Apple has announced updates for Logic Pro, GarageBand and MainStage, bringing various new features and enhancements to the music production software products.
Logic Pro 10.7.3 includes support for spatial audio monitoring with dynamic head tracking on selected wireless earbuds and headphones.
Welcome to the next generation in sound. It’s never been easier to go beyond stereo and create fully immersive spatial audio mixes using integrated Dolby Atmos tools. Expand your songs into a vibrant three-dimensional experience and export to a Dolby Atmos file that’s compatible with Apple Music. Whether you’re working in a recording studio with a Dolby Atmos multispeaker system or using a notebook with AirPods Max for binaural monitoring of your surround mix, Logic Pro provides a spatial audio authoring workflow for everyone.
Changes in Logic Pro 10.7.3
- Enables spatial audio monitoring with dynamic head tracking on AirPods Max, AirPods Pro, AirPods (3rd Generation), and Beats Fit Pro (requires a Mac with Apple silicon with macOS Monterey version 12.3 or later).
- Monitor through the Apple binaural renderer, which provides a more accurate preview of spatial audio playback on Apple Music (requires macOS Monterey version 12.3 or later).
- Optimized performance for M1 Max and M1 Ultra on the new Mac Studio.
- Stability improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in MainStage 3.6
- Refined new design.
- Expands the Sound Library with 120 Patches, 50 kits and 2800 loops from today’s biggest hitmakers including Boys Noize, Mark Lettieri, Mark Ronson, Oak Felder, Soulection, Take A Daytrip, Tom Misch, and TRAKGIRL.
- Adds Korean language support.
- Optimized performance for M1 Max and M1 Ultra on the new Mac Studio.
- A confirmation dialog now appears when deleting patches.
- Screen control buttons mapped to the Tempo/Tap Tempo action can now increase/decrease current tempo in 1 BPM increments.
- Patch Number and Patch Icon can now be hidden in the Patch List.
- The current concert can now be renamed directly in the Patch List.
- Stability improvements and bug fixes.
Changes in GarageBand 10.4.6
- Choosing the Go to Left Locator and Go to Right Locator commands to move through a song project, may now be performed using key commands.
- Stability improvements and bug fixes.
More information: Apple