I'm waiting to see what Gibson come up with.

 

This time, they managed to keep it a secret!

 

I use Studio One quite a lot. My first concern was whether Fender is a public company because that would put shareholders in charge and they're only interested in the bottom line. Fender considered this some years ago but changed their mind. However, there is a large majority shareholder, Servco Pacific Co., who I know nothing at all about. So for now Fender isn't an EA Sports style enterprise (bye bye Real Racing 3) but if they ever do go public I doubt Fender Studio will survive for very long because they can't keep pumping the price up when there's so much stiff competition. I doubt Fender guitars would last long as well, I can hear the board meeting now: 'Do these guitars really need six strings? Let's remove 3'.

 

So is this now Studio One 8 but rebranded into Fender? Slightly confused.

One thing I liked about it is the included Mustang guitar software. I owned two Mustang amps - the last one the 12inch II variant. That thing had great clean sounds and the supersonic amp is awesome for leads. I think this move may actually boost sales. It will drive a lot of guitar players toward the software. And having been using Studio One for a while now I find it to be the best PC DAW for my needs - being a guitarist/songwriter. Tried them all but the workflow and tools of Studio One were the best.

 

How about us poor old age musicians who have spent all our money in Fender guitars and amplifiers? We should get the DAW for free! Proof of all the Fender gear we own should be sufficient! lol

 

Fender, Gibson, and all the others are companies whose sole aim is to generate profits.

 

are you a bot? I'm asking because any normal human being should know that many guitarists have spend thousands of $ in Fender gear throughout the years. I didn't start this, Fender did.. lol

 

All companies aim to generate profits. Some do so by providing high-quality products and/or services, which enhances their brand image and makes them prestigious in the eyes of a demanding clientele, while others sell cheap crap to the masses.

But in either case, shareholders' opinions have little influence on their commercial policies and probably even less on their strategic decisions.

That's why the number one rule of the most famous and talented investor/shareholder of the past century - Warren Buffett - was to study with great attention the composition of the management committee of those companies in which he planned to invest. This gave him a clearer view of the company's strategy and policy than simply consulting its financial statements.

 

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Let's just start calling this FS Pro 8.

 

I'm not talking about generating profits. Take vets for example. Here in the UK it was never cheap to pay for a vet but now venture capitalists have moved in and six main companies own 60% of all vets. Prices are astronomical, people can't afford to use them. These sycophants are also lining up to take control of the NHS and move everybody onto an insurance system, but that's a political debate which we don't have here.

 

people complaining about this have nothing better to do. as my american friends say, it's a "nothing burger".

 

It only took me a couple days of using Fender Studio Pro 8 to get used to the name change. I didn't love it at first, but I must admit, they actually brought a LOT of bug fixes and new features into this version. It's a better DAW today than it was last week. Isn't that what really matters?

 

What is your opinion on that Ableton-style FX chain on the bottom of the screen?

 

Since S1 V3 im begging them to add proper FX group, the new ableton like chain they've made make me think they're gonna add it in future updates, S1 is the only DAW without chainable grouped FX chains and that's a shame for a DAW that call itself professional.

 

Then maybe upload the Windows installer so we can see with our own eyes