Apple has released a major update to their power house music application. Logic 9 has more power, more control, and advanced production tools, as well as taking the guess work out tempo editing for most musical productions. For the guitarist there is now a wide selection of ampilifiers, cabinets, and stomp box effects, to get you to Eleven Heaven.

Right out of the box this new revamp is ready to rock! With new performance plugins to trigger loops live or preset, and also live mix tracks all in real time in the real World. Logic 9 is compatible with nearly every music hardware and software available today. Hook up your audio interface and/or midi controller and control Logic 9 and it's instrument/effects plugins though midi and mic/play/run through your audio interface while reaping the benefits of smart programming of Logic 9. Third party developers Apogee and Euphonix make dedicated hardware specifically for Mac. One of which guitarist will want to check out is the GiO. See companion blog here. For Mac guitar players this new Midi Foot Controller is an important new development adding a new choice that is built for Mac from the ground up as alternative to the now gratefully growing number of choices for any Midi Foot Controller. This puts GiO almost as a contender against 2 of the more popular dedicated hardware interface controllers: Guitar Rig and Amplitube, both of which are gladiators in both the Mac and Windows arenas which GiO is not in regard to the latter arena.

Read all the specifications and details for the new Logic Studio 9 here.

Apogee Electronics, manufacturer of digital audio hardware systems and related accessories, has recently released GiO. An audio interface and Midi Foot Controller dedicated to Logic Studio 9, Mainstage 2, and Garage Band 09. The unit is fully USB powered and offers hands free control of stompboxes, Midi expression, audio inputs and outputs all in glorious stereo. Full DAW control record/stop/start/Next Preset/Previous Preset selection. This unit promises to be a guitarist's dream when running a Mac based system.

Discover more control here Apogee Electronics.

DEMO OF THE NEW MIDI MOBILIZER AND PLANET WAVES RIG REMOTE APPLICATION AT WWDC

Demo of the new MIDI Mobilizer and Planet Waves Rig Remote Application featured at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference 2009

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When used with the upcoming Planet Waves Rig Remote application for iPhone and iPod touch the MIDI Mobilizer gives guitarists the freedom to control Line 6 Variax® digital modeling guitars and Vetta^TM II digital modeling amplifiers.

The Rig Remote app features an attractive graphical display that takes a nod from the Line 6 software commonly used to adjust Line 6 gear via personal computers. The innovative Multi-Touch user interface makes it simple for iPhone and iPod touch users to scroll, choose and adjust models of amps, guitars, pickups, pickup placement, alternate tuning and more. Guitarists can easily save their favorite settings and apply them to any Variax guitar or Vetta II amplifier.

MIDI Mobilizer and Rig Remote 1.0 are currently in final development, with pricing, availability, and more detail on the complete feature set to be announced at a future date.

For more information on Planet Waves please visit: http://www.planetwaves.com/

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