Caveat: I haven't used ACE Studio, and I can't speak to the quality of the tool. If nothing else, it's interesting to see the changes they've made by listening to feedback. I figured since BiaB users are using synthetic voices, and it doesn't compete with BiaB, it's not really an advertisement. Mods can feel to disagree. whistle

Joe Guo, the owner of ACE Studio , introduced himself on the VI-Control forum and wrote:
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I’m excited to engage in discussions about ACE Studio, music production, sound engineering, AI algorithms for music, and anything else related to these fields!
Not surprisingly, people had thoughts about ACE Studio, and were happy to share them with Joe. grin

To his credit, Joe made a number of changes to ACE Studio and the website, including:
  • Adding a limited time rent-to-own option.
  • Making the pricing easy to find on the website.
  • Removing and updating deprecated documents.
  • Added demos of the singers to the website.

The annual artist plan is $22/month, which works out to be $528 for a permanent license. On the other hand, at $38.30/month on the monthly plan, it comes out to $924 for a permanent license.

Because it's a web-based solution, if they ever went out of business you'll not be able to continue using the tool.

Joe wrote:
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We’re trying out the idea of a lifetime license to see if people really like it.

So, we launched a rent-to-own model. Basically, if you stay subscribed for 24 months, you’ll automatically get a lifetime license, with all future updates included.

It’s like a lifetime license, but with payments spread out over two years, and you have the flexibility to cancel if you need to.

We chose this model to offer the best of both worlds: a subscription option for those who just want to try it out, and a path to ownership for those who want to keep it long-term.

That said, I’m not entirely sure if this model will work out for us as a business, so it’s a bit of a test. We might decide to end the rent-to-own option in the future, which makes it a limited-time offer in a way. But don’t worry—if you’ve already started on the rent-to-own path, you’ll keep it for good.

-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?