By: Anton Kratiuk | yesterday, 12:26
Apple has quietly bought a small Swiss AI audio company, and its tools could end up in Logic Pro, the music app many Mac and iPad owners already use. Apple acquired certain Samplab assets in June and hired some of its staff, AppleInsider reports. The deal only became public in October through an EU regulatory filing. Samplab had roughly ten employees, possibly fewer. For anyone producing music on Apple hardware, it hints at better editing tools ahead.
The deal
Apple bought through an unnamed subsidiary. The price is undisclosed, and Apple has not commented on its plans. The EU entry appeared because Apple is subject to the bloc’s Digital Markets Act, which requires large platform companies to report acquisitions.
Samplab’s website now redirects to Apple.com. The company shut its service down, and subscribers received refunds for their unused time.
The technology
Samplab built AI plugins for music producers. Its tools split a finished track into separate parts, such as vocals, drums and bass. That is called stem separation, and Logic Pro already has a version of it called Stem Splitter, added in 2024.
The more interesting feature is polyphonic note editing. Take a recording of a chord, and Samplab lets you change one note inside it without disturbing the others. Logic doesn’t do that today. Celemony’s Melodyne is the best-known tool that does, and it costs extra.
The tools would most likely appear in Logic Pro or in Apple’s Creator Studio subscription bundle. That is an inference from Samplab’s product, not an Apple statement.
Price and timing
Logic Pro costs $199.99 in the US as a one-off purchase. Whether new AI features arrive for existing owners or sit behind the subscription is unknown. Apple has given no release date.
Apple’s next announcements may offer clues. The company has an October 28 event planned, though nothing suggests Samplab will feature there.
Logic runs only on Apple devices, so Windows users won’t see any of this. Producers on Mac who rely on third-party plugins for chord editing should watch for a built-in alternative. A ten-person team is a small acquisition, but it fills a specific gap in Logic’s toolkit.
