Emagic

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.
History
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 , 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.
Acquisition by Apple
Emagic was acquired by Apple in July 2002. 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, but Apple Pro Apps revenue has steadily increased since Apple's acquisition of Emagic, (roughly $2 billion a year as of Q1 2014).
Logic 6 was released in February 2003, 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. 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. Emagic became defunct on June 12, 2006.
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
References
Further reading
External links
Official site (archive.org)
Defunct software companies of Germany
Software companies of Germany
Apple Inc. acquisitions
2002 mergers and acquisitions