I just did a fast test of a song I’m working with, comparing stem separation in Studio One Pro (7) and Song Master Pro.

The bass sounds much better - fuller - in Studio One. In Song Master Pro it is more like a ghost of a track.

I have not yet found the way in Studio One to capture this bass track as MIDI, which I can do in Song Master Pro. If it exists, I haven’t found it in the Help.

There is also an advantage in Song Master Pro in being able to separate the piano and guitar, which are combined in a track called Other in Studio One.

In case anyone is interested, since it’s related to transcribing songs, Studio One’s chord track does not recognize any chord upper extensions. By this I mean above the original octave, or any step of 9 or higher, including any alteration such as a b9 or #9. Song Master Pro gets many wrong but at least it tries.

If these functions are improved in the future Studio One could become my one go-to program for transcribing.


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