? I play piano and keys, not a lick of guitar. I'm sure I'm not the only keyboard player out there.

[@soundburger4003]

Logic ROCKS! Thanks Chris!

[@kingmediapro]

Thank you for sharing!!!

[@TheKLBBand]

I am not seeing the icons on the bottom of editor window, I see 3 on the left bottom 2 center bottom and 1 that looks like a keyboard bottom right? Anyone know why?

[@jqmusicman4382]

Thanks so much Chris for the great intro. I hope the naming clarity of Logic Pro "Eleven" means an end to clueless Logic Pro "Ten" experts mistakenly referring to their software as Logic Pro "Ex"! 🤮

[@ashevilleguitar]

Chris, you always do a great job, thx 👍

[@randypiano11]

Awesome Chris! Thanks for

[@creatingspacesproducer]

Great video, can you play the new drummer with an e-drum like Roland?

[@electguitarz]

Routing Midi internally! FINALLLY!!!

[@premium670]

Fr. This should be a no-brained in any daw

[@Noldy__]

Having used Cubase chord track feature, Logic's seems like it wasnt well thought out. I mean, in Cubase it can analyze a track. Weird that they have all these AI features and can't even have the chord track auto analyze audio. Anyway, its a free update.

[@birdcallprrr5837]

This

[@terje6522]

Logic has had a chord track before and I used it all the time, but it disappeared, now a long time ago. It could also be filled automatically based upon analysis (not very good, still useful start(. The chords from the chord track could be inserted as chords in the score. The base note of the chord could be used for transposition of patterns. (I never used)

[@ProdDJD]

Why is the ChromaGlow plugin emitting a weird high frequency？

[@NeverQuitTV]

Great Update and great video...💯

[@dhorbhor2902]

Hi Chris, awesome video! Thank you! In minute 37 you talked about new project menu and other features, I can't see that menu options, or courses, etc, how can I have same view as you?thanks

[@obscaded]

The "Bypass Below" feature, That's Nice... !

[@gslide06]

If anything I'd use AI bass for a quick demo or simply to get some ideas/inspiration on a line I might use. It's cool to have.

[@castorkat4868]

What are the Mac systen requirements for the new update . Will the updates all work with intel based Mac ?

[@extractaudio]

Yes, but some features require Apple Silicon.

[@gslide06]

@whylogicprorules - do you notice an upgrade in audio quality with the Logic drummer kits or basically the same? Are there any improvements in terms of panning different elements of the kit?

[@RafaelUnplugged]

36:00 that's pretty crazy

[@notdeluded6235]

Chris! Thank you!

[@djkaiserz]

Ok…waiting for this for a long long time . Time to pay for Live

[@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69]

Oh 12 is so sweet

[@bassandy]

10:00 manual tab. Is it kick and snare only? No manual hi hat and so on?

[@chrikiband]

Thanks Chris 👍

[@Mr_A_Mia]

Thank you chris. Can we finally type search our plug ins in LP11?

[@typhobeats]

nice! thx 4 review!!

[@JudeIsBeast]

37:34 how do you access lessons and the artists packs on screen like yours? Mine is very limited. Sorry, I’m a rookie lol

[@maRRso]

sick update

[@GodzillaGoesGaga]

Damn. Can9t wait tomget this and play. Looks like there’s a lot of stuff to understand!

[@VLKV_loves_you]

Ur videos always make me open up a new session, thx u!

[@makegamemusic]

Just installed, said it was updated 1 hour ago, but only when I searched for it in the app store, just so you all know (unless they're staggering it per region)

[@hammingus]

Same here. Checked it several times during the day. Last time more or less an hour ago and t wasn't there. Now it is :)

[@zencist]

Hey Can I use my Mac Logic audio or instruments patches on iPad logic? is there any folder on iPad for that? do you know?

[@LeeWilsonProjectStudios]

I am enjoying the logic experience; this is why I bought the daw that is for Apple users ❤

[@Godsuhn]

Apple!!!! Millions of faithful Logic Pro users, people who have been supporting the brand for decades, and they release this update and say…”Fuck yall, if you want stem splitting and saturation, buy a new computer from us” crazy

[@JohnnyHands]

I didn’t see any “Walking” option in the Bass Player controls.

[@terje6522]

Me neither. It should be very easy for the programmers to put in algorithm for walking bass lines, so it is a disappointment. To have the bass session player in logic 11 play walking bass lines I: 1( Set it to "Manual Pattern" and jot in a rhythmically walking pattern. 2) Set the Melody to "More Notes" 3(Set Phrasing to "Long",4() Set Complexity to high, 5). Fill amount to 0.65 6) Fill complexity to 0.75. Readjust intensity and other parameters to taste for the particular section and chords.

[@JohnnyHands]

@@terje6522 thanks, I’ll give it a try

[@algarvemike]

Does,it,allow,time signature changes mid-song?

[@neiljohnstone1810]

Hi, Could you let me know where I can find the lessons and tutorials in logic you show at 37:18? Thanks

[@christophertodman]

hey Chris. I don't usually get excited about compressors but this new compressor seems amazing. Are there any 3rd party ones that sound as good as this with getting results this fast?

[@wildnotemusic]

Can you put in chords in real time? Like if I'm playing with a midi controller, can I analyze and add the chords in tempo? Love that they've added in a chord track, this is super helpful for improvising in logic!

[@CompletelyLawless]

Does Logic Pro 2 support 7.1.4 output over MacBook Pro HDMI or is that an OS limitation? I want to mix Atmos into a 7.2.4 Anthem receiver and theatre but was running up against a lot of Mac hardware limitations.

[@jamesnyers1721]

This update will help a LOT of people to escape the dreaded 8 bar loop and actually help them to finish songs. All these tools help the build of the structure of a song. Even if at the end we don't use the session players in the final mix.

[@alphabeets]

No jazz or swing or bossa nova or more traditional styles?

[@terje6522]

No. But you can adjust the parameters to get some useful styles generated. Bossa Nova certainly. I've tried various jazz swing, medium tempo and ballads.

[@privatedomicile6627]

I’m not opposed to ethical AI or generative functions, but it really feels like they went so hard on it that this hardly feels like a major update to me. Especially considering the 10.X updates we’d been getting recently. I’d really like to see some move love to Live Loops personally. It needs some love to be up to speed with Live and Bitwig.

[@polyphonicclix]

Anyone tried to run a LogicX drummer track in Logic 11 yet? What happens? PS - Excellent video as always!!!

[@mervynhill2585]

Logic 11 gives the option of converting the existing Logic X track to MIDI or translating it into a new '11-style' Drummer track. However, note that the Drumkit will have changed to one of the revised kits for both the MIDI and Drummer tracks, so if there are 'tweaks' in the Logic X kit, they won't be retained in the new versions of the track. I recommend 'bipping' the Logic X Drummer track before opening in Logic 11.

[@RufusMusicOz]

Great Video! Why did they not include multiple movies on a timeline in this update? As a media composer, I find it extremely frustrating that I can't load 2 or more movies on the timeline. Any help on this?

[@StefanBoeykens]

As a guitarist and composer I’m really looking forward to expand my songs with the session players. But I do have a full band where we can play it all live, if some of my songs make it into our set. We’re already using click tracks and some backing tracks. I did love drummer in Logic 10 but the custom pattern control feels like how I wanted that extra control which I never succeeded to get with follow track.

[@damion2226]

Thanks Chris. Confused about Chromaglow. Is it not available for iMacs? I can't find it in my plugins.

[@paazpad7522]

Hi thanks for the video ! But ChromaGlow and Stem splitter not available on Intel mac...

[@ecosimo]

Great video thank you! I have reported a small but annoying Logic Pro 11 bug to Apple. I regularly use Markers. The cycle range does not align to the marker selected when pressing command+U. Have you noticed that? Thank you.

[@ReluctantAardvark]

24:31 “instantly populated”. Do you mean with the correct cords? Did bass player listen to your guitar track to determine the actual chord progression or is it something you have to set?

[@ghost-user559]

It listens/ analyzes your track and automatically knows the bpm and key.

[@krisztianhegedus845]

Do you experience that Logic 11.0 crashes while browsing and pre-listening external audio files in the browser? Btw Im running Logic on 2020 MacBook Pro (intel)

[@UserXxx375]

Also keeps instantly crashing when loading sausage fattener or loading a project where sausage fattener is used. ☹️ Since logic 10.8.1 I got that failure

[@DamnDraa]

IM LOSING MY MIND WITH EVERY POINT YOURE TALKING ABOUT. This Chromaglow is INSANE.

[@musicproductionvideos5019]

Can Logic "punch in" audio (while playing along) and have it loop record? Every time I try... it stops recording on the next loop. Thanks

[@MCroppered]

Bangin’

[@opodendorf]

A lot of Toontrack and Cubase is now in Logic 🙂

[@bpaymusic]

Thanks for this video!! I've heard that Logic Pro 11 will only work on M1 and higher processors. Is that true or not?

[@gnhard87]

That’s for iPad not Mac I believe

[@magick1969]

Tons of bugs and very few useful features pertaining to external analog gear and what have you aside, as an Apple Engineering alum and NeXT alum I cannot figure out why Apple hasn't updated the ePub version for the Guide, Instruments and F/X Plugins yet.

[@StratsRUs]

Thanks.It's great timing since I have to buy a new Mac set up. Currently, Jesse is drumming for me, poor guy doesn't know of his demise.

[@sunglassesnadvil]

do the drums actually sound different?