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Voice typing in Logic Pro

Music projects accumulate notes about takes, settings and intentions that nobody records. Typally works at the keyboard level, so anywhere Logic Pro accepts typing, it accepts your voice instead.

From the people who build Typally. If Logic Pro's own option covers your use, use it — this page will tell you when it does.
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In short

  • Logic Pro's own dictation: None. Track and marker names are typed.
  • What Typally does instead: works above the app rather than inside it — Logic Pro sees ordinary typed text.
  • Best used for: track and marker names

Does Logic Pro have built-in dictation?

None. Track and marker names are typed.

Why dictate in Logic Pro at all?

Coming back to a session after two months, the difference between a usable project and an archaeology exercise is whether tracks and markers were named meaningfully. Naming forty tracks takes time you would rather spend playing.

In practice people use it for: Track and marker names, session notes, lyric drafts, and notes for collaborators.

How to dictate in Logic Pro

Setup happens once, outside Logic Pro, and then applies to every program on the machine:

1

Install Typally

Windows or macOS, then sign in. No card for the free tier.

2

Focus the Logic Pro field you want the words in

Whatever has the cursor receives the text, so click the right place in Logic Pro before starting.

3

Press and speak

Hold, talk, release. Long passages are fine.

4

Read it before you move on

Logic's shortcuts are extensive and single-key. Ensure a naming field is active before speaking.

What Typally adds in Logic Pro

Typally types into Logic's naming fields and into whatever you keep session notes in. The practical win is small and repeated: naming things properly stops costing enough to skip, which is what makes a project survive a two-month gap.

What this looks like in practice

A producer names every marker with an intention rather than a number. Returning to the session in March, the work resumes in ten minutes instead of an hour of listening back.

One habit that makes it work better

Name markers with intent — 'chorus, needs new vocal' rather than 'Marker 7'. Future you opens the session with no memory whatsoever.

What to watch out for in Logic Pro

Logic's shortcuts are extensive and single-key. Ensure a naming field is active before speaking.

Frequently asked questions

Does Logic Pro have dictation?

No app feature; macOS system dictation reaches its text fields.

What is worth naming properly?

Markers and takes. Those are what you navigate by when you return to a session cold.

Can I dictate lyrics?

Yes, into a notes app — and speaking lyrics in rhythm exposes meter problems immediately.

Try it in Logic Pro

Start on the free plan (100 minutes a month, no card). Pro lifts the cap and adds meeting notes for $7.99/month.

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