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Music Studio is beginner-friendly music software with creative tools for easily composing, recording, mixing, and mastering your songs. You get a variety of sample loops and virtual instruments to help you hit the right notes.
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The Hybrid Audio Engine delivers uncompromising audio quality thanks to its unique latency management. Short response times when calculating track effects allow live monitoring with minimal latency.
The integrated High Latency Engine ensures more effective system utilization and enables the integration of computationally intensive object, AUX, and surround functions.
Start composing right away and create complete arrangements in Music Studio. A variety of adaptable virtual instruments and sound pools โโ with hundreds of professional samples โ are at your disposal.
Ready When You Are.
Everything You Need to Make Music.
Better Performance and Stability
Music Studio 2026 makes creating music easier and more enjoyable. The latest update includes updates to the audio engine so you can spend less time worrying about your system and more time making music. Better performance keeps everything running smoothly, even when your projects have lots of tracks, virtual instruments, and effects.
SoundPools
Get started making music quickly with 12 sets of SoundPool loops. Explore a wide range of genres, instruments, pitches, and styles with samples that fit together easily. Just drag-and-drop to get started, perfect for sketching out initial ideas or composing your next masterpiece.
Achieve a smooth and flexible workflow with ARA plugin docking for a better overview. Freeze individual plugins separately, or insert multiple plugins at once with multi-selection.
Now with support for Melda MTrackAlign and IK Multimedia ReSing.
Overload Noise Protection
Keep your ears, headphones, and speakers safe from sudden loud noises with built-in overload protection. If your audio gets too loud, Music Studio will automatically mute the sound, so you can keep working without any abrupt surprises.
Create your arrangement with powerful samples and virtual instruments, record with your band, select the best takes, and give your song the finishing touches in mastering. You have everything you need with Music Studio.
Start with MIDI or go straight into recording. Record vocals and instruments on multiple tracks simultaneously.
Set the AUX send control as Direct Out, Pre-Fader, or Post-Fader. Pre-fader lets you create separate monitor mixes, while Post-Fader operates after the volume control. Perfect your sound.
Capture the audio signal from your headphone output directly โ ideal for sampling, podcasts, or effortless sound design on film and games.
Record up to 16 mono tracks or 8 stereo tracks simultaneously in 24-bit/96 kHz. Professional editing features and high-quality plugins are available for each track.
Fix vocals fast with Elastic Audio Easy. Use the pitch curves and waveform view to make precise edits using the pen tool.
Use the integrated tuner to check whether your guitar and bass are in tune before recording. It also works with acoustic and other amplified instruments, such as analog synthesizers.
Conserves memory and CPU without compromising sound quality. Convert recordings with effects to regular audio files using Track Freeze. Any effects applied are then deactivated until the track is "frozen."
Take your productions to the next level. Play virtual instruments via MIDI and add versatile sounds to your tracks using drag and drop.
Take your productions to the next level. Play virtual instruments via MIDI and add versatile sounds to your tracks using drag and drop.
Thrilling drum rhythms ensure the perfect suspense โ ideal for dramatic moments in movies.
This instrument is ideal for adding a festive atmosphere to any song.
The light clap and snap sounds will inspire your listeners to start dancing.
This instrument is ideal for adding a festive atmosphere to any song.
This sound evokes the tales of the Arabian Nights and is perfect for Middle Eastern and belly dance music.
This popular goblet drum transports you on a musical journey across West Africa.
Spark a musical fire in your listeners' ears using passionate rhythms created with this drum.
These drums sounds from Cuba add an exciting rhythm and a hot salsa flair.
These drums sounds from Cuba add an exciting rhythm and a hot salsa flair.
When the congas kick in, it's guaranteed to get everyone onto the dance floor.
From pop and jazz to Latin sounds, the shaker can be used in any genre to create the perfect groove.
Drum sounds from Japan that form the perfect backdrop to fast-paced fighting scenes and create a dramatic effect.
A wide palette of impressive bells, drums, timpani, gongs and taiko drums for building up the drama in film music in a rhythmic way.
Drum sticks, brushes, tom toms, ride cymbals and hi-hats provide that true groovy jazz sound.
Dynamic snares, powerful kick and precise hi-hats. Supported by a wild electric guitar.
The classic sound and style of legendary drum machines and samplers.
This polyphonic synth specializes in catchy lead sounds, growling sawtooth and smooth phatty sounds.
This bass machine delivers the ultimate bass lines with a powerful, bone-rattling tone.
With driving electro sounds and vibrating bass, the DN-e1 is ready for the club.
Perfect for creating electronic dance tracks with energizing beats and playful synth lines
Full orchestra, brass, woodwind, percussion and strings with an impressively authentic sound โ ideal for arranging a film score.
Phenomenal power chords, screeching slides and powerful overdrives โ all you need for a deep, full guitar sound.nahme ein.
Perfect for laid-back funk riffs, soul ballads or as a groovy foundation for modern music production.
Ideal for adding character to any recording โ with sounds ranging from classical to funk to rock.
With the Vita sampler, you can play every loop like an instrument.
Connect your MIDI keyboard or pad, record everything, and precisely edit your performance in the MIDI editor.
Boost your musical creativity. Combine any MIDI VST plugins, use tools from the diverse plugin market, and route your signals flexibly.
More distinctive note blocks and clearer color schemes provide better orientation within your project, so you never lose track. Concentrate fully on composing.
Music Studio offers flexible and comprehensive tools for precise audio editing, whether you edit individual objects or optimize entire tracks.
The mixer and plugin browser are now freely dockable and automatically adjust to the window size. This lets you keep track of everything at all times. Plus, you can easily drag and drop plugins into your project.
Discover a powerful 6-band EQ thatโs perfect for precisely shaping your sound. EQ116 includes an oversampling option to deliver significantly better sound quality. The integrated analyzer provides an overview of your entire frequency spectrum and gives you absolute control of your sound.
Easily transfer tracks between projects while preserving all effects, automation, plugins, and other track properties if desired.
Edit individual audio clips precisely without adjusting track settings or creating new tracks. The Object Editor provides you with individual EQs as well as time and pitch options for each clip โ ideal for targeted effect accents.
Use the crossfade editor to create seamless transitions between different audio files.
Easily group objects and takes. Select individual or multiple tracks at once and move, edit, or apply effects to all elements together.
Create perfect quick harmonic changes in an arrangement. Easily adjust the pitch of individual audio files while maintaining a constant tempo. You can also precisely change the playback speed without affecting the pitch.
AudioWarp allows intuitive timing corrections for vocals, drums, and more. Simply drag and drop without destructive editing. Itโs perfect for a natural sound, precise adjustments, and creative remixes.
Give your mix a unique sound with high-quality effects and proven tools during mixing or final mastering. Use AUX buses for shared reverbs and delays, or combine individual tracks, such as drums, using submix buses.
wizardFX speeds up your mix and delivers creative inspiration whether youโre looking for spontaneous sound ideas or last-minute changes. Youโll find the perfect effect in a flash with one-knob operation and versatile presets. Professional sound has never been easier.
wizardFX Dynamics bring balance to your mix. Sometimes they let impulsive sounds burst through vividly, sometimes they tame wild levels and harmoniously balance volumes, depending on what your track needs at the time.
wizardFX Dynamics bring balance to your mix. Sometimes they let impulsive sounds burst through vividly, sometimes they tame wild levels and harmoniously balance volumes, depending on what your track needs at the time.
With wizardFX modulation effects, you can add movement, depth, and character to your mix. Chorus, flanger, delay, and reverb create a more distinctive sound.
coreFX Delay simulates classic and modern echo devices. Everything is possible, from subtle textures to striking dub effects.
The optimized export workflow saves time and provides clarity. The new design makes every important format and option quickly accessible.
You always have essential track functions (audio, AUX settings, plugins, mixer, and EQ) at a glance with the dockable track editor. Control faders more precisely, customize your project view, and bring relevant track settings into focus.
ARA2 plugins are now integrated into the docking system and can be frozen exclusively without affecting subsequent plugins. This ensures they remain usable in real time. Additionally, you can insert ARA plugins simultaneously on multiple tracks or objects.
A dedicated tempo track provides clear structure within the arrangement. Time signature and tempo changes can be clearly displayed using markers, and you can easily automate accelerations and delays.
Shapes allow smooth, seamless transitions between two automation points. The predefined curve types are suitable for both classic fades and effective modulations.
Overdrive or distortion, tremolo or chorus โ the virtual guitar and bass amplifier Vandal SE delivers authentic analog sound while remaining independent and versatile. Perfect for directly connected instruments or as an insert effect in the mix.
essentialFX Suite includes 11 powerful plugins in one collection. You have the most important effects for mixing and mastering immediately at your fingertips.
eFX Chorus Flanger offers everything you need for more depth for your sound โ from chorus effects to flanger sounds. In addition, easily define settings for frequency, depths, feedback and mix.
eFX Compressor A classic compressor for level compensation for audio material and for adding punch โ includes a soft clip function and an advanced side chain filter.
With eFX DeEsser, filter out unwanted "s" sounds from speech and vocal recordings.
The flexible gate plugin offers noise reduction with soft knee options and sidechain filter function for rhythmic ducking effects.
Access enhanced volume for audio signal and reduced clipping with this efficient and dynamic limiter.
Add more movement to main tracks and more dynamics to guitar. This classic phaser effect also includes settings for speed, depths, feedback and mixes.
Add short or long reverb โ eFX Reverb brings more space and more atmosphere to your sound.
With individually adjustable delays for both channels and a sophisticated tempo sync feature, stereo delay adds spatiotemporal spice to any track.
eFX Tremolo Pan lets you achieve classic tremolo effects and edit rates, shapes, tremolos, tempo synchronization and panoramas.
eFX Tube Stage contains pre EQs and post EQs for creating an impressive analog sound โ perfect for simulating the authentic, warm sound of analog tube amps.
Optimized for vocal and speech recordings: This channel strip offers compressor, DeEsser, gate, high-pass filter and sound shaping
The internal Hybrid Audio Engine is used in the best recording studios worldwide and impresses with optimal latency management when recording and playing back your tracks.
Thanks to 64-bit and multi-core support, you can utilize the full power of your PC โ ideal for complex mixes and memory-intensive plugins.
Music Studio supports VST and ReWire for even more instruments and effects. VST3 plugins can be comprehensively integrated, automated, and used with multi-output. Compatible with VST3, VST2, ASIO, ReWire, SMPTE, MTC, and MC.
Load and use up to 32 virtual instruments simultaneously, giving your compositions even greater musical richness.
Music Studio supports Mackie Control protocol and native Presonus Fadeport controller support, and thus common hardware controllers. Create automation live by moving the faders of external devices.
Start and stop your recordings on your PC directly from the vocal booth or easily change the sound of the instruments with all common controller apps.
Track and effect parameter automations are displayed on separate subtracks. Edit any number of parameters in parallel and show or hide automation lanes for complete control and clarity.
The Plugin Browser gives you quick access to effects and instruments with a click or shortcut. Sorting and filtering functions help you find the exact plugin you need.
The Marker Manager provides clarity in complex projects such as album productions. All track and pause markers can be specifically filtered and flexibly edited.
