Emagic was a music software and hardware company based in Rellingen, Germany and a satellite office in Grass Valley, California. On July 1, 2002 Emagic was bought by Apple Computer. Emagic's Windows-based product offerings were discontinued on September 30, 2002.
The company was best known for its music sequencer, Logic. Logic stemmed from Creator, then Notator, made by C-Lab (the company's forerunner) for the Atari ST platform. In 1992, Emagic Soft- und Hardware GmbH was founded and Notator Logic was launched for Atari 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". Original copies of Emagic's Logic software retailed for US$699 (equivalent to $1,350 in 2021) and its plugins were $99–$299 apiece before Apple bundled them all together. When Apple bought Emagic, Logic had "Emagic" dropped from the title, and is now called Logic Pro. As a result of the purchase by Apple, the Windows version was discontinued.
The other major software product that Emagic offered was SoundDiver, an editor/librarian for hardware synthesizers.[2] 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.
^. Sound On Sound. June 2001. Archived from the original on September 15, 2014.
^. Sound On Sound. May 2000. Archived from the original on June 6, 2015.
^. Sound On Sound. September 2000. Archived from the original on June 8, 2015.
^"Emagic Audiowerk8". Future Music. No. 59. Future Publishing. August 1997. p. 39. ISSN 0967-0378. OCLC 1032779031.
^. Sound On Sound. July 1997. Archived from the original on June 6, 2015.
^. Sound On Sound. April 1998. Archived from the original on June 9, 2015.
^. Sound On Sound. January 2000. Archived from the original on April 9, 2015.
^. Sound On Sound. October 2000. Archived from the original on June 6, 2015.
^. Sound On Sound. November 2001. Archived from the original on June 9, 2015.
Further reading
"Multitracking On A Budget". Electronics & Music Maker. June 1986. pp. 66–8. OCLC 317187644.
External links
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This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations September 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Emagic was a music software and hardware company based in Rellingen Germany and a satellite office in Grass Valley California On July 1 2002 Emagic was bought by Apple Computer Emagic s Windows based product offerings were discontinued on September 30 2002 EmagicTypePrivate GmbH IndustryElectronicsComputer softwareGenreMusic technologyFoundedSeptember 1992 1 Defunctc 2004 2004 HeadquartersRellingen GermanyKey peopleGerhard Lengeling de Chris AdamSven Junge 1 ProductsLogicNumber of employees80 1 2004 Websitewww wbr emagic wbr de Contents 1 History 2 Products 2 1 C Lab software 2 2 C Lab hardware 2 3 Emagic software 2 3 1 Software instruments 2 4 Emagic hardware 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksHistory EditThe company was best known for its music sequencer Logic Logic stemmed from Creator then Notator made by C Lab the company s forerunner for the Atari ST platform In 1992 Emagic Soft und Hardware GmbH was founded and Notator Logic was launched for Atari 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 Original copies of Emagic s Logic software retailed for US 699 equivalent to 1 350 in 2021 and its plugins were 99 299 apiece before Apple bundled them all together When Apple bought Emagic Logic had Emagic dropped from the title and is now called Logic Pro As a result of the purchase by Apple the Windows version was discontinued The other major software product that Emagic offered was SoundDiver an editor librarian for hardware synthesizers 2 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 Products EditC Lab software Edit SuperTrack for Commodore 64 MIDI sequencer 3 ScoreTrack scorewriting Creator for Atari ST MIDI sequencer 4 Notator for Atari ST MIDI sequencer and scorewriter 5 Notator Alpha for Atari ST cut down educational version of Notator 6 Aura for Atari ST ear training 7 Explorer 1000 patch editor 8 Explorer 32 patch editor 9 Explorer M1 patch editor Midia MIDI monitor educational tool 10 Polyframe patch editor SoftLink Xalyser for Atari ST FM synthesizerC Lab hardware Edit Unitor for Atari SMPTE EBU synchroniser 11 Unitor 2 for Atari SMPTE synchroniser MIDI interface 12 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 synchroniserEmagic software Edit Logic 13 MicroLogic Sound Diver 14 Waveburner 15 Epic TDM Guitar Tuner Space Designer HearMaster music theory training ZAP audio file compressionSoftware instruments Edit ES1 synthesizer 16 ES2 synthesizer EVP73 Fender Rhodes VST instrument EVP88 electric piano EXS24 sampler 17 EXSP24 sample player EVB3 Hammond B3 instrument EVD6 Hohner Clavinet instrument EVOC20 vocoderEmagic hardware Edit 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 18 19 Unitor 8 1U rackmount 8 8 MIDI interface 20 AMT8 1U rackmount 8 8 MIDI interface 21 MT4 2 4 MIDI interface 22 EMI 6 2m USB audio interface EMI 2 6 USB audio interface 23 Logic ControlReferences Edit a b c Company Emagic Archived from the original on April 12 2004 Emagic Sound Diver 3 Sound On Sound May 2001 Archived from the original on June 6 2015 C Lab Supertrack Sound On Sound May 1986 pp 61 3 ISSN 0951 6816 OCLC 925234032 C Lab Creator Sound On Sound November 1987 pp 57 61 ISSN 0951 6816 OCLC 925234032 C Lab Notator Sound On Sound September 1988 pp 22 6 ISSN 0951 6816 OCLC 925234032 C Lab Notator Alpha Scorewriter Music Technology May 1991 p 11 ISSN 0957 6606 OCLC 483899345 C Lab Aura Music Technology May 1991 p 14 ISSN 0957 6606 OCLC 483899345 C Lab Explorer 1000 Music Technology September 1989 pp 50 53 ISSN 0957 6606 OCLC 483899345 C Lab Explorer 32 Music Technology October 1989 pp 16 18 ISSN 0957 6606 OCLC 483899345 C Lab Midia Music Technology May 1991 p 12 ISSN 0957 6606 OCLC 483899345 C Lab Unitor Sound On Sound February 1989 pp 42 45 ISSN 0951 6816 OCLC 31700536 C Lab Unitor 2 Music Technology March 1992 pp 26 29 ISSN 0957 6606 OCLC 483899345 Emagic Logic Audio v4 5 Sound On Sound October 2000 Archived from the original on June 7 2015 SoundDiver V1 5 7 Future Music No 60 ISSN 0967 0378 OCLC 1032779031 Emagic Waveburner Pro Sound On Sound June 2001 Archived from the original on September 15 2014 Emagic ES1 Sound On Sound May 2000 Archived from the original on June 6 2015 Emagic EXS24 Sound On Sound September 2000 Archived from the original on June 8 2015 Emagic Audiowerk8 Future Music No 59 Future Publishing August 1997 p 39 ISSN 0967 0378 OCLC 1032779031 Emagic Audiowerk8 Sound On Sound July 1997 Archived from the original on June 6 2015 Emagic Unitor 8 Sound On Sound April 1998 Archived from the original on June 9 2015 Emagic AMT8 Sound On Sound January 2000 Archived from the original on April 9 2015 Emagic MT4 Sound On Sound October 2000 Archived from the original on June 6 2015 EMAGIC EMI 2 6 Sound On Sound November 2001 Archived from the original on June 9 2015 Further reading Edit Multitracking On A Budget Electronics amp Music Maker June 1986 pp 66 8 OCLC 317187644 External links EditOfficial site archive org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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