Three headline additions join a bunch of performance upgrades in the latest Fender Studio Pro release.
Fender Studio Pro 8.1 is out now, adding an in-DAW AI assistant, a first-of-its-kind Moises Studio integration and a native Vocal Tune plugin to the DAW.
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Studio Assistant is the most immediately practical addition. It’s a natural-language guide that answers questions and offers production and mixing direction without pulling you out of your session, available now as a public beta for Pro+ users.
For producers, the Moises integration is the headline feature. Available directly inside Fender Studio Pro 8.1, it brings stem separation, vocal transformation and the ability to generate backing tracks from existing recordings. All 8.1 users get 10 audio stem separations, 120 stem generations and five voice conversions per month at no extra cost. Fender has noted that Moises trains its AI models on licensed content from independent labels and artists.
The Vocal Tune plug-in handles pitch correction natively, covering everything from subtle transparent fixes through to overt tonal transformation with formant shifting.
Beyond the three headliners, 8.1 includes improved native stem separation with a reduced system footprint, pitch curves on audio events for automation-style pitch editing, enhanced Audio-to-Note conversion with expanded drum support, and articulation-based timing offsets for more realistic scoring. Shared Virtual Instruments reduce load times across multiple sessions, and a reorderable browser lets you customise the workspace layout. Dolby Atmos Headphone Personalisation support rounds out the update for spatial mix work.
Fender Studio Pro 8.1 is available now, included for all current Pro and Pro+ users, and anyone with a perpetual licence or upgrade purchased within the past 12 months.
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