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Is the full $15 version of MusicStudio worth it?

I like the double keyboard layout, but I'm not forking over the $$ for the full version without some recs, what do you think of it?

Comments

  • I like it. It has the orchestral Sonatina Soundfonts as an IAP I believe, and although you can get these for free to use in BS16i, I quite like the ease-of-use in Music Studio.

  • The Sonatina sounds come free with Music studio. Also, there is quite an extensive selection of prestes made by users that can be downloaded and imported into Music Studio for free. The following link takes you to the section of the forum where user sounds are available.

    http://www.xewton.com/musicstudio/forum/viewforum.php?f=10&sid=e157f0784f69de6abc91005087739230

    In this video you can hear the sounds of the Sonatina instruments that come free with the app

    I've beta tested the latest version of Music Studio that will be released soon. The new update brings a vastly improved effects section, with multiple insert and send effects on a per track basis as well as several slots for effects that affect the whole mix.

  • One of the best things is that you can "preview" ("prehear") the sounds before buy the packs.

  • @Maarten said:

    I've beta tested the latest version of Music Studio that will be released soon. The new update brings a vastly improved effects section, with multiple insert and send effects on a per track basis as well as several slots for effects that affect the whole mix.

    This sounds awesome, it is an area that has been weak for Music Studio compared to its competition, great to see this being addressed!

  • @Maarten said:

    I've beta tested the latest version of Music Studio that will be released soon. The new update brings a vastly improved effects section, with multiple insert and send effects on a per track basis as well as several slots for effects that affect the whole mix.

    Olee! Pensaba que no se actualizaría mas. I thought that there would be no more updates.
    And yes, this is a very good buy imo.

  • @Atlesbe Music Studio is far from dead! check out this list/time table for future features (taken from the Music Studio forum)

    "We are frequently flooded with feature requests and created this thread to keep track of them. If you suggest a feature please follow these guidelines:

    1. Read the list below, your suggestion is probably already on the list.
    2. Keep it simple, feature suggestions should fit into one line.
    3. The importance of a feature is defined by how many people request it, not by how important you think it is.
    4. Don't ask for release dates. Follow us on http://www.facebook.com/xewton or http://www.twitter.com/xewton to be the first to know when we have something to show.

    Composers who mostly use the piano-roll editor have other priorities than live performers or musicians who connect MIDI gear to their devices. We are aware of that and try to advance in every direction in order to make Music Studio the best mobile DAW in the known universe

    Features we will add in Music Studio 2.5 (est. release date: late July)

    • New effect routing: 5 track insert, 5 send and 6 master effect slots
    • 4 new effects: Compressor, Phaser, BitCrusher and StereoWidener
    • Breath control (MIDI CC02)
    • Audiobus 2.0 support

    Features we plan to add in Music Studio 2.6

    • Inter-App Audio recording & effects

    High priority features for the upcoming updates

    • Auto backup to prevent accidentally overwriting projects
    • File list utilities: new folder, move/rename files
    • Tempo track (any maybe signature track)
    • Volume automation (maybe pan too)
    • Multiple audio files per track
    • Vibrato effect
    • Arpeggiator
    • Triplet note option when drawing in the piano-roll editor
    • More grid lines in the piano-roll editor
    • Wave editor ruler to optionally show bars instead of seconds

    Medium priority features

    • Arbitrary signatures
    • Audio region editing in the bar editor
    • Wave editor copy & paste
    • Wave editor stereo to mono conversion
    • AudioShare
    • Mixer view
    • HiHat mute group: closed HiHat kills open HiHat sound
    • Input monitoring to be always on
    • More effects: tremolo, LFO, ring modulator, noise gate, pitch shifter, time stretch, EQ with more bands
    • Wave editor DSP button for effects
    • Wave editor: replace selection with silence
    • Audio track transposition
    • 96kHz 24bit input & output quality (currently 44.1kHz 16bit)
    • Swing quantization
    • More chord types: minor7, add9, 5, 2
    • More beats: Blues
    • More electronic instruments: synths, pads, drum kits, dubstep kit, hard bass, electric guitars
    • More acoustic instruments: mandolin, world instruments
    • MIDI CC recording (modulation, sustain, soft pedal etc.)

    Low priority features

    • Sampler crossfade on/off switch for looped samples
    • Zero-crossing detection in the wave editor
    • Track freeze
    • Step input mode in the piano-roll editor
    • AIFF file support
    • Tuning (changing the general tuning to e.g. 442.6Hz)
    • Transposition to affect chord buttons & pads too
    • Swipe gesture in the bar editor's change selection mode
    • "No instrument" icon in the instrument list
    • Multiple track selection (especially for mute/solo)
    • Custom track names

    Features we may or may not add in the far future
    Sound

    • Multi channel audio output
    • Guitar amp effects
    • Noise reduction effect for the wave editor
    • Synthesizer with oscillators, LFOs, ADSR curves, etc.
    • Auto-accompaniment
      MIDI

    • Full Akai SynthStation 49 compatibility

    • Better support of external MIDI drum pad controllers
    • Korg WIST (Wireless Sync-Start Technology)
    • MIDI CC track type to send arbitrary MIDI events during playback via MIDI OUT
    • Custom MIDI CC assignments (to control Music Studio's buttons via MIDI IN)
    • Pitch bend editing in the piano-roll editor
    • Filter track editing
    • Humanize function in the piano-roll editor
    • Chord button triggering via MIDI input
    • Song section markers on the ruler
    • Score notation
      Keyboard / Input

    • Full 128 key range

    • Playing multiple instruments simultaneously
    • Keyboard portamento, gliding pitch and mono/legato modes
    • Keyboard modulation/aftertouch control by sliding vertically
    • Keyboard scales
    • Keyboard scale tuner
    • Keyboard setup option to disable the center threshold of the pitch wheel
    • Keyboard latch button (Sustain lock)
    • Fretboard guitar input mode
    • Notepad for lyrics
    • Velocity sensitive keyboard using the accelerometer
    • Different transpose settings for the left and right split keyboard section
    • Transposition to be saved with the project and shown in the piano-roll editor
    • More icons for user instruments/kits
      Files / Import / Export

    • Download-all button in the WiFi server

    • MP3 export
    • Share to Facebook
    • Gobbler support
    • AirDrop support
    • iCloud support
    • Community project/instrument sharing
  • I think Music Studio was the first DAW product I bought, and it met my know-nothing expectations, until I came across Nanostudio which was just more fun/easier (for me) to work on.

    And that was that.

    But things do go around and come around, so maybe....and I like the honesty of their list (Features we may or may not add in the far future).

    Anyone got any feedback on the current state of their midi note/piano roll editing? A current obsession of mine...

  • I'm still on the fence, I love the free version though, so I'll prolly just bite the $15 bullet.

  • I didn't like it so much. The sounds and the effects weren't so hot in my opinion. They weren't awful, just sort of mediocre, and that's what turned me off to it.

  • With software, like Music Studio, I like to ask myself "Is the free version worth $15?" Thinking about it this way allows me to incorporate the value I've already derived from the app into my evaluation, which makes me happier about purchasing it, rather than constantly evaluating if the additional feature is what is worth the money.

    Development of new features is also restricted by the resources the company have at their disposal, and indeed the more people that buy the pro version based on the merits of the free one, the more attentive and responsive the development team can be in providing quality future versions.

  • One of the things I really like on the free version are the chord pads/banks, good for songwriting.

  • Yes! For me it's definitely worth it - I love the workflow, the import/export options are great (send/open projects by eml, etc) & is universal. Alex (the dev) is also one of the best guys in the iOS music making world! One of my fave apps! <3

  • edited July 2014

    Pretty impressive list. I haven't looked at this app for years, but it is probably much improved since then. Maybe time for another look.

  • @Maarten
    Thank you for the complete information. For me it is one of the best daws in relationship quality/price.

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