Emagic

Emagic GmbH was a music software and hardware company founded in Rellingen, Germany in 1992¹ by Gerhard Lengeling and Chris Adam, joined later by Sven Junge. The company was best known for its digital audio workstation software, Logic. The company was acquired by Apple Computer, Inc. on July 1, 2002, and its Windows-based product offerings were discontinued on September 30. Apple eventually phased out Emagic branding, releasing Logic Pro 7 under the Apple brand on September 29, 2004. Apple continues to develop and offer Logic Pro as their flagship DAW for Mac.

Emagic GmbH was a music software and hardware company founded in Rellingen, Germany in 1992 by Gerhard Lengeling and Chris Adam, joined later by Sven Junge. The company was best known for its digital audio workstation software, Logic. The company was acquired by Apple Computer, Inc. on July 1, 2002, and its Windows-based product offerings were discontinued on September 30. Apple eventually phased out Emagic branding, releasing Logic Pro 7 under the Apple brand on September 29, 2004. Apple continues to develop and offer Logic Pro as their flagship DAW for Mac.

History

C-Lab beginnings

Gerhard Lengeling, a University of Hamburg medical student, began developing MIDI software with Chris Adam. They approached a Hamburg music store to establish a licensing agreement, and the store owners established C-Lab to enable Lengeling and Adam to distribute their products. Sven Junge joined as Sales Manager. In 1985 they released the SoftTrack 16+ and SuperTrack MIDI sequencing software for the Commodore 64. The following year, ScoreTrack, also for the C64, added notation functionality.

Creator and Notator

In 1987, C-Lab released Creator, a sequencer for the Atari ST, followed by Notator the following year. In late 1992 following a dispute with the owners, Lengeling, Adam, and Junge parted ways with C-Lab and founded a new company, Emagic Soft- und Hardware GmbH. The Emagic brand name was created by combining the words 'Electronic' and 'Magic'. In early 1993, they released Notator Logic for the Apple Macintosh, later followed by versions for Atari ST and Windows.

Logic

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 , and with plugins ranging from $99 to $299. The other major software product that Emagic offered was SoundDiver, an editor/librarian for hardware synthesizers. 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

C-Lab software

SuperTrack (for Commodore 64) – MIDI sequencer ScoreTrack – scorewriting Creator (for Atari ST) – MIDI sequencer Notator (for Atari ST) – MIDI sequencer and scorewriter Notator Alpha (for Atari ST) – cut-down educational version of Notator Aura (for Atari ST) – ear training Explorer 1000 – patch editor Explorer 32 – patch editor Explorer M1 – patch editor Midia – MIDI monitor/educational tool Polyframe – patch editor SoftLink Xalyser (for Atari ST) FM synthesizer

C-Lab hardware

Unitor (for Atari) – SMPTE/EBU synchroniser Unitor 2 (for Atari) – SMPTE synchroniser/MIDI interface 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

Emagic software

Logic MicroLogic Sound Diver Waveburner Epic TDM Guitar Tuner Space Designer HearMaster – music theory training ZAP – audio file compression

Software instruments

ES1 synthesizer ES2 synthesizer EVP73 Fender Rhodes VST instrument EVP88 electric piano EXS24 sampler EXSP24 sample player EVB3 Hammond B3 instrument EVD6 Hohner Clavinet instrument EVOC20 vocoder

Emagic hardware

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 Unitor 8 – 1U rackmount 8×8 MIDI interface AMT8 – 1U rackmount 8×8 MIDI interface MT4 – 2×4 MIDI interface EMI 6|2m – USB audio interface EMI 2|6 – USB audio interface Logic Control

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