Official update plan

[Alex]

Music Studio 3.0

• Consolidation of Android and iOS versions
• Android latency improvements
• Display optimization (iPad Pro, iPhone 6/7/8/Plus/X, no more black bars on Android)
• Mixer view
• Playable keys in the piano-roll editor
• More grid lines in the piano-roll editor
• Swipe gesture in the bar editor's change selection mode
• 256 polyphony

High priority features

• Audio Unit Extension support on iOS (instruments and effects)
• Android audio latency compensation
• Multiple audio files per track
• Track arming (to record multiple tracks at once)
• Audio recording in the Tracks screen
• Input monitoring per track
• File list utilities: new folder, move files
• MIDI channel and port settings per track (and saved with the project)
• Triplet / dotted note options when drawing in the piano-roll editor
• 96kHz 24bit input & output quality (currently 44.1kHz 16bit)
• Tempo track (any maybe signature track)
• Volume automation (maybe pan too)
• Parametric EQ with more bands
• Track freeze
• Swing quantization
• Custom track names

Medium priority features

• Arbitrary signatures
• Audio region editing in the bar editor
• Vibrato effect
• Arpeggiator
• iOS copy & paste
• Wave editor copy & paste
• Wave editor stereo to mono conversion
• AudioShare
• HiHat mute group: closed HiHat kills open HiHat sound
• More effects: tremolo, chorus, LFO, ring modulator, noise gate, pitch shifter, time stretch
• Effect rearranging
• Wave editor DSP button for effects
• Wave editor: insert silence in bars (instead of seconds)
• Wave editor: replace selection with silence
• Audio track transposition and tempo change
• Note names in the pianoroll editor’s draw mode
• More chord types: minor7, add9, 5, 2
• More beats: Blues
• More electronic instruments: synths, pads, drum kits, dubstep kit, hard bass, electric guitars
• More acoustic instruments: mandolin, world instruments
• Solo human voice instrument
• MIDI CC recording (modulation, sustain, soft pedal etc.)

Low priority features

• Velocity dependent filter effect
• Sampler crossfade duration and on/off switch for looped samples
• AIFF file support
• Audio I/O device selection
• Automatic latency-compensation for audio recordings
• Tuning (changing the general tuning to e.g. 442.6Hz)
• Transposition to affect chord buttons & pads too
• Pitch bend range export to MIDI files
• "No instrument" icon in the instrument list
• Custom grid line options in the track and bar editors
• Multiple track selection (especially for mute/solo)
• Drum pads for Inter-App Audio instruments
• Keyboard split point to be saved with the project
• Search field for the instrument list
• Improved undo/redo system that doesn't pause playback
• AutoPan effect
• Ableton Link

Features we may or may not add in the future
Sound

• Synthesizer with oscillators, LFOs, ADSR curves, etc.
• Automatically start a new audio recording after the 4h limit
• Loop audio recording
• Multi channel audio output
• Velocity and round robin samples
• Articulation samples
• Zero-crossing detection in the wave editor
• Sustain versions of the Symphonic woodwind, bass and horn instruments
• Gain reduction meter in compressor effect
• Side chain compressor effect
• Guitar amp effects
• Effect presets
• Noise reduction effect for the wave editor
• dBFS level metering and output volume control
• Auto-accompaniment

MIDI

• Track groups
• Pitch bend editing in the piano-roll editor
• Solo button in the piano-roll editor
• Chord preview in the piano-roll editor
• Step input mode in the piano-roll editor
• Better drum kit editing in the piano-roll editor (e.g. folding)
• Better support of external MIDI drum pad controllers
• MIDI CC on/off option for MIDI export
• Polyphony warning (if it is too low for the current project)
• Record-standby button in the Audiobus panel
• Korg WIST (Wireless Sync-Start Technology)
• MIDI CC track type to send arbitrary MIDI events during playback via MIDI OUT
• Custom MIDI CC assignments (to control Music Studio's buttons via MIDI IN)
• Sending MTC (MIDI Time Code) events during playback
• Adjustable pan for each drum pad
• Release times longer than 3s
• Chord button triggering via MIDI input
• Chord pad mapping save & load
• Chord button mapping save & load
• Filter track editing
• Effect automation
• Split button in the piano-roll editor
• Legato button when editing note lengths
• Humanize function in the piano-roll editor
• Reference track in the piano-roll editor
• Song sections / parts with rename-able markers on the ruler
• Setup option for automatically sending MIDI params
• MIDI filters (for example half tempo)
• Score notation

Keyboard / Input

• Full 128 key range
• Playing multiple instruments simultaneously on keyboard and pads
• Pitch wheel touch behavior setup option (zero offset at touch point)
• Keyboard portamento, gliding pitch and mono/legato modes
• Keyboard modulation/aftertouch/volume control by sliding vertically
• Keyboard scales
• Quarter tone support
• Diatonic transposition
• Keyboard scale tuner
• Keyboard setup option to disable the center threshold of the pitch wheel
• Keyboard latch button (Sustain lock)
• Keyboard velocity curve control
• Keyboard position and zoom level to be remembered for each track
• Keyboard transposition separately for each row
• Sample names on keyboard keys
• Fretboard guitar input mode
• Notepad or text track for lyrics
• Velocity sensitive keyboard using the accelerometer
• Different MIDI input (keyboard) transpose settings for each track
• Transposition to be saved with the project and shown in the piano-roll editor
• Transposition to the full MIDI range (down to C-2)
• More icons for user instruments/kits
• Custom instrument folders / favorites
• Direct sample recording to drum pads
• Sample slicing
• Chord pad presets (e.g. all diatonic chords)

Files / Import / Export

• Download-all button in the WiFi server
• MP3 export
• FLAC export
• "Include instruments" checkbox in the zip export window
• MIDI over Bluetooth LE
• Inter-App Audio transport panel
• Audio preview of user beats and MIDI files
• Inter-App Audio transport panel
• Share to Facebook
• SoundFont support
• Playlist for projects
• Gobbler support
• Community project/instrument sharing

[Lamarrsy]

Hello Alex,

When is version 2.6 planned for release? It was stated Q1 2015 but we're already into Q2

Thanks for keeping us posted!!

... And sorry if it already written somewhere here... I've searched for this info but havent found it

-Sylvain.

[Alex]

See viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2410 "Don't ask for release dates."
We work on an update until we think it's ready for release, even if we have to move the release date a few weeks into the future, quality is more important. Currently v2.6 is scheduled for late May or June because Inter-App Audio and 64-bit support required more fine-tuning than we expected.

[Lamarrsy]

Ok!

Message received, thanks Alex !

-Sylvain.

[MusicB]

What else do you think might be in XMS 2.7?

[mahiwagangbertud]

i love this app and i love the updates coming up but i wish the new version would have a more modern designed interface graphics. the current version really looks cheesy, overdone, and outdated it kinda sucks like no offense but as much as i love the functionality of this app better than garageband, i really don't like looking at how the design looks compared to garageband.

the look that the app has right now is just ancient looking like a sad attempt to imitate fl studio's old look with all the overdone metal gradient styles and basic dense 3d look from the late 90s. heavy drop shadows arent a thing anymore and the design just gives the first impression that the app for $14.99 is overpriced for an app that probably hasnt been updated for a long time and has a lot of bugs

but still i wish the app would look with its best. consumers tend to look at the appearance of the interface design first before the functionality and i would really love a new look that will bring justice to the great updates listed and overall for the app's functionality. i think the app's marketability will be better and would appeal to more users to actually update or purchase. probably hire a good graphic designer or something as a suggestion. thank you!

[SubZero]

I partially have to agree with @mahiwagangbertud. I think it would not only be more pleasurable for the users to have cleaner and more modern graphics but I think it could definitely help market the app better.

[socomajor]

I prefer new functionalities (especially for Android) over new look.
But that said, it's true that better look would help selling more (and that would be profitable to all). (even though I personally like the current look of the app).

[HGF69]

MP3 export a must

[nish9272]

please add the all features in android's xewton music studio version like the features in the Iphone music studio
1)chords set 2)drum pads