Logics new smart tempo is probably going to be of most interest to musicians. With smart tempo, you can record naturally into the program without a metronome or click track, and then Logic can automatically map your tempo across the entire recording. During a demo, I watched as a guitar was recorded into Logic, and the program immediately set markers throughout, noting one bar that was played at 116BPM, while the next went up to 117.5BPM, and then back down to 115BPM for two bars.
There are three new EQs modeled after coveted API, Neve, and Pultec hardware made from the 1950s through the 1970s: Vintage Graphic EQ, Vintage Tube EQ, and Vintage Console EQ. Phat FX is a nine-module multi-effect plug-in with a customizable X/Y pad that can add warmth, crunch, and out-there distortion, and Step FX is an eight-module step sequencer that easily lets you add complex rhythmic movement to tracks. With Phat FX and Step FX, a strip at the bottom of each displays all of the plug-ins modules and lets you rearrange the order to affect the chain of how a sound is processed.
