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How Similar is Fender Studio Pro to earlier v. of Studio Pro?

Olorin

Olorin

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Hi,
I just don't wish to watch obsolete instructional videos. I expect every nuance of FSP has not yet been elaborated upon on video.
Up to which v. of Studio Pro (on Mac) are the tutorials applicable?

Thanks to all you seasoned veterans!
 
Thanks. Back to vid watching…
 
I havent watched much on vids, and I dont have Fender Pro. Hah, "so what can this cat offer?"

I would simply say, just be tracking, and developing on your own if and when possible. Studio One has been a brick with dependability since practically its inception. Not just for me or coming from some fanboy perspective. Most by far, users I've encountered just get in there and work with it. Experience will set your workflow, and best tricks. Such as navigating and scaling using shortcut keys. Develop a few, or working knowledge of a few macros. This will really sharpen your workflow.

If you do watch a few videos, try a few from seasoned mix engineers who actually teach fundamentals, about listening, translating your mix, or acoustic improvement around your studio/workplace. Otherwise there are just too many weenies (wanna-be's) trying to use terms like "glue" who know as much about compression as the horse hoof glue is made from. For any actual Studio One/Pro video's specifically, keep to a few good choices. I'd recommend Lukas, and Marcus Huyskens.
Many other self proclaiming insiders, are skin deep and only provide brief "try this" methodology. This often leads viewers missing a better skill set (options and speed).
Just my two cents worth. If you learn by doing (which I believe you do), you'll be way better off than viewing so many vids. Except by those mentioned. ; )
Cheers!
 
After reading the OP., in my mind it asks a question!

Why in this age of technological wizardry pdf or inline help manuals/files, do not include links to associated or related vids that aid and help folk to gain answers to subjects they are looking up?

Lukas et al, have very kindly created a database of video's available via this forum, most of which are applicable today.

Kindest regards to all.
 
The fun of coffee and a video is the 'I didn't know it can do that too, or faster' experience, to store away for when the need arises.
(So as a hint ideally a video shouldn't be longer than the time it takes to finish a cup, or maybe two ;)).

To find the answer to a specific question is a completely different experience though, usually being pressed for time to solve a problem. The video tutorials filter on this site is a great starting point for that. The linked video's have been vetted for relevance, just be aware that newer versions of S1/SP may have faster ways to reach an intended result.
 
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To find the answer to a specific question is a completely different experience though, usually being pressed for time to solve a problem.
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Repeating myself: For this purpose, I use Google‘s NotebookLM on my iPad and feed it with the manuals and YouTube links (where it fetches the transcripts). Then I can take the usual AI chatbot approach and ask anything I want regarding Studio One. Works like a charm.
 
Thanks for all your input. Sometimes, what I need to find out is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
^^^I won‘t touch AI with a 10 foot pole. Yes, I am a Luddite. I expect that once I‘m up and running, I‘ll appreciate its features and stability. I‘m working on my first template now, just a basic RnR one, drums, guitar/bass sims, B3X organ, piano, synth, mic inputs. I have a ways to go, but I‘ll get there. Right now, I‘m checking out the Mustang amp sims.
Again, thank you for your time!
 
Olorin said:
^^^I won‘t touch AI with a 10 foot pole.
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With that, you are welcome in this camp, anytime!
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YesI am a Luddite.
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Well, that tends to be a bit confusing, and conflicting. As any DAW, will help you to reach an immense part of achieving your musical goals. Otherwise, you might consider a parlor guitar, and washboard for the rythm section. ; ) Perhaps a violin, trumpet, etc. Confusing because then it sounds like you'd be destroying labor saving tools for some things, and not others (like a DAW). I'd be curious how you separate folks in the middle who might need both.

Anyway, this is all in good fun so dont take my response too seriously. I believe (and have mentioned) there truly are rewards and fruits for one's hard labor. 👍
10% inspiration, with 90% perspiration.
 
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I draw the line at letting a machine compose something instead of me. It is also one reason I am wary of arpeggiators. But I don‘t have the time or money to learn orchestral instruments, so I permit myself the use of VIs. Drums would have our neighbours at the door with pitchforks and torches. Everything laid down is by me.

Though I have to admit that google ai has given me a few quick answers:
I‘ve got basic functionality down, now. My 1st template has the multi-out ADD2, 4 Mustang amp setups, Omnisphere, Hive 2, Synchron Piano, IK B3X organ, Kontakt Farfisa, Sampletron 2 flute.
Basic midi and audio editing; general getting around to various windows/parameters.
Time soon for some nitty gritty stuff, like using layers for audio.
The more I‘m learning about this program, the more impressed I am.
To quote Peter Gabriel: „I‘m on my way, I‘m making it!“ 🌟
 
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Great answer.
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I draw the line at letting a machine compose something instead of me.
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i draw the line with that, and the lost soul, who saught AI to make them accomplish that.
If the process were to evoke some push or stimulus to help complete their goal, like a chord finder, or arpegiator to build on. Well... fine (somewhat, depending). Ultimately, the task should be an enhancement tool, and not a do-all, gum-ball machine "here it is" tool. Unfortunately, people can be lazy and take the easiest way out. Not good.
Good speak, my friend.
 
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Olorin said:
Thanks for all your input. Sometimes, what I need to find out is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
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This I can understand and unless you are familiar with the jargon or terminology in use it becomes a compounded problem.
There plenty of folk on here willing to help where possible.

You appear to be on your way and moving along OK tho'.

Kindest regards
 
Thankee kindly!
 
AI is great at doing the tedious stuff, like focussed searches and collating information, so don't throw the baby out with the bathwater! I use Gemini regularly for problem-solving in Studio Pro and other programs, and it shortens and shallows the learning curve significantly. That in no way equates with getting the tech to do the composing for you, which I think most here would be wary of. But even at 70, I'm a tech-head and I love new stuff so maybe I'm not the best example to follow!
 
TimC340 said:
But even at 70, I'm a tech-head and I love new stuff so maybe I'm not the best example to follow!
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You young whippersnapper you, :giggle: wait a few years and you will catch me up. I love tech when it does what you want !

Best of regards from a crumbly older fart.
 
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AI is great at doing the tedious stuff, like focussed searches and collating information,
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Sadly it's the tedious stuff that keeps us all sane, and removing it from our lives will have a negative result as we seek to ignore any kind of journey of the soul and just want to arrive at the end point as soon as possible.

The art of looking up information as you're doing now, will be seen as tedious, as the same engine you're using for those searches can just do it to completion anyway. So the line will move further forward the more we shortcut, and we'll go from being middle man, to redundant and irrelevant.

This is why all ancient meditations embrace the normality and tedious tasks as a way of relaxing the mind. Look at how we've already taken the art of matcha tea making, where the relaxation was taking the time to slow down and prepare the tea.

It's now a sachet that you buy from the supermarket, rip open and throw in a cup pretending that it's some kind of mind 'detox'. It's really not good for our mental wellbeing, as we're forgetting the journey and promoting only the end point which in itself feels empty when you've done very little to get there.
 
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This is why all ancient meditations embrace the normality and tedious tasks as a way of relaxing the mind. Look at how we've already taken the art of matcha tea making, where the relaxation was taking the time to slow down and prepare the tea.

It's now a sachet that you buy from the supermarket, rip open and throw in a cup pretending that it's some kind of mind 'detox'. It's really not good for our mental wellbeing, as we're forgetting the journey and promoting only the end point which in itself feels empty when you've done very little to get there.
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Thank you, you've given word to a feeling I've had for a long time that I couldn't form into a coherent phrasing. I might be borrowing your metaphor once in a while..
 
Skijumptoes said:
Sadly it's the tedious stuff that keeps us all sane, and removing it from our lives will have a negative result as we seek to ignore any kind of journey of the soul and just want to arrive at the end point as soon as possible.

The art of looking up information as you're doing now, will be seen as tedious, as the same engine you're using for those searches can just do it to completion anyway. So the line will move further forward the more we shortcut, and we'll go from being middle man, to redundant and irrelevant.

This is why all ancient meditations embrace the normality and tedious tasks as a way of relaxing the mind. Look at how we've already taken the art of matcha tea making, where the relaxation was taking the time to slow down and prepare the tea.

It's now a sachet that you buy from the supermarket, rip open and throw in a cup pretending that it's some kind of mind 'detox'. It's really not good for our mental wellbeing, as we're forgetting the journey and promoting only the end point which in itself feels empty when you've done very little to get there.
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I'm redundant and irrelevant anyway! While I can see that the process of research and cataloguing can be somewhat relaxing, I do find much of it tedious and I'm very happy to let AI do it when I'd rather get on with making music - or doing the garden, or going for a bike ride! But whatever floats your particular vessel; I very much do not wish to impose my processes on anyone else. And I do spend quite a bit of my time researching all sorts of stuff that I find more fulfilling than just trying to find out how to make an obscure bit of a computer program acquiesce to my fiendish desires! For that, Google and its peers suit me quite nicely, though I'd rather do without their recently-acquired LLM-driven palliness.

To be fair, I have found that some of the LLM-powered online help has been genuinely helpful and has saved me a good bit of time diving in to manuals - most of which these days seem actively resistant to a search for information. For that, and despite their occasional tendency to be spectacularly wrong, I'll keep using them.
 
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