This version of Logic is specifically optimized for the Mac Pro The sound team for Game of Thrones recently talked to Insider about how they maxed out 720 tracks in the software they used between layers of sound effects, foley, background audio, and dialog.
The average bedroom producer will likely never reach this threshold, but those who deal in dense, expansive composition like TV audio, adaptive video game music, and orchestral scoring very well could. Why would anyone need 1,000 audio or instrument tracks? There are plenty of reasons. Additionally, this new version of Logic supports 12 sends per channel strip. Other DAWs already have some of these functions - Ableton supports unlimited audio and MIDI tracks, for example, and Pro Tools has 512 aux channels - but now Logic benchmarks or outpaces these DAWs in other areas. This is a significant upgrade for Logic - it’s gone from support for 255 stereo audio tracks, 255 software instrument tracks and 255 aux channels to 1,000 for each, and now also supports 1,000 external MIDI tracks. The software is now souped up to show off the capabilities of the new Mac Pro, with improved responsiveness and a huge increase in the amount of tracks it can support in a project file. Apple has released an updated version of Logic Pro X, its professional music production software.
