I would also appreciate it if we could import audio. When I teach at the university, I sometimes show my students a transcription I’ve done to illustrate a point. With Finale, I could open the transcription and play it, as well as the original recording. I could select specific bars and say, ‘Listen to what John Coltrane is doing here.’ The students could follow the musical notation while hearing the corresponding audio in the solo. This is very useful for me.
@maxine.z,
I’ve just came to ACE Studio. Pretty amazing software. Congratulations!
Would be nice if you collaborate with Steinberg in order to make both Dorico and ACE Studio work properly together.
Would be really nice if the music and the lyrics written in Dorico, could be transferred to ACE Studio without any additional workarounds.
I would make additional requests if it’s possible:
Would be nice if we could use ACE Studio in Offline mode. We cannot relate always on internet, and there are many people that keep their production workstations offline.
Would be great if we could purchase the software and just the voices we would like to have. The same way as Synthesizer V offers.
I would suggest more real voices, per genre to be recorded, in order to have real timbral differentiation.
Would be awesome if we are having more traditional voices like Bulgarian traditional female and male choirs, Persian, Arabic, Greek, Central Asian.
Personally I like to incorporate Bulgarian, Persian and Arabic voices in the music I am playing and composing.
Currently there is no any AI Vocal generator that offers those vocals on the market.
I import audio into Dorico a lot, because I do some transcribing/arranging and like to play the audio back in sync with the measures in Dorico.
It’s entirely possible to have audio line up with the bars/measures in Dorico.
Takes a few steps:
1.- put audio file in Cubase; analyze Tempo; figure out the times signature(s), etc.
create a MIDI track in cubase; have a note match the length of audio file
export these tracks as a MIDI file
place audio file in a Video editor (iMovies, Filmora)
create a video with black background (or whatever) to match length of audio
export as an .mp4 file
in Dorico, Open the MIDI file you’ve created
create score with extra instruments, etc.
you can hide all the tempo track changes. Hide the other Tempo markings as well.
attach the Video you’ve created to the Flow
mess around with ‘Video Preferences’ in the Flow tab where you attached the Video. Lineup the music with the score barlines. Might take a little fidgeting around.
But…this works and is bulletproof everytime I do it. Makes for a quick workflow for arranging/transcribing and playback of the audio with score.
Thank you so much for your kind words and detailed feedback! We’re thrilled to hear that you’re enjoying ACE Studio and appreciate your thoughtful suggestions.
Regarding your points:
Offline Mode
Unfortunately, ACE Studio is unlikely to provide an offline mode in the future. Our technology heavily relies on an online infrastructure, and there are fundamental differences between our current online-based approach and an offline mode, making such a transition quite challenging.
Purchasing Specific Voices
Your suggestion to allow users to purchase specific voices is quite interesting. However, compared to our current model, where all voices are accessible through a subscription, this would represent a significant shift in our business strategy. We will need to carefully evaluate and discuss this idea within our team.
Expanding Voice and Language Options
Providing a wider range of voices and languages is definitely part of our long-term plan! However, for SVS models like ACE Studio and Synthesizer V, supporting new languages requires significant effort in recording and annotating vocals. This process is more time-consuming compared to SCV-based AI voices, but we are continually working to improve our efficiency.
In the near future, we are preparing to release support for Italian, French, German, and Portuguese. We also hope to collaborate with more diverse vocalists to expand our offerings further.