Hello!
We’re excited to announce that we’ve created a new release channel for Logic 2, called “Insider Builds.”
The insider program is a new release channel that allows us to share new features earlier and with more frequent updates. It’s intended for users who want early access to new features and are willing to provide feedback and tolerate bugs that may arise from pre-release software.
Insider updates are available through the auto-update system, just like stable releases.
The first release adds arm64 support for Linux and Windows operating systems.
We’re also planning on using this release channel to ship early versions of features like these:
- Rapid changes to the MCP server.
- Expansions to the automation interface.
- Early versions of upcoming Logic MSO features.
- UX improvements that could use early user feedback.
These download links automatically download the latest insider build.
Windows
MacOS
Linux
Switching between release channels
On MacOS and Linux, you can just download and use either/both channels.
On Windows, in order to switch channels, you will need to install the latest version of the channel you wish to use. It’s not possible to have both the production (stable) channel and the insider channel installed at the same time. You may need to uninstall the currently installed version if you are downgrading versions. Otherwise, the installer will automatically remove the existing installation before installing the new one.
You can tell which channel you’re using by checking the ReleaseChannel value in the about dialog:
Compatibility between the stable and insider channels
Occasionally, software releases may change the save file format (*.sal file) or the software’s persisted settings format. When this happens, older versions of the software will be unable to load files created from newer releases.
The same applies to the new insider channel. Most of the time, we do not make changes to these formats, so files saved by the latest insider release can be loaded by the latest stable release.
However, we may introduce a file format change on the insider channel before it’s released on the stable channel. When this happens, those files will be insider-only until the next stable channel release. We will commit to ensuring that any file format changes made to a insider release will be loadable by the next stable release.