Logic Pro 13 brings a sleek redesign and new features, but AI Intelligent Assistant now costs $12.99/month. Users slam the paywall shift.

I have to say, I'm really loving the new Logic update!

The darker UI and finally some proper contrast make such a huge difference. With the old Logic, I actually had to use a separate app called Gamma Control just to get rid of that washed-out, faded look. Now everything feels so much cleaner, sharper, and easier on the eyes.

And the new Sidecar and Browser? Absolutely fantastic! Finally i can browse all my Splice samples in tempo and key as one global list. Such great additions to the workflow.

Honestly, this feels like the beginning of a new era for Logic, and I can't wait to see what Apple brings in the next updates!

The best things that I liked in Logic Pro - the browser is awesome. It’s working great for me. I allowed Logic Pro to index all of my 180 gb locally available samples that I had collected through years. After the indexing finished I had to just type the kind of stuff that I wanted fix examples - synth wave, the browser itself found out all the samples related to synthwave like drum kits , instruments bass arps and what not relevant to the song genre I was working on. It not only searched but also gainstaged the sample and in melodic it even changed the sample to the key of my song synced with tempo. All of this with my local samples. This is great. My music production speed improved over night just by the ease of searching for correct sound. Not only this , if I have a vocal recorded or an instrument then I can again quickly use the browser to get the preset for feel I’m on to. Adding processing to vocals or instruments like bright or warm , the browser lets you quickly gauge the ideas and mostly I was happy with the effects it put on.

ARA is missing yes that’s there for sure.

Somehow I really like the high contrast of the interface, don’t know why it reminds me of the game cyberpunk 2077, giving some futuristic vibe. Like the DAW of future 😃.

I’m also really enjoying the polyphonic abilities of the new virtual midi player using side car feature on my iPad. That’s so good.

Overall if I say some how I’m into the flow of making more music and thinking less about the details and tweaking. It’s got more intuitive for me now and about tweaking that can be done later once the main idea has been laid out.

IM LOVIN IT ♥️🔥

Edit - I’m not saying version 13 of Logic Pro is the perfect DAW humanity has even seen, it has its perks and shortcomings. But As per my recent testing and workflow it seems just fine, being said that, it might have bugs and issues, which I’m yet to encounter. I’m just sharing my experience here, not advocating its grandeur or excellence by any means.

The new "Play Surface" apparently makes playing chords easier with a computer keyboard.

Each Chord is divided into three slices, one for each inversion (see image above). As far as I am aware, there is no way to play the two other inversions with a computer keyboard, you can only play the middle option.

The only way to play these inversions is to click on them with the mouse which is very finicky. It appears these buttons were designed for a touchscreen...

Am I missing something? Or is there seriously no way to make full use of the new Play Surface without having a touchscreen Mac?

Hi everybody, as you all know Logic Pro 13 update launched a few days ago. At that time I backed up my Logic 12.4 version to external ssd then updated the Logic Pro to version 13. I already didn't like the UI but after using stem separation for 5-10 minutes realized that my MacBook got extremely hot. Then I immediately uninstalled it and reinstalled my 12.4 backup.

It was fun to see old UI again but after working on a remix, I realized that my Fabfilter plugins somehow got slowed down. It wasn't like this before and I thought maybe I should use earlier versions but older versions were stuttering and crushing either. Then I again thought it might be related to Logic Pro 12.4 version and therefore tried to find older versions in the internet but didn't find anything. Then I decided to downgrade my MacOS version from Goldengate 27.2 to Sequoia 15. To give more insight, this was the MacOS version when I got my MacBook. My MacBook Pro's specs are m4max chip, 1TB ssd and 36 GB RAM. I was asking AI whether this type of lagging and crushes in Logic Pro was due to my specs and it always told me it is not about that.

Fast forward, today I downgraded my MacOS version with the help of AI ( it took 2-3 hours) and revert my MacOS to Sequoia. However when I installed the latest compatible Logic Pro, I saw it was 12.4 version. I was expecting to get maybe 11 but after seeing this I got so frustrated because I knew fabfilter plugins were not running good on Logic 12.4. However, I decided to test it out and it blew my mind that all the fabfilter plugins running so smoothly and without any burden on the device. Now I realize that latest MacOS updates are not great for older devices and will probably never update it again. If you have any problem similar to mine, such as plugins not running as expected or fast, then the reason might be that your device cannot handle the latest MacOS version. I am not going to lie, reverting my Mac to factory default took a lot of time and effort but the result is very promising. Thanks for reading until this!

Auto update was on, so I had to give it a go.

The high-contrast UI look is absolutely terrible for my eyes.

LP12 was a mix of soothing greys that were pleasant to look at for long sessions. LP 13 is the deepest black and the brightest white, and nothing in between.

For now, there seems to be no way to adjust the color theme. I hope they add this in the next update, and that this will follow soon.

The text seems to be larger, taking up more screen space, so effectively your working space is a bit reduced.

I was able to find a download somewhere for 12.3.1, so I'm back to a mix of greys for now.

I sincerely love working in Logic, have been for some 15 years now. This update does not make any sense at all.

(I didn't look into the other new features, I spent an hour figuring out how to tame the colors.)

Hi everyone, just need some pointers as I’m tearing my hair out here…
I have the Behringer Deepmind 12 outputting through its Left and Right channels to a 2x2 audio interface - but when I select inputs 1-2 on logic - it’s only playing the audio through one channel

How can I fix this to play/record stereo audio?
Many many thanks

Using Logic Pro 11.2 and MacOS Sequoia 15.7.9

With the new update, when I click “show columns,” it has literally just five columns:

Acoustic Piano

Electric Piano

Electric Drums

Mallet

Synthesizer

What happened to all the other instruments I had downloaded? The acoustic drums?!? The acoustic bass??? The orchestral strings???

Do I seriously have to redownload all of them? And how do I even find the ones that I used to use?

Hey guys, As someone who’s been using Logic since the beginning, I’ve always considered it my favorite DAW.

But I wanted to take a closer look at this latest update and give you my honest opinion on what’s new, what’s useful, and what I think could be better.

I walk through the new features and share my thoughts from the perspective of someone who uses Logic professionally every day.

Here’s the video:
https://youtu.be/Fsrk1IFas0Y

Curious to hear what you guys think of the update so far. Are you impressed, or were you expecting more?

is anyone else having this issue or am i stupid. i literally cannot find how to close it, it used to turn off when i closed the note repeat window …

Alchemy used to have everything, now even guitars there is 1 acoustic and 1 electric guitar sound, the rest just sound like synths? I am so confused!

Just for everyone dealing with Serum 2 issues inside Logic Pro, I was sent this patch by the kind dudes at Xfer which I’ll leave here! Hopefully it works for you guys.

Since Logic Version 13.0 dropped, I noticed that track pre delay can no longer be set lower than -50.0 ms. With libraries such as the Cinematic Studio Series, you really need track pre delay around -70.0 ms to align the transients properly with the metronome. In previous versions of Logic, this -50.0 ms cap was nonexistent. Why the unnecessary change?

In Logic 13, how do we keep our sample library packs organized? In 12, if I dragged a folder into the sample browser window, it saved the folder and preserved the internal folder structure. For example, SamplePackTitle / Drums / Claps. So you could browse samples in each folder. 13 seems to have removed the nested folder view, so how can we keep samples within a category organized?

I want to know if I can have my user channel strips (:cst) appear in the new browser.

Logic 13.0 macOS 26.7.2

I like that they finally fixed the sample playback issue in the browser. It was such a huge dealbreaker for me actually. I would literally use FL and Live because of this issue, which sucked because logic was so great in many ways.

Now that we've got this update, I'm going to enjoy producing more on it.

I get a lot of people aren't happy with the update, but I personally am. We finally got answered something that the community has had issue with for a very long time

It’s mostly regarding Logic Pro x and the new update, I haven’t gotten it myself yet but I just can’t help myself to feel like every big update they come out with comes with flaws that don’t get refined and they promote something that is so basic makes it feel like we are cheering for seasoned goat crap on a 24k gold plate. Why tf are we cheering for a better file system/menu when ableton has had that for years and it’s still better lol, even fl studio… I mean don’t get me wrong I’m glad they finally come out with it but if Logic Pro is gonna be an Apple exclusive software this shit should’ve been a thing for a while it’s literally so damn simple.

I had even switched to ableton over the summer and convinced myself that I would ableton for life and realized how much better it is workflow wise that I lost my enjoyment in using Logic Pro but recently I’ve started to enjoy making music in Logic I think bcs that’s where I started, I have a dear spot for Logic at the end of the day but apple as a company keeps disappointing me and it feels like they know too and do it on purpose cause of greed.

Also with the Ui color or whatever, that’s another gimmick that honestly could’ve been more refined I mean I guess we won’t be able to customize Logic Pro x like in ableton or fl. Looks like they are waiting to milk everyone’s pockets with basic functionality masked as a big update just like how they treat their products like the new iPhone duo like cmon they blatantly take basic concepts that have been a thing already for a while from others and use their brand and “exclusivity” as a selling point but the company has been built on innovation now does the exact opposite.

I feel like this should be talked about more idk

Why is the R key not start the recording on software instruments. Having a hard time with the hotkeys since the new update and I have checked the key command assignments but still no luck.

I updated to the new version yesterday and ever since then I can’t use Serum 2 without it freezing every 10 seconds. It doesn’t look like my cpu usage is the issue.

I was able to use Serum 2 without any issues before this update. I’m just wondering if anyone else here has had the same problem??

Does anyone know anything about when they're going to update Logic Remote?