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1. lt lt A a a a A Electro RnB recording Otherwise a popup lets you choose between 20 10 2010 00 15 ZICE lt Server appending the beat tracks to the current song and replacing all the current drum tracks with the beat s tracks In practice beats are great to start a song with and are also handy for trying out different rhythms for an existing song When appending a beat to an existing song you may want to use the bar editor s repeat button to manually loop extend the beat to the duration of the song New project button Tao the New button to creates a new project This action will remove all current all tracks and reset all effects keyboard and drum pad settings Load button Select a file and tap the load button to open tt e Loading an xms file dismisses your current project If the project requires instruments which are not present in your instrument list i e not purchased they are substituted by the closest matches from the available instruments and a popup informs you about that e Loading an audio file adds a new audio track to your song The file is also moved into the Audio folder if it s not already there Tip Double tapping a file has the same effect as the load button Transfer files to full version If you purchased the full version you might want to copy your song and all the files in the Audio folder from Music Studio Lite to the full version on the same device Tap the Transfer files to full
2. Limit to FX tracks puts the effect into the FX bus meaning that it will be applied only to those tracks which have FX enabled blue FX icon in the track list All the other effects are still applied to all tracks after the FX effects are processed Preview button Tap the preview button multiple times to hear different notes played with the current instrument Default button Default The default button resets the effect s settings to the preset values Limiter j Effects ly i l O Master Gain Left Ghannel RightGhannel _ we ay ge lt 2 Master gain The master gain is not the device gain but it controls the gain of the internal limiter High values may lead to unwanted compression or distortion low values may not produce the desired volume Set the master gain fader so that the decibel meters barely hit the red areas for the loudest part of your song Note In technical terms this setting is required because if all playing instruments are mixed added up the resulting values will in most cases be much higher than 65535 the 16 bit border and clipping would occur The limiter uses a smooth mathematical function a Curve to compress larger numbers into the 16 bit range The master gain fader controls the slope of this curve Device volume The device volume popup s fader has the same function as the iPhone s hardware volume buttons If the iPhone s internal speaker is used not recommended be sure not to turn it a
3. The quantization button snaps the e E crosshair to a raster defined by the selected note button Move button In the move mode the selected notes can be dragged around horizontally and vertically fe The menu contains the following buttons Tracks The selected note button defines the raster g PUPSECNENENENICTED on which the movement is aligned or snapped to The OFF button disables quantization and allows for almost continuous movement with 1 192 precision El Tap one of the the lock buttons to lock ad a 1 0 horizontal or vertical movement which is very handy if you intend to transpose or Drag the Selection position only WE AASR me aon m ee iPad only The octave down up buttons i move notes down or up by 12 semitones Music Studio Lite 46 Duplicate button The duplicate button copies the selected notes and selects the new ones which can be moved around immediately The copied notes will appear red until they are moved because they are congruent identical with the originals Note Not moving the new notes will cause them to be played back with increased volume Repeat button iPad only The repeat button copies the selected notes and automatically moves them to the right so that they start where the er um selection ended The song length is automatically increased if the new notes reach past the song end Length button The buttons in the note l
4. 44kHz e Minimum latency setting for current generation devices e Bug fixes Version 2 0 4 Released on February 1 2012 e Stereo and up to 8 channel audio recording e Setup option to normalize recorded audio files e Fix the amp effect was not applied to input monitoring e Bug fixes Version 2 0 5 Released on February 22 2012 e Audio track playback performance increased e Bug fixes Version 2 0 6 Released on March 17 2012 e Compatible with the new iPad e Faster app launch e Bug fixes Version 2 0 7 Released on April 1 2012 e Retina display support for the new iPad e Graphical glitches on the new iPad fixed Music Studio Lite Version 2 1 Released on November 1st 2012 Sampler tap the button in the instrument list s user section e Background audio e Minimum required iOS version is now 4 2 e Bug fix count in was always 4 beats even if the signature was not 4 4 e Bug fix rare graphics glitches in the drum chord pad edit modes e Many more bug fixes especially regarding the wave editor Version 2 2 Released on March 9 2013 e iPhone 5 Retina Display graphics e 24 audio inouts supported requires a class compliant audio interface e Minimum required iOS version is now 5 1 e Bug fixes Version 2 2 1 Released on March 13 2013 e Bug fix missing buttons in the pianoroll editor on iPhone and iPod Touch Version 2 3 Released on October 11 2013 Audio e Major performance improvements play
5. MIDI Level 1 Percussion Key Map It is commonly used on nearly every hardware keyboard synthesizer to retain full MIDI compatibility Why is the default instrument volume 80 and not 100 This way you don t have to change all the other track s volumes if you want one track to be louder Why doesn t the preview button play a nice melody Because it would be distracting for a musician who has a melody in mind while composing music Am allowed to publish and sell songs I created with Music Studio As with most other DAW applications and sample libraries you are allowed to commercially use anything you create with Music Studio provided that the musical content is not copyrighted Prohibited is the distribution of 1 Individual samples For example publishing a sample library that includes Music Studio s samples from the instruments and kits that come with the app or creating a software that allows triggering individual samples is prohibited Music Studio Lite 18 The only exception are the instruments in the Symphonic folder which were created from the Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra which falls under the CC Sampling Plus 1 0 license see htto sso mattiaswestlund net 2 The demo songs in the Demos folder The short instrument demos are free to use but many of the full demo songs are copyrighted so please email us at Support xetwon com if you want to use one 3 Individual drum loops from the Beats folder Using the beats in a song is
6. Marker buttons Wave editor Wave editor menu Record button Load button Save button Delete file button iPad only Selection buttons Trim button Delete button Insert silence button Reverse button Normalization button Fade buttons Instruments Instrument list User section Volume fader Offset fader Attack fader Release fader Keyboard row selector Preview button Keep attack release times iPad only Sampler Workflow Sharing instruments Sample list Import button Record button Music Studio Lite Edit button Delete button Settings button Auto Ranges button Looping samples Tracks Track list Track view switch Scrolling and selecting What is a track Track screen menu Zoom buttons Tempo button Ruler Markers Add bar button Track Editor Track list icons Note area Rearranging tracks and changing the color Filter track Add track buttons Mute button Solo button FX button Edit button Duplicate button Delete button Pan knob fader Volume fader Bar Editor Selecting New selection button Change selection button Clipboard copy and paste Move button Duplicate button Repeat button Transpose button Volume button iPad only Quantization button Edit button Delete button Bar insert cut button Piano roll editor Piano roll view New selection button Change selection button Draw button Move button Duplicate button Repeat button iPad only Length button Volume b
7. Note This checkbox is available only on the iPad iPhone 3GS iPod Touch 3rd generation and newer devices Music Studio Lite 56 Keep attack release times iPhone only If this setting is disabled each time you select an instrument its default attack and release time are set If enabled the current track s attack and release times are kept when you select another instrument On the iPad this setting is located in the Instruments screen Background audio Background audio means that playback continues while the app is running in the background Start the playback of a song click the home button and playback continues even if you launch other music apps Background audio has several practical USeS e Play your backing track in Music Studio in the background while performing with another music app on top of it e Save battery by pressing the power button to switch the screen off during playback of a song e The full version supports CoreMIDI and virtual MIDI which means that it can act as a sequencer for other apps and that other apps can trigger Music Studio s instruments while it s running in the background Note If background audio is enabled Music Studio will drain your battery significantly even if the screen is turned off or if other apps are running even if Music Studio does not trigger any sounds To quit Music Studio double tap the home button tap and hold the Music Studio icon then tap the red minus icon Music Studi
8. allowed but distributing the beats individually is not For example creating a software that triggers Music Studio s beats is prohibited Which features will be included in future updates Please visit the forum on the Music Studio website for feature related discussions Music Studio Lite 19 Keyooard and Drum Pads Keyboard Music Studio features a 85 key clavier limited to 60 keys in the Lite version capable of handling up to 5 simultaneous touches 10 on the iPad Not every instrument has the full tonal range hence the number of playable octaves varies from instrument to instrument If you are uneasy with the way the keys react to your touch input the keyboard setup offers some handy preferences Scrolling and resizing The keyboard position and width can be adjusted via the scroll and pinch gestures Either tap the keyboard layout button or simply do the gesture on the top menu bar move one finger left or right to slide the keyboard pinch with two fingers to adjust the key width Keyboard You can scroll and Zoom with the slide and pinch gesture anywhere over the menu Hint This also works in the tracks screen Key velocity In the keyboard setup enable Velocity to control the note volume with the touch position the accelerometer or the mod wheel Music Studio Lite 20 Keyboard Menu Play button The play button toggles playback of the song Stop rewinds to the left marker i4 le e EE Pause butt
9. end too early during playback Music Studio Lite Limitations of the Lite version Saving exporting and sharing is disabled hence only one song can be created Only 11 instruments are available The full version features 118 free instruments and 60 more in the in app shop Visit the Music Studio website for a complete list of instruments The number of audio tracks is limited to 2 Up to 127 tracks audio and MIDI can be created in the full version The keyboard is limited to 5 octaves instead of 7 3 Effects are not available delay equalizer and amplifier Or ry Tierney EERE i Daned de Delay Equalizer e Amplifier 3 additional effects available in the full version Only 10 beats instead of 100 are included The full version features iTunes file sharing and a WiFi server for exchanging files with your computer MIDI import and export is disabled The full version features Audiobus AudioCopy SoundCloud Dropbox and many other sharing and export options wav m4a No external MIDI hardware is supported The full version is compatible with all CoreMIDI compatible devices such as e Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer amp Il e Line 6 Mobile Keys e Akai SynthStation 25 iRig MIDI iRig Keys Yamaha i MX1 Alesis IO Dock Tascam iU2 iConnect MIDI Background apps and virtual MIDI Music Studio Lite 6 Version nistory Version 2 0 Released on October 5 2011 Audio tracks e Microphone recording e AudioCopy amp
10. name The original audio file E will remain unchanged Tip In many cases enabling the Save selection only checkbox is more handy than using the trim button Delete file button iPad only The delete button removes the current audio file from the Audio folder permanently Undo is not possible after this action Selection buttons a e gt Tap the leftmost selection button and slide over an area in the wave form to select it Use the ae u J markers on the ruler to adjust the selection or tap one of the other two selection buttons to extend the selection to the beginning or the end of the audio file Trim button The trim button cuts the areas outside of the selection away from the audio file Delete button The delete button cuts the selected area from the audio file Insert silence button Place the playhead at the point where you wish to insert silence by moving your finger on the ruler Then tap the insert silence button and enter the length in seconds Tip tap and slide your finger on the display to quickly adjust the length of the silence Reverse button The reverse button reverts the selected area of the audio file so that it sounds backwards when played back Cet Normalization button Normalization modifies the audio file s volume to that the peak is at the desired percentage of the maximum volume Here are a few examples e Normalizing a quiet recording to 100 will boost its vo
11. pad mode Settings My Saxophone Instrument Type Auto Ranges button Adjusting all your sample s key ranges properly can be time consuming The auto ranges button does the work for you by automatically setting every sample s key range For example if one sample has the base key C3 and the other G3 the middle of the space between samples is between D 3 and E3 The auto ranges button will set the first sample s upper range to D 3 and the second sample s lower range to E3 Looping samples Tap the loop button in the wave editor to toggle the loop markers which define the range of the sample to be looped A short crossfade is automatically applied when a looped sample is played to avoid crackling noises and ensure a smooth transition from the loop out to the loop in point Waveform 0 00 0 02 p29 ERN T ew os 2 os n a _ Music Studio Lite 36 racks Track list h P dii ana 00 a Gi X mat ars Mas gt Ea Track view switch This is the most important button in the Tracks screen It switches between the track editor and the bar ce editor These two editing modes are the key to Music Studio s fast and easy editing workflow The track editor is designed to edit whole tracks and mix the song by setting the volume pan and the effect bus Use the bar editor for quick bar wise editing of the song Select a range of bars measures and move duplicate repeat transpose quantize o
12. scratch e Open the Projects screen and tap the New button to create a new project e Double tap the Beats folder find a beat of your liking and double tap to load it e In the Iracks screen you will See one or more tracks containing the beat you just loaded If its too slow or to fast tap the tempo button to change the tempo and signature of the song e Select the empty track or tap the Piano button to create a new one then go to the Instruments screen and select your instrument of choice Note The Keyboard and Instruments screens always apply to the active track so make sure that your new track is selected 2 E e In the Keyboard screen or maybe you switched to pads tap the record button wait for the counter to e hit 1 1 and start playing Hit the record or the stop button if you re done or hit the undo button right away if you made a mistake and want to re record e Switch to the Tracks screen to review what you just recorded To repeat your melody or beat Ss tap the bar editor button in the upper right corner select the bars you just recorded and tap the repeat button in the bottom menu several times e Switch back to the track editor and tap the Piano button to create a new track Repeat the previous steps to record something on this track e Let s assume that your song has a duration of 20 bars and you want to start recording at bar 10 Go to the mo Tracks screen where
13. switch to two keyboard rows a separate track for the new row will be created Selecting a track will always assign it to the upper row However the track assignment of the lower row cannot be changed If you switch back to one row the lower row s track will be deleted if nothing has been recorded on it Warning triangle The yellow warning sign indicates that some notes on the track are outside the instrument s note range Tap it to see more information Notes outside the range will be played back but may sound atypical for this instrument since every real instrument has a limited range of playable notes Music Studio Lite 40 Note area Notes are displayed as white lines and dots in the note area of each track Tip Double tap any region of a track to enter the piano roll editor Congruent notes i e notes that are placed at the same position and have the same length are drawn orange in the track list In most cases they are unwanted and should be deleted because they result in the note being played back with increased volume Rearranging tracks and changing the color Tap and hold a track s instrument icon for 1 second A box will appear instructing you to slide vertically to move the track or horizontally to change the track s color Note The order of the tracks is especially important if a external MIDI hardware is connected and the MIDI IN or OUT channel is set to TRACKS Filter track The filter track appears only if filter e
14. takes up half the space of a stereo sample of the same length Always cut your samples to the minimum length required Sharing instruments All of your instruments are stored as instr files in the Instruments folder There are several options of sharing instruments with other users available only in the full version Select the instrument in the Projects screen tao Share select Dropbox or Email It is recommended to enable the Reduce the file size zip checkbox to reduce the amount of uploaded data Or use iTunes File Sharing to save the whole Instruments folder to your computer Or use the WiFi server to access the Instruments folder in a browser on another device in the same WiFi network If it s another iOS device you can open instrument files with Music Studio directly from within Safari AudioCopy Share via SoundCloud E Compress zip Dropbox Open with Music Studio Lite 34 Sample list The sample list is a vertical keyboard where every row represents a key that you can assign a sample to Every sample has the following parameters Base key This is the row that you tapped before loading or recording the sample When the base key is played on the zh Edit keyboard the sample is played with its original pitch The G4 A 4 25 lt Delete base key can be moved by tapping and sliding the move icon vertically wi Settings e Key range The key range defines the range of the keyboard where Auto R
15. version button and wait for the full version to launch Music Studio Lite 99 Setuo General setup gt 4 i lock interface orientation Polyphony x Continuous playhead movement gt 4 Keep attack release times on instrument change x i Background audio Music Studio 2 4 Tikei puie ybb ASLINI Polyphony Polyphony defines the maximum number of notes that Music Studio can play simultaneously High polyphony requires more CPU and can lead to stuttering during playback while low polyphony can result in notes stopping too soon If it is set to 16 and at one point during playback the song would require 17 notes to be played simultaneously the oldest note will quickly be faded out to allow the new one to play The required polyphony of a song depends on the number of simultaneous notes on all tracks and heavily on the release times During export to wav or AAC the polyphony is automatically set to 128 Lock interface orientation Per default the interface is rotated to match the current device orientation If the Lock interface orientation checkbox is enabled the interface won t be rotated regardless of how you tilt the device Continuous playhead movement In order to save CPU power continuous playhead movement is off by default and the playhead in the Tracks screen moves only at every beat Enable this checkbox to trade a lot of CPU power for more precise playhead movement It may lead to playback stuttering
16. view The map also displays the markers as yellow lines On the iPad there are 3 zoom buttons for zooming in out and fully out with one tap Tempo button 5 The tempo button brings up the tempo popup where the song tempo and signature can be set Tempo BPM amp Signature Tempo Sacre es Signature 4 4 Tap or hold the buttons to change the tempo in the range of 40 to 240 bom beats per minute with a precision of 0 1 bom A faster way to set the tempo is to tap and slide the value on the display An alternative tempo input method is to tap the Tap Tempo button with the desired tempo at least two times Hold down the Preview button to hear a metronome preview of the current tempo and signature The signature can be set to a value between 2 4 and 7 4 Most songs have a signature of 4 4 meaning that 1 bar has 4 beats i e the length of 4 quarter notes The tempo is also displayed to the left of the ruler Double tap it to open the tempo popup Ruler i C ae Loe LLS Le LEA LA LE LS The numbers and the vertical lines on the ruler indicate the measures bars The short vertical lines are the beats within each bar The ruler also holds the playhead white vertical line and the two markers Slide anywhere on the ruler to position the playhead As you scroll the playhead left right a preview of the current position of the playhead is played back Music Studio Lite 38 Markers The left and right song makers are lo
17. you ll notice 2 markers on the ruler Move the left marker to the 10th bar and recording will always start from there Tap the loop button to loop the area between the two markers indefinitely Hint Enable the loop button prior to recording to create a loop You can even add tracks and switch instrument H to record a complex loop in one go e Tune the reverb in the Effects screen try out the delay effect and maybe play around with the other effects Set the master gain fader in the Limiter screen so that the decibel meters barely hit the red areas for the loudest part of your song Music Studio Lite 12 Audio tracks and recording There are 4 ways to fill an audio track Load an audio file e Record with a microphone or any iOS compatible audio interface Song and metronome playback and input monitoring are available elet Demo Welcome wav during recording Import a song from your iPod library Import an existing audio file Supported formats wav mp3 ogg AAC m4a e AudioPaste from other apps on your device IOS 7 only Note that an audio track can only be linked to one audio file Opening another file in the wave editor will link it to the selected audio track Editing in the wave editor always changes the original audio file in the Audio folder unless you tap the Save as button to save it under a new name This improves the workflow by not having to save and type filenames every time you change an audio fil
18. AudioPaste e iPod library and wav mp3 AAC ogg file import e Waveform and audio region editing Major new features e 35 new instruments 24 synths 9 orchestral and 2 drum kits e Drum pads chord pads and chord programming e Pitch wheel filter wheel e File sharing via email and SoundCloud e New look amp feel Hardware support e iRig iRig Mic Ampkit Link Apogee Jam Alesis IO Dock iConnectMIDI and Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer Il e Keyboard split point setting e MIDI Thru e Muted tracks can now be sent to MIDI OUT e CoreMIDI compatibility improved Many new small features e Volume gradient in the piano roll editor e Attack offset time configurable for every instrument e Keyboard sustain button e Export to compressed format AAC e Export every track into a separate file e Import songs and midi files iPad only e Performance improvements and small enhancements in all areas Version 2 0 1 Released on October 18 2011 e Stereo waveform display e Bug fixes and performance improvements Music Studio Lite Version 2 0 2 Released on October 31 2011 e HDMI audio output Supported e Blue Mikey supported e Bug fixes SynthStation 25 support AudioPaste Version 2 0 3 Released on December 16 2011 e Input monitoring latency greatly improved e 2 monitoring modes direct low latency and FX with effects e Colored input level indicators with clipping indicators e WAV file import is no longer restricted to 16bit and
19. Music Studio Lite Version 2 4 User Manual Music Studio Lite is available on the App Store for all iPhone iPod Touch and iPad models with iOS 5 1 or later Available on the App Store lable of Contents Limitations of the Lite version Version history Version 2 0 Version 2 0 1 Version 2 0 2 Version 2 0 3 Version 2 0 4 Version 2 0 5 Version 2 0 6 Version 2 0 7 Version 2 1 Version 2 2 Version 2 2 1 Version 2 3 Version 2 3 1 Version 2 4 Quick Start Guide Playing on the keyboard and pads Recording a song Audio tracks and recording Writing notes Performance considerations External Hardware Audio recording accessories MIDI hardware FAQ Frequently Asked Questions Keyboard and Drum Pads Keyboard Scrolling and resizing Key velocity Keyboard Menu Play button Pause button iPad only Loop button Record button Undo button Display Metronome button Music Studio Lite iol ll DOO DD OWDAWDAADAAONN N O Tare A ee eee ee ee ee DAoAoa PhdAN ca Tempo Button iPad only Keyboard layout button Drum pads button LiveTools button Pitch wheel button Accelerometer button Sustain button Chord buttons Keyboard layout mode Octave buttons Fullscreen button iPhone only Keyboard map Keyboard rows button iPhone only Key label button iPhone only Drum pads Pad edit button Drum pad edit mode Playhead mode Rewind button Transport buttons Navigation map
20. a WiFi A cellular connection is not recommended for such a bug download it might also exceed your download plan e lap the icon to pause it then tap again to continue e Reboot your device as described in the four steps above and see if the download continues then e Download it on your computer with iTunes and then sync it onto your device If this doesn t solve the issue please contact iTunes support at http www apple com support itunes In general you can re download a purchased app as often as you wish with the same account of course The iTunes Store won t debit your credit card twice for the same product The Instruments tab is greyed out That s because an audio track is selected Audio tracks cannot have MIDI instruments Select or add a piano track to access the Instruments screen again Audio stuttering occurs Decrease the reverb quality and the polyphony to reduce the CPU load If the playback requires more CPU speed than your device can provide audio stuttering occurs Read more on this topic in the quick start guide The audio output sounds noisy e Use headphones or speakers because the device s internal soeaker cannot cope with the broad frequency spectrum of the instruments e Decrease the limiter s master gain to prevent clipping Music Studio Lite 61 Some notes end too early during playback Increase the polyphony in the Setup screen but keep in mind that this may lead to stuttering with complex songs o
21. anges the sample is triggered It can be modified by moving the key range buttons vertically The key range is indicated by the colored area in the right section of the sample list and is written in the sample s row Every sample is automatically assigned a unique color to make its range distinguishable from other samples It is recommended to use the Auto Ranges button to automatically set all the key ranges For kits the key ranges are not important unless you deliberately want to pitch a sample Key ranges of two samples can overlap Let s take for example a sample that has C3 as the base key and a key range from G2 to F 3 When a key within this range but other than the base key is played on the keyboard the sample s pitch is changed In theory you could only add 1 sample for the whole instrument However the sound quality suffers when you play a key that is far away from the base key on the keyboard e Volume Adjust every sample s volume with the volume bar so that all samples have the same volume relative to each other If the range of the volume bar is insufficient double tap the sample and use the wave editor to modify the volume Loop range See the section Looping samples Import button Double tap an empty row in the sample list or tap the import button to bring up the import popup It allows you to select an audio file from the Audio folder or to AudioPaste a sample that was AudioCopied with another app This popu
22. cated on the ruler and can be moved The markers must always be 7 positioned at least 1 bar apart from each other An alternative method for positioning the markers is via the playhead mode There are several reasons why markers are handy e Recording always starts at the left marker which makes punch in recording possible e The loop button loops the section between the markers e When you export a song into wav or AAC format you can choose to only export the range between the markers Add bar button The plus icon appears on the right side of the screen if the ruler is scrolled to the end of the song Tap it to extend the song by one bar Music Studio Lite 39 Track Editor Tap the left side of the track view switch or the Tracks tab to display the track editor It is designed to edit whole tracks and mix the song by setting the volume pan and the effect bus io fey 9 a ET MALL 5 Z Ye ri D ort J Track list icons Each track contains a number of icons Volume bars The output gain sent to the left and right channels is indicated by the green volume bars allowing you to see the volume and pan for each track at one glance If the pan is centered both bars have the same height Track number and instrument icon Mute solo FX bus icons see below Keyboard row icon The row icon is only visible if 2 keyboard rows are enabled indicating which keyboard row the track is assigned to If you
23. cted via Apple s CCK iPad only it provides 18 input channels MIDI hardware MIDI input amp output is not Supported by the Lite version The full version is compatible with e Background and Virtual MIDI compatible apps e CoreMIDI compatible hardware e Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer and Il Line 6 Mobile Keys iRig Keys iRig Keys Pro iRlg MIDI Akai SynthStation 25 iPhone and iPod Touch only Yamaha i MX 1 Alesis IO Dock iPad only Griffin StudioConnect iPad only Music Studio Lite 16 e Griffin Midi Connect e Tascam iU2 e Neusonik iM One e iConnectMIDI all models e USB keyboards with low power requirements connected to Apple s USB adapter iPad only e MIDI keyboards connected with a USB MIDI adapter cable to Apple s USB adapter iPad only Music Studio Lite 17 AQ Frequently Asked Questions For support related discussions visit the forum at the Music Studio website Can record my electric guitar bass or vocals Yes but an external microphone or an audio interface for iOS is recommended Music Studio even lets you record both at the same time if you have a stereo audio interface for iOS However it doesn t have an amp box model effect for guitars The distortion effect is only meant for synths For guitar recording it is recommended to record the output of your amp or use another app with amp models for recording e g Amplitube and AudioCopy AudioPaste the file into Music Studio for editing and s
24. d attenuated The sound remains unchanged if the crosshair is in the lower right corner e Highpass The effect behaves inverse to the lowpass All frequencies below the selected cutoff frequency are dampened The sound remains unchanged if the crosshair is in the lower left corner e Bandpass Frequencies above and below the selected cutoff frequency are dampened The sound remains unchanged if the crosshair is at the bottom center Filter accelerometer control If the accelerometer is enabled tilting it in any direction changes the cutoff and the resonance The axis can be set to X Y or X Y For X or Y axis both the frequency and the resonance change if the device is tilted in the selected axis In X Y mode tilting along the x axis changes the cutoff frequency while the y axis changes the resonance Starting from the centered position all 4 quadrants are symmetrical i e tilting the device to the far left has the same effect as the far right With the sensitivity set to low the device needs to be tilted almost 90 degrees to achieve the maximum effect At high sensitivity small movements are sufficient to set the filter values to their maximum Music Studio Lite 52 Pitch Pitch bend can be applied when playing live or recording with the pitch bend wheel or the accelerometer In the piano roll editor pitch bend is indicated with lines emerging from the notes EEN e EE y O Semitones Sensitivity Accelerometer Control 4 00 se
25. d is indicated by a line for each note block Pitch bend can be recorded with the pitch bend wheel or the accelerometer However once recorded it cannot be edited To re record pitch bend for existing notes select the overwrite recording mode in the pitch section of the Effects screen New selection button meam By default all notes are selected and every edit operation will modify all notes Tap the left selection button and draw a rectangle over the notes to select a few of them Selected notes are highlighted and the note range of the whole selection is displayed in the LCD Music Studio Lite 45 Change selection button p 4 Tap the second selection button and draw a rectangle over the notes to adds or subtracts notes from the existing Siea selection Draw button Tap the draw button to enter the draw mode where notes can be drawn by moving a crosshair and tapping OK The note beneath the crosshair is the one which will Tracks be created if you press the OK button Move the B sent rer k e jE ai crosshair to the desired location and tap OK next to 4 the crosshair to create the note The song length can rid ae be increased by dragging the crosshair past the song end Press the rightmost button in the menu to exit the draw mode The menu contains the following buttons The selected note button defines the 8 length of the note to be drawn Tap the dotted note button to increase the note length by 50
26. e ASS GEEG 140 0 bpm 2 idi i 1 irr se Waveform bes gt ole o gt e omy ea i ait 0 32 Filter Volume bo i Oy Ly ts ee s L R p E ww By Follow these steps to add an audio track to your song e Go to the Iracks screen and tap the Audio button at the bottom of the track list which will open the wave editor e In the wave editor menu tap either the Record button for microphone recording e or the Open button on the right which will present you with the other options e Use the bottom menu in the wave editor to select and modify parts of the audio file e In the Tracks screen the track you just created has been filled with an audio region Tip Double tapping an audio track takes you right to the wave editor e Switch to the bar editor to move duplicate repeat quantize or delete audio regions In other words the bar editor treats audio regions as if they were notes Music Studio Lite 13 Writing notes Notes can be drawn and edited in the piano roll editor where they are represented as blocks SS rs Tracks HOG oo 2 i 10 140 0bpm 6 J4 Mle J relr ae e n the Tracks screen tap the Piano button to create a new MIDI type track e Double tap the track or tap the Edit button to enter the piano roll editor e Tap the Draw button and select the desired note length Move the crosshair and ta
27. een s User section Deleting an instrument here also removes it from the Instruments screen and vice versa The full version supports the following file types e xms Music Studio project In Music Studio songs are referred to as projects They are stored in the xms file format a custom and small format for Music Studio which cannot be opened with any other software It contains the tracks song parameters effect settings keyboard layout metronome and some user interface settings Preferences from the Setup screen are not stored in the project e beat Music Studio beat see the the chapter on beats below e wav mp3 ogg m4a AAC audio files e mid midi MIDI file e instr Music Studio instrument An instrument file stores all the samples and parameters of an instrument like the sample mapping loop points and volumes e zip compressed archive Music Studio Lite 54 Beats SE eee ne eR Beats contain one or more loop able drum tracks which BEBE DnB Rim can be appended to a song Tapping a beat immediately DnB Rock triggers a preview which simplifies the process of finding Dubstep Busy the beat you are looking for Tap the save button in the Dubstep Groove Beats folder to save the current song s drum tracks as a beat Electro Cut Electro Groove Electro Hop If the current song is empty loading a beat applies its tempo and reverb settings and enables loop playback and Electro Lite Share 2 82888 GB dodoa
28. elease time will be applied On the iPhone this setting can be found in the general setup Music Studio Lite 32 sampler 2s X Delete Settings Auto Ranges Wk HEUL Workflow The sampler s purpose is to create custom instruments or kits from existing audio files or from audio recordings A few usage examples e Sample another iOS app that supports AudioCopy record a few notes in the other app AudioCopy them and AudioPaste them into the sampler Create a kit consisting of vocal samples or noises that you record directly in the sampler with a microphone Your sounds can be triggered with the drum pads e Sample your guitar or bass by recording a few notes with an audio interface for iOS e g Apogee Jam or iRig or a microphone If you already have audio files or an instrument or a kit you can transfer them into Music Studio and load them into the sampler Many websites offer royalty free samples WAV MP3 OGG M4A and ZIP files can be directly opened from Safari or Mail with Music Studio Follow these steps to create an instrument 1 Tap the User folder in the Instruments screen 2 Tap the Button at the end of the list 3 Enter a name and select the instrument or the kit icon then tap OK 4 Select a key which you want to assign a sample to You can of course always move the sample to another key later For kits it is recommended to start at C2 and fill the keys upwards without gaps For instruments it
29. ength menu have the same functions as in the draw mode Either tap a note button to set Hi the length of all selected notes or move your finger horizontally in the note area to de or increase the length Volume button Tap the volume button and move your finger vertically in the note area or move the fader below to change the note s velocity meaning volume n Start 127 ai iadd bita Whee The menu contains buttons and faders for more precise velocity editing e The average button on the left averages the velocities of all the selected notes and applies it to them e The gradient button toggles the velocity gradient mode in which the two faders set the first and the last note s velocity The LCD displays the average velocity of the selected notes or the velocity range in gradient mode ranging from O to 127 default is 100 The note color indicates the volume from violet silent to green default to orange loudest Quantize button Tap the quantization button to bring up the quantization popup for aligning the selected notes on a grid Deletes the selected notes Delete button x Music Studio Lite 47 Quantization popup Quantize 8 notes Note Length EY DER Options _ Soft Quantize 50 Quantization is the most important step after recording because it corrects the timing If the quantization raster resolution is one quarter note every selected note is moved to the nearest raster po
30. ent list or to select your user instruments User section Tap the User folder to display all your custom instruments and the Create button in this section to add a new instrument with the sampler A small edit icon sits in the right column next to the selected user instrument It displays a menu with four buttons e Edit enters the sampler screen e Delete removes the instrument from the list and from the Instruments folder Be careful this action cannot be undone e Duplicate creates a copy of the selected instrument Save parameters saves the current positions of the offset attack and release faders as defaults for this instrument Volume fader The volume fader sets the current track s gain from 0 to 100 It has the same function as the volume fader in the track editor Offset fader The attack offset is the point in the sample where playback begins when a note is triggered Imagine how a piano would sound without the loud attack at the beginning Moving the offset fader to 10 cuts away the beginning i e the first 10 of the sample and you will hear a very strange piano sound This can be very useful for transforming a slow synth into a lead sound or cutting the attack of any instrument Music Studio Lite 31 Attack fader The attack fader sets the attack time in seconds which is the fade in time i e how long it takes for the instrument to reach its maximum volume Use longer attack times for soft so
31. equencing How to maximize the sound quality of the instruments To get the most out of the high quality studio recorded instruments use earohones headphones or external speakers Most instruments are designed for a specific tonal range an E Bass sounds as unreal in the 4th octave as a flute in the lowest octave Some instruments also benefit from a higher or lower release time e Wind and brass instruments sound best with a low release time and a large reverb e A great effect for synths is to set the delay to 1 8th and dotted e String instruments sound best with a medium attack time around 0 5s and a high release time e Guitars plucked and percussion instrument can be played one shot with a high release time of about 1s If select and edit bars in the bar editor why are some notes ignored Selected notes are colored dark blue If you select a bar but a note starts a few ticks earlier than this bar it will not be selected If possible quantize the track thereby aligning the notes to simplify further editing Why can t I play all the keys C1 to C8 of an instrument Many instruments are limited in their tonal range For Music Studio s keyboard the range is extended as far as possible but it is limited because the sound would be awkward or of poor quality outside of this range This especially concerns orchestral instruments Why are the drum kit s sounds arranged in such a strange way This strange way is called the General
32. ere on the menu bar This also works in the Iracks screen Keyboard ziel aane a w You can scroll and Zoom with the slide and pinch gesture anywhere over the menu Hint This also works in the tracks screen Select the instrument of your choice from the Instruments screen and adjust the attack release faders to change the fade in out times Back in the Keyboard screen tap the button on the right to toggle the Livelools menu It contains a cee E switch for the pitch bend wheel and filter wheel on the iPad and assignable chord buttons The blue pads button switches to chord pads if you selected an instrument or drum pads if you BE selected a drum kit The pad edit mode allows you to rearrange add and delete pads and to assign different chords or drum kit samples to each pad In the keyboard view on the iPhone tapping the keys button brings up a menu for switching to 2 keyboard rows changing the key labels and a keyboard map which allows you to position the keyboard with a single tap On the iPad these buttons are always visible Go to the Effects screen and play around with the reverb and delay settings Adjust the reverb type and size to simulate a specific room High quality reverb sounds better but may introduce playback stuttering on older devices Many synths sound great with a delay set to 1 8 and dotted Music Studio Lite 11 Recording a song Follow these steps to create a song from
33. ffect automation has been recorded by moving the crosshair during recording The 2 lines represent the cutoff frequency and the resonance With the filter track selected only the mute and the delete buttons are enabled Muting the filter track prohibits it from being played back allowing you to experiment with new filter settings Add track buttons The add piano track and add audio track buttons are located at the end of the track list Piano Audio e A piano track is a MIDI track meaning a track with an instrument where notes can be recorded on e An audio track holds a wave form a wav file Tapping this button takes you to the wave editor where you can record from microphone import from the iPod library AudioPaste or open an audio wav mp3 ogg AAC file These buttons are not visible if the limit of 127 tracks is reached Mute button The mute button mutes the selected track thereby excluding it from playback Muted tracks are darkened and are indicated by the mute icon Solo button If one or more tracks are soloed all the other tracks will be excluded from playback FX button The FX button sets the effect bus of the selected track In short effects with FX enabled act only on tracks that have Fog FX enabled The other effects are applied on all tracks except the ones with the crossed out FX icon Per default all standard effects apply to the track Tap the FX button once to mark the track as an FX track meaning that al
34. forward the playhead position by exactly 1 bar measure Navigation map Tap or slide on the map to position the playnead anywhere in the song The song markers are depicted by yellow lines the areas outside the markers are darkened The map also displays the current track s notes as white dots and lines Marker buttons Tap a marker button to set the left or the right song marker to the current playnead position The markers must be at least 1 bar apart There are several reasons why markers are handy e Recording always starts at the left marker which makes punch in recording possible e The loop button loops the section between the markers e When you export a song into wav or AAC format you can choose to only export the range between the markers Music Studio Lite 20 Wave eaitor Waveform gt e o ERE Sago Wee a 0 32 The wave editor can be entered by double tapping an existing or adding a new audio track in the track list It is also used for editing samples in a user instrument There are 4 ways to fill an audio track e Record with a microphone or any iOS audio accessory e Import a song from your iPod library e Import an existing audio file Supported formats wav mp3 ogg AAC m4a e AudioPaste from other apps on your device IOS 7 only An audio track can only be linked to one audio file Opening another file in the wave editor will link it to the selected audio track Edi
35. from the existing selection Tap the button then tap an a unselected bar to add it to the selection or a selected bar to deselect it Tap a track s instrument icon to de select the whole track Clipboard copy and paste Copy Paste The clipboard holds a selection of bars which is retained even if another project is loaded To copy bars from one song into another make a selection then tap and hold until the copy button appears Tap copy load the other song and go to the bar editor again Tap and hold where you want to paste the contents of the clipboard then tap the paste button Note the clipboard buttons won t show up if an audio region is selected Move button In the move mode the selected bars can be dragged around The song length will increase if you move bars past the end of the song The snap button located to the left of the OK button aligns the selection to bars if enabled and allows free movement if disabled which is especially handy for adjusting the position of audio regions Za Music Studio Lite 43 Duplicate button Tapping the duplicate button copies the selected bars and selects the new ones which can be moved around immediately The copied notes will appear orange until they are moved because they are congruent identical with the originals Note Not moving the new notes will cause them to be played back with increased volume Repeat button The repeat button copies the selected bars and aut
36. fts every note by only 50 keeping it slightly off the perfect timing Music Studio Lite 48 fects Effect routing and busses In short effects with EX enabled act only on tracks that have EX enabled The other effects are applied on all tracks except the ones with the crossed out FX icon The following diagram illustrates the audio signal flow EX Amp if enabled pre fader overdrive MIX all default MIX all tracks tracks with FX off Limit to FX Tracks Limit to all effects with FX nl FX Tracks Delay EQ Filter Reverb Limiter Master Gain Tracks are treated separately depending on the EX bus setting e Effects are always applied in the following order pitch bend amplifier delay equalizer filter reverb e The amplifier effect is a pre fader effect in order to achieve a high overdrive even on quiet tracks e All effects with the EX checkbox enabled are applied to the mix of all tracks with FX bus setting e This is added together with the rest of the tracks those without EX bus setting e The rest of the effects are applied to the mix those effects with the EX checkbox disabled e The tracks with a no FX setting are now added to the mix e The limiter is applied according to the master gain Music Studio Lite 49 Common Controls Power button on The power button enables or disables the effect Disabled effects require no processing power Limit to FX tracks checkbox
37. gain support or if the connected audio device offers input gain adjustment Decrease the gain to avoid clipping or increase it if the volume of your recordings is too low Monitoring Input monitoring outputs the input audio signal before and during audio recording There are 2 modes e No effects skips the effect bus and directly outputs the raw input signal e Track effects routes the incoming audio signal through the effect bus of the selected track This way you can listen with headphones to what you sing or play before and during recording exactly as it will sound on the track Music Studio Lite Zt Note to prevent feedback input monitoring is only available if headphones or an external microphone are connected Channels With the internal microphone only mono is available If an external microphone or CoreAudio device with more than 1 channels is connected the following options are available e Mono L R The left or right mono channel e Stereo Records both channels into one stereo file e 2 24 mono files Records all the available mono channels simultaneously into separate mono files e 2 12 stereo files Records pairs of 2 mono channels simultaneously into stereo files Play song during recording Listening to the song during recording is essential for singing or playing along Situations where you wouldn t enable this checkbox are if you start your song with an audio recording or if you record snippets which will be used in
38. h bend record mode The recording mode controls how existing pitch bend data is treated during recording e Overwrite means that existing pitch bend events on the recorded track are overwritten by the new ones e Overdub mode preserves existing pitch bend data and stores the new pitch bend events only for newly recorded notes Music Studio Lite 53 rojects File list The file list displays the type name and length or size of every file and folder Select a file to view its details date size in the area below the list Double tap a file or a folder to open tt Audio 44 items 104 0 MB Beats 100 Items 566 KB Demos 83 Items 1 2 MB Instruments 11 Items 73 3 MB DeltaPad Live 4 08 DeltaPad 4 16 Rock Bridge Drums 1KB Rock Bridge Scratch It Aug 7 2012 9 31 PM Server Different types of files are automatically organized into separate folders e The Audio folder contains all your recorded imported and exported audio files Tapping an audio file immediately triggers a preview which simplifies the process of finding the file you are looking for Audio files are automatically moved into this folder e The Beats folder contains the preset and user created beats see the the chapter on beats below e he Demos folder is read only and holds the factory demo projects and instrument demos if instruments were purchased e The Instruments folder contains all the user instruments which are also listed in the Instruments scr
39. h can be recorded too By default it enables the pitch bend effect and disables the pitch bend wheel in turn Tilt your device to bend the pitch of the currently played notes The filter effect can also be configured to react to the accelerometer Sustain button The sustain button in the LiveTools menu holds all the keys that are currently pressed until it it released again It a simulates the right pedal of a grand piano Note MIDI CC64 events are not recorded but the note lengths are increased if you use the sustain button during recording Chord buttons Each chord button can be configured to not only play chords but any number of notes at once Touch a chord button to play it like a key To assign a chord tao the SET button then tao one of the chord buttons The keys assigned to this chord button are highlighted blue Tap a key to assign or remove it from the chord When you re done tap the set button again To clear a chord tap the SET button then tap and hold a chord button A popup will appear asking if only the selected or all chord buttons should be cleared Tip iPad only if chord pads are enabled tap a chord pad with SET enabled to assign it to the selected chord button tea Ee n Keyboard Keyboard 6 ele S a ae eee aron a oo TED EEL Music Studio Lite 22 Keyboard layout mode Tao the button with the keys to enter the keyboard layout mode where the keyboard rows can be scrolled and re
40. il the recording starts at 1 1 Count in only at the beginning of the song If this checkbox is enabled count in is only applied if the recording starts at the beginning of the song Music Studio Lite 60 Troublesnooting Guide For support related discussions visit the forum at the Music Studio website Four steps to resolve most issues 1 Quit all audio apps Tap the home button twice then swipe all music related apps up to quit them Note On iOS 6 and older tap the home button to get to the home screen then double tap the home button to display the multitask bar then tap and hold an app icon and tap the red minus icon to close it 2 Reboot your device Press and hold the Home and the Power buttons for about 10 seconds until the Apple logo appears Don t slide to power off hold longer 3 Disable iOS zoom Launch the Settings app from the home screen Go to General Accessibility and turn off the Zoom 4 Disable iOS multitasking gestures iPad only Launch the Settings app from the home screen Go to General and turn off the Multitasking Gestures Installing does not work Apps are downloaded from Apple s servers we as the developers have no control over the download and installation process Music Studio is quite a big download and it rarely occurs that the progress indicator during downloading or installing does not change for several minutes In this case try the following e Make sure that you are connected to the internet vi
41. int in a 1 4 note raster Finding the right raster is crucial therefore you might want to try out different settings and tap undo in between For example if you played a fast melody and quantized it to 1 4 the timing will be ruined in this case just tap the undo button and try again with a higher resolution like 1 16 On the other hand quantizing notes with a high resolution might not correct all timing errors you made when recording them Note buttons Set the quantization raster or resolution by selecting a note In practice low resolutions like 1 4 are the right choice for slow notes 1 16 fits most melodies while at 1 82 you will only notice the difference if you recorded fast notes like a fast drum pattern or if the song tempo is very low Dotted button The dotted note button increases the quantization raster by 50 For example if the 1 8 note button and the dotted button are enabled the quantization resolution is 1 6 of a bar Triplet button The note triplet button treats the notes as triplets meaning that the raster interval is multiplied by 2 3 This is good for swing and Jazz style melodies Naturally dotted and triplet cannot be enabled at the same time Quantize note lengths Quantized note lengths means that that every note s end point will be quantized too This is especially handy if you want to achieve legato Soft quantize 50 Soft quantization is good for keeping a human touch to the recording It shi
42. is vital that the key matches the sample s pitch If you are going to record a high D select D5 for example If you are going to load an audio file that plays a low F select F1 or F2 Music Studio Lite 33 ae at a Tap import or record to add a sample Repeat steps 4 and 5 for every sample that you want to add When you are finished adding the samples tap the Auto Ranges button To test your instrument switch to the Keyboard screen To edit a sample in the wave editor double tap it O Tap the Done button to exit the sampler and return to the instrument list Consider these guidelines to decide the number of samples to add to an instrument In theory you could only add 1 sample for the whole instrument However the sound quality suffers when you play a key that is far away from the base key on the keyboard Depending on the instrument it is recommended to use a minimum of 1 sample every 2 octaves or up to 3 samples per octave Consider the size of your samples Smaller instruments load faster Big instruments may not be loadable at all on older devices You can see your instrument s size by selecting it in the Instruments folder in the Projects screen It is good practice to keep your instrument s size under 15mb Adding samples several seconds in length for every single key is definitely too much For a kit consisting of very short samples having 5 octaves full of 60 samples is okay Keep in mind that a mono sample only
43. layback or recording Its state is remembered a separately for playback and recording Per default the metronome is enabled only during recording Metronome volume and style can be set in the metronome setup iPhone only tap and hold the metronome button to bring up the tempo popup Tempo Button iPad only 3 The tempo button brings up the tempo popup where the song tempo and signature can be set amp Keyboard layout button O On the iPad this button has a zoom icon because the keyboard layout mode allows you to scroll and ae zoom the keyboard On the iPhone the keyboard layout mode also holds the keyboard rows and key label settings hence the keys in the icon Music Studio Lite 21 Drum pads button The pads button toggles between keyboard and drum or chord pad input See the section about drum pads LiveTools button The LiveTools menu contains the pitch wheel sustain and chord buttons Pitch wheel button On the iPad both the pitch bend wheel and the mod wheel are always visible On the iPhone there is only space for BIBIH one wheel and there is an option in the keyboard setup to switch between pitch and mod wheel The pitch bend wheel s range can be set in the Effects screen The mod wheel controls the filter effect but can be set to control the keyboard velocity in the keyboard setup Accelerometer button The accelerometer button is located below the pitch bend wheel It toggles the accelerometer input whic
44. ll the way up If external soeakers are connected set this fader to maximum and control the volume via the speaker s volume controls for the best audio quality Music Studio Lite 50 Reverb Reverb simulates a room of a certain type hall canyon room and size Effec Size Brightness Stereo Mix Reverb Style Hall e i 7 w z Canyon N Room Reverb Quality High Medium N Low 7 MOU Reverb size Controls the size of the sound space In larger spaces the reverb is audible for a longer period of time The total size also depends on the selected style e g the largest room reverb is smaller than the largest canyon reverb Reverb brightness Lower brightness gives the impression of a darker room using a low pass filter while maximum brightness leaves all the high frequencies in the reverb Reverb stereo spread Stereo spread results in the perception of stereo wideness of the reverb space In technical terms this fader sets the delay between the reverb reaching the left and the right channel Reverb mix The mix fader controls the proportionality of the dry sound the original sound without the effect applied and the wet sound the effect s result Reverb style Each reverb style uses a different algorithm thus the size fader has a different effect for each style Reverb quality In technical terms as you lower the quality the reverb algorithm stays the same but the number of filter
45. lume without clipping the wave form e f a quiet recording contains a spike that has a peak value of 100 normalizing to 100 won t change the file e Normalizing to 50 will set the peak to 50 of the maximum available volume Repeating this procedure won t change the file because the peak will already be at 50 Music Studio Lite 29 Limiter soft knee The limiter checkbox becomes available at a percentage of over 100 where clipping would occur Applying a soft knee limiter orevents clipping crackling but it introduces some artifacts that reduce the quality of the audio file Fade buttons Tapping the fade in or out button unfolds a sub menu with 3 choices for the gradient slow linear or fast The two most common cases are fading in the beginning and fading out the ending of an audio file Try out the different gradients and tap the undo button in between Music Studio Lite 30 Instruments ff A k le Ft Grand Plano 1 Volume Offset ttack Release Symphonic Grand Piano 2 Grand Piano Hall Classical E Piano Bright Band Drawbar Organ _ i Electronic Church Organ World Mixed Choir Drum kits Orchestral Strings Legato User Orchestral Strings Staccato shop Orchestral Strings Pizzicato Instrument list Change the selected track s instrument by tapping an instrument from the scrollable list Tap a folder in the left list to filter the instrum
46. mitones at 49 degrees tilt in Sz Invert axis x CETA EATE Note Unlike most MIDI sequencers Music Studio stores pitch bend data per note not just per track This means that two simultaneous notes on the same track can have different pitch bend data events The big advantage of this method is that editing a note automatically affects the pitch bend data for this note but does not affect any other notes on the track other software sequencers commonly ask if you want to move the pitch bend data too this is obsolete with this method Pitch bend semitones The pitch bend range fader sets the number of semitones from 0 25 to 24 in both directions This applies to the pitch bend wheel as well as the accelerometer Pitch bend sensitivity The sensitivity fader only applies to accelerometer controlled pitch bend It sets the tilt angle required to bend the full semitone range The text to the right of the faders clarifies the behavior of the current setting e g the device needs to be tilted 49 degrees to achieve a pitch bend of 4 semitones Pitch bend accelerometer control Select OFF to disable accelerometer control and enable the pitch bend wheel or select an axis and tilt the device to pitch bend Invert axis reverses the behavior of the accelerometer e g moving down instead of up will increase the pitch Adaptive calibration starts the pitch bend at zero for each note that you trigger regardless of the current device tilt Pitc
47. more tracks without audio dropouts e Wave editor editing is up to 5x faster e Reverb quality and performance improved e Internal 32bit processing e Polyphony per track limit lifted now notes are counted regardless of the track e Inout gain slider in the recording window only visible with external mic connected e Audio recordings are placed more accurately MIDI e Setup latency options removed it s now always at minimum e Setup polyphony options changed 8 removed 48 added Keys amp pads e Chord buttons can be cleared by tapping SET and holding the chord button e Maximum number of drum pads increased to 70 Files e Filenames can now contain non latin characters e The file name entered in the recording popup is retained e New AudioCopy 2 0 support IOS 7 compatible Misc e Rate button added to the setup screen e Overall stability greatly improved Music Studio Lite Version 2 3 1 Released on October 16 2013 e Bug fixes Version 2 4 Released in December 2013 e 2 new high quality orchestral instruments replace the previous strings and flute based on the Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra see http sso mattiaswestlund net e New instrument list folder layout e Polyphony can be set to 128 on iPhone 5S iPad 4 and newer devices e Bug fixes Music Studio Lite 10 Quick Start Guide Playing on the keyboard and pads You can adjust the size and position of the keyboard by making a slide or pinch gesture anywh
48. move your finger left or right to change the selected track s pan The LCD displays the current value left is 127 center is O right is 127 You can also inspect the changes by looking at the volume bars to the left of the track icon Volume fader The volume fader displays and sets the track s volume Its function is identical to the Instruments screen s volume fader The LCD displays the current value ranging from O to 100 Music Studio Lite 42 Bar Editor Tap the right side of the track view switch to display the bar editor It is designed for quick bar wise editing of the song Select any number of bars measures and move duplicate repeat transpose quantize or delete them 140 0bpm 1l 2 3 4 5 j TA t 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 EA 3 EX 4 Po ou sere ee i ym re i DESSE illus Semitone Octave aTa Selecting In contrast to the track editor tracks cannot be selected in the bar editor and the currently selected track is not highlighted Tapping a track s instrument icon selects all bars of the track New selection button aa a J pers on the note area in order to select bars Selected bars are highlighted p The left of the two selection buttons clears the current selection and starts a new one Tap it then draw a rectangle Tip tap a track s instrument icon to select the whole track Change selection button mi The second selection button adds or subtracts bars
49. multiple songs independently of the tempo Metronome button Enable the metronome button to listen to the metronome during recording Note If count in is enabled in the metronome setup it will kick in during audio recording too Record button Tap the record button to start and stop audio recording Tip Keep an eye on the input levels Increase the distance to the microphone or decrease the input gain if they reach 100 Tip If you want to trash the recording and re recording tap the undo button right after recording to delete the file Load button Wey lel lae lelel enil il Audio Folder iPod Library Demo Welcome wav The load audio file popup presents you with 3 options e Audio folder The Audio folder holds all your audio recordings and can also be browsed in the Projects screen Music Studio Lite 28 iPod library All the songs you synced with iTunes or downloaded from the iTunes Store are stored in the iPod library Tapping the OK button shows the contents of your iPod library Importing the file from the compressed format into the wav format can take up to a few minutes on older devices AudioPaste iOS 7 only The AudioCopy clipboard allows to you copy and paste audio material between apps that have AudioCopy support The AudioCopy app available on the App Store lets you manage the clipboard Save button a To save the current audio file under a new name tap the save button and enter a file
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51. number p of pads is reached Drum pad edit mode If a drum kit is selected each pad will play a different sample of the kit Tap a pad to display the list of samples where the ones that are already mapped to a pad are greyed out Chord pad edit mode If an instrument as opposed to a kit is selected each pad plays a chord Tap a pad and the bottom menu indicates the chord s key octave quality and inversion These parameters can be configured arbitrarily Tip iPad only if the LiveTools menu with the chord buttons is visible tap the SET button in the menu tap a chord button then tap a pad to assign its chord it to the selected chord button Drumpads Snare 2 Snare 3 Snare 4 Snare 5 Snare Acoustic Splash 1 Splash 2 Spring Slow Stick Ceiel Lii cr pni Music Studio Lite 24 Playhead mode The playnead mode can be accessed by tapping on the display in the Keyboard or Track screen menu It allows you to adjust the position of the playhead and to set the markers Use the controls in the bottom menu or simply slide your finger anywhere on the screen to adjust the position of the playhead Boon paoa TEE ae f 90 0 bpm Bh cell cael 5 LE ue 17 be 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 135 f 7 Da slide to move the playhead A slide to move the playhead Rewind button Rewinds the playhead to the left song marker Tap it a second time to rewind to the beginning of the song Transport buttons Rewind and
52. o Lite of Keyboard setup General Keyboard Accelerometer Metronome Hardware gt 4 Snap to white keys Auto quantization X Allow touches between black keys Allow touches on key borders Transposition German key labeling C DEF GAH Mod wheel instead of pitch wheel x Velocity controlled by Touch Position Default Snap to white keys The keyboard can snap after scrolling so that it always starts with a white key at the left screen edge Allow touches between black keys White keys can be touched in the area between the black keys if this setting is enabled Otherwise white keys can only be touched on the area below the black keys Allow touches on key borders By default a tiny invisible border between the white keys won t react to touches This minimizes accidental touches If you find that the keyboard often doesn t react to your input enable this checkbox German key labeling The German key naming system uses the letter H instead of B and B instead of A If enabled key labels on the Keyboard screen and the piano roll editor s LCD use this naming convention Velocity control Enable velocity to control the note volume while playing on the keyboard There are 4 options e Mod wheel on the iPhone the Mod wheel instead of pitch wheel setting needs to be enabled for the mod wheel to be visible and utilized for velocity control e Touch position the volume depends on where a key is to
53. omatically moves them to the right so that they start where the selection ended The song length is automatically increased if the new notes reach past the song end Transpose button The transposition menu contains semitone and octave buttons to de and increase the selected note s keys by one E E semitone or octave An octave equals 12 semitones The LCD displays the number of semitones currently transposed Volume button iPad only On the iPad the volume button s function in the bar editor is identical to the one in the piano roll editor Quantization button Tap the quantization button to bring up the quantization popup for aligning the selected notes on a grid Edit button Tap the edit button with a piano track selected to enter the piano roll editor or with an audio track selected to enter the wave editor This button is disabled if the selection encompasses more than one track Delete button The delete button deletes the notes in the selected bars 2 Bee Bar insert cut button In the bar insert cut mode whole bars can be gt k OS in the note area to select a bar of the song which is 140 0 bpm fis 2 135 145015 016 0l7 018012012012 2 93 14 15 16 7 18 ga highlighted in red The cut button deletes all notes in the selected bar inserted and cut across all the tracks Tap anywhere and cuts it out i e shifts all later notes one bar to left and decreases the song length by 1 bar The inse
54. on iPad only The pause button simply pauses playback and doesn t rewind Loop button Tap the loop button to toggle looping the song or more precisely the area between the markers Record button The record button start or stop a new recording Tap it then wait for the counter to hit 1 1 this is called count in and start playing Hit the record or the stop button if you re done or hit the undo button right away if you made a mistake and want to re record Note recording is always done on the selected track To record with another instrument on top of your current song create a new track select it and record Undo button The undo button deleted the notes you just recorded or reverts the song to the state prior to the last edit Tip Hold the undo button for 2 seconds to display a popup with the possible undo redo actions g Undo 8 or redo 11 Undo the following action 44 notes recorded or redo the following action 1 note drawn Display The LCD contains gain bars to indicate the volume the icon of the selected track s instrument and the position of the playhead within the song The number format is measure dot beat so 7 2 means that the playhead is in the 2nd beat of the 7th bar measure The small dot on the bar below the numbers also indicates the playhead position Tap the display it to enter the playhead mode Metronome button Tap the metronome button to toggle the metronome during p
55. p OK to draw a few notes Tap the OK button in the lower right corner when you re done e By default all notes are selected and every edit operation will modify all notes Draw a rectangle over the notes to ro g t Le select a few of them then try out the buttons in the bottom menu move duplicate length velocity volume quantize and delete e The undo button in the top menu is handy if you made a mistake To redo tap and hold the undo button for 2 seconds and tap Redo Quantization Its very hard to play in perfect timing Notes you played on the keyboard will Quantize 8 notes often be off by a fraction of a beat that s where quantization comes in handy It s Note Length best to try out different quantization parameters 1 8 then 1 16 maybe 1 82 and hit the undo button if you are not satisfied with the result Red notes Congruent notes i e notes that are placed at the same position and have the same length are displayed red in the piano roll editor In most cases they are unwanted and should be deleted because they result in the note being played back with increased volume Tip Legato If you want a melody sound legato increasing the release time in the Instruments screen is often faster than changing the length of all notes Music Studio Lite 14 Performance considerations The more complex your song gets the more processing power Music Studio requires This can lead to a
56. p window is identical to the one in the wave editor the only difference being that the iPod library option is not available in the sampler Record button Tap an empty row in the sample list and tap the record button to bring up the recording popup which is identical to the one in the wave editor The recorded audio file will be placed in the Audio folder as a backup where it will remain unchanged even if you edit it in the sampler or remove it from the instrument faces mgen Double tap an existing sample or tap the edit button to enter the wave editor When you are done editing the sample tap the Sampler tab again and your edits will be applied to the sample in the instrument Note If you loaded an audio file from the Audio folder as a sample the original file will not be modified Music Studio Lite 39 Note If you loaded an audio file from the Audio folder as a sample the original file will be left in place Settings button wl Settings Tap the settings button to bring up a popup window where you can edit the instrument s name and icon Delete button x lt Delete Select a sample in the sample list and tap the delete button to delete it from the instrument The icon also defines the instrument s type chromatic instrument e g a piano or kit e g a jazz drum kit or a set of vocal samples The type determines if the chord pads chromatic instrument or the drum pads kit are displayed in the keyboard screen s
57. r delete it Scrolling and selecting Analogous to the Keyboard screen sliding and pinching on the menu bar scrolls and zooms the song Only one track can be selected at a time The keyboard will play this track s instrument the record button will record on this track and all the changes you make in the Instruments screen will apply to it You cannot delete the first track the maximum number of tracks is 127 If you switch to two keyboard rows a separate track for the lower row is created more on this topic here What is a track Think of a track as one instrumentalist in a band or an orchestra It holds recorded notes one instrument and some parameters There can be multiple tracks with the same instrument but different parameters like volume pan attack and release time effect bus color Music Studio Lite or Note A recorded note places 2 events on a track key down and key up also called note on and note off The position of an event is stored with a resolution of 48 ticks per beat which equals to 192 ticks per bar at a signature of 4 4 meaning that the shortest note can be a 1 192 Track screen menu The menu buttons to the left to the display and the LCD featuring the playnead mode are the same as in the Keyboard screen Zoom buttons On the iPhone the zoom button toggles the zoom mode where the view can be scrolled and resized anywhere on e the screen Tap or slide on the map at the bottom to quickly position the
58. rometer vales are recorded Reactivity High reactivity increases the effect of accelerometer sensor noise while low reactivity leads to sluggish behavior which may be a desirable effect in some cases Calibration Tap the calibrate button to set the current device tilt as the center position The Reset Calibration button restores the original center setting Music Studio Lite 59 Metronome setup Metronome Style CHE Sor EE i Count in only at the beginning of the song Volume The volume fader controls the gain of the metronome tick sound Pan The pan fader controls the left right output balance of the metronome tick sound Style Choose between five metronome style Each style consists of two sounds one the higher one for the beginning of a bar the lower sound marks the other beats Count in When the record button in the Keyboard screen is pressed the metronome will count one or more bars before triggering the song playback This is called count in and is handy for recording the first note at the very beginning of the song Without count in there wouldn t be enough time to play the first note immediately after tapping the record button Count in also helps you to get in line with the rhythm before you start playing recording For example if count in is set to 2 bars the playhead position is at the beginning of the song 1 1 and you tap the record button the playhead will count 2 bars from 2 1 1 1 unt
59. rt button inserts an empty bar to the left of the red highlighted area This means that the song length is increased by 1 bar and all notes to the right of the line are shifted one bar to the right Music Studio Lite 44 Piano roll editor Double tap on a piano track in the track editor or tap the edit button in either the track or the bar editor to enter the piano roll editor a Tracks Ta gt oj mahaman 1440 0bpm s_ 6 7 10 vddhddhdd Piano roll view In contrast to the track and the bar editor the piano roll editor displays only one track The ruler is still the same but the vertical axis now represents keys The bright and dark stripes in the background make it easy to see if a note is on a white or a black key White horizontal lines between the B and C keys mark the octaves Notes are displayed as blocks the color indicates the volume velocity from violet silent to green default to orange loudest Vertical zoom Slide and pinch on the mini keyboard to scroll and zoom vertically Tap the zoom button to the right of the LCD to bring up vertical Zoom buttons on top of the mini keyboard Red notes Congruent notes i e notes that are placed at the same position and have the same length are displayed red in the piano roll editor In most cases they are unwanted and should be deleted because they result in the note being played back with increased volume Pitch bend Pitch ben
60. s used in the reverbation filter chain decreases Tip Reverb requires a lot of processing power If audio stuttering occurs during playback decrease the reverb quality Remember settings for each style iPad only As you change the reverb type the previous settings you made for this type are recalled If this checkbox is disabled the reverb faders remain unchanged when you change the reverb type On the iPhone this setting can be found in the general setup Music Studio Lite 51 Filter The filter effect is a resonant low high or band pass filter The cutoff frequency and the resonance can be set by moving the crosshair or by tilting the device if the accelerometer is enabled The filter track in the track list holds the recorded events which can be edited in the bar editor x Accelerometer X Y Axis Lowpass Highpass S Resonance and frequency panel The crosshair indicates the current values of the cutoff frequency x axis and the resonance y axis Move the crosshair to change the values This can also be performed during recording Beware high resonance values may lead to unpleasantly loud and high tones Snap back If snap back is enabled and the crosshair is moved it snaps back to its original location when you lift your finger from the screen Filter type The filter type defines how the cutoff frequency influences the sound e Lowpass All frequencies above the selected cutoff frequency are dampene
61. sized anywhere on the screen p slide to scroll pinch to resize Octave buttons The left and right octave buttons quickly scroll the keyboard one octave 12 semitones down or up Fullscreen button iPhone only Tap the fullscreen button to switches to the full screen keyboard mode Sliding and pinching in the top portion of the screen scrolls and resizes the keys Tap the button in the upper right corner to exit the fullscreen mode A r 1 UORRTONERTOOT NTU The map illustrates which part of the keyboard is currently visible LLL Slide or tap it to quickly scroll the keyboard Keyboard rows button iPhone only Tap the keyboard rows button to toggle between one and two keyboard rows See this section about the track created for the lower keyboard row On the iPad this button is always visible in the Keyboard screen s menu bar Key label button iPhone only The key label button allows you to select one of the 4 key label modes off C only all keys labeled and colored key fa On the iPad this button is always visible in the Keyboard screen s menu bar Music Studio Lite 23 Drum pads Depending on the instrument selected the pads either play drum samples or chords Pad edit button The pad edit button makes all the pads wiggle Tap and move a pad to rearrange the pads or tap the X in the corner of a pad to remove it The Plus button in the lower right corner adds a new pad until the maximum
62. so the FX effects apply in addition to the standard effects Tap the button again to exclude the track from all effects useful for raw drum and base sounds The blue FX icon next to the track icon indicates each track s FX state Music Studio Lite 41 Edit button a Tap the edit button with a piano track selected to enter the piano roll editor or with an audio track selected to enter the wave editor Tip Double tapping a track has the same effect as tapping the edit button The piano roll editor will also zoom in on the area you double tapped Duplicate button The duplicate button places a copy of the selected track directly beneath it thereby copying its parameters and recorded notes If an audio track is duplicated the linked wav file is also duplicated and renamed e g RobotVoice wav to RobotVoice 2 wav so you can edit one track s wave form without affecting the other one Delete button The delete button shows a popup with the options to delete or clear a track e Clear deletes all of the track s content notes or audio regions but leave the track in the list Note Since an audio track must always have at least one audio region the first one will remain even if you clear the track e Delete removes the track from the list If it contains pitch bended notes a checkbox for clearing only the pitch bend data appears Pan knob fader The pan knob or pan fader on the iPad controls the track s stereo pan Touch it and
63. ting in the wave editor always changes the original audio file in the Audio folder unless you tap the Save as button to save it under anew name This improves the workflow by not having to save and type filenames every time you change an audio file Wave editor menu The menu buttons to the left to the display for playback and undo and the zoom buttons are the same as in the Keyboard screen The loop button toggles looping but in the sampler mode it toggles the loop markers to set the looped sample range Music Studio Lite 26 Record button Tap the record button to open the audio recording popup for recording a wav file into the Audio folder Audio Recording Filename Recording Input levels Pp 60 45 40 35 30 25 20 Ea Play song during recording F Supported hardware See the list of compatible hardware Filename textfield By default a file name that doesn t exist yet in the Audio folder is displayed Tap it to change the name of the file you are going to record Input levels Tap anywhere on the input level bars to reset the clipping indicators The red clipping indicators light up if the stereo input level bars hit full gain This means that clipping has occurred and there probably will be a clipping noise in the recorded file Note Only the levels of the first 8 inout channels are displayed Input gain fader The input gain fader is visible on top of the input levels only if your iOS device has input
64. uched upper end quiet lower end forte e Accelerometer X Y Velocity can be control by tilting the device in the selected axis Mod wheel instead of pitch wheel iPhone only By default the pitch wheel is displayed in the Keyboard screen Enable this setting to change it to the mod wheel which controls the filter effect or the keyboard velocity Auto quantization To speed up your workflow quantization can automatically be applied after each recording on the keyboard or drum pads The default setting is off It is recommended for bass and drum recording Note Automatic quantization can lead to undesirable results and is not undoable Transposition If you tap a C on the keyboard with the transposition set to 2 a D will be played The transposition range of 24 to 24 semitones allows you to play in a different key without having to learn the melody again Music Studio Lite 58 Accelerometer setup Threshold Reactivity Pitch bend the filter effect and the keyboard velocity can be controlled via the accelerometer The global settings in this screen might come in handy if you use the accelerometer a lot The crosshair in the accelerometer panel indicates the current device tilt as perceived by the app after processing the calibration threshold and reactivity settings Threshold Device tilt is ignored until it reaches the angle set by the threshold fader With a high threshold the device can be tilted by about 15 until accele
65. udio compatible audio interfaces made for iOS devices This list only includes the devices that Music Studio was tested with Apple earphones with microphone for mono recording through the headphone jack iRig iRig HD iRig Pro iRig Mic iRig Mic Cast Rode iXY Zoom iQ5 Ampkit Link mono instrument recording through the headphone jack Apogee Jam mono instrument recording through the dock connector compatible with iPhone 4 4S and all iPad models Apogee One for iPad Apogee Duet 2 for iPad Focusrite iTrack Solo Alesis IO Dock iPad 1 and iPad 2 only The IO Dock has 2 audio inputs for stereo or 2x simultaneous mono recording Griffin StudioConnect iPad only Griffin Mic Connect Sonoma Guitar Jack compatible with iPhone 3G 3GS iPod Touch 2nd and 3rd generation only Sonoma Guitar Jack 2 compatible with iPhone 3GS and later iPod Touch 2nd gen and later and all iPad models Line 6 Mobile In compatible with iPhone 4 and later and all iPad models Line 6 Sonic Port Tascam iU2 iM2 iM2xX iXZ ixJ2 Blue Mikey Digital Apple Camera Connection Kit USB adapter iPad only Some mono USB microphones like the Samson Meteor Mic or the Logitech Desktop Mic work when connected to the CCK USB adapter RME FireFace UCX connected via Apple s CCK iPad only and set into CC mode it provides 18 input channels which can be recorded simultaneously as 18 mono or 9 stereo files RME FireFace UFX Focusrite Scarlett 1816 conne
66. udio stuttering on older device which can be counteracted These factors have the most impact Reverb quality Set it to low on older devices and to high before you export a song to wav or AAC format Polyphony Lower the polyphony in the general settings While a 2013 device can easily cope with 32 or 64 samples at a time a 2009 device would have to be restricted to playing no more than 8 samples simultaneously in order to prevent stuttering Animations Disabling the animations in the general setup can improve the performance The setting Continuous playhead movement should be enabled only on last generation devices Release time In order to keep the polyphony low reduce the release time of the tracks as much as possible on older devices For example an guitar playing a fast riff with 1 second release time can drive up the polyphony to 32 or 64 Lowering the release time to O 1s has a positive impact on performance with almost no impact on quality depending on the music of course gt 4 LOcK interface orientation Polyphony x Continuous playhead movement gt 4 Keep attack release times on instrument change 4 i Background audio Music Studio 2 4 Rate this App Nere Pengic SLINI Music Studio Lite T9 External Hardware This is an overview of most of the external audio and MIDI hardware supported by Music Studio Audio recording accessories Music Studio supports all class compliant CoreA
67. unds like strings and synth pads Release fader Set the release time in seconds with the release fader It s the fade out time i e how long the sound fades out after a note is released Use longer release times to simulate legato or one shot for drum kits and percussive instruments Keyboard row selector Keyboard row assignment Tap the lower row to switch to 2 keyboard rows This selector then allows you to switch between the rows to select different instruments for the upper and lower keyboard row See this section about the track created for the lower keyboard row On the iPad a lock beside the keyboard row selector indicates if the two keyboard rows are linked If the lock is closed the settings instrument volume attack and release time of both keyboard rows will be held in sync Every change you make will affect both rows meaning two tracks Default button The default button resets the four faders to the instrument s default preset Note If Keep attack release times is disabled this button is automatically pressed each time you select an instrument Preview button Tap the preview button multiple times to hear different notes played with the current instrument Keep attack release times iPad only Enable the Keep attack release times checkbox to freeze the state of said faders while browsing the instrument list If this checkbox Is disabled and you select an instrument from the list its default attack and r
68. utton Quantize button Delete button Quantization popup Music Studio Lite Note buttons Dotted button Triplet button Quantize note lengths Soft quantize 50 Effects Effect routing and busses Common Controls Power button Limit to FX tracks checkbox Default button Preview button Limiter Master gain Device volume Reverb Reverb size Reverb brightness Reverb stereo spread Reverb mix Reverb style Reverb quality Remember settings for each style iPad only Filter Resonance and frequency panel Snap back Filter type Filter accelerometer control Pitch Pitch bend semitones Pitch bend sensitivity Pitch bend accelerometer control Pitch bend record mode Projects File list Beats New project button Load button Transfer files to full version Setup General setup Polyphony Lock interface orientation Continuous playhead movement Keep attack release times iPhone only Background audio Keyboard setup Snap to white keys Allow touches between black keys Allow touches on key borders German key labeling Velocity control Music Studio Lite Mod wheel instead of pitch wheel iPhone only Auto quantization Transposition Accelerometer setup Threshold Reactivity Calibration Metronome setup Volume Pan Style Count in Troubleshooting Guide Four steps to resolve most issues Installing does not work The Instruments tab is greyed out Audio stuttering occurs The audio output sounds noisy Some notes

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