Emagic

The company was best known for its music sequencer, Logic. Logic stemmed from Creator,{{Cite journal |last=Mellor |first=David |date= February 1989|title=C-Lab Unitor (SOS Feb 1989) |url=https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/c-lab-unitor/4492 |journal=Sound on Sound |issue=Feb 1989 |pages=42–45}} then Notator, made by C-Lab{{Cite web |date=2022-08-30 |title=Atari74user - C-Lab / Emagic |url=https://sites.google.com/view/ataritosser/music-midi/c-lab-emagic |access-date=2024-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830194019/https://sites.google.com/view/ataritosser/music-midi/c-lab-emagic |archive-date=August 30, 2022 }} (the company's forerunner) for the Atari ST platform. In 1992, Emagic Soft- und Hardware GmbH was founded and Notator Logic{{Cite journal |last=Waugh |first=Ian |date= August 1993|title=Emagic Notator Logic (MT Aug 1993) |url=https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/emagic-notator-logic/7569 |journal=Music Technology |issue=Aug 1993 |pages=68–69}} was launched for Atari{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-02-20 |title=Early DAWs: the software that changed music production forever |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/early-daws-the-software-that-changed-music-production-forever |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=MusicRadar |language=en}} and Macintosh, followed by a version for Windows. The "Notator" was dropped from the name and the product was redesigned from the ground up, and the product became known under the name "Emagic Logic".{{Cite web |title=Emagic Logic Audio v3.0 |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/emagic-logic-audio-v30 |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.soundonsound.com}}{{Cite web |title=Emagic Logic Audio 3 |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/emagic-logic-audio-3 |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.soundonsound.com}} Original copies{{Cite web |title=Emagic freeware and software downloads for mac and pc |url=https://www.dontcrack.com/freeware/audio-software.php/id/27/downloads/Emagic/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.dontcrack.com}} of Emagic's Logic software retailed for {{US$|699|1992}},{{Cite web |date=2018-06-11 |title=EMAGIC LOGIC AUDIO - Logic SILVER from the Logic range is a great cheap s/w with more than enuff facilities for any dance |url=https://www.dancetech.com/item.cfm?threadid=326 |access-date=2024-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611051915/https://www.dancetech.com/item.cfm?threadid=326 |archive-date=June 11, 2018 }} and with plugins ranging from $99 to $299.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

The other major software product that Emagic offered was SoundDiver, an editor/librarian for hardware synthesizers.{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may01/articles/emagicsounddriver.htm|title=Emagic Sound Diver 3|work=Sound On Sound|date=May 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606064857/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may01/articles/emagicsounddriver.htm|archive-date=6 June 2015}} It communicated via MIDI and offered easy patch and sound management. While there was a beta version for Mac OS X, production of SoundDiver was discontinued in 2005.

Emagic formerly offered a line of audio interface hardware, the Audiowerk PCI cards, as well as USB units. A potential post-acquisition successor to these products, the unreleased Asteroid FireWire interface, was the subject of the Apple v. Does trade secret litigation.

Emagic was acquired by Apple in July 2002.{{cite web | url=https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2002/jul/01emagic.html | title=Apple Acquires Emagic | work=Apple, Inc. | access-date=February 13, 2007}} The announcement included the news that development of the Windows version would no longer continue, rendering Logic 5.5.1 as the final version available for Windows. This announcement caused controversy in the recording industry with an estimated 70,000 users having invested in the Windows route not wishing to reinvest in a complete new system. Despite much speculation in various Pro Audio forums however, exactly how many users may have abandoned Logic upon its acquisition by Apple, or abandoned the Windows platform for the Mac version, remains unknown,{{cite web | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/07/01/apple_drops_emagic_bombshell/ | title=Apple Drops Emagic Bombshell | work=The Register | access-date=July 1, 2002}} but Apple Pro Apps revenue has steadily increased since Apple's acquisition of Emagic,{{cite web | url=http://alex4d.com/notes/item/pro-apps-2005-2014 | title=Apple Pro Apps Quarterly Revenue | work=Alex4D | access-date=July 28, 2014}} (roughly $2 billion a year as of Q1 2014).

Logic 6 was released in February 2003,{{Cite web |date=February 28, 2003 |title=Emagic Logic 6.0 (MacOS/OS X) and 5.51 (Windows) released |url=https://www.kvraudio.com/news/emagic_logic_6_0_macos_os_x_and_5_51_windows_released_873 |website=KVR Audio}} serving as the first major release of Logic following Apple's acquisition of Emagic. The following year, it released Logic Pro 6, which replaced Logic Platinum and consolidated over 20 different Emagic products, including all instrument and effect plug-ins, Waveburner Pro (CD Authoring application), and Pro Tools TDM support, into a single product package. Apple also released a scaled down version of Logic called Logic Express, replacing Logic Silver and Logic Gold.

Logic Pro 7 was released on September 29, 2004, the first version of Logic to be released under the Apple brand, with technical support being provided through AppleCare+ instead of Emagic.{{Cite web |date=September 29, 2004 |title=Apple Introduces Logic Pro 7 & Logic Express 7 |url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2004/09/29Apple-Introduces-Logic-Pro-7-Logic-Express-7/ |website=Apple}} As Emagic's products had been transferred to its parent company, it discontinued all of its older products, but continued to provide technical support until late 2005.{{Cite web |title=Emagic – Support |url=http://www.emagic.de/support/support/index.php?lang=EN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041030022510/http://www.emagic.de/support/support/index.php?lang=EN |archive-date=October 30, 2004 |website=Emagic}} Emagic became defunct on June 12, 2006.

• SuperTrack (for Commodore 64) – MIDI sequencer{{cite magazine|url=http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/c-lab-supertrack/1570|title=C-Lab Supertrack|magazine=Sound On Sound|date=May 1986|pages=61–3|issn=0951-6816|oclc=925234032}}
• ScoreTrack – scorewriting
• Creator (for Atari ST) – MIDI sequencer{{cite magazine|url=http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/c-lab-creator/2538|title=C-Lab Creator|magazine=Sound On Sound|date=November 1987|pages=57–61|issn=0951-6816|oclc=925234032}}
• Notator (for Atari ST) – MIDI sequencer and scorewriter{{cite magazine|url=http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/c-lab-notator/3970|title=C-Lab Notator|magazine=Sound On Sound|date=September 1988|pages=22–6|issn=0951-6816|oclc=925234032}}
• Notator Alpha (for Atari ST) – cut-down educational version of Notator{{cite magazine|url=http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/c-lab-notator-alpha-scorewriter/2156|title=C-Lab Notator Alpha Scorewriter|magazine=Music Technology|date=May 1991|page=11|issn=0957-6606|oclc=483899345}}
• Aura (for Atari ST) – ear training{{cite magazine|url=http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/c-lab-aura/2158|title=C-Lab Aura|magazine=Music Technology|date=May 1991|page=14|issn=0957-6606|oclc=483899345}}
• Explorer 1000 – patch editor{{cite magazine|url=http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/c-lab-explorer-1000/136|title=C-Lab Explorer 1000|magazine=Music Technology|date=September 1989|pages=50–53|issn=0957-6606|oclc=483899345}}
• Explorer 32 – patch editor{{cite magazine|url=http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/c-lab-explorer-32/148|title=C-Lab Explorer 32|magazine=Music Technology|date=October 1989|pages=16–18|issn=0957-6606|oclc=483899345}}
• Explorer M1 – patch editor
• Midia – MIDI monitor/educational tool{{cite magazine|url=http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/c-lab-midia/2157|title=C-Lab Midia|magazine=Music Technology|date=May 1991|page=12|issn=0957-6606|oclc=483899345}}
• Polyframe – patch editor
• SoftLink
• Xalyser (for Atari ST) FM synthesizer

• Unitor (for Atari) – SMPTE/EBU synchroniser{{cite magazine|url=http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/c-lab-unitor/4492|title=C-Lab Unitor|magazine=Sound On Sound|pages=42–45|date=February 1989|issn=0951-6816|oclc=31700536}}
• Unitor 2 (for Atari) – SMPTE synchroniser/MIDI interface{{cite magazine|url=http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/c-lab-unitor-2/959|title=C-Lab Unitor 2|magazine=Music Technology|date=March 1992|pages=26–29|issn=0957-6606|oclc=483899345}}
• Combiner (for Atari) – cartridge expansion interface
• Export (for Atari) – MIDI interface
• Falcon mk I, mk II and mk X
• Steady Eye – SMPTE/VITC synchroniser
• Human Touch – Audio synchroniser

• Logic{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct00/articles/logicaudio.htm|title=Emagic Logic Audio v4.5|work=Sound On Sound|date=October 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607012544/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct00/articles/logicaudio.htm|archive-date=7 June 2015}}
• MicroLogic
• Sound Diver{{cite magazine|title=SoundDiver V1.5.7|magazine=Future Music|issue=60|issn=0967-0378|oclc=1032779031}}
• Waveburner{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun01/articles/waveburner.asp|title=Emagic Waveburner Pro|work=Sound On Sound|date=June 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915013741/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun01/articles/waveburner.asp|archive-date=15 September 2014}}
• Epic TDM
• Guitar Tuner
• Space Designer
• HearMaster – music theory training
• ZAP – audio file compression

• ES1 synthesizer{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may00/articles/emagic.htm|title=Emagic ES1|work=Sound On Sound|date=May 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606120157/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may00/articles/emagic.htm|archive-date=6 June 2015}}
• ES2 synthesizer
• EVP73 Fender Rhodes VST instrument
• EVP88 electric piano
• EXS24 sampler{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep00/articles/emagic.htm|title=Emagic EXS24|work=Sound On Sound|date=September 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608204152/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep00/articles/emagic.htm|archive-date=8 June 2015}}
• EXSP24 sample player
• EVB3 Hammond B3 instrument
• EVD6 Hohner Clavinet instrument
• EVOC20 vocoder

• LOG3 (for Atari ST) – MIDI interface
• LOG2mac – MIDI interface
• LOG2PC (c.1991) – ISA 1×1 MIDI interface card (rebranded Midiman MM-401 card)
• Audiowerk II – PCI soundcard
• Audiowerk8 – PCI soundcard{{cite magazine|title=Emagic Audiowerk8|page=39|magazine=Future Music|issue=59|date=August 1997|publisher=Future Publishing|issn=0967-0378|oclc=1032779031}}{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_articles/jul97/audiowerk8.html|title=Emagic Audiowerk8|work=Sound On Sound|date=July 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606083916/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_articles/jul97/audiowerk8.html|archive-date=6 June 2015}}
• Unitor 8 – 1U rackmount 8×8 MIDI interface{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr98/articles/unitor8.html|title=Emagic Unitor 8|work=Sound On Sound|date=April 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609073558/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr98/articles/unitor8.html|archive-date=9 June 2015}}
• AMT8 – 1U rackmount 8×8 MIDI interface{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan00/articles/emagicamt8.htm|title=Emagic AMT8|work=Sound On Sound|date=January 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409171422/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan00/articles/emagicamt8.htm|archive-date=9 April 2015}}
• MT4 – 2×4 MIDI interface{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct00/articles/emagic.htm|title=Emagic MT4|work=Sound On Sound|date=October 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606083111/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct00/articles/emagic.htm|archive-date=6 June 2015}}
• EMI 6|2m – USB audio interface
• EMI 2|6 – USB audio interface{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov01/articles/emagicusb.asp|title=EMAGIC EMI 2|6|work=Sound On Sound|date=November 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609084124/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov01/articles/emagicusb.asp|archive-date=9 June 2015}}
• Logic Control

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