Fender Studio Pro 8.1 - Discussion Thread

[Sebastian Holtzer]

Anyone noticing that the tempo is messed up in 8.1? My project plays fine in 8.03 but goes haywire in 8.1.

EDIT: I think it's a matter of something related to timestretching working slightly differently now. I need to look into it further.

From 10 trys i only can load once a project in 8.1 whitout loosing my audio device and the tabs on the left ( datei, ansicht, fenster, bearbeiten and so on) and the inspector. The whole version is totally bugged ans unusable. I really wonder who tested this and why its beeing promoted. Had to rollback to 8.0.3 which is working but has awful performance and lags like a videogame running with fps 10. Somethings wrong with 8.

 

[chichogp]

The new metronome function is how it should have been from v1. The "musical" metronome (as fender calls it) is the most common way people learn about rhythm. It's not just an academic thing, it's cultural.

In this system time is divided by pulse, not by beats. You can choose to divide said pulse in a binary or a ternary (compound) manner, but the pulse (and therefore the bpm) stays the same. On a binary x/4 metric pulse and beat are the same, but this is not the case with ternary x/8 metrics, in which a pulse is a dotted black because each pulse contains three divisions instead of two (a black note corresponds to a pulse or 1/4th of a 4/4 measure but in a compound metric it's value is two thirds of a pulse, hence the dot). So, if your bpm is 100 on 4/4 and you change the metric to 12/8 while setting the pulse as a dotted black note the bpm won't change.

The previous mathematical metronome is till there anyway, it's not like fender removed it, you just need to set the beat to a straight 1/8th note when working on an x/8 metric.

 

[madFloyd]

The new metronome function is how it should have been from v1. The "musical" metronome (as fender calls it) is the most common way people learn about rhythm. It's not just an academic thing, it's cultural.

In this system time is divided by pulse, not by beats. You can choose to divide said pulse in a binary or a ternary (compound) manner, but the pulse (and therefore the bpm) stays the same. On a binary x/4 metric pulse and beat are the same, but this is not the case with ternary x/8 metrics, in which a pulse is a dotted black because each pulse contains three divisions instead of two (a black note corresponds to a pulse or 1/4th of a 4/4 measure but in a compound metric it's value is two thirds of a pulse, hence the dot). So, if your bpm is 100 on 4/4 and you change the metric to 12/8 while setting the pulse as a dotted black note the bpm won't change.

The previous mathematical metronome is till there anyway, it's not like fender removed it, you just need to set the beat to a straight 1/8th note when working on an x/8 metric.

I can't really follow this explanation but hopefully @parityflux can.

 

[chichogp]

Set a metronome to whatever bpm.

- Divide each beat in two. Congratulations, you have a binary measure. (x/4)
- Now keep the metronome going and instead of dividing each beat in two divide it in three notes. Congratulations, you have a ternary measure (x/8).

 

[BizzyMo]

Just discovered another bug. Previously, when exporting stems (prefixes for filenames), you could leave the name completely blank, so the files would only contain the track name. Now, you always have to enter something in the prefix field. And the prefix is always included in the filename. I'd like to leave it blank, which is no longer possible.

 

[parityflux]

The new metronome function is how it should have been from v1. The "musical" metronome (as fender calls it) is the most common way people learn about rhythm. It's not just an academic thing, it's cultural.

OK I feel better now about it and will go forward in earnest. I really appreciate the explanation and have taken it to heart. If something about it throws me off as I work, I will report back. I do remember thinking that I wish when I went to /8 the metronome's subdivision click would engage. I usually have it off unless I need that audible detail. Kudos though, really

 

[Lukas]

Just discovered another bug. Previously, when exporting stems (prefixes for filenames), you could leave the name completely blank, so the files would only contain the track name. Now, you always have to enter something in the prefix field. And the prefix is always included in the filename. I'd like to leave it blank, which is no longer possible.

This will be fixed/improved in the next update.

 

[Suseka]

Good day everybody.
My first post here.
Is there anyway in the settings to limit the Pitch curve range? Say +/- 6 semitones.
Is it possible to correct global pitch in %?
Some of the old songs I have were recorded from tape, do not get to correct pitch.
I would like to correct to a standard pitch.
Thank you for any advise.

 

[carlosjuvandes]

The bug with Melodyne with ARA, using the fades, or crossfades still persists sometimes. It gives a lot of clicks and cuts the audio.
A workaround for now is to change the fades curve and the fade time...