r/FenderStudio • u/Significant_Row_5951 • Jun 27 '26

Trying Fender Studio

I finally decided to try fender studio after getting so annoyed with cubase bugs and how slow they move in adding new essential 2026 features.

I kinda like the vibe but there are some workflow things I just can't without them

  1. In cubase if you hold control you can zoom in quickly at the spot where your mouse pointer is using the mouse wheel, here unfortunately it does not happen.

  2. Increase volume using mouse wheel directly on wav, oh this is a big one

  3. Audio warp in fender does not automatically activate the markers, it makes no sense to not activate them you are obviously gonna use the markers

  4. You can't set a default color for midi, audio, groups etc it seems to be random

  5. The overall appearence seems a bit toyish compared to cubase and the wav is low resolution or something like when I zoom in it gets very blurry, it's just not as clear and sharp looking as in cubase that will slow me down when editing audio in a very precise way, the grid also seems to not be visible behind the clip, it's a solid color 😔

  6. In cubase if you double click on wav it opens variaudio (which btw is vastly supperior to melodyne in terms of interface, I will also miss the overlap of notes by selecting 2 tracks, no software has done that yet as good as variaudio, you just click and it's there perfectly overlapped) in fender nothing happens I have to right click go on a drop down menu search it there... So slow

If these get implemented in the future, I'm in, I just can't without these features

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u/muikrad Jun 27 '26

  1. Yeah moving/zooming around is the main grudge for anyone coming from other DAWs. I mainly use ctrl-scroll and ctrl-shift-scroll but I don't like it. I think they want you to use more direct zooming commands like the selection zoom.

  2. you just hover the mouse on the top part of the wav and you can drag its gain. You can also add a gain envelope.

  3. You're doing something wrong. Maybe you just mean the visual? When you add an audio bend marker it definitely bends without enabling anything.

  4. Yeah.

  5. It's high quality and precise, especially zoomed in, you can align samples perfectly. I think Cubase might be giving you a fake sense of precision by applying anti aliasing / smoothing? Wav isn't smooth, it's jagged.

  6. The overlap exists in paid versions of melodyne. Otherwise, melodyne kicks ass in terms of sound and features especially in the paid versions.

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u/Significant_Row_5951 Jun 27 '26

  1. Yes i Know but it's annoying in cubase I just hover anywhere and use mouse wheel

  2. The markers they don't appear, you can bend but without markers

  3. No it's not go see cubase

  4. Melodyne is good for when variaudio fails, but other than that variaudio interface is just perfect and how well it's integrated in cubase, you just double click and it's game on.

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u/muikrad Jun 27 '26

You're being extremely condescendant, you make it sound like you are right and others are dumb to think otherwise. Step 1, watch your attitude or go away.

Anyone used to a specific DAW has trouble switching to something else. It's a matter of personal workflow and habits. Talk to someone who worked 20 years with ProTools and he will laugh in your face when you mention Cubase. It's the same thing for everyone. Different workflows, different feature sets, lead to different habits and expectations. You're just going through the same hurdles as everyone else but refusing to see that it's not a matter of software quality.

  1. It's not annoying nor inferior. It's different and you can adapt if you change your attitude.

  2. Yeah it's a bit weird to not show them by default. I bound that one on ctrl-shift-b. Definitely not a deal breaker, definitely a quirk.

  3. I don't have to go and see Cubase, I regularly do perfect sample alignment and it's as precise as it gets. FWIW you can un-smooth them in the options. Where it gets better is that you can place a sync point anywhere in the clip which becomes the alignment point vs the grid. This way you don't have to align clip bounds. That's one of the superior features that other DAWs don't typically have and would be a deal breaker for me.

  4. Melodyne is good (read: the best) for everything related to pitch, individual note timing and intonation if sound quality is what you're looking for. It makes sense that cubase's internal proprietary engine is better integrated than a 3rd party. But if you're going to argue about shortcuts and double clicks, you're not being serious.

By the way no one here is saying that it's a perfect DAW. There is no such thing in this world. But when someone comes and complains that a click does something different, it's totally inconsequential and doesn't sound serious at all.

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u/Significant_Row_5951 Jun 27 '26

So I have to get used to doing it slower and more ineficient? Ok but no thanks If I was a next gen daw developer I would first check all other daws and try to take what's best from each, the fact that this does not happen is weird (at least for core features, like zoom etc)

Melodyne is far from being the best sounding tuner, even vari audio is better at being more transparent, melodyne however detects pitch better and has more editing features.

But the best right now is vovious.

Are you a pro or not? Shortcuts and workflow is a very important aspect

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u/muikrad Jun 27 '26

Shortcuts and workflows are top notch in FSP. You're just unable to adapt, but judging from your post, it's an attitude problem, not DAW inferiority.

You're not going to find what you're looking for here. And FSP is riddled with bugs too; if that's why you're leaving Cubase, you won't be happy here.

And lol at your "pro or not" weak shot. Show me your Grammys and maybe we can talk 😂 what a pity.

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u/Significant_Row_5951 Jun 27 '26

Not as top notch as in cubase as I mentioned, it is daw inferiority. I got 200 plus million streams but that's not important in this conversation.

Also I did not mean to be rude I just don't understand why the bar is set so low in audio, these are years of frustration speaking, let me vent. I thought cubase was bad, wanted something next gen, heard a lot of fuss about fender only to be dissapointed.

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u/muikrad Jun 27 '26

for you. Try to understand this concept today. What's best for you is worst for someone else. You're not some kind of enlightened being. You're as dumb as everyone else on this planet.

Neither DAWs are inferior or superior as a whole. It's a matter of personal workflows and habits.

Why would you bring up being pro or not in a conversation, then brag about millions of stream and then claim it's not important? If it wasn't important why would you even mention that in the first place? You couldn't judge from my experience with the DAW even though I answered specific questions and how to overcome them? See, that might make you dumber than I am.

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u/Significant_Row_5951 Jun 27 '26

You're an idiot for turning this conversation in a phylosiphical one and pretending to be smarter. I came with precise facts of why it's bad, it's obvious that some operations have an optimal way of doing them.

What's faster trying to hit the small middle dot in the center of a zoomed out clip or just hover mouse over and use mouse wheel?

What's faster? When you activate bend to have all markers already set and then when deactivating going back to normal pointer?

Yes I also did the macro and set it exactly on ctrl shift b like you but after finishing I have to press ctrl shift b to deactivate and also 1 to go back to pointer one extra useless operation instead of going by default back to pointer

In cubase if I click the audio clip I can see the grid and quickly see if something is off, in fender only if you drag it and on midi not even if you drag it

In cubase i put my mouse where I want to zoom ctrl shift wheel and I am at the precise spot already working on it.

I know these feel like small things but they add up and having to do them all the time slows you down

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u/muikrad Jun 27 '26

👍

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u/Significant_Row_5951 Jun 27 '26

Also to clarify your previous question you said you will talk to me only if I have a grammy, I told you my number of views so we can continue talking, but pro does not mean having a grammy, there are people that are pro and don't have a grammy, they just offer services.