5 Fender Studio Pro Features You're Probably Sleeping On

If you've been using Studio Pro or Studio One for a while, you probably feel pretty comfortable in the software. But there's a good chance there are a few features sitting right under your nose that you've never touched or didn't even know existed.

I just dropped a new video breaking down five of them, and these are features that even experienced users tend to overlook. Once you know about them, you'll wonder how you worked without them.

Here's a quick rundown.

Duplicate Tracks the Right Way

Most people hit "Duplicate Track" when they want a second instance of a virtual instrument with a different patch. The problem? That creates a linked copy. Change the preset on one and it changes on the other too.

What you actually want is "Duplicate Track Complete." Even better, there's a keyboard shortcut using the Alt or Option key that does it in one move. Quick, clean, no linked instances messing things up.

Retrospective Recording

This one has saved me more times than I can count. You're noodling on your keyboard, not recording, and you play something incredible. Gone forever, right? Wrong.

Studio Pro has been capturing it in the background the whole time. Retrospective Recording is on by default. You just need to know where to find it to bring those ideas back. I show you exactly where to look in the video.

Macros

If you're not using macros yet, you're leaving a serious amount of time on the table. Macros let you string together multiple commands into a single button press. In the video I walk through building one from scratch, a macro that creates a new audio track with an EQ already inserted, triggered by one keyboard shortcut.

Once you see how they work, you'll start finding ways to use them everywhere.

Event Effects

This one doesn't get nearly enough attention. You know how you can add effects to a track that apply to every sound on it? Event Effects lets you add a plugin to just one specific moment in your arrangement, one snare hit, one vocal phrase, one note, without affecting anything else.

It's perfect for adding a little sauce to specific moments without committing to a whole new track or bus.

Interface Customization

Studio Pro opens with a lot going on. If you've ever felt a little overwhelmed by everything on screen, you don't have to live with it. You can customize exactly what shows up in your interface and save it as a preset, so every time you open the DAW it's dialed in exactly how you work.

I show my personal configuration in the video so you can see what a streamlined setup actually looks like.

These five features barely scratch the surface of what Studio Pro can do, but they're the kind of things that immediately change how you work once you know about them.

And if you want to take your Studio Pro workflow even further, check out The Beat Maker's Toolbar.