Logic Pro 12’s new harmonic intelligence and Chord ID: hands-on

Logic Pro 12 is available now. Both iPad and Mac versions are included as part of Apple’s new $13/mo Creators Studio, but this is also still a free upgrade for all existing Logic owners, and one-off purchases remain available. So let’s talk about Logic’s banner feature, Chord ID, and the Synth Players and other features that can take advantage of it. They’re deeper than you might think.

Mudjaq TapeLeap, a freaky tape/lo-fi looper that can blink, be broken

It has a “broken” button and an eyelid that you can blink on and off. It lets you record or set feedback to 150%. It overdubs, it loops, it — does it in opposing directions. No, it’s not another tape delay/looper. Every single setting in TapeLeap from Mudjaq, for Max for Live, is bonkers and fantastic.

Peter Kirn - December 11, 2025

Sinevibes Cache has turned into a buffer-mangling, playable breaks machine

Oh, Cache is good as a Mac/Windows/Linux effect — flip, repeat, stretch, robotize, and generally go buffer-mad. But you expected that from a Sinevibes plug-in. The joy here is that now you can really play. Connect a MIDI keyboard, and Cache is a breaks-friendly, sound transmorgrifying effect instrument.

Peter Kirn - November 25, 2025

Motherly, sequencer percussion synth, is pure rhythmic happiness

Peter Kirn - November 21, 2025

Hainbach and AudioThing made the HP Word Generator into sonic software

Peter Kirn - November 18, 2025

Tim Exile’s Finalist mixes and masters creatively, colorfully — with no AI

Peter Kirn - October 14, 2025

Daedelus and Takuma Matsui talk Tinge, a painterly color wheel arpeggiator

Peter Kirn - September 13, 2025

Tekno, new bendable drum machine synth: we’ve got free patterns and kits

Peter Kirn - September 2, 2025

Inertia completes an elegant trio of dynamic-shaping tools from Sinevibes

Peter Kirn - August 22, 2025

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