http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars Here's an excerpt: "Basically the rumor is this: There will be no Logic 8. The successor to Logic 7 will have a new name. The unnamed application will be 10.5 only and will work with a new line of touch sensitive Apple displays. Also, it will be an OMG PROTOOLS KILLER!@!!" Ok, it's not much, but it's a curious tidbit. d

I think this is drawing a long bow from a rumour on Apple Insider about some patents issued in Apple's name via Gerhard Lengeling. Don't hold your breath. Cheers Clive Young

On Feb 28, 2007, at 3:00 PM, Clive Young wrote: > I think this is drawing a long bow from a rumour on Apple Insider > about some patents issued in Apple's name via Gerhard Lengeling. > Don't hold your breath. > Cheers > Clive Young > Yep, been seeing these patents too. Frameless keyboard, audio rhythmic correction, etc. Neat! Wonder if Logic 8 will be Logic 8 or Garage-Band Super Pro V3 ;) Ciao Gio

On 28.02.2007, at 22:39, Gio wrote: > Wonder if Logic 8 will be Logic 8 or Garage-Band Super Pro V3 Logic will be integrated in Final Cut. It will not support third party software and save only in the upcoming AE (Apple Entertainment) format. There will be no XS Key, the available features depend directly on your purchases via the iTunes shop. Apple cares about your rights. Copy protection will be integrated in every song you compose. The program adds a unique digital watermark and nobody can copy your song. You can't either so you are perfectly save. AppleLoops will see a major overhaul. They will no longer adopt to the song key and tempo but rather set your song according to the loops which lets them sound much more authentic. Video gets synchronized either. Exchanging loops will automatically re-order the video sequences to speed up the cutting process. The note editors get dropped and will be replaced by a new tool based on musical phrases. There will be a selection of all important music styles interpreted by the best players of the world, ready to give your song the final touch. There will be no MIDI, we know that already. And of course no environment and cryptic event lists. A new built-in sensor will automatically connect to hardware and transform and automatically map it's parameters to the instruments in your arrangement. The big manufacturers are already developing devices to support that system. Orchestral composers will be very pleased. Since many instruments are more or less identical you just choose the size of the orchestra. Sonic details are of course maintained. It needs just one click to put a virtual wooden box around a harp and turn it into a piano - like in the real world. And Apple acquired VSL. All samples got modified to support Ultrabeat. Ultrabeat itself will replace the arrange window. Good news for bass players: you can stay at home. That isn't really an instrument and the fifty notes you play per hour can easily be generated by the application. ___ Peter Ostry

>:)))))))) >Sign me up, >I have my credit card in hand........ >I'm at the apple store door, waiting for it to open. >You made our day here at the studio. >I forwarded it to everybody and I could hear the laughs from control >room to control room >Ciao >Gio You mean Peter wasn't serious. I just fired Dre, Timba, and Sander K b/c I thought it was going to be automatic! ;) Paul