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On the fence about buying MultiTrack Studio and its IAP upgrade.
So, here are my questions before I plop down $50 cool on Multitrack Studio Pro.
How are the quality of the built in effects compared to Cubasis?
There's an annoying issue with Cubasis - when drawing in midi controller data, it's literally done point-to-point. There is no smooth interpolation between two points, and in order to get something similar to that, I have to draw it all in. I'd prefer to set a couple of points and have the midi data ramp up and down, much like how Reaper handles MIDI automation. What is the MIDI automation like in MT Studio Pro: stepped, or smoothly interpolated from point to point? (See diagram that explains what I mean.)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8z2dkfnz6ibqkxh/Question 2.png?dl=0
Is the BPM automatable?
Is it true it has a sampler for drums and can play soundfonts?
Can it timestretch loops?
How stable is it on an iPad Air 2 128gb running iOS 8.3?
What is its file system like? Am I able to use folders like in Audioshare? Is there a file search function?
Does that voice tuner use MIDI note input to specify the pitch?
How many effects per lane?
Any way to switch key signatures mid track?
Before anyone sings the praises of Auria Pro, it's too expensive for me at this stage to get it and all of its plugins. I love Cubasis but have heard a lot of praise for MT Studio especially in regards to production.
Any help is great.
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This is to the best of my knowledge-
To my ear built in effects in MTS > those built into Cubasis. I haven't bought the Cubasis IAP stuff. I use MTS fx as often as I use IAA...
You can enter midi automation data 2 ways: point by point with (percentage data appears next to your touch per dot), or drawing curves. Space between points, if you leave any as you draw, defaults to that same value in time until a new point appears, if that makes sense. Sorry but I don't know how to screen shot and attach, and your diagram wasn't viewable for me)
Editing time sig involves selecting sections of timeline and entering time sig values of your choice. Same for tempo changes. Might be a way or workaround to actually ramp changes, I don't know...
Yes
Yes
Very
File system is limited to song files, sound fonts, IRs, and preset storage (for the sound font player, sampler kits, and fx settings, respectively inside those "devices" windows) audio and midi files for songs are stored with songs but aren't in folders that are user accessible. AudioShare is basically MTS's second page, given MTS two-way integration with AudioShare, which for me is all the filing system and conduit for midi, audio, and sound fonts I could want.
I don't know. (Now I'll have to go figure it out. Thanks)
Three for audio, two for midi tracks, and each time you bounce anything to audio (including audio itself but also midi tracks!) you have the option to bake in your fx (including IAA) Also the latest update (which come scarily fast) added groups, which adds all kinds of fun to the fx mix...I was psyched 'cause I asked for groups on the MTS iPad forum...that's the kind of thing that keeps me giddy about iOS music.
If I take your meaning, you can transpose both audio and midi in their respective editors, by selecting sections on the timeline. These sections, like those for time sig can "snap" to beat or time markers, or not.
The last answer was pretty definitive, but I will add that performance and stability should be exceptional on your hardware. It's great even on my iPad 3 with iOS 8.3. I am extremely happy with it. I have not bought the pro upgrade yet.
@jwmmakerofmusic
I linked to your diagram to see the automation drawings, and I see what you mean now. MTS
lets you draw either type of curve, it's freehand and you can leave horizontal steps between your points by leaving space between, or you can make smooth curves...
You have no put Auria in the mix. It doesn't do midi yet, but the beta is getitng close. But the plugins are first class. Fabfilter and PSP plugins ported to iOS. Worth the price of admission all by themselves. They are extra, but like everything in iOS, pretty reasonable compared to the desktop.
MTS is an essential app for me along with Auria. Since I upgraded to pro I think it's even better — being able to stretch audio and transpose. For midi its the number one app, it's fully featured — piano roll, drum, score, it does it all. Since I upgraded I noticed you can write triplets in the score, which I didn't see before. Even when Auria Pro comes out I doubt it will cover all those functions. I'm happy to work with both.
I have decided that after my piano gig on Saturday at the Lake Forest Oasis in Illinois, once I have mad tips that is, I'm going all in. I can't imagine my life without this app anymore. Cubasis is great, but this looks better.
how is the piano roll? auxy, gadget, midi editor & pro midi have spoiled me with really easy, very simple yet amazingly good midi editing. i have caustic and barely use it because of that.
i have auria and even without midi is pretty good, i am very curious about mts. i might just wait until auria pro is out and read all of the comments on it before deciding though.
I'm also curious as to how the MIDI editor is. Is it a bit more cumbersome ala Cubasis, or easy peasy like Gadget?
The midi and audio editors continue to amaze me. I have Cubasis, and Auria, and the MTS editors feel the most like DAWs I like on the laptop, and MTS editors do some things the laptop DAWs editors don't do. I find the work to be as fast as one might wish, with a level of detail and (many many) options unknown on iOS.
Midi editing is great for me too. You can easily switch between the score and piano roll for fine tuning. The piano roll is better than gadget because you can undo anything ... and redo if need be... for all editing actually. There are a ton of editing options for quantizing too. Volume, modulation editing is easy too.
Anyone using this to sequence external synth hardware? If so, does it send program change info to set up each track?
I asked the developer about Multi-channel output and he said it's under consideration. This would be a great feature.
Wait, so does the MIDI output send out in Omni only mode?
Midi channel I/O is selectable by track.
That's good. Also, does MTS have MIDI routing much like in Cubasis, where you can specify the app to which the MIDI data goes on a track by track basis? I prefer that in conjunction with Audiobus than IAA.
sorry, yes I was referring to multi channel audio out
Ahhhh, well, multi-channel AUDIO isn't a "make or break" type of thing for me. This app seems more and more like the "dream come true" app I've been waiting for, because I don't want to "hodge podge" between apps too much just to get the tasks done that I wish done. Thanks for clarifying mate.
Now, I have my next question. I guess it's a dumb one, but here goes: Does the master limiter in the iPad version of MTS have the RMS meter just like the master limiter in the PC/Mac version?
http://www.multitrackstudio.com/limiter.php
The iPad manual doesn't have the screenshots, and it doesn't mention the RMS meter at all. I'm just wondering.
Thanks again for your patience mates.
The iPad master limiter window has the Peak Statistics display and the Drive knob, Bypass and Presets buttons.
No Ahead, Release and RMS output stuff.
Damn, lol. I'd prefer the RMS monitoring in the app itself, but it's far from a deal-breaker. With IAA effects, I can simply dial up some Final Touch for now.