Reboot after the
installation
After installing or updating the app, reboot your device by
holding the Home and the Sleep/Wake button for about 10 seconds until the Apple logo appears (don't slide to power off). This
ensures optimum performance.
Playing on
the keyboard
You can adjust the size and position of the keyboard by
making a slide or pinch gesture anywhere on the menu bar.To change the labels on the keys, press the keys button and
switch between the 4 key label modes with the key label button.
• If you just want to play around with the instruments,
switch to the instrument tab, select your instrument of choice (the list is scrollable), maybe preview it, and
switch back to the keyboard tab to play.
• Tap the accelerometer button to enable pitch bend, then
tilt your device to bend the played note's pitch.
• Adjust the attack/release sliders in the instruments tab
to change the fade in/out times.
• The sound is greatly influenced by the reverb. Adjust the
reverb type and size in the effects tab to simulate a specific room.
High quality reverb sounds better but may introduce playback
stuttering on older devices.
• You might want to get fancy with the effects: switch to
the effects tab, choose an effect, switch it on, and play around with the
settings.
Recording a song
Follow these steps to create a simple song from scratch:
• Open the projects tab and tap the New button to create a
new project.
• Open the tracks tab and tap the tempo button to set the
tempo and signature of your new song.
• Open the instruments tab and select your instrument of
choice.
• Open the keyboard tab and press the record button, wait
for the counter to hit 1.1
(precount can be disabled in the metronome section of the
setup screen),
play your piece, then tap the stop button.
• If you made a mistake and want to re-record, simply tap
the undo button to erase the notes you just recorded.
• Switch to the tracks tab to review what you just recorded.
The track can be edited bar-wise (sequencer) and notewise
(piano roll editor), more on this topic in the tracks tab
section.
• Tap the plus icon to create a new track.
The keyboard and instruments tabs always apply to the active
track, so make sure that track 2 is selected.
• Repeat the previous steps to record something on the
second track.
• Let's assume that your song has a duration of 20 bars and
you want to start recording at bar 10. In the tracks tab, move the
left marker on the ruler to the 10th bar and recording will
always start from there.
• Tune the reverb in the effects tab, maybe set the
equalizer and play around with the other effects.
• To save your song, open the projects tab, enter a song
name in the text field and tap the save button.
Performance and trouble shooting
The application reacts slowly and crackling occurs
Rebooting your device will most likely resolve this issue.
Press and hold the Home and the Sleep/Wake button for about 10
seconds until the Apple logo appears (don't slide to power
off, hold longer). If playback stuttering remains, decrease the reverb
quality, increase the latency, or decrease the polyphony.
Key presses have a very high latency
• Deactivate the Zoom feature in the Accessibility section
of the iPhone's Settings. Launch the Settings app, tap General,
Accessibility, Zoom and turn it off.
• Switch to a lower latency in the general section of the
setup tab.
• If you still experience latency problems try to properly reboot
your device.
The audio output sounds noisy
Use earphones or external speakers because the device's
internal speaker cannot cope with the broad frequency spectrum of
Music Studio's instruments. Additionally, decrease the
master gain (in the volume section of the effects tab) to prevent clipping.
This might be necessary if many instruments play
simultaneously, because their gains add up.
The instruments sound unreal
To get the most out of the high quality studio-recorded
instruments, use earphones or external speakers and set the reverb to
high quality. 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.
• Wind instruments in general sound best with a low release
time and the reverb set to hall or canyon.
• A great effect for synths is to set the delay to 1/8th and
dotted.
• String instruments sound best with a medium attack time
(around 0.5s) and maybe a high release time.
• Keyboard instruments and guitars get a sustain feeling
with a high release time.
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.
While playback, some notes end too early
Increase the polyphony in the setup tab, but keep in mind
that this may lead to stuttering with complex songs on older devices.
Instruments tab
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.
Tracks tab
If I select and edit bars in the sequencer, 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.
Projects tab
The server does not work
Make sure that your device is connected to the same WiFi
network as your Mac/PC. If your browser does not load the Music
Studio webpage, enter the IP address (numbers) instead of
the Bonjour address (device name) in the browser's address bar,
followed by a colon and the number 8080. If the problem
persists, try a different browser, try disabling your PC's firewall or try
bypassing your router by setting up an ad-hoc network on
your Mac/PC. Step by step instructions:
• Connect to a WiFi network with your iPhone
• Connect to the same WiFi network with your Mac/PC
• Tap the Server button in Music Studio
• Enter the IP address (without www) followed by the port in
your Mac/PC's browser, e.g. 192.168.1.3:8080
• Right click a file and select Download (or "Save
target" or something similar depending on your browser) to save it on your
hard drive.
Instrument shop
How do I restore my purchased instruments or get them on my
second device?
Simply enter the shop, tap the restore button in the upper
right corner, enter your iTunes username and password, and wait for
the instruments (which you already purchased) to appear in
the instrument list. This process can take up to a few minutes
depending on your connection speed (preferably WiFi).
Why is the price $0.99 for a single instrument?
This is the lowest possible price on the app store. The
package's prices are much lower compared to buying the instruments
individually.
Which feature will be included in future updates?
Our next major updates (later this year) will include:
• Native iPad support
• Audio tracks
Many other features (like sampling) are already on our
long-term list.
Introduction
Music Studio features a 85-key clavier 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 input,
the setup tab offers some handy keyboard 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.
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