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New features
Logic Pro 9:
Flex Time (Elastic Audio equivalent)
Audio Quantize
Bounce in Place
Selective Track Import (choose media, plug-ins, i/o, sends, etc...)
Drum Tracks Editing
Speed Fades (Turntable-style start and stop)
Auto-conform tempo when importing audio
Varispeed
Drum Replacer
Editing within Take Folders
Possibility to assign a channel strip to multiple groups
Channel Strips now have a mono output option
Track Notes in the Mixer
Notes area in Media/Lists area (can display Project/Track notes)
Control Surface bars in the Mixer
Convert Audio Region to Sampler Instrument
Freeze tracks: source only (before plug-ins) or pre-fader (after plug-ins)
Guitar Chord grids with hammer-on, pull-off, bends notation
Amp Designer
Pedalboard
Space Designer Warped Effects
All 6 Jam Packs (including newer "Voices" Jam Pack)
New Gain parameter for Audio Regions
Individual scaling of plug-in windows (100%, 125%, 150%, 175% or 200%)
Set the number of backups directly from Logic
Choose the default Stereo Output so it no longer automatically generates 1-2 every time you create a new track. Also with a mirroring option.
Auto-Colorize Takes, will change the colors automatically of every sequential take wile recording.
Pointer Tool has preferences to also act as Fade (when over the top left or right corner of a region) or Marquee tool (when over the lower half of a region).
Export/Import Markers to Audio File
Quick Look picture of Logic Projects
Play button has new modes: Play Marquee Selection/Cycle/From Selected Region/From Last Locate Position.
Stop button has new modes: Jump Between Marquee/Last Locate Position/Cycle/Selected Region and Project Start if stopped.
Cycle button has new modes: automatically set the Locators by Selection whenever a new Marquee/Region/Note selection is created
Zoom to fit All Contents key command
Region Parameter box as a floating area
Nudge by 1 or 10ms
Logic 9 is a Universal Binary release, although it is officially not supported on PPC
MainStage 2
MIDI Out
ReWire support
Loopback & Playback plug-ins
Live Audio Recording
Amp Designer
Pedalboard
Multi-mapping of controls (one knob = several parameters)
Many more MainStage 2 new features in that thread.
Soundtrack Pro 3
Consolidated Multitrack Timeline & File Editor
Support of Euphonix control surfaces
Manuals
Logic Pro 9: User Manual
Logic Studio: Instruments
Logic Studio: Effects
Logic Pro 9: Control Surfaces Support
Logic Pro 9: TDM Guide
Logic Studio: Working with Apogee Hardware
Support Articles
Logic 9: Tips for phase-locked drum edits
Logic Pro 9: Projects may not open from the finder
Logic Pro 9: Number of recent items sometimes resets to 10
Logic Pro 9: Release Notes
Logic Pro and Logic Express 9: How to export multiple stems
MainStage 2: Edirol PCR-M80 may be detected as PCR-800