If you’re a video enthusiast, this is probably the tier for you though, as it allows up to 64 video tracks. It’s probably a bit unnecessary for your average Joe Schmoe home recording enthusiast, but, I guess it’s good to know that it’s there? Here, you can record up to 256 tracks in a project! Woah! I feel like that’s for orchestral arrangements, and maybe big choirs. That’s not an insignificant jump from the free version. The included sounds also gets bumped to 5.4 GB.

You also get up to 128 auxiliary tracks, and you can now play with video. With that, you can record between 32 and 128 track of music in the sequencer, depending on the kHz settings. The next tier up costs around $24.92 per month. The main one being that you can only record up to 16 tracks, it includes 23 plugins and includes 3.1 GB of sounds. The first tier is totally free forever, but obviously has restrictions. It currently runs a tiered, freemium pricing system. Secondly, similarly to many software packages, it has various price points to make it as accessible as possible to as many people as possible, with some variations on the features across each one. Firstly, it’s available for both Mac and PC – double-ish the market potential, right off the bat. Pro tools have a little more variety on offer in terms of purchase options. There ends the discussion of Logic Pro’s pricing options. I’m sure I’ll return to that point a little later. You may have noticed that I only mentioned the Mac App Store? Yeah, Logic Pro isn’t available for Windows or Linux or anything. There doesn’t seem to be any discounts for education or anything, another unusual aspect for commercial, high-end DAWs. There were no discounts for individuals upgrading from the previous version, which is unusual in DAW version progression and pricing.

How much is Logic Pro X? From the Mac App Store you can grab it for around $199. So that’s kind of cool, I guess? Pricing options Logic Pro One of its interesting claims to fame is that Ricky Martin’s Livin’ La Vida Loca was the first number one single to have been entirely recorded, edited, and mixed in Pro Tools. That first Pro Tools cost a whopping $6,000! It’s hailed as the first digital multitrack recording software, which makes it funny to think that something that originally cost so much led to something you can now get online for free! It became Sound Tools in 1989, and was renamed Pro Tools in 1991. The following year – 1985 – they were offering downloadable features for the software. Pro Tool first appeared as Sound Designer, created by two Berkeley graduates in 1984. Pro Tools is celebrating its 30th birthday this year, so happy birthday to you!

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