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Music Studio Lite User Manual

1. W FX Tracks Delay EQ Filter Reverb Limiter Master Gain Tracks are treated separately depending on the FX 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 2 0 33 Common Controls Power button The power button enables or disables the effect Disabled effects require no processing power Limit to FX tracks checkbox 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 Default button The default button resets the effect s settings to the preset values Preview button Tap the preview button multiple times to hear different notes played with the current instrument Limiter O Master Gain E Left G annel Right Ghannel P ae p
2. Audio tracks e Microphone recording e AudioCopy amp 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 II 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 Music Studio Lite 2 0 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 anywhere on the menu bar This also works in the Iracks screen Keyboard Sogn ae Nos 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
3. 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 a The tempo button brings up the tempo popup where the song tempo and signature can be set amp Keyboard layout button On the iPad this button has a zoom icon because the keyboard layout mode allows you to scroll and 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 2 0 10 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 E El E e 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 which 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
4. 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 Snare 2 Snare 3 Snare 4 Snare 5 Snare Acoustic Splash 1 Splash 2 Spring Slow Stick Music Studio Lite 2 0 13 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 playnead 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 Keyboard Tracks Ef Sm meee k e a is 90 0 bpm 3 j5 7 9 Mm LE ns 17 ne 21 zs 25 az 29 ER EE zs TA 7 Da slide to move the playhead A slide fo move the playhead c4 TO Gee ee U 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 forward the playhead position by exactly 1 bar measure Navigation map Tap or slide on the map to position the playhead anywhere in the song The song markers are depicted by yellow lines the areas outside the markers are darkened The map also di
5. 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 playnead position is at the beginning of the song 7 7 and you tap the record button the playhead will count 2 bars from 2 7 1 1 until the recording starts at 7 7 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 2 0 44 Troublesnooting Guide For support related discussions visit the forum at the Music Studio website Four steps to resolve most issues 1 Quit Music Studio Lite Oz Onm in Tap the home button to get to the home screen then double tap the home button to display the multitask bar Close Music Studio tap and hold the mmm K K f 50in1 Piano MusicStudio MusicStudio icon then tap the red minus icon to close it 2 Reboot your device Press and hold the Home and t
6. 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 O re EE xi 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 dampened 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
7. 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 2 0 42 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 accelerometer 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 2 0 A3 Metronome setup Metronome Style Tick Count in only at the beginning of the song Volume The volume fader controls the gain of the metronome tick sound Style Choose between five metronome style
8. back but may sound atypical for this instrument since every real instrument has a limited range of playable notes Music Studio Lite 2 0 20 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 Orange notes 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 effect 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 Pi Audi e A piano tr
9. 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 touched 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
10. 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 2 0 36 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 rey errs res O _ Semitones Sensitivity Accelerometer Control 4 00 semitones at 49 degrees tilt in s Invert axis x CETA c Met lilele balely Record mode Overdub Preview Default If the pitch bend effect and the accelerometer button in the Keyboard screen are enabled the pitch of the currently played notes can be influenced by tilting the device 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 T
11. 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 bend 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 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 2 0 25 Change selection button m Tap the second selection button and draw a rect
12. the audio output Audio stuttering occurs The audio output sounds noisy Some notes end too early during playback Music Studio Lite 2 0 39 40 40 40 40 40 41 41 41 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 43 43 43 43 44 44 44 44 45 45 45 45 45 45 Limitations of the Lite version e Saving exporting and sharing is disabled hence only one song can be created e Only 11 instruments are available The full version features 65 free instruments and 60 more in the in app shop Visit the Music Studio website for a complete list of instruments e The number of audio tracks is limited to 2 Up to 127 tracks audio and MIDI can be created in the full version e The keyboard is limited to 5 octaves instead of 7 e 3 Effects are not available delay equalizer and amplifier Delay Equalizer e Amplifier y 3 additional effects available in the full version e Only 10 beats instead of 100 are included e The full version features iTunes file sharing and a WiFi server for exchanging files with your computer e MIDI import and export is disabled e No external MIDI hardware is supported The full version is compatible with the following devices CoreMIDI MIDI in and out Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer amp Il Akai SynthStation 25 iRig iRig Mic iRig MIDI Ampkit Link Apogee Jam Alesis IO Dock iConnectMIDI Music Studio Lite 2 0 Whats new Version 2 0 Released in October 2011
13. 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 y 39 Keyboard map The map illustrates which part of the keyboard is currently visible M ALLL 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 fl On the iPad this button is always visible in the Keyboard screen s menu bar Music Studio Lite 2 0 12 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 ae corner of a pad to remove it The Plus button in the lower right corner adds a new pad until the maximum number 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
14. to be restricted to playing no more than 8 samples simultaneously in order to prevent stuttering Latency While ultra low provides the best possible keyboard feedback it is also likely to introduce audio stuttering Set it to very low or low for a good tradeoff or even higher if you are only editing tracks and writing notes Low latency is only important if you are playing on the keyboard or the pads 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 Dock interface orientation Latency Polyphony Continuous playhead movement gt 4 Remember reverb settings for each type p x Keep attack release times on instrument change Music Studio 2 0 build 3289 Default Music Studio Lite 2 0 7 AQ Frequently Asked Questions For support related discussions visit the forum at the Music Studio website How to maximize the sound quality of the instruments To get the most out of the high quality studio recorded instruments use
15. Viusic Studio Lite Version 2 0 User Manual Music Studio is available on the App Store for all iPhone iPod Touch and iPad models Available on the E App Store lable of Contents Limitations of the Lite version What s new Version 2 0 Quick Start Guide Playing on the keyboard and pads Recording a song Audio tracks and recording Writing notes Performance considerations 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 Tempo Button iPad only Keyboard layout button Drum pads button LiveTools button Pitch wheel button Accelerometer button Sustain button Chord buttons Keyboard layout mode Music Studio Lite 2 0 N NO NO oh W 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 Marker buttons Instruments Instrument list Volume fader Offset fader Attack fader Release fader Keyboard row selector Preview button Keep attack release times iPad only 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 T
16. ack is a MIDI track meaning a track with an instrument where notes can be recorded on dedit i 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 fa a 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 also 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 2 0 Z Edit button Pry 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 sa
17. angle over the notes to adds or subtracts notes from the existing Tis 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 feesseeemen Tracks SPORO y a be created if you press the OK button Move the cer a eE we crosshair to the desired location and tap OK next to pe the crosshair to create the note The song length can 140 0 bpm 10 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 D 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 The quantization button snaps the crosshair to a raster defined by the 2 EE Ie selected note button Move button In the move mode the selected notes can be dragged around horizontally and vertically ey The menu contains the following buttons iia The selected note button defines the raster Sn iss NNO on which the movement is aligned or pE oo Snapped to The OFF button disables quantization and allows for almost continuous movement with 1 192 precision Tao one of the the lock buttons to lock horizontal or vertical movement which is very handy if you intend to transpose or Drag the Selection Bn ESE position only iPad
18. aster 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 Bj s de gs l9 ho pi p2 p3 pa as fie The numbers and the vertical lines on the ruler indicate the i 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 2 0 18 Markers The left and right song makers are located on the ruler and can be moved The markers must always be 3 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
19. ayhead 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 Note This checkbox is available only on the iPad iPhone 3GS iPod Touch 3rd generation and newer devices Remember reverb settings iPhone 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 iPad this setting is located in the reverb screen 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 Music Studio Lite 2 0 41 Keyboard setup x Snap to white keys Auto quantization gt 4 Allow touches between black keys Allow touches on key borders Transposition German key labeling CDEF 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
20. 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 2 0 19 Track Editor The track editor is designed to edit whole tracks and mix the song by setting the volume pan and the effect bus 16 7 18 19 20 19 jaz jaa jaa 15 16 17 jis ga E 00 Track list icons Each track contains a number of icons e 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 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
21. 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 2 0 A Audio tracks and recording There are 4 ways to fill an audio track Load an audio file e Record with a microphone or an audio accessory plugged into the Audio Folder 7 headphone Jack iPod Library Demo Welcome wav AudioPaste e Import a song from your iPod library Cancel e Import an existing audio file Supported formats wav mp3 ogg AAC m4a e AudioPaste from other apps on your device 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 file Waveform gt oj o o ia SSO SEAN ait 0 32 ral La d p Ben zo lume e ao y TEUN DIG PODERE L R _ 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 edito
22. de 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 amp 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 32 fot sti thdr i and hit the undo button if you are not satisfied with the result Options LI Quantize note lengths _ Soft Quantize 50 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 2 0 6 Performance considerations The more complex your song gets the more processing power Music Studio requires This can lead to audio 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 2011 device can easily cope with 32 or 64 samples at a time a 2008 device would have
23. dio Lite 2 0 22 Bar Editor The bar editor is designed for quick bar wise editing of the song Select any number of bars measures and move duplicate repeat transpose quantize or delete it iid li al ti 140 0 bpm 1 2 3 4 5 j 7 8 9 30 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ua 3 J H RAE ENA rE id yr a eee EA 5 a E Semitone Octave Q z Zaj x Filter 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 enh The left of the two selection buttons clears the current selection and starts a new one Tap it then draw a rectangle i ens on the note area in order to select bars Selected bars are highlighted Tip tap a track s instrument icon to select the whole track Change selection button n The second selection button adds or subtracts bars from the existing selection Tap the button then tap an 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 The clipboard holds a selection of bars which is retained even if another project is loaded To copy bars Copy Paste 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 edit
24. e 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 filters 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 2 0 35 Filter The filter effect is
25. e 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 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 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 Music Studio Lite 2 0 30 Load button Wev leh lal lele ienil l Audio Folder iPod Library Demo Welcome wav AudioPaste Cancel The load audio file popup presents you with 3 options Audio folder The Audio folder holds all your audio recordings and can also be browsed in the Projects screen 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 The Sonoma AudioPaste clipboard holds all the audio material that you placed there from other ap
26. earphones 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 are the drum kit s sounds arranged in such a strange way This strange way is called the General 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 Which features will be inc
27. es 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 Delete button Deletes the selected notes Music Studio Lite 2 0 E e 21 Quantization popup Quantize 8 notes Note Length EHAA MAA Options LI Quantize note lengths _ Soft Quantize 50 a 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 point 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 1 382 you will only notice the difference if you recorded fast notes like a fast drum pattern or if
28. evicevoiume HM Preview HM oroe 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 all 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 2 0 34 Reverb Reverb simulates a room of a certain type hall canyon room and size Effec Size Brightness Stereo Mix Reverb Style 5 Hall Canyon S Room Reverb Quality High A Medium S MOI Low Reverb size Controls the size of the sound space In larger spaces the reverb is audibl
29. 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 Wee Bar insert cut button In the bar insert cut mode whole bars can be inserted and cut across all the tracks Tap anywhere a g in the note area to select a bar of the song whichis ff 140 0 bpm ii 2il 3il tiol 5al Siul Zul8llao aa lazhas laslas iaz lis gg highlighted in red 5 The cut button deletes all notes in the selected bar and cuts it out i e shifts all later notes one bar to left and decreases the song length by 1 bar The insert button inserts an empty bar to the left of gr 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 2 0 24 Piano roll editor Tracks Cin 140 0 bpm 6 z 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
30. he 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 iOS 5 and later Launch the Settings app from the home screen Go to General and turn off the Multitasking Gestures There is a long delay between pressing a key and the audio output Switch to a lower latency in the general setup and reboot your device as described above Audio stuttering occurs Decrease the reverb quality decrease the polyphony and increase the latency 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 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 on older devices Music Studio Lite 2 0 A5
31. he 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 Pitch 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
32. ile s volume to that the peak is at the desired percentage of the maximum volume O Here are a few examples e Normalizing a quiet recording to 100 will boost its volume 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 Limiter soft knee The limiter checkbox becomes available at a percentage of over 100 where clipping would occur Applying a soft knee limiter prevents 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 lt 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 2 0 32 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 D B Amp if enabled pre fader overdrive MIX all default MIX all tracks tracks with FX off all effects with FX
33. is played back or if the device is busy with background tasks like mobile phone network processes To avoid these performance dropouts the latency can be increased but the keyboard s responsiveness will suffer Tip on older devices choose very low latency for recording and a high latency for stutter free editing and playback 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 Note In addition to this setting the polyphony is automatically restricted to 16 for each individual track 8 on devices older than the iPhone 4 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 Music Studio Lite 2 0 AO Continuous playhead movement In order to save CPU power continuous playhead movement is off by default and the pl
34. le 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 ED Load 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 version button and wait for the full version to launch Music Studio Lite 2 0 39 Setuo General setup gt 4 Lock interface orientation Latency Polyphony Continuous playhead movement x Remember reverb settings for each type Ca x Keep attack release times on instrument change Music Studio 2 0 build 3289 Default Latency The time interval between your finger touching a key or drum pad and the sound being audible is called latency Low latency is required for a musician to feel connected to the virtual instrument and to play with perfect timing However on slower devices high CPU load can lead to stuttering in the audio output This can happen if a complex song with many tracks
35. lead sound or cutting the attack of any instrument 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 sounds 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 Music Studio Lite 2 0 15 Keyboard row assignment Keyboard row selector 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 preview Tap the preview button multiple times to hear diffe
36. luded in future updates Please visit the forum on the Music Studio website for feature related discussions Music Studio Lite 2 0 8 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 x Keyboard zel O dar e 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 2 0 9 Keyboard Menu Play button The play button toggles playback of the song Stop rewinds to the left marker gt a Pause button 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 p
37. me 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 x 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 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 Stu
38. n 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 e In the Keyboard screen or maybe you switched to pads tap the record button wait for the counter to 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 FI ESEE Eroen 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 mom Tracks screen where 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 g to record a
39. nal 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 Music Studio Lite 2 0 29 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 1 X Input levels EJ Monitor req headphones x Play song during rec fem a Supported hardware You can record from the internal microphone or any mono microphone connected to the head phone jack Many mono USB accessories or USB microphones connected to the Camera Connection Kit s USB adapter iPad only also work 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 Monitoring Input monitoring routes the incoming audio signal through the effect bus of the selected track and outputs it 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 later Note to prevent feedback inout monitoring is only available if headphones or an external microphone are connected Play song during recording Listening to th
40. ome user interface settings Preferences from the Setup screen are not stored in the project beat Music Studio beat see the the chapter on beats below wav mp3 ogg m4a AAC audio files e mid midi MIDI file Zip compressed archive Music Studio Lite 2 0 38 Beats sii ni DnB Rim Beats contain one or more loop able drum tracks which 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 es tempo and reverb settings and enables loop playback and en recording Otherwise a popup lets you choose between Are Eee 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 fi
41. only The octave down up buttons gt move notes down or up by 12 semitones Music Studio Lite 2 0 26 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 selection ended The song length is automatically increased if the new notes reach past the song end Length button The buttons in the note length menu have the same functions as in the draw mode Either tap a note button to set 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 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 Hi Q 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 not
42. or 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 Pp 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 uj fe movement if disabled which is especially handy for adjusting the position of audio regions Music Studio Lite 2 0 23 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 automatically 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 l The transposition menu contains semitone and octave buttons to de and increase the selected note s keys by one 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
43. 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 tap the SET button then tap 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 Tip iPad only if chord pads are enabled tap a chord pad with SET enabled to assign it to the selected chord button CT e l ule ae aro gja mel ema ea e AAAA ANAA Music Studio Lite 2 0 1 Keybouad Keyboard layout mode Tap the button with the keys to enter the keyboard layout mode where the keyboard rows can be scrolled and resized anywhere on the screen Keyboard p E lt 4 J the slide to scroll pinch to resize A TTT 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
44. ps with AudioCopy or the PasteBin Save button To save the current audio file under a new name tap the save button and enter a file name The original audio file B 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 Music Studio Lite 2 0 31 Selection buttons ai d d ds e d iq rF leert 4 Tap the leftmost selection button and slide over an area in the wave form to select it Use the 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 o See Normalization button Normalization modifies the audio f
45. r In the wave editor menu tap either the Record button for microphone recording or the Open button on the right which will present you with the other options Use the bottom menu in the wave editor to select and modify parts of the audio file 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 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 Hae Music Studio Lite 2 0 5 Writing notes Notes can be drawn and edited in the piano roll editor where they are represented as blocks Tracks Rr gt w e ew 2 140 0bpm 6 10 Ie n e n the Tracks screen tap the Piano button to create a new MIDI type track Piano 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 tap 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 select a few of them then try out the buttons in the bottom menu move duplicate length velocity volume oun quantize and delete e The undo button in the top menu is handy if you ma
46. rack list icons Note area Rearranging tracks and changing the color Filter track Add track buttons Mute button Solo button FX button Music Studio Lite 2 0 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 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 button Quantize button Delete button Quantization popup Note buttons Dotted button Triplet button Quantize note lengths Soft quantize 50 Wave editor Wave editor menu Record button Load button Save button Music Studio Lite 2 0 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 25 25 25 26 26 26 27 27 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 28 28 28 29 29 30 31 31 Delete file button iPad only Selection buttons Trim button Delete button Insert silence button Reverse button Normalization button Fade but
47. recisely the area between the markers e 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 e 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 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 playback or recording Its state is remembered separately for playback and recording Per default the metronome is enabled only during recording
48. rent 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 release time will be applied On the iPhone this setting can be found in the general setup Music Studio Lite 2 0 16 racks Track list Filter Bil Pine e p on mil a Track view switch This is the most important button in the Tracks screen It switches between the track editor and the bar 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 or 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
49. splays 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 playhead 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 2 0 14 Instruments Volume Offset Attack Release iga wu Lj L Volume Offset Attack Release Grand Piano 1 Grand Piano 2 Harpsichord ETECO OEN S MA A E Piano Bright E Piano Drawbar Organ Vintage es Keyboard row assignment aa gt si T E J Instrument list Change the selected track s instrument by tapping an instrument from the scrollable list 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
50. 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 2 0 17 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 N the screen Tap or slide on the map at the bottom to quickly position the view The map also displays the markers as yellow lines i i On the iPad there are 3 zoom buttons for zooming in out and fully out with one tap Tempo button z The tempo button brings up the tempo popup where the song tempo and signature can be set amp Tempo BPM amp Signature Tempo acre es Signature 4 4 Tap or hold the buttons to change the tempo in the range of 40 to 240 bpm beats per minute with a precision of 0 1 bom A f
51. the new pitch bend events only for newly recorded notes Music Studio Lite 2 0 of 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 Sy Audio 1 Items 83 3MB Bole 100 Items 0 6MB gt too Bee 25 Items 2 8MB AAC Demo Blue Danube Strauss 7 6MB lt a save MION Demo Stardust 6kB 3 pelete WAY Demo Stardust Browser URL http 10 0 0 135 8080 Coe 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 The Demos folder is read only and holds the factory demo projects and instrument demos if instruments were purchased 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 s
52. 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 shifts every note by only 50 keeping it slightly off the perfect timing Music Studio Lite 2 0 28 Wave editor Waveform gt oj e cae Re 0 32 The wave editor can be entered by double tapping an existing or adding a new audio track There are 4 ways to fill an audio track e Record with a microphone or an audio accessory plugged into the headphone jack 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 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 origi
53. 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 coe 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 selected a drum kit The pad edit mode allows you to rearrange add and delete pads and to assign aR 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 2 0 3 Recording a song Follow these steps to create a song from 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 L If its too slow or to fast tap the tempo butto
54. tons 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 Music Studio Lite 2 0 31 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 33 33 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 36 36 36 36 36 37 37 37 37 37 38 38 39 39 39 Transfer files to full version Setup General setup Latency Polyphony Lock interface orientation Continuous playhead movement Remember reverb settings iPhone only Keep attack release times iPhone only Keyboard setup Snap to white keys Allow touches between black keys Allow touches on key borders German key labeling Velocity control Mod wheel instead of pitch wheel iPhone only Auto quantization Transposition Accelerometer setup Threshold Reactivity Calibration Metronome setup Volume Style Count in Troubleshooting Guide Four steps to resolve most issues There is a long delay between pressing a key and

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