As NAMM gets ready to kick off in Anaheim on Thursday, Apple released updates for two of its music apps, Logic Pro X and GarageBand for iOS.

Logic Pro

Previous updates for Logic Pro have focused on bringing new instruments for Electronic musicians, drummer tracks, and other tools for all genres of music. Apple told me on Tuesday that Logic Pro X 10.3 is focused on delivering tools that their high-end pros desired the most.

For instance, Logic Pro X gives professional mixers a 64-bit summing engine, 192 additional busses, and true stereo panning that provides discrete control of stereo signals.

One interesting new feature is Selection-based Processing. It allows you to add any combination of Logic or third-party effect plug-ins onto any selection of one or multiple audio regions. You can preview how the effects will sound and then render it only to the selected regions.

Logic introduces Track Alternatives, which lets users create and switch between different playlists of regions and edits on any track. This feature works with Take Folders, but it isn’t region specific, but rather track-wide.

The first thing you will notice about the latest Logic update are some changes to the interface. The changes make the interface look more modern, bringing it in line with macOS Sierra, but nothing changes as far as button placement, so it will look newer, but familiar. You’ll also notice the interface is a bit brighter—Apple said that is in direct response to feedback from its users that sometimes work in remote locations or even outside where the darker interface wasn’t as user-friendly.

With the recent release of the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, it makes sense that Logic Pro X would incorporate support for that new tech technology, and it does.

Logic Pro gives you the ability to view and navigate your project in a timeline overview on the Touch Bar. You also have access to volume and Smart Controls for any selected track to make little adjustments—for larger adjustments, you can still use the regular interface in Logic Pro.

Performance controls are now available on the Touch Bar. This lets you play and record software instruments with the Touch Bar using a musical piano keyboard that can also be customized to a variety of musical scales, or by tapping drum pads to create beats. Clearly, this isn’t a feature that you would use while you’re in the studio with all of your instruments available to use, but it will come in handy while you’re on the road or in a remote location.

Touch Bar in Logic Pro X also has assignable key command buttons so you can save your favorite shortcuts directly to the Touch Bar.

Logic Pro X 10.3 update is free for all existing users, and available on the Mac App Store for $199.99 for all new customers.

This is the fifteenth Logic Pro update since Apple redesigned the app about three years. Any doubts about the company’s commitment to the app should be put to rest by now.

GarageBand for iOS

GarageBand is an interesting app because it appeals to all users, from amateurs to pros. Of course, amateur users like it because it’s so easy to use and provides a way to make great sounding recordings without having to spend a lot of time learning a more advanced application. Pros use GarageBand as a scratchpad and then transfer projects to Logic to get more advanced features.

Transferring projects between Apple’s pro and consumer apps is easy because they are both built on the Logic Pro engine. That makes features like this possible with the new Logic and GarageBand updates:

Logic Pro X users can also remotely add new tracks to their Logic sessions from their iPhone or iPad when they’re away from their Mac. With a new share option, users can upload a special GarageBand-compatible version of a Logic project to iCloud, which they can then open on their iOS device and add new recordings whenever inspiration strikes. When the project is saved back to iCloud, any newly added tracks will automatically appear in the original Logic project the next time it’s opened on a Mac.

That is incredible.

GarageBand is also getting Alchemy, a favorite synthesizer of Logic users. The synth will come with 150 Apple-designed patches from a variety of genres, including EDM, Hip Hop, Indie, Rock, and Pop, among others.

The Sound Browser has been redesigned with the addition of categories. This cuts down on the amount of swiping you’ll have to do when looking for a Touch instrument or sound.

One of my favorite new features is Multi-Take Recording. This gives you multiple passes to capture their best performance and the ability to audition and switch between your favorite takes. I use this a lot in other apps, so it will quickly become one of my most-used in GarageBand too.

The Audio Recorder has been redesigned and adds one-tap vocal effects, as well as pitch correction, distortion and delay. There is also a new collection of audio processing tools, including an interactive graphic Visual EQ and the ability to use third-party Audio Unit plug-in effects.

GarageBand 2.2 for iOS is free for all existing users and with all new iOS devices. Customers with older, non-qualifying devices can purchase the app for $4.99 on the App Store.

There is a lot to like about both updates. More power, control, versatility, features—just everything. Apple did a great job with improving both apps for all users.